Here are the Headlines for the December 14, 2012 – Utility E-Alert 

UTILITY E-ALERT

 #1104– December 14, 2012 

Table of Contents

POWER-GEN 

• Power-Gen Action was on Gas Turbines and Water
• China is issuing and enforcing Tough Standards
• Air Filters and NH³ Slip are Variables affecting Gas Turbine Emissions

COAL – US 

• APS wants Coal Contract in Place before Retofits and Closures at Four Corners

COAL – WORLD 

• NTPC working on Land and Coal Linkage for 1600 MW Katwa, West Bengal, India
• Czechs plan 400 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Badin, Pakistan
• Three Units at Varna to Retrofit NO_x and SO₂ Removal Equipment

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• Power Plant to be built in Primorsk Region of Russia
• STX wins $150 Million Order for 4x125 MW Amara Power Plant in Iraq
• GE Gas Turbines for Yangon City Power Project in Myanmar
• Forge Group to develop 190 MW Yarima Power Plant in Western Australia
• Alstom to build Cogeneration Plant for RheinEnergie in Germany

CO₂ 

• Annual Climate Talks Extend Kyoto Protocol until 2020
• California Oil & Gas Producer to Pay Fine for Failure to Obtain Greenhouse Gas Permit

NUCLEAR 

• Delivery of floating Nuclear Power Plant to Rosenergoatom (Russia)

 BUSINESS 

• MET expands Portfolio with Addition of TKC’s SCR Technology
• Mitsubishi Heavy Industries purchases Pratt & Whitney Power Systems
• ATCO adds HRSGs to Product Line
• Nigeria and Chinese firm (Sinohydro) to build 700 MW Power Plant in Niger State
• $61 Billion Flow Control and Treatment Market in 2016 in the Energy Sector
• Chinese Air Pollution Control Market to Approach $19 Billion in 2013
• $1.5 Billion Market for Roll Goods for Fabric Filter Dust Collectors
• Co-Firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass and Municipal Waste in Coal-fired Boilers was the subject of the Hot Topic Hour on Thursday
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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