Here are the Headlines for the December 7, 2012 – Utility E-Alert 

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1103– December 7, 2012

Table of Contents 

COAL – US

• Environmental Groups file Lawsuit against 2400 MW Sherco
• EPA nears release of NAAQS PM_2.5
• NRG Energy drops Plan to build 800 MW Coal-fired Unit in Texas
• Gulf Power Recycles 5 Billion Gallons of Emerald Coast Utility Authority Reclaimed Water

COAL – WORLD 

• Redondo Peninsula Energy receives Amended Environmental Permit for 600 MW Subic Power Plant
• Tambang Batu Bara Bukit Asam seeking Foreign Investor for 3x600 MW Power Project in South Sumatra
• KEPCO, along with Hanjin, still planning 300 MW Power Plant in the Philippines

GAS/OIL / US

• Holland City Council (Michigan) approves 114 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• Construction to begin on Globeleq’s Azito Expansion in Ivory Coast
• Samsung C&T wins Combined Cycle Power Plant Order from Malaysia
• ACCIONA will build Mexico’s Baja California II Power Plant
• SNC-Lavalin Consortium awarded 463 MW Power Plant Contract by PKN Orlen in Poland
• Progress Energy Gas-fired Plant to be Upgraded by GE

NUCLEAR

• Enel and EDF end Nuclear Power Cooperation in France
• Rosatom to build 4800 MW Akkuyu Power Plant in Turkey

BUSINESS

• Canadian Pacific Railway cancels Plans for Line Extension into PRB Area in Wyoming
• MET announces Acquisition of Buell APC
• Most of the Dollars but Only 50 Percent of the Projects are Selecting SCR over SNCR and Other NO_x Removal Techniques
• Mercury Capture from Stack Exhausts around the World Will Require Chemicals Totaling $1.5 to $3 Billion/yr
• Improve Your Networking at Power-Gen 2012  
• Water Discussion at Ovivo Stand on Wednesday at 4 p.m. 
• Air Filtration is Important not only for Turbine Protection but also to reduce PM_2.5 Emissions - More at the Pneumafil Stand #4456

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Boiler Feed and Cooling Water Treatment issues were discussed in” Hot Topic Hour on Thursday, December 6, 2012
• “Co-firing Biomass, Sewage Sludge and Municipal Waste” is the Hot Topic Hour December 13, 2012
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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