Headlines for the November 1, 2013 – Utility E-Alert      

UTILITY E-ALERT  

#1149– November 1, 2013

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Plant Ratcliffe (Mississippi Power’s New IGCC Project and Coal Mine) Costs up to almost $5 Billion
• EPA given 60 Days to Finalize Coal Combustion Residue Disposal Rules
• CPS Energy to close Deely in 2018
• Idaho Power asks PUC for Permission to invest in Jim Bridger 3 and 4
• OG&E loses Appeal on EPA’s FIP for Oklahoma

COAL – WORLD

• Chinese Firm bids to acquire Eggborough UK Coal-fired Power Plant
• The First Northeast Electric Power Engineering Corp. to build 405 MW CFB Phividec Power Plant in the Philippines
• Alstom to Furnish LNB and SNCR to EDF Wybrzeze Power Plant in Poland
• US Treasury to stop Financing Coal-fired Power Plants Worldwide
• Minergy Coal to build 110 MW Power Plant in Misamis Oriental, Philippines
• India could help Complete Ulan-Ude Power Plant
• Maritsa 3 fined for Exceeding SO₂ Emissions Limits
• Yokogawa to supply Control Systems for Kudgi Power Plant in India
• Fortum to provide SCR and LNB for Polish Power Plants

GAS/OIL – US

• Burns and McDonnell has EPC Contract for Riverton 12 Combined Cycle Addition

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• Alstom to upgrade Pembroke and Staythorpe
• Siemens to build 900 MW Spalding and 900 MW Gateway Energy Centers in UK

BIOMASS

• Iberdrola wins Two Biomass-fired Power Plant Contracts in Canada
• CHE to build 20 Rice Husk-fired Power Plants (10 MW Each) across Vietnam

NUCLEAR

• Construction began on 1,000 MW Karachi Coastal Power Project in Pakistan
• Westinghouse, Sebat Group Partner for Nuclear Power Plant Construction in South Africa
• 390 MW Muehleberg in Switzerland to close in 2019
• Hearing before NRC on Fermi 3 License

BUSINESS

• Network at Power-Gen on the Most Important Issues
• World FGD Market will dip this Year but Increase 40 Percent By 2015
• Top Eight Thermal/Catalytic Treatment Suppliers have 18 Percent of the World Market
• Air Filter Market will exceed $6.9 Billion in 2014
• Colfax buys Fläkt Woods’ Industrial Fans Business
• Kenya wants to add 5500 MW by 2017

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§  The Huge Chinese Investment in FGD and SCR will Change the Air Pollution Industry

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