UTILITY E-ALERT

#1068 – March 30, 2012

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COAL – US

• B&W PGG to supply Reheaters for 3x660 MW Harrison
• Westar Energy Upgrading FGD on Lawrence 4 and 5
• Regulators ask for Plan to continue Ratcliffe Coal-fired Power Plant Construction in Mississippi
• URS to provide SBS Injection System to Merom

COAL – WORLD

• 450 MW Haldia in West Bengal, India to be Online in 2013
• Jas Infrastructure & Power has Loan for 1320 MW Power Plant in Bihar State, India
• Zimbabwe to expand Hwange by 600 MW
• Doosan to Improve Performance of Bandel Power Plant in West Bengal, India

§  Duro Felguera Commissioning FGD for 350 MW Lada 4 in Spain

• BPDB plans 2,500 MW of BOO Coal-fired Power Plants in Bangladesh
• Hinduja Energy India /STEAG Joint Venture
• Alston/Malakoff Consortia to supply New Supercritical Boiler in Malaysia with Fabric Filter and Seawater Scrubbers
• Indonesia is building 13,000 MW of Coal-fired Power Plants

GAS / OIL – US

• First Energy could add 800 MW of Gas Turbines at Eastlake
• FPL to build 1,277 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant at Port Everglades
• Shaw gets approval to work on Ninemile Point Combined Cycle Plant
• Progress Energy to convert Anclote from Oil- to Natural Gas-firing

GAS / OIL – WORLD

§  Karnataka (India) to invite Bids for Four Gas-fired Power Plants of 700 MW Each

• GE wins Combined Cycle Conversion Contract at PP10 in Saudi Arabia
• GE signs Deal with Nigeria for Power Plants
• Uttar Pradesh could set up 500 MW LNG-fired Power Plant

CO₂

• EPA Proposes First-Ever GHG Limits for Power Plants--Effectively Banning New Coal-Fired Power Plants
• CO₂ Limits for New Plants is a Flawed Strategy
• UK to Propose GHG Limits for Power Plants—Promising to Support New Gas-Fired Plants 
• Share of Coal in U.S. Power Mix Drops Below 40 Percent, a 35-Year Low
• Summit Power Consortium to Apply for Funding for New Clean Coal Plant with CCS in UK 
• SaskPower and Hitachi to Build Carbon Capture Test Facility at Shand Power Plant 

NUCLEAR

• Only One Nuclear Power Plant Online in Japan
• Bidding process begins for Construction of Olkiluoto 4 in Finland
• 2,000 MW Kudankulam 1, 2 in Start-up Phase
• Taipower expects Fourth Nuclear Power Plant to enter Operation in 2014
• New Nuclear Power Plants in UK Cancelled
• Belene Cancelled

BUSINESS

• Hitachi signs License Agreement with Solios Environnement

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Status of Gasification & IGCC Technology & Programs” is Hot Topic Hour April 5, 2012
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