Headlines for the October 25, 2013 – Utility E-Alert      

UTILITY E-ALERT  

#1148– October 25, 2013

Table of Contents 

COAL – US

• NRG to acquire Edison Mission Energy for $2.6 Billion
• Presque Isle Cannot Close
• Sherburne County Unit 3 returns to Service after Nearly Two Years
• Groups sue EPA to Clean up Seven Coal-fired Power Plants in Pennsylvania
• Rocky Mountain Power’s 188 MW Carbon Power Plant to retire in 2014
• Dairyland Power Alma to retire by 2015
• Greenhouse Gas Emissions from US Power Plants fell between 2010 and 2012

COAL – WORLD

• African Energy Resources, ACWA Power submit EOI for 300 MW Power Plant in Botswana
• India Cabinet Committee on Investment to discuss Five Stalled Power Projects
• Mudajaya Group wants to bid for 4,000 MW Power Projects in India
• Lambton Power Plant in Ontario, Canada is Retired
• DMCI considering Biomass Co-firing for Aborlan, Palawan, Philippines Power Project
• Delay in Commissioning Norochcholai Unit 2 (Sri Lanka)
• Doosan to Construct 2x1000 MW Sinboryeong 1, 2 in Korea
• Kepco to build 200 MW Cadiz Power Project in Indonesia
• Malaysia to build Tajikistan Coal-fired 300 MW Power Station

GAS/OIL – US

• LEPA to build 64 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Morgan City
• Duke Energy files Environmental Permit for Potential 750 MW Combined Cycle Lee Power Plant

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• Wärtsilä to supply 184 MW Peaking Power Plant in Indonesia
• Tata Steel wants to build 110 MW Power Plant at Port Talbot Works

NUCLEAR

• Duke Energy Levy County Nuclear Power Plant Cancelled
• Iran to construct Nuclear Power Plant on the Persian Gulf Coast
• UK signs Deal with EDF for Hinkley Point C Nuclear Power Plant
• Vietnam embarking on Nuclear Power Plant Building Program
• Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (Maharashtra, India) Delayed

BUSINESS

• TVA working on Integrated Resource Plan
• APR, GE form Strategic Alliance on Mobile Gas Turbines
• $13 Billion Market for Gas Turbine Air Treatment In 2014
• Tanzania signs Contracts with Chinese Companies for Power Projects

AIR QUALITY IX  

§  130 Presenters updated Attendees on the Latest Air Pollution Developments

POWER-GEN PRE-INSIGHTS

• MATS, CCR, Effluent Guidelines, Gas Turbine Air Treatment and Power Plant Drives Coordination at Power-Gen

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Chinese FGD and SCR Program and Impact on the World” will be Hot Topic Next Week

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