Absorbers Will Account For 45 Percent of Scrubber Sales In 2014
Sales of scrubbers, absorbers, biofliters, and adsorbers will exceed $6.8
billion next year. This is the latest prediction in the McIlvaine report,
Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany,com)
($ Millions)
Subject 2014
Total 6,813
Absorber 3,112
Adsorber 1,300
Biofilter 541
Dry Scrubber 532
Other 259
Particulate 1,069
Absorbers will lead the way with revenues of $3.1 billion. These devices are
used for acid gas capture. SO2, HCl and other acid gases are generated when ores
with sulfides are processed. They are also a result of a number of chemical
processes. Municipal waste-to-energy power plants use either absorbers or dry
scrubbers to capture the HCl created in the combustion of the plastics.
The cement industry is starting to purchase scrubbers to capture both HCl and
SO2. New regulations in the U.S. are creating a significant market. However,
other countries are also requiring cement plants to meet acid gas emission
limits.
Adsorbers and biofilters are used for odor control and where the contaminant
loadings are relatively low. Particulate scrubbers sales are strong in the
developing countries where they are a low cost alternative to either fabric
filters or electrostatic precipitators.
The market is growing fastest in Asia due to the expansion of industrial
activity but also to the retrofitting of existing power plants to meet recently
enacted standards.
For more information on Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/component/content/article?id=48#n008
More Than 92,000 MW of Gas Turbines Will Start Power Generating Next Year
McIlvaine has identified 18,000 MW of U.S. gas turbine projects with start-ups
slated for 2014. Start-ups elsewhere in the world (ROW) will total 74,000 MW.
These are all projects tracked in the McIlvaine publication, World Power
Generation Projects. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
2014 start-ups in U.S.
Fuel Title MW
Gas Channel expansion-Calpine, TX 260
Gas Cheyenne Prairie combined cycle power plant-Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power, WY
130
Gas Deer Park expansion-Calpine, TX 260
Gas Dover combined cycle (Cricket Valley)-Advanced Power Services, NY 1000
Gas Ferguson combined cycle power plant-LCRA, TX 540
Gas Gloucester County combined cycle-West Deptford Energy LLC, NJ 738
Gas Guadalupe expansion-Guadalupe Power Partners, TX 450
Gas Haynes 5,6 repower-Los Angeles DWP, CA 600
Gas Kalama Energy Center--Energy Northwest plant, WA 346
Gas Lake Side 2 combined cycle expansion-PacifiCorp, UT 637
Gas Madison Bell Energy Center-Navasota Energy Partners, TX 550
Gas Nelson combined cycle plant-Invenergy, IL 600
Gas Red Gate power plant-South Texas Electric Coop., TX 225
Gas Riviera Beach combined cycle-Florida Power & Light, FL 1250
Gas Rubart Station-Mid-Kansas Electric Co., KS 110
Gas Sherman combined cycle power plant-Panda, TX 750
Gas Watson Cogen Reliability Project, CA 85
Gas Westfield (Pioneer Valley Energy) combined cycle power plant, MA 400
2014 start-ups in ROW
Gas 6th October addition-Cairo Electricity Production Co., Egypt 600
Gas Ak Bugdai gas turbine power plant-Calik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret,
Turkmenistan 252
Gas Al Shuweihat power and desalination expansion-Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity,
United Arab Emirates 1600
Gas Alaoji combined cycle project, Nigeria 831
Gas Amara power plant, Iraq 500
Gas Arun power plant-PLN, Indonesia 200
Gas Az Zour steam tail addition-Al Ghanim International, Kuwait 400
Gas Baiji power plant--Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, Iraq 1014
Gas Baixada Fluminense power plant-Petrobras, Brazil 550
Gas Baja California II-Comision Federal de Electricidad, Mexico 134
Gas Banyan district combined cycle power plant-Sembcorp, Singapore 400
Gas Bengkanai power plant-PLN, Indonesia 280
Gas Bibiyana 3 combined cycle-Power Development Board, Bangladesh 341
Gas Calabar Cross River State power plant-Essar African Holdings, Nigeria 600
Gas Caridad II-Minera Mexico, Mexico 250
Gas Centro combined cycle-CFE, Mexico 640
Gas Chana combined cycle expansion (2)-EGAT, Thailand 800
Gas Chiba expansion-Tokyo Electric Power, Japan 500
Gas Coolimba gas-fired project-Aviva and AES, Australia 360
Gas Coryton power plant-InterGen, UK 900
Gas Dhuvaran III power project-Gujarat State Electricity Corp. (GSECL), India
375
Gas Diamantina 1 combined cycle-APA Group/AGL Energy, Australia 240
Gas Dibis expansion-Kirkuk power plant, Iraq 320
Gas Dongducheon combined cycle-Dongducheon Dream Power, South Korea 1900
Gas El Faro-Shougang Generacion Electrica (Shougesa), Peru 300
Gas El Tebbin power plant-Middle Delta Electricity Production Co., Egypt 750
Gas Erbil conversion to combined cycle, Iraq 500
Gas Erzin district combined cycle power plant-Akenerji, Turkey 900
Gas Eurostar power plant-MetCap, Turkey 878
Gas Giza North combined cycle-Cairo Electricity Production Co., Egypt 1500
Gas Great Island combined cycle-SSE, UK 460
Gas Hiranandani Group power project, India 2500
Gas Jebel Ali P (Hassyan)-Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, United Arab
Emirates 1600
Gas Jiyeh power plant, Lebanon 78
Gas Kakogawa works power plant-Kobe Steel, Japan 600
Gas Khormala Phase I combined cycle power plant, Iraq 640
Gas Kimanis combined cycle power plant-Petronas Gas and Yayasan Sabah, Malaysia
300
Gas Kirikkale combined cycle power plant-Eser Holding and Acwa Power, Turkey 800
Gas Kodda combined cycle-Rural Power Co., Bangladesh 750
Gas Leverkusen combined cycle power plant-Repower, Germany 430
Gas Maranhao state combined cycle power plant-MPX Power, Brazil 500
Gas Maua 3 combined cycle power plant-UTE, Brazil 580
Gas Mittelsburenpower plant-Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Bremen, Germany 440
Gas Noida combined cycle-Noida Power Co., India 400
Gas Nong Saeng District independent power project--J Power, Thailand 1600
Gas Nyagan power plant, Russia 1260
Gas Ogorodny Proezd-Novomoskovskaya, Russia 600
Gas Pocheon combined cycle, South Korea 1600
Gas Pohang Works expansion-POSCO, South Korea 290
Gas Port Harcourt, Nigeria 420
Gas Power Generation Supply power plant, Thailand 1600
Gas Qurayyah combined cycle conversion-Saudi Electric Co., Saudi Arabia 1241
Gas Qurayyah combined cycle IPP1, Saudi Arabia 4000
Gas Ressano Garcia power plant-Gigawatt-Mozambique, Mozambique
175
Gas Sasol/EDM power project, Mozambique 140
Gas Severnaya 2 combined cycle-Azerenerji OJSC, Azerbaijan 400
Gas Shimal 2 combined cycle, Azerbaijan 400
Gas Shuweihat 3 power project-Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority, United
Arab Emirates 1600
Gas Siddhirganj combined cycle-Electricity Generation Co. of Bangladesh,
Bangladesh 340
Gas Sur combined cycle plant-Oman Power and Water Procurement, Oman 2000
Gas Swaida combined cycle plant-Iran Power Plant Projects Management Co., Syria
470
Gas Talimarjan combined cycle power plant, Uzbekistan 800
Gas Thornton Cleveleys combined cycle power plant-Wyre Power, UK 850
Gas Three Springs open cycle power project-ERM Power, Australia 330
Gas Tikhvin power plant-Transmashenergo, Russia 110
Gas Tripoli West expansion-Gecol (General Electricity Co. of Libya), Libya 1400
Gas Tuaspring combined cycle plant, Singapore 411
Gas Tzafit combined cycle-Dalia Power Energies, Israel 835
Gas Wasit cogeneration plant-Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia 750
Gas Yarima combined cycle plant-BHP Billiton, Australia 190
Gas Zouk power plant, Lebanon 194
Liquified Natural Gas Bidadi combined cycle-Karnataka Power Corp., India 1400
Liquified Natural Gas Joetsu combined cycle power plant-Chubu Electric, Japan
2400
Liquified Natural Gas Wang Noi 4 combined cycle expansion-Egat, Thailand 800
For more information on World Power Generation Projects: click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/28-energy/486-40ai.
Renewable Energy Briefs
President Obama Signs Groundbreaking Legislation to Expand U.S. Hydropower
Production
Legislation designed to expand hydropower production in the U.S. by improving
and streamlining the licensing process for small hydropower projects is now law.
The Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act and the Bureau of Reclamation Small
Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs Act were signed into law by
President Obama. Previously, the Senate unanimously passed the legislation just
before it adjourned for August; the House passed each bill with nearly unanimous
support earlier in the year.
“President Obama’s signature on hydropower legislation is terrific news for
expanding renewable energy and creating jobs across the country,” said Voith
Hydro President and CEO Kevin Frank. “There’s no better indication that
hydropower is at the center of the national policy debate than the widespread
and bipartisan support these bills received in both the House and Senate. We
wouldn’t have gotten to this point without the outstanding leadership of
Chairman Wyden (D-OR) and Ranking Member Murkowski (R-AK) in the Senate and
Representatives McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) in the House.”
The Bureau of Reclamation Small Conduit Hydropower Development and Rural Jobs
Act will improve the permitting process for small and conduit hydropower
projects on Bureau of Reclamation facilities. The Hydropower Regulatory
Efficiency Act will:
•Increase the small hydro exemption to 10 MW (currently at 5MW)
•Remove conduit projects under 5 MW from FERC jurisdiction and increase the
conduit exemption to 40 MW for all projects
•Provide FERC the ability to extend preliminary permits
•Require FERC to examine a 2-year licensing process for non-powered dams and
closed loop pump storage.
Metso to Supply Biomass-fired Heating Plant to Elenia Lämpö in Finland
Metso will supply a biomass-fired heating plant for district heating production
to Elenia Lämpö in Turenki in Finland. The heating plant is scheduled to go
on-stream in the early winter of 2014. The value of the order will not be
disclosed.
Metso's turnkey delivery will include process equipment, buildings and
installation work. The plant will have a heat output of 10 megawatts and will
produce hot water for the district heating network of Turenki. The plant will be
fired by locally sourced wood-based biomass, such as forest residue and optional
also peat.
GE, Sandia National Lab Discover Pathway to Quieter, More Productive Wind
Turbines
GE Global Research, the technology development arm of the General Electric
Company, announced research that could significantly impact the design of future
wind turbine blades. Utilizing the power of high-performance computing (HPC) to
perform complex calculations, GE engineers have overcome previous design
constraints, allowing them to begin exploring ways to design reengineered wind
blades that are low-noise and more prolific power-producers.
Partnering with the Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) in Albuquerque, New
Mexico, GE’s work focused on advancing wind turbine blade noise prediction
methods. Aerodynamic blade noise is the dominant noise source on modern,
utility-scale wind turbines and represents a key constraint in wind turbine
design. Efforts to reduce blade noise can help reduce the cost of wind energy
and increase power output. In fact, GE predicts a 1 decibel quieter rotor design
would result in a two-percent increase in annual energy yield per turbine. With
approximately 240 GW of new wind installations forecasted globally over the next
five years, a two-percent increase would create 5 GW of additional wind power
capacity. That’s enough to power every household in New York City, Boston, and
Los Angeles, combined.
White House Solar is Just the Beginning
Sungevity, a recognized leader in the global solar market, issued the following
statement in response to news reports that the White House is installing solar
panels this week:
"Sungevity applauds President Obama for upholding his commitment to renewable
energy by putting solar panels back on the White House. Solar is fast becoming
America's most popular home improvement, and we are very pleased to see the
First Family follow the American peoples' lead. Support for solar energy is one
issue that rises above the political fray. All Americans can reap benefits from
widespread solar adoption – solar power saves money, boosts the economy and
creates jobs.
Putting solar panels back on the White House sends a strong message to the
American public and the world that the United States has the technology,
resources and ability to supply cleaner, more efficient energy alternatives.
Sungevity helped lead the effort to get solar panels back on the White House. In
2010, their Globama petition garnered over 50,000 signatures and was successful
in getting President Obama to commit to go solar.
Duke Energy Renewables Acquires One of the Largest Urban Municipal Solar
Projects in California
Duke Energy Renewables, a commercial business unit of Duke Energy, announced it
has acquired a 4.5 megawatt (AC) solar project in San Francisco from solar
project developer Recurrent Energy.
The San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) is purchasing the
emissions-free energy under a 25-year power purchase agreement.
The solar power system, developed and operated by Recurrent Energy since 2010,
consists of nearly 24,000 solar panels mounted on top of the Sunset Reservoir.
The facility provides electricity for the city and county of San Francisco’s
municipal services and facilities.
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
Headlines for the August 16, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1138 – August 16, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
AQC System for 90 MW Lon D. Wright 8
Sierra Club files Lawsuit against OG&E Muskogee
PJM asks FirstEnergy to delay Retirement of Two Coal-fired Power Plants in PA
APCo unclear about APCo/Wheeling Power Merger
Sierra Club, KCP&L spar over 2007 Agreement for Iatan 2
COAL – WORLD
MoU signed to set up 6,000 MW of Power Plants in the Sindh State, Pakistan
Alstom involved in Plan to build Polish 2 x 900 MW Opole Power Plant
300 MW Bhushan Energy Power Plant in Odisha, India shut for Environmental
Reasons
GRDA approved $357 Million 400 MW Natural Gas-fired Power Plant near Chouteau,
OK
Russian Firm ready to invest in 500-600 MW Coal-fired Projects in Pakistan
Fortum to shutter Inkoo Coal-fired Power Plant in Finland
GAS/OIL – US
Wisconsin Public Service must build New Power Plant by 2019
FT4000 SWIFTPAC for 120 MW Harford County (MD) Power Plant
GAS/OIL – WORLD
RWE shuts Fifth of its German Gas-fired Power Capacity
OUR opens Bids for 360 MW Power Project in Jamaica
BIOMASS
Tilbury B closed in UK
NUCLEAR
Court of Appeals says NRC needs to decide on Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste
Facility
Russia set to build Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Expansion for Iran
License to build Belarusian Nuclear Station expected by end of August
BUSINESS
China Can Remove Mercury at Low Cost Thanks to U.S. Developments
$152 Billion Liquid Treatment and Control Market Will Grow At 6%/yr Thanks to
Asia
Lots of New Developments relative to Mercury Removal
HOT TOPIC HOUR
New approaches to FGD Wastewater Treatment unveiled at Hot Topic Webinar
Yesterday
Answers to your Power Plant Pump Questions Provided in “Hot Topic Hour” on
August 22
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
For more information on the Utility Tracking System, click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=72.
Controlling Dissolved Gases in Power Plant Water Systems with Gas Transfer
Membranes Webinar on August 28, 2013 10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
Liqui-Cel® Membrane Contactor technology can optimize water processes in power
plants by cost-effectively controlling dissolved gases. Fred Wiesler, Global
Sales Director at Membrana, will be discussing performance, operating costs,
efficiency and other key benefits of using Liqui-Cel® Contactors compared to
traditional technologies at the Webinar from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. EDT August
28 (8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. PDT).
Key Takeaways:
• Understand where gas transfer membranes fit into power plant water systems
• Learn how CO2 removal from IX systems improves efficiency and reduces bed
regeneration frequency
• Learn how O2 removal can result in significant cost and maintenance savings in
steam deaeration processes
• Discover the benefits of Liqui-Cel® Contactors compared with conventional
deaerators and chemical methods of degassing
• Featured case studies covering real-world application of gas transfer membrane
technology in power plants.
For more information click on
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“Status of Carbon Capture, Storage Programs and Technology” is the “Hot Topic
Hour” On August 29, 2013
President Obama’s recently announced "Climate Action Plan” will seriously affect
all new and existing fossil-fueled power plants especially coal-fired power
plants. His climate advisor Daniel Schrag stated, "a war on coal is exactly
what’s needed.” However, most experts believe that coal will continue to provide
a significant share of our energy for at least the next thirty years. The
concept of quickly replacing coal with other fuels is impractical, costly and
not the best environmental option. Perhaps recognizing this, President Obama’s
plan also creates a new $8 billion loan guarantee program for advanced
fossil-fuel projects (such as carbon capture) through the Department of Energy.
Carbon capture with sequestration and perhaps beneficial reuse of the CO2 is
seen as the solution to the GHG issues for fossil-fueled power plants. At our
recent Hot Topic Hour on “GHG Compliance Strategies, Reduction Technologies and
Measurement,” Dr. James Staudt PhD, President of Andover Technology Partners
reviewed the economic situation for coal-fired power plants and CCS. He
concludes new coal-fired power plants with CCS will cost $5000/kW or more, but
can emit less CO2 per MWh than natural gas combined cycle without CCS. The
tradeoff between NGCC and coal then depends upon the differential in fuel cost
and CO2 price. He went on to say that CCS on existing coal units only makes
sense if coal-fired power plants can absorb the additional cost of CCS and still
compete. The industry will need an adequately high CO2 price signal to justify
CCS – sufficiently high to justify CCS on NGCC also.
However, as typically happens with all new technologies, we could anticipate
that the cost for removing CO2 will come down and change the economics. Over the
last few years, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded millions of dollars to
projects to explore the use of enzymes, hollow fiber membranes, liquid and solid
solvents, carbonated salts, ionic liquids and even rocket science to improve the
efficiency and reduce the cost of CO2 capture. Funds were also awarded to
projects to explore beneficial uses such as the use of CO2 to produce algae for
the production of bio-fuels, for the production of useful chemicals to replace
petroleum derived products, to produce fertilizer, for the production of cement
and other aggregate building materials and even to make methane gas.
The following speakers will address the issues relative to carbon capture,
storage and reuse and update us on the status of the various technologies being
developed, the pilot projects underway to test CO2 capture technologies and
technologies for the beneficial reuse of CO2. Speakers will also address the
overall economic, political, regulatory and societal situation relative to
carbon capture, sequestration and beneficial reuse.
Theresa Pugh, Director, Environmental Services at the American Public Power
Association (APPA), will discuss the many impediments to commercial
demonstration of geologic sequestration of CO2 as an acid gas in non-EOR
locations by the power sector. She will address legal, other environmental laws
and commercial law limitations as well as the huge 'infrastructure lift' needed
before CCS can be commercially demonstrated and deployed.
Neeraj Gupta Principal Research Scientist and Lydia Cumming at Battelle Memorial
Institute, will provide a briefing on the work being done at Battelle related to
Carbon Capture and Sequestration.
A key milestone in CO2 utilization and geologic storage research was recently
achieved when the Midwestern Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership
(www.mrcsp.org) team led by Battelle initiated its large-scale CO2 injection
program in Michigan with the overall goal of injecting, monitoring, and modeling
at least 1 million tonnes of CO2 in multiple oil-bearing fields operated by Core
Energy, LLC. Dr. Gupta will present an overview of this effort, with emphasis on
project development, geologic setup, monitoring, and infrastructure aspects. The
critical role of Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) infrastructure in enabling research
on CO2 geologic storage and applicability of the project to the nine-state MRCSP
region will be presented. Dr. Gupta will also explain how geologic
characterization work is helping with research on shale gas development and
related produced water disposal that rely on utilization of resources in the
same geologic space – illustrating a need for integrated resource assessment and
planning.
Jeffrey (Jeff) H. Michel MSc. Ing.-Büro für Energieforschung, Energy Consultant,
Hamburg, Germany, will discuss CCS implementation costs and considerations of
how great the respective hurdles remain. A second related factor will be certain
technical miscalculations that would be difficult to surmount at any cost.
He has conducted investigations on the German lignite industry, European CCS
strategies, intelligent power metering, and European prospects for shale gas
exploitation. His recent study "Lost hopes for CCS" has been issued by the
Swedish Air Pollution & Climate Secretariat.
Despite CO2 emissions increasing to the detriment of climate stability and ocean
chemistry, the European Union is employing fossil fuels to implement
re-industrialization policies. Little incentive exists for carbon capture
technologies due to declining CO2 trading prices. Yet even with maximum
deployment by 2050, less than 2 percent of global greenhouse emissions could be
avoided by a EU CCS strategy.
To register for the August 29 “Hot Topic Hour” on “Status of Carbon Capture and
Storage Programs and Technology” at 10:00 a.m. DST, 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 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.
2013
DATE SUBJECT
August 29 Status of Carbon Capture and Storage Programs and Technology Power
Sept. 5 Fabric Selection for Particulate Control
Power
Sept. 19 Air Pollution Control for Gas Turbines Power
Sept. 26 Multi-Pollutant Control Technology
Power
Oct. 3 Update on Coal Ash and CCP Issues and Standards Power
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