UTILITY E-ALERT

#1091 – September 7, 2012

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Dominion Virginia to convert Bremo to Natural Gas
• 585 MW Boswell Unit 4 will reduce Emissions of Mercury, Particulates and SO₂ with a Dry Scrubber

COAL – WORLD

§  Foster Wheeler to supply Equipment to Coal-fired 60 MW CFB Power Plant in South Korea

§  Malaysian Firm selected for Joint Venture 1,320 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Bangladesh

§  Reliance Power starts Coal Mining for Sasan 4,000 MW Ultra Mega Power Project

§  Czech Coal bids CZK 14-16 Billion for CEZ’s Pocerady Power Plant

§  Australia backs away from Closure of 2,000 MW of Coal-fired Capacity

§  Canada finalizes Coal-fired Power Plant Closure Rules

§  PTBA to build 2x620 MW Power Plant in South Sumatra, Indonesia with China Huadian Help

§  India High Court cancels Land Deals for Four Coal-fired Power Projects

§  Yokogawa Electric to supply Control Systems for Mong Duong 2 in Vietnam

GAS/OIL / US

• PPL Corporation: LG&E and KU receive Air Permit for New 640 MW Combined Cycle Unit at Cane Run
• Toyota Tsusho to Partner with Footprint Power on Salem Power Plant
• New 800 MW Oregon Clean Energy Power Plant planned for Oregon, OH
• Homer Electric is installing GE LM6000 Gas Turbine near Soldotna, Alaska

GAS/OIL WORLD

§  Forge Group to construct $286 Million Combined Cycle Power Station in Cape Lambert, Australia

§  KGHM and Tauron to build 850 MW Blachownia Combined Cycle Power Plant in Poland

§  Not the Best Market for Gas-fired Generation in the UK

§  Reliance Infrastructure plans to convert Kerala (India) Power Plant to Gas-firing

CO₂

• Shell Gives Final Go Ahead for Canada’s First Oil Sands Carbon Capture Project

NUCLEAR

• Southern Co. forecasts it will exceed Construction Budget to build Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant by $87 Million
• License denied for proposed EdF Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Reactor
• Iran says Reactor at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has reached full capacity
• Work begins on Fatehabad Nuclear Power Plant in India
• Bangladesh plans another Nuclear Power Plant after Rooppur Completed

BUSINESS

§  Metso’s Automation Technologies reduces Emissions and Saves Money at Grant Town Power Plant

§  Alstom to retrofit Control Systems at EDF Nuclear Plants

§  ABB to supply Equipment for 290 MW Yunus Emre Power Plant in Turkey

§  France is facing Power Shortages by 2016

§  CoaLogix Partners with Martin Engineering for Innovative Solution to SCR Ash Buildups

§  Dominion to sell Brayton Point, Kincaid, and Elwood

§  Jindal Steel & Power takes over CIC Energy Corp.

§  $5.5 Billion Market for NO_x Control Systems Next Year

• International Specialization not Nationalism for the Water Industry

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