Hot Topic Hour Next Friday, August 17, 2012 to Cover Coal-Gen Highlights
Next week the Hot Topic Hour will be on Friday, August 17 at 10:00 a.m. and not
on Thursday. Bob McIlvaine will be gathering information and will summarize the
highlights and insights gathered from the papers and from the exhibitions.
Exhibitors include AAF, Air Cure, Alstom, AOC, Augusta, Blome, Clyde Bergemann,
Dustex, Ershigs, FLSmdth, Fueltech, KCC, Nalco, Paragon, Roberts & Schaefer,
Thermo Scientific, United Conveyor, Veolia and others. There will be a number of
interesting presentations August 15-16. Here are the titles of some:
Development of an SNCR System for NOx Emission Control for Coal-fired Power
Plants
Minimizing Pollutants from Dry Fly Ash Disposal in Landfills
Removal of Selenium from Aqueous Waste Streams
SCR Technology as Part of a MATS Compliance Strategy
An Update on Fuel Lean Gas Reburn with DSI for CSAPR compliance
Recent Operating Results of the Five New Wet FGD Installations for Ameren
Corporation
4A - Particulate Control in Material Handling Systems
Leading Edge Material Handling Particulate Emission Controls in a Greenfield
Coal-Fired Power Plant
Coal Dryer Scrubber for Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Power
Reducing the Cost and Risk of Dust Collection in Coal
Dealing with Fines Accumulation in FGD Gypsum Dewatering
Air Pollution Control System Upgrades for Indian River Unit 4
From Worst to Best
Initial Start-Up and Commissioning of Circulating Dry Scrubber at Cooper Unit 2
Aligning ReACTtm Multipollutant Technology with Utility MACT for Existing and
New Coal Fired Boilers
Utility MATS Compliance for Utilities Burning Bituminous and Subbituminous Coals
- Case Studies
Feasibility of MATS Compliance Using Emissions Averaging
Options for PM and HCl Monitoring for MATS Compliance
Evaluation of Existing Electrostatic Precipitators for MACT Compliance
Dry Sorbent Injection for Simultaneous MATSCompliance/SO2 Removal
More information on Coal-Gen is found at:
http://www.coal-gen.com/index/exhibition.html?ID=8185.
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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.
DATE Non-Subscribers Cost SUBJECT Webinar Type
August 17, 2012
(FRIDAY) $125.00 Report from Coal-Gen (highlights of speeches and exhibitions)
Power
August 23, 2012 $125.00 Report from Mega Symposium (highlights of speeches and
exhibitions at this important air pollution conference) Power
August 30, 2012 $125.00 Pumps for Power Plants, Boilers and Water Treatment
Facilities Combined Cycle Plants Power
September 6, 2012 $125.00 Production of Fertilizer and Sulfuric Acid at
Coal-fired Power Plants Power
September 13, 2012 $125.00 Instruments and Technology for On-line Boiler
Monitoring Power
September 27, 2012 $125.00 Coal-fired Boiler Optimization Power
October 11, 2012 $125.00 Air Preheaters & Heat Exchangers Power
October 18, 2012 $400.00 Instrumentation for air, gas, water, liquids
(forecasts, market shares, growth segments) Market Intelligence
October 25, 2012 $125.00 Cooling Towers and Cooling Water Issues Power
November 1, 2012 $125.00 FGD Scrubber Components Power
November 8, 2012 $125.00 Dampers and Expansion Joints for Coal-fired and Gas
Turbine Power Plants Power
November 15, 2012 $125.00 Catalyst Selection for NOx and Other Gases Power
November 29, 2012 $125.00 Boiler Feed and Cooling Water Treatment Power
December 6, 2012 $125.00 Co-firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass and Municipal Waste
Power
December 13, 2012 $125.00 Update on Oxy-fuel Combustion Power
January 10, 2013 $125.00 Material Handling in Coal-fired Power Plants Power
January 17, 2013 $125.00 Gypsum Dewatering Power
January 24, 2013 $400.00 Filter media (forecasts and market drivers for media
used in air, gas, liquid, fluid applications, both mobile and stationary) Market
Intelligence
January 31, 2013 $125.00 Valves for Power Plants, Boilers and Water Treatment
Facilities Power
Here are the Headlines for the August 3, 2012 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1086 – August 3, 2012
Table of Contents
COAL – US
B&W PGG to install OFA at 450 MW Big Stone
Progress Energy to retire Cape Fear and H. B. Robinson in 2012
Wisconsin Power & Light to add FGD at Edgewater 5
COAL – WORLD
Bangladesh cancels Tenders for Five Coal-fired Power Projects
Sepco III/Pacific Holdings to build 1,200 MW Power Plant in Nigeria
Fuel Tech Awarded FGC Systems Order in China
Coal India agrees to Supply at least 80 Percent of Coal Needed by New
Construction
Bosnia looking for Bidders to build 450 MW Tuzla Expansion
Philippines Supreme Court stops Construction at Subic Bay Freeport Power
Project
GAS/OIL / US
Excelsior Energy still proposing Natural Gas-fired Power Plant
NEM to provide HRSG for 758 MW Temple Panda Power Project
Fluor Chosen as EPC Contractor for Dominion’s 1,300 MW Brunswick County Power
Plant
Black Hills Power/Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power to build 132 MW Power Plant in
Cheyenne
Alliant to build 600 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant in Marshallton
GAS/OIL WORLD
Alstom to supply Steam Turbine and Turbine for 650 MW East Delta Project
Alstom to renovate NTPC’s 657 MW Jhanor Gandhar Power Station Stage-1
Petronet in talks for a 1200 MW Power Plant in Kochi, Kerala, India
Ukraine, China sign $3.7 Billion Loan to switch Power Plants from Gas- to
Coal-firing
Foster Wheeler awarded Contract for Waste Heat Recovery Unit plus SCR in
Thailand
Gas-fired Power Stations planned for Mozambique
Namibia’s 900 MW Sitentu Power Plant in Environmental Impact Stage
CO2
DOE Awards $7 Million to Eight Oxy-fuel Carbon Capture Projects
SoCalGas, Scripps Explore using Algae to Consume CO2 and Produce Biofuel
NUCLEAR
POSCO submits Plans for Nuclear Power Plant in Samcheok, Korea
BUSINESS
Aquatech to Supply Zero Liquid Discharge Equipment to Kemper County
Chicago Bridge and Iron will purchase The Shaw Group
ADA-ES signs Agreement to acquire Bulk Conveyor Specialist Inc.
Fuel Tech receives Multiple Orders for SNCR, ULTRA and Modeling
Global Power Equipment Group buys Koontz-Wagner Custom Controls Holdings
NRG and GenOn to Merge
Appeals Court rules EPA has ability to Partially Approve/Disapprove State SIP
Clean Air adds Saudi Arabia Office
Midwest Generation may be forced to Seek Bankruptcy
TransAlta will Pay Dividend despite fall in Share Price
J-Power, Damodar Valley Agreement to Transfer Technology
Hamon Research-Cottrell awarded ESP to FF Conversion Project at Pacificorp
Hunter Unit 1
HOT TOPIC HOUR
Four Different Approaches to Removing the Mercury Presented in Hot Topic Hour
August 2
“Materials for Corrosion Prevention in Power Plant and Boiler APC Systems” is
Hot Topic Hour on August 9, 2012
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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Gas-to-Liquids to Generate $4 Billion in Annual Investment Over the Next Decade
More than $4 billion per year will be invested for plants to convert
conventional and unconventional gas into liquids. These liquids will be used for
fuel and chemicals. This is the latest forecast in Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining
Markets and Projects, an online report published by the McIlvaine Company.
(www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Converting natural gas into liquid fuels is now seen as a primary way to take
advantage of the large shale gas reserves in the U.S. Sasol and Shell plants in
Louisiana are slated to require an investment of over $24 billion. There are
plants under consideration in Alaska, British Columbia and Pennsylvania.
The largest and longest running plant is operated by Sasol in South Africa. A
second plant is under development at Mossel Bay. Additional plants are slated
for Thailand, Nigeria, Uzbekistan and Brazil.
Liquids created from gas are high in purity. The diesel fuel emits fewer
pollutants to the environment than diesel made from crude oil. There is also
less engine wear.
Unconventional gas and coal will also be used as feed stocks. China is already
operating plants using coal as a feed stock. Through indirect gasification
technology coal is converted to gas and then in a further process converted to
fuel or chemicals. There are a number of coal to chemicals plants in operation
or planning. The Eastman plant in Tennessee has been making chemicals from coal
for decades.
Coal bed methane and biomass are additional sources of gas which can be
converted to liquids. An alternative process for making biodiesel is with
indirect gasification.
The contribution of gas-to-liquids will be significant but will not compare to
the liquids which are extracted along with conventional and unconventional gas.
By 2015, condensates and other natural gas liquids will contribute fourteen
million barrels per day of product.
The conversion of gas-to-liquids involves a large investment in pumps, valves
and instrumentation. Extensive investments in air and water pollution control
equipment are also required.
For more information on Oil, Gas, Shale and Refining Markets and Projects, click
on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#n049
Solar Moving Ahead
As these recent articles from McIlvaine’s Renewable Energy Projects and Update
illustrate solar is steadily becoming an important part of the energy picture.
Per-state Purchasing up to $86 Million Illustrates Solar Manufacturing’s
Multiplier Effect
Four of the founding manufacturers of the Coalition for American Solar
Manufacturing (CASM) purchased more than a combined $400 million in goods and
services from other manufacturers and employers in 46 states in 2011, according
to a CASM survey.
This flow of business highlights just one dimension of solar manufacturing’s
multiplier effect in supporting jobs and spurring activity across the U.S.
economy, according to CASM. The coalition of about 190 U.S. employers of more
than 16,000 American workers contends the nation cannot afford to lose its own
industry, particularly in light of advanced manufacturing’s power to generate
high-paying and stable jobs and beneficial ripple effects, including research
and innovation. Instead, CASM seeks trade-law enforcement to restore legal
international competition and domestic manufacturing growth.
According to the CASM purchasing survey, four of the coalition’s seven founding
manufacturers purchased a total of more than $1 million in goods and services in
21 states and at least $50 million in four states: Oregon ($86 million) and
Pennsylvania ($74 million), Michigan ($60.8 million) and California ($50
million). (For more detailed survey highlights, go to the CASM website). The
total helps employers cover payrolls in upstream sectors such as glass
fabrication, polysilicon production and aluminum extrusion, and downstream
services such as auditing, laboratory analysis and transportation.
The paper cities National Association of Manufacturing findings, backed by
similar results from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Economic
Analysis, that “each dollar’s worth of manufactured goods creates another $1.43
of activity in other sectors, twice the $.71 multiplier for services.”
Equally well-established is the intimate connection between manufacturing and
innovation – as well as the additional business and academic development
associated with it, according to CASM.
Experts Predict Solar Market will Explode within Five Years
Within the next five years solar energy in a large portion of the U.S. will be
cheaper than power from the grid. Costs of solar panels and installation keep
moving down, while the transportation costs of electricity move up. When solar
power reaches the ‘holy grail’ of grid parity the solar market in the U.S. a
sleeping giant will awake, experts predict.
“The awakening of the U.S. solar market will be driven by grid parity within
each region. Federal incentives provide a good foundation for the expansion of
the solar industry but state-level incentives are still needed to truly make
solar energy competitive in each regional market. Over the next five years we
believe that solar will reach grid parity in a large portion of the U.S. market,
thus opening up the opportunity for significant expansion of the industry in the
years to come,” says renewable energy advisor Eric Graber-Lopez of BlueWave
Capital.
Former CEO of Sir Richard Bransons Carbon War Room Jigar Shah sees grid parity
as a natural development: “Americans refuse to overpay for solar PV. Once the
costs of solar PV are cheaper than the retail power prices – as they are for
over 20 percent of Americans now – the local solar companies will significantly
ramp up marketing campaigns,” he expects.
New Data Shows 97 Percent of Americans Overestimate the Cost of Installing Solar
Panels
Sunrun, the nation’s largest home solar company, announced results of a
nationwide poll assessing Americans’ beliefs about the desirability and costs of
installing a home solar system. Among the results is data indicating 97 percent
of Americans overestimate the cost of going solar, while nearly 8 out of 10 of
those who do not already have solar panels say they would install solar if cost
were not a factor. The study was commissioned by Sunrun and conducted online by
Harris Interactive® in February 2012 among 2,211 U.S. adults, of whom 1,475 were
identified as homeowners.
While only 3 percent accurately understand that installing solar can cost less
than $1,000 upfront, 4 out of 10 U.S. adults (40 percent) think it requires
$20,000 or more in upfront costs, grossly overestimating the true cost of
installing home solar.
In reality, installing solar can cost as little as zero dollars upfront because
of an option known as solar power service. Sunrun invented this concept in 2007,
and while dozens of companies now offer it, Sunrun remains the market leader.
Sunrun owns, insures, monitors and maintains solar panels on a homeowner’s roof.
Families pay a low rate for clean energy and ensure predictable electric costs
for 20 years.
The vast majority of Americans are concerned about rising home energy costs from
utility companies – 95 percent of U.S. adults who do pay and/or are aware of
their utility costs cited their rising utility rates as a concern – yet
homeowners remain paralyzed by misconceptions about what it costs to install
solar. The survey indicates nearly 8 out of 10 (78 percent) U.S. homeowners who
do not already have solar panels would install solar if cost were not a factor,
and 44 percent would go solar within the next year if they knew cost were not a
factor.
New York City has Tripled its Production of Solar Power with Panels on Ten
Buildings
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced that New York City has tripled its
production of solar power by completing the installation of panels on city-owned
buildings across the five boroughs. The 10 projects increase the city’s total
solar production to 648 kW – enough to power 143 households.
UK has New FIT Tariffs for Solar Installations up to 250 kW
The UK’s Department of Energy & Climate Change introduced a range of changes to
the FITs scheme that came into effect on April 1, 2012 following a consultation
at the end of last year. The changes will help ensure that current tariff levels
for solar PV are more closely matched to installation costs, and that solar PV
is considered as part of a whole-house approach to saving energy and carbon.
Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said: “These changes will help
improve the Feed-in Tariffs scheme, ensuring it is a scheme for the many and not
for the few. I am currently looking at how it can be further improved to offer
certainty for householders, communities and industry and would welcome thoughts
on our proposals.
“I want to see a bright and vibrant future for small scale renewable in the UK
and allow each of the technologies to reach their potential where they can get
to a point where they can stand on their own two feet without the need for
subsidy sooner rather than later.”
A new tariff rate of 21p/kWh took effect for domestic size solar panels with an
eligibility date on or after March 3 this year. Other tariff reductions also
apply for larger installations.
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