Headlines for the December 13, 2013 – Utility E-Alert      

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1154– December 13, 2013                                

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COAL – US

• Xcel must consider a Range of Options, including Closing Sherco 1 and 2
• OTR States file Petition with EPA to add Upwind States to OTR
• NRG to Retire Chalk Point and Dickerson Coal-fired Units
• Kentucky Power to convert 278 MW Big Sandy 1 to Natural Gas
• Sierra Club delivers Notice of Intent to Sue Ameren Power Plants in MO
• Consumer Energy to proceed with Retirement of 950 MW of Coal-fired Power Plants
• Court Arguments this Week on CSAPR and Mercury Limits

COAL – WORLD

• EPC Bidding for 460 MW Mauban 2 (Quezon, Philippines) will begin early 2014
• Pakistan to convert Two Oil-fired Power Plants to Coal-firing
• EVN to take Legal Action for Delays in Walsum Power Project
• Therma South plans to Expand Davao (Philippines) Power Plant by 345 MW
• Tokyo Gas could invest in Coal-fired Power Plants
• Pakistan to help with Development of 600 MW Power Plant next to Thar Coal Reserves
• NTPC to start Construction of 1320 MW Katwa Power Plant (West Bengal, India)
• Norberto Odebrecht -Tecnimont to build Dominican Republic Power Plant

GAS/OIL - US

• GE to finance Construction of Invenergy’s 584-MW Nelson Power Plant

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• Capital Power/Enmax to develop 1050 MW Genesee 4 and 5 in Canada
• GDF SUEZ to build 500 MW Ilo 3 Power Plant in Peru
• Wood Group to convert Gas Turbine in China to DLN Combustion System

COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY

• 210 MW Gusinoozyorskaya 4 in Siberia gets Metso Automation System

CO₂

• White Rose CCS Project in UK gets Government Money for Engineering

NUCLEAR

• Kenya completes Feasibility Study for Nuclear Power Plant
• UniStar drops Plans for Nine Mile Point Power Plant
• Bulgaria negotiates with Toshiba/Westinghouse for Nuclear Power Plant Construction

BUSINESS

• World Expenditures for Mercury Control will Be Large and the Decisions Difficult
• More than 50 Percent of the World’s Air Pollution Control Revenues will be in Asia by 2017
• Market for Air Filters to Reach $7 Billion by 2015
• EUEC Will Be an Important Event for the Power and Environmental Industries

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Update on Gasification Projects and Technology” was the Hot Topic Hour on December 12
• “Selecting FGD Scrubber Components” is the “Hot Topic Hour” on December 19, 2013

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