UTILITY E-ALERT

#1056 – January 6, 2012

Table of Contents

COAL

§  Court Stays CSAPR

§  Fuel Tech Awarded Multiple Orders Totaling $10.5 Million

§  Sunbury (PA) to Convert from Coal to Gas

§  B&W Wins Contract to Upgrade Coal-fired Power Plant

§  Longview Coal-fired Power Plant Completed in West Virginia

COAL – WORLD

§  2,000 MW Power Plant Project Planned in Vietnam

§  China to Build Eight GW Coal-fired Power Plant in Beihai

§  Tata Power Alters Technology for 2,000 MW Power Plant in Naraj

§  135 MW Coal-fired Power Plant for Batangas, Philippines

§  Black & Veatch Wins Contract for Manjung Unit 4 Power Project in Malaysia

§  Foster Wheeler to Supply CFB Steam Generators to Project in Vietnam

GAS / OIL – WORLD

• Wärtsilä Receives €150 Million Order from Dominican Republic
• GE to Supply 48 MW Gas Turbine in Turkey
• Origin Energy’s Unit 1 in Service at Mortlake Power Station (Australia)
• Wood Group GTS Wins Gas Turbine Overhaul Contract in Russia

CO₂

• B&W Awarded $2.8 Million in DOE Funding for Carbon Capture Research

BIOMASS

• RWE to Open UK's Biggest Biomass Plant this Month

NUCLEAR

• Nuclear Power Fuel Contract Awarded to Areva
• Nuclear Power Reactor in China to Use Hollysys Controls

BUSINESS

§  Duke Energy to Purchase Majority of Vermillion Power Plant

§  Doosan Power Systems Acquires Majority Stake in AE&E Lentjes

§  AES Coal-fired Power Plants in New York State File for Bankruptcy

§  SPX Enters Joint Venture in China

§  Nuclear Safety Associates Acquires Safety Technologies Firm

§  Kemira Exits Gypsum Pigment Business

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Silica Scale Issues” will be a Hot Topic Discussion on January 25

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