Headlines for the July 19, 2013 – Utility E-Alert   

UTILITY E-ALERT 

#1134 – July 19, 2013

Table of Contents 

COAL – US

• EKPC proposes tying Cooper 1 to Cooper 2 Dry FGD
• Proposed Settlement for Duke’s Riverbend Ash Storage
• ME2C to demonstrate its Mercury Removal Technology at Two US Power Producers
• Nearman to install Baghouse by 2017
• Minnesota PUC tells Great River Energy to consider retiring Coal-fired Units

COAL – WORLD

§  CESC pulls out of 1,320 MW South Africa Project, Valu Investments could Replace CESC

§  Konkola Copper Mines could build 300 MW Power Plant in Zambia

§  Longannet (Scotland) could continue Operating until 2025

§  28 Fuel Supply Agreements signed between NTPC and Coal India

§  World Bank to Limit Financing to Coal-fired Power Projects

§  Exxaro/GDF Suez Agreement on 600 MW Power Plant in South Africa

§  Vuklehirska 2 in Ukraine to be Reconstructed after Fire

§  Export-Import Bank of US follows World Bank Lead and rejects Financing Proposal for Coal-fired Project in Vietnam

GAS/OIL – US 

• 1,000 MW Guadalupe Power Plant to be expanded by 450 MW
• Holland (Michigan) picks Site for New 114 MW Power Plant
• Alstom to upgrade Four GDF Gas-fired Power Plant in US

GAS/OIL – WORLD

§  Inter RAO to expand Termogas Machala (Ecuador) by 170 MW

§  Combined Cycle Gas Turbine in Malženice, Slovakia, to be mothballed by E.ON

§  Calik to build Two Gas Turbine Power Plants in Turkmenistan

§  1,950 MW Helwan South in Egypt has World Bank Loan

§  Ceylon considering building Two Gas Turbine Power Plants

§  China’s Sepco III to build 390 MW Power Plant in Bosnia Herzegovina

§  Namibia to announce 800 MW Kudu Power Plant Bidders Soon

BIOMASS 

• Altavista now firing Biomass

COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY

• Hollysys Automation Technologies to provide ProfiBus Distributed Control System for 1,000 MW Ultra-Supercritical Power Plant in China

BUSINESS

§  Peru eases SO₂ Standards in Three Cities so Refineries would not have to close

§  MET Licensee wins Multiple Chinese Wet FGD Contracts

§  EnBW plans to shut down Four Power Plant Units in Germany

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Measurement and Control of HCl” -- Hot Topic Hour on Thursday July 18
• “GHG Compliance Strategies, Reduction Technologies and Measurement” is the Hot Topic Hour on July 25, 2013

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