Headlines for the January 10, 2013 – Utility E-Alert      

UTILITY E-ALERT

#1157 – January 10, 2014 

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Public Comment Period Ends for Regional Haze Requirements for Navajo
• Coal-burning Power Plants at issue in Independence
• TVA Decision coming on Allen Coal-fired Power Plant
• NRG Energy mulls switching Midwest Generation Coal-fired Power Plants to Gas-firing
• Brayton Point needed for Grid Reliability
• Duke seeks to extend Operations of Crystal River 1 and 2 through 2018
• Clyde Bergemann Power Group Americas receives Order for MATS Compliance
• Alliant Energy receives Final Approval to Upgrade Columbia Energy Center

COAL – WORLD

• Problems with Norochcholai Power Plant in Sri Lanka

GAS/OIL – US

§  Alliant to switch M. L. Kapp Power Plant to Gas-firing

§  Spot Prices for Natural Gas in US at Record High

§  IMG Midstream to build Small Power Plants in Pennsylvania

§  Quanta Services awarded EPC Contract for 120 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Alaska

GAS/OIL – WORLD

§  Tepco aims to start Full Commercial Operations at Kashima Combined Cycle Power Plant by July

CO₂

• DOE issues Final Approval for Lake Charles CCS Project Funding
• EPA finally publishes CO₂ Emissions Limits for New Coal-fired Power Plants

NUCLEAR

• Alfa Laval wins SEK 90 Million Heat Exchanger Order in Russia
• MHI to establish Nuclear Power Plant Business Unit in Turkey
• Pakistan plans for 8,900 MW of Nuclear Power by 2030
• Irani and Japanese Collaboration on Nuclear Power?

WATER

• TVA says it is moving to Dry Storage to reduce Groundwater Contamination at Nine Plants
• Dammweg Lignite-firing Power Plant uses new RO Membrane to ensure 90 Percent Organic Removal from River Water.
• Metito has USD $25 Million to deliver Water and Wastewater Systems for a new 650 MW Thermal (Boiler)Power Plant in Suez, Egypt
• First Energy Barge Plans for Flyash are facing Environmental Resistance

BUSINESS

• Changes to Utility Plans
• Mississippi Lime Company acquires Huron Lime
• Fuel Tech awarded Air Pollution Control Orders in China
• Recent News from KC Cottrell
• China will Account for 85 Percent of the NO_x Control Expenditures this Year

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• Air Preheater Changes can greatly improve Plant Efficiency - Hot Topic on January 9, 2014
• “Corrosion Issues and Materials for APC Systems” will be the Hot Topic on January 16, 2014

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