Hot Topic Hour for August 30, 2012 Will Focus on Pumps for Power Plants
Greg Morrison, Product Manager, Boiler Feed Water Pumps at Flowserve
Corporation, Pump Division, will discuss the application of boiler feed pumps in
combined cycle, thermo-solar and biomass power plants. He will discuss the
types, sizes and required features of boiler feed pumps as they are applied to
combined cycle, thermo-solar and biomass power plants. With the decline of
coal-fired generation, the three types of power plants mentioned above account
for the vast majority of new power construction. Each power plant type requires
unique solutions that will be summarized and discussed.
Tom Tschanz of McIlvaine Company will provide process flow diagrams and
descriptions of some of the many pump applications in the power industry
To register for the Hot Topic Hour on Thursday, August 30, 2012, at 10:00 a.m.
click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/hot_topic_hour_registration.htm.
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.
DATE Non-Subscribers Cost SUBJECT Webinar Type
August 30, 2012 $125.00 Pumps for Power Plants, Boilers and Water Treatment
Facilities Combined Cycle Plants Power
September 6, 2012 $125.00 Material Handling in 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 Production of Fertilizer and Sulfuric Acid at
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 17, 2012 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1088 – August 17, 2012
Table of Contents
COAL-GEN
Keynote Session of COAL-GEN says Coal still Viable
COAL – US
Great Plains plans $1 Billion in Emissions Control Systems at La Cygne,
Montrose, Sibley
Mississippi Power redefines Work for Contractors on Kemper IGCC Project
EPA is approving SNCR for Reid Gardner 1-3
Pennsylvania lax in making changes on Huntingdon Coal-fired Boilers
COAL – WORLD
Nam Power pre-qualifies 13 Contractors for 150-300 MW Erongo Power Project in
Namibia
Adaro plans 1,200 MW Sumatra (Indonesia) Power Plant
Bosowa Group to build Coal-fired 300 MW Power Plant in South Sulawesi,
Indonesia
KESC and Hong Kong firm sign MoU for Coal-fired Power Plant in Karachi,
Pakistan
Deal signed for 50 MW Myeik Power Plant in Myanmar
Sri Lankan Government admits Defects in Chinese-built Coal-fired Power Plant
Egat to Hear Public comments on 800 MW Krabi Power Plant in Thailand
Reliance Power stops work on 4,000 MW Krishnapatam Power Project
Government tells BHEL to pay Rs 25 crore as Penalty at Raichur Project
Daelim to build 300 MW O Mon 2 in Vietnam
GAS/OIL / US
Permits for Excelsior IGCC Project sufficient for Gas-fired Project
GAS/OIL WORLD
Power Machines construct Generator for Mosenergo
KEPCO to restart 3,700 MW Wakayama Power Plant Construction
Ugandan Tororo Power Plant to increase Capacity to 80 MW
We Energies to convert Valley to Gas-firing
CO2
Low Natural Gas Prices Drive CO2 Emissions Down to Lowest Level in 20-Years
GASIFICATION
Illinois Governor vetoes Bill on Chicago Coal Gasification Plant
Ukraine eyeing Chinese Gasification Tech
BIOMASS
Aecon wins Biomass Conversion Project Contract at Atikokan in Ontario, Canada
NUCLEAR
Will Duke Repair Cystal River?
BUSINESS
Greece looks to sell Coal-fired Power Plant Assets to alleviate Debt, but
Unions Opposed
China’s Sinopec eyes stake in Texas IGCC Power Project
Clyde Bergemann Unit to open New Emissions Control Production Plant in Georgia
Midwest Energy Emissions to Demo Mercury Removal Technology at Southwestern US
Power Plant
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding looking at Power Projects in
Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand
HOT TOPIC HOUR
Hot Topic Hour Friday, August 17, 2012 covered Coal-Gen Highlights
“Hot Topic Hour” on Friday, August 24, 2012 to Cover Mega Symposium Highlights
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
For more information on the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System, click
on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#42ei.
Cross-State Air Decision Will Have Only Minor Impact on the Equipment Market
Earlier this week the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR) was vacated and
effectively replaced with the original Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR). The
McIlvaine Company forecasts that this development will change the U.S. FGD and
NOx control market forecasts by less than ten percent over the next five years.
It will have a less than one percent impact on the world markets. Here are the
present forecasts in FGD World Markets and NOx Control World Markets.
U.S. FGD System Revenues ($ Millions)
Subject 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Dry Lime 146 337 212 122 168 248 337 341
Other 45 103 65 37 51 75 103 104
Wet Calcium 1,019 2,343 1,471 846 1,171 1,726 2,342 2,371
Total 1,210 2,783 1,748 1,005 1,390 2,049 2,782 2,816
U.S. NOx Control Revenues ($ Millions)
Subject 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Catalyst 433 378 458 394 378 409 445 393
SCR 989 1,449 731 811 863 907 339 359
Total 1,422 1,827 1,189 1,205 1,241 1,316 784 752
The minor aspect of the change in the market is due to the following:
• CAIR already requires most of what would be spent on CASPR
• The new air toxic rules which require HCl capture are an important driver
independent of CASPR
• A large part of the U.S. FGD market is in upgrading existing systems
• Catalyst sales will be an increasingly large segment of the NOx market
• The U.S. is now a relatively small segment of the world market
The bigger variable is the way the states address their responsibility to meet
ambient PM2.5, NOx and SO2 limits. The averaging period is over the next few
years. This means state regulations should already be in place to ensure that
the 2017 limits are achieved when averaging the previous three years. Very
extensive NOx and SO2 removal would be required to ensure compliance. However,
there does not seem to be a high level of concern about this requirement.
Therefore the McIlvaine forecasts are based on the likelihood that the states
will not take the mandated actions. If this should change, there would be a much
larger air pollution equipment market.
For more information on FGD World Markets, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#N027
For more info on NOx Control World Markets, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n035
Air Filtration and Pollution Control Hardware and Consumables Will Generate
Revenue of $44 Billion in 2013
The sales of air pollution control equipment and consumables along with air
purification equipment for buildings and plant ventilating systems will exceed
$44 billion in 2013. This is the latest forecast in Air Pollution Management, a
continually updated report published by the McIlvaine Company.
(www.mcilvainecompay.com)
($ Millions)
World Region 2013
Africa 1,250
CIS 929
East Asia 21,004
Eastern Europe 1,376
Middle East 1,079
NAFTA 7,957
South & Central America 1,591
West Asia 3,605
Western Europe 5,599
Total 44,390
East Asia will account for 47 percent of the total. The construction of a large
number of new coal-fired power plants is one reason for the large East Asia
market share. Cement, pulp and paper, iron and steel are all industries which
will contribute to the East Asia revenues.
The rapid expansion of commercial and residential buildings in East Asia is
still another reason. Many of these buildings are incorporating forced air
heating and cooling. All will have particulate filters and many will also have
an ability to adsorb odors and gaseous pollutants.
The sales of filter media, nozzles, catalysts, scrubbers, precipitators, fabric
filters, vessels and ductwork are all included in these totals. There are a
number of filter media manufacturers who supply media for industrial as well as
residential filters.
Large scrubbers are used to capture SO2 from power plant stacks. Small scrubbers
are used to eliminate odors from food frying. Many different industries use
scrubbers to remove acid gases, odors and particulate.
These forecasts include the catalysts used for volatile organic compound (VOC)
destruction as well as for selective catalytic reduction (SCR) systems used in
power, cement and chemical plants. The forecasts do not include the catalyst
used in automobiles. These are included in a separate McIlvaine report.
For more information on Air Pollution Management, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#5ab
Utilities Adding Renewables to the Mix
Utilities are seeking renewable energy projects to comply with regulatory
requirements. These activities are tracked in McIlvaine’s Renewable Energy
Projects and Update.
Xcel Energy Seeks More Renewables in New Mexico
Xcel Energy’s Southwestern Public Service Company (SPS) is seeking proposals for
renewable resources other than wind or solar as part of its plan to diversify
its renewable energy portfolio.
SPS is seeking, on an annual basis, approximately 88,705 MWh of “other”
renewable energy generation as defined by the New Mexico Renewable Portfolio
Standard (RPS), or an equivalent amount of biogas of approximately 665,300 MMBtu
(one million British thermal units) to be in commercial operation no later than
January 1, 2015. SPS prefers that the biomass resources be located in New
Mexico.
This solicitation will enable the company to comply with regulatory requirements
in New Mexico that call for 15 percent of the company’s New Mexico retail sales
to be derived from renewable resources by 2015. As part of the diversity
requirement, 10 percent of the total renewable resource requirement must consist
of “other” technologies such as biomass, hydro, or geothermal.
DTE Energy Seeks Wind Energy Proposals
DTE Energy has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) that is part of the
company's plan to continue to add Michigan-based renewable power to its energy
portfolio over the next two years.
DTE Energy is seeking approximately 100 megawatts (MW) of renewable energy from
Michigan-based wind projects that will be operating by the end of 2013. This
solicitation is part of DTE Energy's plan to meet Michigan's renewable energy
goals.
To meet the state's renewable energy goals, DTE Energy expects to add about
1,000 megawatts, or 10 percent of its power, from renewable resources by 2015.
The company plans to own facilities to supply up to half of that power and
contract with third-party producers for the rest.
The majority of the company's renewable energy will come from wind resources,
but it also has a solar energy pilot program that could produce approximately 20
MW. The utility's renewable energy capacity under contract is about 7 percent of
total generation.
JCP&L Ranked in Top Ten for New Solar Installations
Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L) has been identified as one of the top 10
utility companies in the nation for the installation of new solar power within
its service area. A report by the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) ranks
JCP&L sixth with 53 megawatts (MW) of newly installed solar power capacity in
2011.
The SEPA report analyzed more than 240 utilities in the U.S. and recognized the
top utilities driving solar growth. Collectively in 2011, U.S. utilities added
almost 1,500 MW of new solar capacity, with the top 10 utilities representing
1,000 of those megawatts.
SEPA is an educational non-profit organization dedicated to helping utilities
integrate solar power into their energy portfolios.
NorthWestern Energy to Seek Additional Community Renewable Energy Project in
Montana
NorthWestern Corporation, d/b/a NorthWestern Energy, is preparing a Request for
Proposals (RFP) to be released soon seeking approximately 25 MW of renewable
generation that will qualify under Montana’s community renewable resource
requirement. The RFP is intended to identify resources that can help
NorthWestern Energy meet its obligations to procure cost-effective renewable
energy from community-owned projects in Montana.
NorthWestern Energy projects a growing need for additional energy resources
starting in 2014 and 2015 and needs additional community renewable projects
starting in 2013. NorthWestern Energy encourages new and existing local
developers to begin thinking of how they can bring forward a qualifying
home-grown renewable energy resource for the benefit of its electricity
consumers in Montana. Additional details regarding the criteria for
qualification will be included in the RFP once it is issued.
Dominion Virginia Power Proposes New Rate to Encourage Solar Power in The
Commonwealth
Dominion Virginia Power took a second step to add more of the sun's energy to
its electricity grid by proposing a new rate that includes a premium to
encourage customers to install solar panels and sell the electricity to the
company.
In a filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), the company is
seeking permission to buy solar-generated electricity from residential and small
commercial customers at 15 cents per kilowatt-hour for a five-year demonstration
period. The demonstration project would be limited to 3 megawatts total, or
3,000 kilowatts. The typical residential solar installation in the company's
Virginia service area is 4 kilowatts.
The proposed rate is designed to pay a premium to customers who generate
electricity with solar power to defray installation costs. The premiums would
come from the contributions that Dominion Green Power customers make to support
the production and development of renewable energy.
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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