Headlines for the January 3, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1156 – January 3, 2014
Table of Contents
COAL – US
§ PNM files for Cost Recovery for SNCR and Closures at San Juan
§ Arizona Public Service Completes Purchase of Larger Stake in Four Corners 4 and 5
COAL – WORLD
§ 17 Companies Shortlisted for 4000 MW Odisha and 4000 MW Cheyyur UMPPs in India
§ Mitsubishi and Doosan to build 2x600 MW Vinh Tan Power Plant in Vietnam
§ Coal-fired Power Less Attractive in Germany
§ 1200 MW Mutiara (Tamil Nadu, India) to be completed June 2014
§ 1600 MW Tuticorin Expansion (Tamil Nadu, India) planned by Coal & Oil
§ Investment Stakes may change in 1320 MW Gayatri Power Project in Andhra Pradesh, India
§ BHEL modernizes 200 MW Obra Unit in Uttar Pradesh, India
§ SO2 Emissions in India increased by over 60 Percent between 2005 and 2012
§ Indian Coal is losing 50 Percent of Heating Value during Transport
§ Coal Use is rising Rapidly whereas Gas Consumption is Falling in India
§ Precipitator Problems at Chandrapur Power Plant with Emissions of 600 mg/Nm3
§ Units 4-7 at Wanakbori will be upgraded with New Precipitators to meet 50 mg/Nm3
§ SSE still Uncertain as to Future of its Coal-fired Power Plants
§ EU is ratcheting down Emissions of Acid Gases and Other Pollutants
GAS/OIL – WORLD
§ Wärtsilä to provide two 20 MW CHP Plants in Chelyabinsk Region of Russia
§ MHI to provide M501J Gas Turbine for Osan CHP Plant in Korea
§ Siemens to provide Gas Turbines for 2060 MW Rabigh 2 Combined cycle Project (Saudi Arabia)
§ CEZ suspends Plans for Combined Cycle Power Plant in Melnik, Czech Republic
CO2
§ EPA Exempts Carbon Streams as Hazardous Waste
NUCLEAR
§ Environmental Review for Lee Nuclear Power Plant recommends Approval
§ Iberdrola sells 50 Percent Stake in NuGen to Westinghouse Electric
§ JSC Rusatom and Fennovoima to build Hanhikivi 1 in Finland
§ Enel and ArcelorMittal sell Stakes in Cernavoda Power Project in Romania
§ Rosatom and Slovakia Negotiations Cease on Nuclear Power Project
§ CEZ puts off Decision on Contractor for Temelin Expansion until 2015
BUSINESS
§ 120 MW Power Plant near Chatrapur, Odisha, India
§ AEP receives Approvals to Complete Separation of Ohio Assets
§ $425 Million will be Spent to Monitor Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Plants This Year
§ Coal-fired Power Plants will spend just under $1 Trillion for Products and Services in 2014
HOT TOPIC HOUR
§ “Air Preheaters and Heat Exchangers” will be the Hot Topic on January 9, 2014
§ Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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