Headlines for the January 11, 2013 – Utility E-Alert 

  UTILITY E-ALERT

#1107– January 11, 2013  

Table of Contents 

COAL – US 

• WPS to install ReACT at Weston 3
• Georgia Power seeks to retire Branch 3, 4, Yates 1-5, McManus 1,2 and Kraft 1-4 by 2015
• Wolverine Power’s Building Permit extended to End of 2013
• Rocky Mountain Power to retire 172 MW Carbon in Utah by 2015

COAL – WORLD 

• Egypt is planning to set up 1,950 MW Coal-fired Power Plant
• Tamil Nadu is considering Building 4000 MW Power Plant in Chhattisgarh (India)
• Nanticoke and Lambton in Ontario, Canada Closing a Year Early

 GAS/OIL - US

• Wärtsilä to supply 225 MW Power Plant to Texas Utility

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• Wärtsilä to supply Major Dual-fuel Power Plant to Jordan
• GDF Suez wins AzZour Power Plant Contract in Kuwait

PROPOSED COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY

§  Florida Plant Expects to Save 15 Percent of Coal Costs with Coal Treatment Technology

§  Australian Government Awards $110,000 to IPACS Power to Develop Boiler Efficiency Software

BIOMASS

• ANDRITZ to supply CFB Biomass-fired Boiler Plant to Fortum Värme, Sweden

NUCLEAR

• South Korea plans to add 11 Nuclear Reactors by 2024 despite Public Fears
• EDF and China Guangdong Nuclear Power in talks to build UK Power Plants

BUSINESS 

• $69 Billion Market for Industrial Process Automation and Control in 2013
• $26 Billion Market for Mobile and Stationary Catalytic and Thermal Treatment
• It was the Warmest Year on Record - or was it Colder than the Average for the Last Decade?

HOT TOPIC HOUR 

• Oxy-fuel Combustion already Commercial --- Hot Topic Hour on Thursday January 10, 2013 at 10:00 am CST
• “Production of Fertilizer and Sulfuric Acid at Coal-fired Power Plants” is the “Hot Topic Hour” for January 17, 2013
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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