UTILITY E-ALERT

#1087 – August 10, 2012

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Footprint Energy to operate and then demolish Salem Harbor in 2014, Replace with Gas-fired Unit
• Toshiba to install New Turbine at Ottumwa
• Four Corners Power Plant gets Two Options to Cut NO_x
• NRG sees Reversal of Coal-to-Gas Switch in Texas
• Old Dominion suspends permitting for Cypress Creek Power Plant
• Silver Lake Power Plant to Retire in 2015
• Minnesota Power given Time to create Plan for Taconite Harbor and Hoyt Lakes Power Plants

COAL – WORLD

• TANGEDCO to build 1600 MW Ennore Supercritical Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, India
• Coal India agrees to 1.5-40 Percent Penalties for Failure to Supply Coal
• Babcock & Wilcox Beijing to supply Boilers and Wet FGD to 1200 MW Thai Binh II in Vietnam
• Egat to build 3200 MW of New Power Plants in Southern Thailand
• RP Energy to continue Construction at 600 MW Subic Bay Freeport in the Philippines
• Turkey opens Coal Field, Power Plant Tender
• Adaro Energy plans 1200 MW Power Plant in South Sumatra, Indonesia
• Lots of Water will be required for New Indian Power Plants
• $1.5 Billion Khulna Coal-fired Power Plant Future in Doubt
• SINOx^® Plate Catalysts at Studstrupværket
• James Walker chosen for Expansion Joints for UK SCR Project

GAS/OIL / US

• NRG Energy to add 75 MW Plant in Texas, plans More Additions
• Xcel Energy begins Work on 23 MW Gas-fired Power Plant in New Mexico
• AES proposes 939 MW Addition at Huntington Beach
• B&V to design and build 640 MW Cane Run Combined Cycle

GAS/OIL WORLD

• Ukraine to privatize Four Heat and Power Plants
• Alstom to Modernize El Sauz 4
• TRUenergy to develop Yallourn as Open Cycle rather than Combined Cycle
• Foster Wheeler awarded Contract for Waste Heat Recovery Unit and SCR at Map Ta Phut in Thailand
• Mauritania to build 350 MW Power Plant
• West Bengal (India) could build 100-300 MW Gas-fired Power Plant in Durgapur
• Fortum to supply NO_x Reduction Technology for Narva Power Plants in Estonia
• Posco Engineering and Construction to build 300 MW Power Plant in Iraqi Kurdistan

NUCLEAR

• Nuclear Regulatory Commission asked to hold off on Licenses for New Nuclear Power Plants until Spent Fuel Storage Issues are Resolved
• Hinkley Point Nuclear Power Plant (UK) receives EC approval

BUSINESS

• Black Hills announces Retirements
• Raven Power Holdings to buy Brandon Shores, HA Wagner and CP Crane
• Johnson Matthey: Kai Klinder heads up New Business Division of Stationary Emission Control Europe
• CoaLogix' appoints Chief Commercial Officer and Chief Technology Officer

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• New and Improved Materials for Corrosion Prevention discussed in Hot Topic Hour on August 9, 2012
• “Hot Topic Hour” Next Friday, August 17, 2012 to Cover Coal-Gen Highlights 
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours