UTILITY E-ALERT

Headlines for the December 21, 2012 – Utility E-Alert 

#1105– December 21, 2012

Next E-Alert January 4 

Table of Contents

POWER GEN

• Power-Gen Exhibition Traffic was Heavy

COAL – US 

• New PM _2.5 NAAQS is 12 µg/m³
• Grand River Dam Authority considers Options to replace Coal-fired Unit 1 in Chouteau
• KBR to install Fabric Filters, ACI, and Lime Injection at Ghent
• Kemper County Project survives another Court Challenge
• Santee Cooper to Close Jefferies and Grainger by End of 2012
• 800 MW Big Sandy 2 to Close

COAL – WORLD

§  Tata Power to adapt Trombay 6 Power Plant in India to also fire Coal

§  Malaysia’s Energy Commission floats Tender for Two Coal-fired Power Plants (1,000 MW and 2,000 MW)

§  E.ON shuts UK 1,940 MW Kingsnorth Power Station, warns of Generating Gap

§  Sumitomo to build 2 x 30 MW Power Plants for Antam in Indonesia

§  Videocon cancels 1200 MW Power Plant at Jamuria, West Bengal, India

§  Coal will rival Oil as Top Source of Energy: IEA

§  Alstom to retrofit the Low Pressure Steam Turbines at Eskom’s Kriel in South Africa

GAS/OIL - US

§  Siemens to supply H-Class Gas Turbines for Port Everglades Upgrade

§  GE contracted for Golden Spread Electric Coop. Texas Power Plants

§  Consumers Energy plans New 700 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in Michigan

GAS/OIL – WORLD 

• Wärtsilä to build 175 MW Power Plant in Mozambique
• TransCanada plans 900 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in Ontario, Canada
• InterGen Completes Financing on 205 MW San Luis de la Paz Power Plant in Mexico
• APR Energy to provide Temporary Power Solutions in Uruguay
• GE to install Advanced Gas Path System at South Korea’s Pusan Power Plant
• GE to provide Cogeneration Equipment to Izmit Tupras Refinery in Turkey
• Kerala, India Combined Cycle Power Projects looking for Gas Allocation
• IDB supports 530 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Uruguay

NUCLEAR 

• UAE signs Nuclear Cooperation Deal with Russia
• Shandong Province (China) to build Second Nuclear Power Plant

BUSINESS 

• Middle East to Spend $1.4 Billion for Air Pollution Control in 2013
• $44 Billion Industrial Air Pollution Control Market in 2013 
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