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McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration
On Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting
on important energy and pollution control subjects. Power webinars are
free for subscribers to either Power Plant Air Quality Decisions or
Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System. The cost is
$125.00 for non-subscribers.
Market Intelligence webinars are
free to McIlvaine market report subscribers and are $400.00 for non-subscribers.
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DATE |
Non-Subscribers Cost |
SUBJECT |
Webinar Type |
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April 12, 2012 |
$125.00 |
Mercury Measurement & Control |
Power |
|
April 26, 2012 |
$125.00 |
Particulate and Condensable Removal |
Power |
|
May 3, 2012 |
$125.00 |
Flyash Pond and Wastewater Treatment Issues |
Power |
|
May 10, 2012 |
$400.00 |
$330 Billion Market for
Air/Gas/Water/Liquid/Flow and Treatment
(high growth segments plus regulatory,
technology, application, and market drivers) |
Market Intelligence
|
|
May 17, 2012 |
$125.00 |
Role of Renewable Energy in U.S. and World |
Power |
|
May 24, 2012 |
$125.00 |
Status of Carbon Capture Programs and Technology |
Power |
|
May 31, 2012 |
$400.00 |
Air Pollution Control Markets
(geographic trends, regulatory developments,
competition, technology developments) |
Market Intelligence |
|
June 7, 2012 |
$125.00 |
Dry Sorbent Injection and Material Handling in
Coal-fired Power Plants Plants |
Power |
|
June 14, 2012 |
$125.00 |
Report from Power Gen Europe (update on
regulations, speaker and exhibitor highlights) |
Power |
|
June 21, 2012 |
$400.00 |
Pumps and Valves
(impacts of mergers, new markets, market
drivers, forecasts) |
Market Intelligence |
To register for the Hot Topic Hour, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm.
HOT TOPIC HOUR RECORDINGS
The following Hot Topic Hours have been recorded (both audio and video) and are
available for viewing. The number of participants ranges from 20 to 40. The
number of participating utilities ranges from 1 to 10. Each session includes
presentations by world experts on the specific title subject. Some of the
world’s largest companies have participated in each session. Very current graphs
and diagrams are included. There is a good mix between discussions and
presentations. The sessions utilize valuable visual branches of the McIlvaine
Decision Trees.
You will need a password to view.
Click here to
order recordings access
|
April 5, 2012 |
Status of Gasification and IGCC Technology and
Programs
95 minutes |
|
March 22, 2012 |
Industrial Boiler MACT - Impact and Control
Options
116 minutes |
|
March 15, 2012 |
Mercury Measurement and Control
97 minutes |
|
March 8, 2012 |
SO3 Measurement & Control
112 minutes |
|
March 1, 2012 |
Ultra Supercritical Coal-fired Boilers
77 minutes |
|
February 23, 2012 |
NOx Control - Low NOx Technology Update
144 minutes |
|
February 16, 2012 |
Power Plant Cooling Towers and Cooling Water
Issues
163 minutes |
|
February 9, 2012 |
Implementation of the MACT Rule
120 minutes |
|
January 26, 2012 |
Limestone Size Reduction and Regional Grinding
42 minutes |
|
January 19, 2012 |
Making Coal Plants Green
54 minutes |
|
December 15, 2011 |
Impact of Ambient Air Quality Rule
73 minutes |
|
December 1, 2011 |
Measuring Particulate Continuously
124 minutes |
|
November 10, 2011 |
Optimization of Air Pollution Control Systems
78 minutes |
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Here are the Headlines for the April 6, 2012 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY
E-ALERT
#1069
– April 6, 2012
Table of Contents
COAL – US
§
Court orders Firm Deadlines for EPA to approve SIP Plans for Regional Haze
COAL – WORLD
GAS / OIL – US
GAS / OIL – WORLD
CO2
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
HOT TOPIC HOUR
For more information on the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System,
click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#42ei.
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State Regulations Drive Utility Renewable Energy Purchases
Despite the lack of federal regulations many states regulations force utilities
to supply certain percentages of their electricity from renewable energy. These
purchases are tracked in McIlvaine’s Renewable Energy Projects and Update.
SDG&E Adds 300 New Megawatts of Renewable Energy to Rapidly-Growing “Green”
Portfolio
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) announced that it has entered into two
long-term contracts to purchase 300 MW of renewable energy for its
rapidly-expanding portfolio of emissions-free power.
The first of the new agreements is a 20-year contract to purchase 100 MW from
Manzana Wind LLC, a 189-MW wind power facility currently under construction in
the wind-rich Tehachapi region near Rosamond, CA. Manzana Wind LLC is a
subsidiary of Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. When completed in late 2012, the
project will be comprised of 126, 1.5 MW wind turbines spread across 4,600
acres.
SDG&E also has announced signing a 25-year agreement to purchase 200 MW of
energy from the Mount Signal Solar project in Imperial Valley, CA. The
transaction was conducted with a subsidiary of 8minutenergy Renewables of
Folsom, CA, which has a joint development agreement with AES Solar of Arlington,
VA, to develop and build Mount Signal Solar. The first 100 MW of energy from the
photovoltaic solar energy facility is expected to be on-line by mid-2013 with
project completion slated for late 2013. When completed, the project will be
comprised of photovoltaic modules supported by single-axis tracking structures.
The electric output will be transported to market along SDG&E’s 117-mile Sunrise
Powerlink transmission line that is currently under construction and slated for
completion later this year.
Both contracts require approval from the California Public Utilities Commission.
PG&E Announces Record Solicitation for Renewable Energy
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that its 2011 solicitation for
new supplies of renewable energy brought in more than 300 offers, a new record
for the utility. PG&E’s energy procurement staff is reviewing them closely to
determine the most viable and cost-effective projects to meet customers’
long-term clean-energy needs.
Since 2002, PG&E has signed more than 110 contracts for about 10,000 MW of
renewable power. PG&E now expects to be able to meet California’s Renewables
Portfolio Standard, which requires all retail sellers of electricity to deliver
33 percent of their electricity by 2020 from eligible renewable resources like
wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, and small hydroelectric. The utility is on
track to reach 20 percent this year. Along with large hydro and nuclear power,
PG&E now typically gets more than half of its electricity from sources that are
essentially carbon-free, making it one of the cleanest utilities in the nation.
Once PG&E determines which of the new offers best suits its customers’ needs for
clean energy, it will engage selected developers in negotiations, with the goal
of submitting executed contracts to the California Public Utilities Commission
by mid-year for review.
FirstEnergy Corp. announced that a Request for Proposal (RFP) will be conducted
to secure 10-year contracts to provide Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs)
for customers of its Ohio utilities — Ohio Edison, Cleveland Electric
Illuminating and Toledo Edison — to help meet the renewable energy benchmarks
established under Ohio’s energy law.
The RFP seeks delivery of 1,000 SRECs produced by qualified generating
facilities in Ohio for each calendar year beginning in 2012 and continuing
through 2021. SRECs represent the environmental attributes of solar renewable
electricity generation. For every megawatt hour of solar renewable electricity
generated, an equivalent amount of SRECs are produced.
No energy or capacity will be purchased under the RFP. The number of individual
bidders is not limited. Participants must meet and maintain specific credit and
security qualifications, and must be able to prove their SREC generating
facilities are certified or in the process of becoming certified by the State of
Ohio.
Solar Energy Applications Now Open for Consumers Energy Business Customers
Starting February 27, 2012, business electric customers served by Consumers
Energy in Michigan could submit applications to participate in the utility’s
next phase of its solar energy program.
The Experimental Advance Renewable Program (EARP) allows electric customers to
sell the output of customer-owned solar generating systems to Consumers Energy
for a fixed price over a contract length of 15 years. Applications for this next
phase of the EARP must be submitted by March 29, 2012.
About 100 customers have installed their own solar energy system during previous
phases of this program.
For more information on Renewable Energy Projects and Update
please visit
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/Renewable_Energy_Projects_Brochure/renewable_energy_projects_brochure.htm
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Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
www.mcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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