UTILITY E-ALERT

#1095 – October 5, 2012

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COAL – US

§  Shaw awarded EPC Management Contract for 22 Coal-fired Power Plants

§  Coal-fired Unit repairs at Sherburne in Minnesota could cost $200 Million

§  Proposed Settlement with PNM to retire Units 1 and 2 at San Juan Power Plant (New Mexico)

§  GenOn closes Coal-fired Power Plant in Virginia

§  Progress Energy Carolinas retires 316 MW Cape Fear and H.B. Robinson Unit 1

§  Groups Sue Midwest Generation for Alleged Coal Ash Pond Leakage at Four Illinois Power Stations

COAL – WORLD

§  Fuel Tech awarded $7.6 Million Air Pollution Control Contract in Taiwan

GAS/OIL / US

§  EPA Permit issued for 132 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant in Wyoming

GAS/OIL WORLD

§  GE to provide Natural Gas-fired Turbine to Power Plant in Poland

§  Thermax wins EPC Order for Power Project in India

§  New Gas-fired Power Station in Manchester (UK) could be One of Many

§  GE receives Contracts to supply Frame 9F 3-series Gas Turbines in Bangladesh

§  Genco to invest Rs59 Billion in Pakistan

CO₂

§  Utico and Shanghai Electric Launch US$400 Million Clean Coal Power Plant in UAE

NUCLEAR 

§  Small Modular Nuclear Reactors could be an Option for Idaho Project

BUSINESS

§  Wisconsin Public Service to buy Fox Energy Company

§  Honeywell to acquire Natural Gas Processing Technology Company

§  Calpine to buy 800 MW Gas-fired Power Plant from Bosque Power

§  Tokyo Gas considering Tie-up with TEPCO to rebuild Thermal Plants

§  World Needs to Efficiently Utilize its Finite Coal Reserves

HOT TOPIC HOUR 

§  “Coal-fired Boiler Optimization” is Hot Topic on October 11, 2012

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