Huge NOx Control Program in China will Boost Catalyst and SCR System
Sales
Chinese utilities will be starting up more than 45,000 MW of new coal-fired
boilers per year in China over the next seven years. This will result in coal
capacity exceeding 1,100 GW. The new capacity will be equipped with SCR.
This prediction is made by the McIlvaine Company in its NOx
Control World Markets report. To view the impact on the world market, it is
beneficial to view the present installed coal-fired power plant SCR capacity.
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World Installed
SCR Capacity MW |
|
World Region |
2013 |
TOTAL |
490,824 |
Africa |
0 |
CIS |
0 |
East Asia |
240,838 |
Middle East |
550 |
NAFTA |
184,206 |
South & Central America |
0 |
West Asia |
0 |
Europe |
65,230 |
The present world capacity of coal-fired power plant SCR is less than 500,000
MW. East Asia is already the largest region with 240,000 MW. China
is the leader, followed by Japan, Korea and Taiwan. The U.S. program is
slowing down. Sixty-five percent of the capacity already has SCR and there
are conflicting regulations which are impeding further additions. Most
European power plants already have SCR. The exception would be Eastern Europe.
But compared to China, the coal capacity in Eastern Europe is small.
Some of the oil-fired boilers in the Middle East are being fitted with SCR.
Gas turbine power plants in the U.S. and certain other countries are also being
equipped with SCR. But the total yearly addition of SCR for turbines is
relatively small compared to coal-fired power plants. Waste incinerators,
cement kilns and various furnaces will also purchase SCR systems. However, SNCR
is widely used as an alternative. Many power plants have no NOx
control. Even in the aggregate, the total of SCR for kilns and furnaces
will be small compared to the Chinese coal-fired power plant expenditures.
The Chinese program will exceed that of any other country or even the EU, NAFTA
or any region. For more information on NOx Control World
Markets, click on:
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Scrubber and Absorber Revenues to Reach $7.5 Billion by 2017
Suppliers of scrubbers, absorbers, adsorbers and biofilters will generate
revenues of $7.5 billion in 2017. This is the latest forecast in
Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Scrubber Revenues $ Millions
Industry |
2017 |
Chemical |
883 |
Electronics |
191 |
Food |
229 |
Incinerators |
1,746 |
Metals |
909 |
Other Industries |
1,089 |
Pulp & Paper |
358 |
Surface Coating |
794 |
Wastewater |
1,346 |
Total |
7,545 |
The largest investment will be for wet and dry scrubbers to capture the
emissions from incinerators. This includes those which burn hazardous waste,
garbage and commercial and industrial waste. Municipal wastewater plants
purchase scrubbers and biofilters to remove the odors and to capture sewage
sludge incinerator emissions.
There are many different applications where scrubbers are used to capture
particulate, acid gases and odors. One of the biggest short-term potential
segments is the capture of SO2 from the stacks of ships. Many large
vessels use high sulfur bunker fuel. New regulations will prohibit these ships
from entering ports without being equipped with systems to capture the acid
gases.
Another big potential is to remove HCl from industrial boiler exhausts. The U.S.
has promulgated regulations limiting these emissions. The forecasts do not
include the scrubbers used for SO2 removal at large coal-fired
utilities. The reason is that the utility market is as large as all the
industrial applications combined. It is, therefore, analyzed separately.
Lime and sodium compounds are typically used to neutralize and capture acid
gases. Suppliers of these reagents are among the biggest beneficiaries of
the expanding market. Suppliers of polymers and other water treatment chemicals
are benefiting from the wastewater treatment needs. Scrubbers are also
used to capture mercury using bromine compounds. This benefits Chemtura and
other worldwide suppliers.
For more information on Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets, click
on:
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Renewable Energy Briefs
Solar Power Breaks Through 2,000 Megawatt Threshold in California
Solar power shines, setting a new all-time high output of 2,071 megawatts (MW)
at 12:59 p.m., on June 07, 2013. This amount of energy is enough to power more
than 1.5 million homes across sunny California.
“This new record is remarkable considering the amount has more than doubled
since last September when solar peaked at 1,000 megawatts,” says Steve
Berberich, California ISO President and CEO. “We are excited by this trend and
expect to hit more record peaks on a regular basis.”
California is the largest producer of solar power in the nation. Today’s peak
demand was about 36,000 megawatts and solar power supplied more than five
percent of demand for electricity.
Coalition of Renewable Energy Companies Established to Advocate for a Level
Playing Field for Clean Energy
Leading renewable energy companies from across the country announced they have
formed a coalition to advocate for equal treatment between clean energy and
fossil fuels that would allow average Americans to invest in renewable energy
projects in the same way they do oil and gas projects. The coalition, called
Financing America’s Investment in Renewables (FAIR), supports a change in the
law that currently allows oil, gas, coal and other “natural resources”-based
energy projects, but not renewable energy projects, to use master limited
partnerships (MLPs), a business structure that facilitates investment in
qualifying projects. Such a change has been proposed in the bi-partisan Master
Limited Partnerships (MLP) Parity Act recently re-introduced in both the U.S.
House and Senate.
The MLP Parity Act, which was introduced jointly by Senator Chris Coons (D-DE)
and Congressman Ted Poe (R-TX), would give investors in renewable energy
projects access the decades-old, tax-advantaged MLP structure that is currently
available to investors in fossil fuel-based energy projects. An MLP is a
business structure that is taxed as a partnership, but whose ownership interests
are traded on an exchange like corporate stocks. This provides the state and
federal tax benefits of a partnership with the liquidity of a publicly traded
company. While MLPs have generated the abundant and affordable capital that has
built the nation’s modern oil and gas infrastructure, renewable energy assets
are not currently eligible to use the MLP structure.
The FAIR Coalition believes that the MLP Parity Act is not intended to be a
substitute for the Production Tax Credit or the Investment Tax Credit, but could
create a complement to those credits as part of a long-term renewable energy tax
policy.
The bill would classify income earned from renewable energy sources as
“qualifying income,” thus extending the MLP structure to clean energy resources
and infrastructure projects. Specifically included are a broad range of
renewable energy resources and technologies that are described in sections 45
and 48 of the tax code, including wind, closed and open loop biomass,
geothermal, solar, municipal solid waste, hydropower, marine and hydrokinetic,
fuel cells, and combined heat and power systems. The legislation also allows for
a range of renewable transportation fuels to qualify, as well as certain
energy-efficient buildings, electricity storage, carbon capture and storage,
renewable chemicals, and waste-heat-to-power technologies.
DTE Energy Files Amended Renewable Energy Plan; Surcharge to Lower
DTE Energy has filed an amended renewable energy plan with the Michigan Public
Service Commission (MPSC) that proposes to lower the monthly surcharge paid by
residential customers to 43 cents from the current $3.
DTE Energy's plan calls for an overall reduction of all customer electric rates
— both business and residential — of nearly $90 million per year. In addition,
the amended plan continues to achieve full Renewable Portfolio Standard
compliance each year through 2029, although the projected number of megawatts
(MW) needed to achieve compliance has been reduced to 950 from 1,000.
The rate reduction follows significant efforts by DTE Energy to keep electric
service affordable. The company, Michigan's largest electricity supplier and the
largest investor in renewable energy in the state, has led its peer electric
utilities in controlling operating costs. Between 2007 and 2011, for example,
DTE Energy has seen a 1 percent drop in operating costs, compared with an
industry average of a 23 percent gain.
"We've experienced lower costs to build our own wind energy parks, as well as
for contracts to purchase power," Dimitry said. "Contributing to that have been
technology improvements that have led to better wind and solar energy
production, as well as federal production tax credits that have offset our
costs."
DTE Energy has reached 92 percent of its 950-MW goal with either operating
projects or those under contract. DTE Energy expects to invest about $1.3
billion to achieve its 10 percent goal during the 20-year program.
Iceland Positioned to Become International Datacenter Hub
Landsvirkjun, Iceland’s national power company, announced a new independent
study conducted by BroadGroup Consulting, which reveals that Iceland is well
positioned to become an international datacenter hub. The study results show
unique advantageous clean energy reserves, low power prices and solid
infrastructure that make Iceland a highly attractive location for datacenters.
Bjorgvin Sigurdsson, Executive Vice President for Marketing and Business
Development at Landsvirkjun says, “Iceland’s power proposition is to provide
economic advantages with the most competitive energy prices in Europe through
fixed-rate, long term contracts. Our ample renewable and secure power resources
offer differentiating opportunities for global sustainable business
development.”
Iceland power costs can be halve those in Scandinavia, and significantly more
competitive than other European countries. Its power costs remain very likely to
stay significantly lower than other countries, particularly given the
opportunity to cap such prices for ten years or even longer for Greenfield
projects.
Power reliability and quality are extremely high. Iceland has a long history
with a key group of power-intensive users already — aluminum smelters. Such
users, including global leaders such as Rio Tinto and Alcoa, can have
requirements of >400 MW and have expanded its sites in Iceland due to the strong
reliability and availability.
Furthermore, power in Iceland is 100 percent renewable. Iceland is one of few
countries in Western Europe with large quantities of competitively priced,
renewable carbon neutral electricity. Setting Iceland apart from most countries,
it produces electricity using exclusively hydropower, geothermal energy and
onshore wind. These are sustainable, environmentally “green” resources with
minimal carbon trade-offs. This makes it an ideal location for addressing
corporate responsibility considerations.
“With datacenter costs closely linked to power prices, and power accounting for
typically 20-40 percent of operating costs, it is not surprising that the
availability of power ranks highly in the choice of location with an investment
decision based on a period of at least 15 years,” commented Steve Wallage,
Managing Director of BroadGroup Consulting.
China Turns to the Ocean in a New Quest for Power
At recent international Executive Committee meeting of Ocean Energy Systems
(OES) in Guangzhou, the Chinese hosts announced their intention to deploy a 200
kW horizontal-axes turbine in the Pacific Ocean (East China Sea).
This project, being developed by Harbin Engineering University, is just one in a
series of ocean energy projects that are being deployed along the coast of China
with support from national R&D funding programs. It is part of the National Plan
for Islands Protection to use marine renewable energy to improve the
sustainability of remote islands.
The first 100 kW wave energy unit of the 500 kW demonstration project on
Dawanshan Island, by Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion, was deployed on
April 17, 2013. A 120 kW wave buoy developed by Shandong University has been
operational nearly half a year operating off Hailv Island and a 10 kW wave
device developed by Guangzhou Institute of Energy Conversion has been
operational for 5 months near the Wanshan Island.
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) uses the difference in temperature
between deep water and surface water to generate power. It not only provides
power but also clean drinking water and food. OTEC is another key area for
development in China and a 15 kW pilot plant was tested for 5 months in 2012.
In the Twelfth Five-Year Plan for Development of Marine Economy (2011-2015) the
development of marine renewable energy is regarded as one of the key components
of the emerging blue economy.
Through Ocean Energy Systems (OES), China is working with 20 other countries in
collaborative research, development and demonstration of conversion technologies
to harness energy from all forms of ocean renewable resources. These include
tides, waves, currents, temperature gradient and salinity gradient for
electricity generation. China has been a member of OES since 2011.
For more information on Renewable Energy Projects and Update
please visit
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Headlines
for the June 7, 2013 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1128 – June 7, 2013
Table of Contents
COAL – US
COAL – WORLD
GAS/OIL – US
GAS/OIL – WORLD
BIOMASS
COMBUSTION TECHNOLOGIES/BOILER EFFICIENCY
NUCLEAR
BUSINESS
HOT TOPIC HOUR
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“Dry Sorbent Injection and Material Handling for APC” is the Hot Topic for
Thursday,
June 20, 2013
The new Mercury and Air Toxic Standards (MATS) recently promulgated for U.S.
coal-fired power plants as well as the Industrial
Boiler MACT rules focus on removal of HCl, mercury and particulates in the
presence of SO2. Some power plants, especially newer ones, can
escape significant capital expenditures because they have efficient particulate
control and SO2 removal devices in place. They can add bromine to the
coal and rely on the scrubber to remove the mercury and the HCl. Older power
plants that have up to four years to meet compliance requirements face a greater
challenge. Operators of these power plants really need to address the economics
of adding controls for HCl, mercury and particulates versus closing the power
plant. Dry Sorbent Injection (DSI) can be an
effective, low cost, multi-pollutant control solution that can help these power
plants meet or even exceed their MATS and
CSAPR emission limits and postpone the decision and the retirement of
some of these coal-fired power plants.
DSI is a process in which a powdered sorbent material such as Trona
(sodium sesquicarbonate, a naturally occurring mineral mined in Wyoming),
sodium bicarbonate, hydrated lime or activated carbon is injected into the flue
gas from fossil fueled boilers to control SO2, HCl, H2SO4
and more recently mercury. Advantages of DSI
include lower initial equipment costs as well as decreases in operation and
maintenance costs.
However, DSI is not as simple as it may appear. The relationship between various
acid gases and other controlled gases in the flue gas can be very complex. DSI
can also have an impact on the performance of other existing control equipment
and vice-versa. Careful study is necessary to select the sorbent and sorbent
particle size that will achieve control goals at the lowest operating cost.
Study is also necessary to determine how the sorbent will affect or be affected
by other emission control equipment installed.
Selection of the correct delivery system components is also critical. Dry
materials can solidify and plug critical conveying tubes and injection devices.
And to obtain the lowest sorbent usage (and usually cost), the sorbent particle
size needs to be appropriate to the flue gas conditions and the sorbent needs to
be uniformly delivered to the gas stream.
The following speakers will
address design considerations and operating results
of dry sorbent injection for the control of SO2 and HCI, including
sorbent selection and injection technologies, discuss how to develop the
optimal injection strategy based on the power plant configuration and required
emission reduction targets, provide suggestions for reducing acquisition,
installation, operation and maintenance costs while improving efficiency and
update us on new technology or designs under development to improve the
performance and reliability of DSI systems.
Clayton (Clay) Erickson,
PhD, General Manager and Vice President of Environmental Technology at Babcock
Power UK Limited, will discuss mixing and flow modeling techniques used to
improve DSI performance. Over the past several decades, increased environmental
limits on emissions from fossil fuel-fired power stations have resulted in a
variety of flue gas cleaning applications. One of the major chemical processes
in these applications is the reaction of acid gases in the flue gas with a
reagent to neutralize the acid gas. While the application of gas-gas static
mixers in the design of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) for DeNOx
is well proven, several areas of recent work with powder-gas mixing such as DSI
for SO2/SO3/HCl control and Powder Activated Carbon (PAC)
for mercury control are the focus of this presentation. This presentation will
provide both a scientific review of mixing and flow modeling principles and full
scale DSI results obtained from recent projects.
Bobby I.T. Chen,
Client Program Manager, Integrated Emission Solutions, Environmental &
Infrastructure at CB&I, will present “EMOTM+HL, Total
MATS Compliance Solution.” There are critical
reasons to enhance mercury oxidization using CB&I's technology because
controlling mercury (Hg) emission from the coal combustion process is best
achieved through a two-stage process. The first stage is to promote the mercury
oxidization at the combustion chamber outlet. The second stage is to provide a
means of absorbent to capture the oxidized mercury. On numerous of CB&I’s field
EMO trials, EMO has been proven to achieve 90 percent plus Hg oxidization, thus
facilitates the downstream AQCS Hg control efficiency. Furthermore, EMO was
found to be the most cost-effective way of controlling stack Hg.
Keith Day,
Business Development Manager for Nol-Tec Systems Sorb-N-Ject Technology, will
discuss "Gen 3" Material Handling for ACI systems.
Charles S. Alack,
President of Semi-Bulk Systems, Inc., will address “Dry Sorbent Handling and
Injection into the Scrubber and/or Direct into the Furnace for Hg and SO2
Removal.” He will review options for applying the VACUCAM® Ejector Mixer
processes for efficient slurry production of lime or limestone powders for
slurry feed to scrubbers. The technology also offers processes to
accommodate other dry chemicals required for scrubber treatment. Processes for
handling dry sorbent and chemical injection for removal of Hg and SO2
from direct in-furnace treatment systems will also be introduced.
Jim Gilmour,
Environmental Systems & Services Product Manager for Sorbent Injection Systems
at Siemens, will discuss some of the critical variables affecting the
performance of sorbents for control of acid gases and mercury emissions from
coal-fired boilers to achieve compliance with MATS regulations. He will
also discuss the selection of sorbents and review some of the important system
requirements.
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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
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for non-subscribers.
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2013 |
|
Date |
Subject |
|
June 20 |
Dry Sorbent Injection and
Material Handling for APC
|
Power |
June 27 |
Power Generation Forecast for
Nuclear, Fossil and Renewables |
Market Intelligence |
July 11 |
New Developments in Power Plant
Air Pollution Control |
Power |
July 18 |
Measurement and Control of HCl |
Power |
July 25 |
GHG Compliance Strategies,
Reduction Technologies and
Measurement |
Power |
August 1 |
Update on Coal Ash and CCP
Issues and Standards |
Power |
August 8 |
Improving Power Plant Efficiency
and Power Generation |
Power |
August 15 |
Control and Treatment Technology
for FGD Wastewater |
Power |
August 22 |
Status of Carbon Capture and
Storage Programs and Technology |
Power |
August 29 |
Pumps for Power Plant Cooling
Water and Water Treatment
Applications |
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 |
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