Headlines for the May 3

Headlines for the May 3, 2013 – Utility E-Alert

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1123 – May 3, 2013

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COAL – US

Lawsuit against Santee Cooper Grainger about Seepage containing Arsenic from Ash Pond
Navajo Nation OKs Coal-fired Power Plant Lease Extension
Power4Georgians restructures, will not Own 850 MW Washington County Power Plant
WPL receives approval for FGD/Baghouse at Edgewater 5
Construction to begin next Year on La Paloma Power Plant in Texas

COAL – WORLD

Hitachi to modify NTPC Rihand ESPs
450 MW Khanyisa Waste Coal-fired Project in South Africa delayed
Uzbekenergo plans 450 MW Power Plant in the Namangan Region of Uzbekistan
Groundbreaking for Jindal Steel and Power 1320 MW Captive Power Plant in Godda district, Jharkhand, India
1200-MW Power Plant at Matarbari, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh
BHEL to build Odisha Power Generation 2x660 MW Banharpali Units III and IV in India
Environmental Questions about Adani/SEZ Power Project in Mundra, Gujarat, India
Alstom to supply Equipment for 2x800 MW Gadarwara Super Thermal Power Plant in Madhya Pradesh, India
S&L/Kiewit JV to install Emissions Controls at Petersburg and Harding St. 7

GAS/OIL - US

Alliant Energy’s 600 MW Marshalltown Combined Cycle Project moving Forward
Celanese Corp. to swap Coal Boilers for Natural Gas-fired Ones in Virginia
We Energies plans to convert Valley to Gas-firing by 2015
IPL to build 650 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant at Eagle Valley Station
Vogt Power to supply HRSGs to TECO’s Polk Power Station

GAS/OIL – WORLD

Notore Partners with ContourGlobal on 500 MW Power Plant in Onne, Nigeria
Capital Power’s Genesee Power Plant in Alberta, Canada, is Site for Proposed 900 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant
EBRD Loan for 450 MW Stalowa Wola Combined Cycle Power Plant in Poland
MPX Energia to build 56 MW Power Plant in Maranhao, Brazil
Siemens to provide Gas Turbines for 535 MW Punta del Tigre in Uruguay100 MW Gas Turbine Power Station in Bayelsa State, Nigeria
Meralco and Chubu Electric to build 1,500 MW LNG-fired Power Plant in Quezon, Philippines

BIOMASS

COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY

Metso to modernize Automation and Field Instrumentation at Helsingin Energia’s Salmisaari Power Plants in Finland
Industry Groups and States ask Supreme Court to Review EPA’s Greenhouse Gas Regulations

NUCLEAR

NRC rules against NRG/Toshiba Partnership for South Texas Project
Delays for Sizewell C and Hinckley Nuclear Power Projects in the UK
CEZ wants New Bids from Westinghouse and Atomstroiexport for Temelin Nuclear Power Project
Dominion to use GE Hitachi Reactor if it builds North Anna 3
MHI and Areva to build 4,800 MW Sinop Nuclear Power Plant in Turkey
Experts divided on Controversial Longmen Nuclear Power Plant in Taiwan
Slower Growth drives Duke Energy to suspend Plans for Harris Nuclear Power Plant Expansion

BUSINESS

Nigeria offers to sell 500 MW Omotosho Power Plant to Chinese Firm
Minister of Energy says Mongolia to be Energy Self-sufficient by 2014
Electric Power May 14-16 - Rosemont
Investment in Refurbishing and Maintaining Coal-fired Power Plants will Increase by 40 Percent over the Next Five Years

Asian Market for Stationary and Mobile Catalytic System Revenues to Approach $12 Billion this Year

HOT TOPIC HOUR

“Fossil-fired Power Industry Water Flow and Treatment Issues and Markets” was Hot Topic Hour on May 2, 2013
“Clean Coal Technologies” will be the subject of the Hot Topic Hour on May 9, 2013
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