UTILITY E-ALERT

#1092 – September 14, 2012 

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Gasifier installed at Kemper County Power Plant
• Court requires Reports from EPA on MATS Reconsideration

COAL – WORLD

• Chile Ministers approve Two Coal-fired Power Plants – Pacifico and Patache
• Concern over Environmental Impact of 1,300 MW Rampal Power Plant in Bangladesh
• PT Bukit Asam and China Huadian Hongkong to build 2x620 MW Sumsel 8 in Indonesia
• Bosnia’s EPBiH extends bidding for 450 MW Tuzla 7 Coal-fired Unit
• Pakistan to convert Guddu, Jamshoro and Muzaffargarh Power Plants to fire Coal
• M/S Ericsson Power to set up 1,320 MW Power Project at Prabhawati Nagar, Bihar, India
• Ncondezi Coal looking for Partner for 1,800 MW Power Plant in Mozambique
• JICA study on financing Matarbari and South-Maheskhali Coal-fired Power Plants in Bangladesh

GAS/OIL / US

• Perennial Power Holdings to build 412 MW Hermiston Power Plant to support Wind Farms
• Wood Group selected to build 75 MW W. A. Parish Peakign Power Plant in Texas
• CA Energy Commission approves 300 MW Pio Pico Power Plant in San Diego County

GAS/OIL WORLD

• Siemens receives Order from Iraq for 640 MW Power Plant Components
• Cologne Utility okays New 450-600 MW Power Plant

BIOMASS

• Ontario (Canada) begins Atikokan Power Plant’s Coal-to-Biomass Conversion

CO₂

• Canada Sets GHG Emission Standard for New Coal-Fired Units and Units Operating Beyond 50-Year Useful Life
• Analysis:  US, UK and Canada Converging on GHG Emission Standard of 1000 lb CO₂e/MWh

NUCLEAR

• Turkey to decide on Partner for Second Nuclear Plant in 2012
• Indonesia hopes to build First Nuclear Power Plant in West Kalimantan
• EDF considers reprieve on closure of Hunterston B and Hinkley Point B
• Bruce Power to restore Two Reactors at Bruce Nuclear Power Plant

BUSINESS

§  Fuel Tech to supply SNCR for Three US Industrial Boilers

§  STEAG Energy Services surpasses 40,000 m³ of Regenerated Catalyst at the Kings Mountain, NC Facility

§  The Carlyle Group to acquire Cogentrix Energy Assets and Power Project Development and Acquisition Platform

§  Valve Industry Expecting Greater Growth than Predicted by McIlvaine

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• On-line Boiler Monitoring improves Efficiency and reduces Pollutants – Hot Topic Hour on September 13
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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