UTILITY E-ALERT

#1074 – May 11, 2012

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Weston 3 to retrofit ReACT
• Ameren wants until 2020 to Meet SO₂ Emission Limits
• Kincaid to Retrofit SBC Injection
• Verdict still out on James DeYoung CFB Expansion
• Emission Controls planned for 585 MW Boswell 4
• 250 MW Ratts Coal-fired Power Plant to close in 2015

COAL – WORLD

• Reliance Power 4000 MW Krishnapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India may not be Part of 12^th Plan Period
• Simphapuri Energy developing 1920 MW Nellore (India)
• CESC to revive 3x660 MW Balagarh Power Project in West Bengal, India
• Toshiba to supply Steam Turbines for India’s Meja Urja Nigam 2x660 MW Power Project
• Coal India signs FSAs with 13 Power Units So Far
• Vietnam expects 36,000 MW of Coal-fired Capacity by 2020
• 350 MW Mine-mouth Stavalj Power Plant in Serbia
• IHI Consortium to build 2x800 MW Power Plants in Taiwan
• Uncertainty over Coal forcing Holding Pattern in India
• Emerson to provide Control System for 660 MW Supercritical Coal-fired Adipala Power Plant in Indonesia

GAS / OIL - US

• PMFG to provide SCR/Oxidation Catalyst for Combined Cycle Power Plant
• SPX awarded Contract to provide Dry Cooling System for Warren County Combined Cycle Power Plant

GAS / OIL – WORLD

• First Gen proposing 300 MW San Gabriel Power Plant in the Philippines
• 1,440 MW Orot Rabin 1-4 to convert to Natural Gas-firing
• Alstom supplies GT 24 Gas Turbine for El Sauz Power Plant in Mexico
• 1500 MW IWPP Mirfa Project in Abu Dhabi
• 532 MW Expansion of Tihama Power Sites in Saudi Arabia

CO₂

• Norway Starts up Carbon Capture Test Center in Mongstad 
• South Korea to Begin Cap-and-Trade Program in 2015

GASIFICATION

• Indiana Gasification plans 10,000 tons per day Coal Gasification Plant in Indiana

NUCLEAR

• Bulgaria has Plans to Repay Debt for Abandoned Belene Nuclear Power Project
• Brazil will finish Angra 3, no Other Nuclear  Power Plants planned until at least 2020

BUSINESS

• Siemens building Manufacturing Facility in Saudi Arabia

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• “Role of Renewable Energy in U.S. and World” is Hot Topic Hour on May 17, 2012
• Electric Power Highlights will be Hot Topic Hour at 10 a.m. May 18
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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