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2012
DATE SUBJECT
November 29 Catalyst Selection for NOx and Other Gases Power
December 6 Boiler Feed and Cooling Water Treatment Power
December 13 Co-firing Sewage Sludge, Biomass and Municipal Waste Power
2013
January 10 Update on Oxy-fuel Combustion Power
January 17 Production of Fertilizer and Sulfuric Acid at Coal-fired Power Plants
Power
January 24 Gypsum Dewatering Power
January 31 Filter media (forecasts and market drivers for media used in air,
gas, liquid, fluid applications, both mobile and stationary). Market
Intelligence
February 7 Valves for Power Plants, Boilers and Water Treatment Facilities Power
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Here are the Headlines for the November 9, 2012 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1100 – November 9, 2012
Table of Contents
COAL – US
Fluor wins Early Phase EPC Contract for SCR at San Juan
Deal near to keep Presque Isle Power Plant Running
COAL – WORLD
B&W Power Generation Group to supply Boiler for 180 MW Termotasajero Power
Plant in Colombia
Odisha Power Project (India) trying to find Partner wishing to hold
Controlling Stake
Deal finalized to build 135 MW Palm Concepcion Power Plant in Philippines
Hwange Power Station in Zimbabwe to begin 600 MW Expansion in 2013
PFC studies Feasibility for Setting Up Second Ultra Mega Power Plant in
Jharkhand, India
GAS/OIL / US
CPV moving ahead with 762 MW Symth County, VA Power Plant
Dominion asks Approval of 1,358 WM Brunswick Combined Cycle Power Plant
FirstEnergy and AMP to build Peaking Power Plant at Eastlake
GAS/OIL – WORLD
GE to supply Gas Turbines for Riyadh 12 in Saudi Arabia
SSE to move ahead with Keadby 2 in UK
Alstom will supply a GT13 Gas Turbine for a New Power Plant in Jordan
JICA can issue US $250 Million to expand Capacities of Navoi Power Station in
Uzbekistan
BIOMASS
Metso plans Biomass Power Plants in China and India
Escanabe (MI) Power Plant to be converted to fire Biomass
NUCLEAR
Kenya to move Ahead with 1000 MW Nuclear Power Project
Contractors for Vogtle want Compensation for Additional Work
China Nuclear Engineering Co. plans IPO for nuclear power plant funds
Czech Republic wants Nuclear to be 50 Percent of Energy Mix by 2040
BUSINESS
ADA-ES to supply ACI and DSI Systems to Fleet of Coal-fired Power Plants
Turkey to build Thermal Power Plant, not Nuclear, near Bulgaria Border
GE starts construction of Russian Gas Turbine Manufacturing Plant
BHEL to supply Gas Turbine Generator Packages to Shell
NRG Energy and GenOn Energy Stockholders approve Merger
Karachi Electric Supply plans $400 Million Investment in Power Generation
Power Will Account for 45 Percent of the Air Pollution Control Market Next
Year
Oil and Gas Industry Valve Purchases to Exceed $9 Billion Next Year
HOT TOPIC HOUR
"FGD Scrubber Components" was the Hot Topic on November 8, 2012
Hot Topic Hour on November 15 at 10 a.m. (CST) is “Dampers and Expansion
Joints for
Coal-fired and Gas Turbine Power Plants”
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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Utilities Will Finish 968 Air Pollution Projects Next Year at a Cost of $25
Billion
Power plants around the world are presently completing 968 air pollution control
projects. When completed in 2013, the total investment will be in excess of $25
billion. These 968 projects are identified in two McIlvaine publications:
Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System and Chinese Utility Plans.
Power Plant Air Pollution Projects to be Completed in 2013 (# of Projects)
Equipment Type Americas Europe/Africa Asia Total
Particulate 140 100 300 540
FGD 45 30 150 225
SCR 40 23 70 133
Toxics 70 0 0 70
Total 295 153 520 968
Asia will complete more projects next year than the rest of the world combined.
Asian particulate projects include many new coal-fired boilers and some
retrofits. In the rest of the world, the upgrades and replacements are the main
markets. However, China is also undertaking a major FGD upgrade program. The
U.S. is the only country with toxic regulations. Next year there will be a
number of projects completed which address mercury and hydrogen chloride
reduction.
Revenues for Power Plant Air Pollution Projects to be Completed in 2013
Equipment Type Revenues $ Billons Revenue Per Project $ Millions # of Projects
FGD 9.0 40 225
SCR 4.0 30 133
Precipitator 10.0 20 500
Fabric Filter 0.8 20 40
Mercury and Other Toxics 1.4 20 70
Total 25.2 968
The projects range from $5 million to $150 million and average between $20
million and $40 million depending on the pollution control type included. The
totals do not include installation of new catalyst, bags, or precipitator
internals such as electrodes and rappers.
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$6.6 Billion Scrubber Market Next Year
Suppliers of scrubbers, absorbers, adsorbers and biofilters can anticipate a
$6.6 billion market next year. The largest purchasing segment will be
waste-to-energy plants. This is the conclusion reached in the latest revisions
to Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.
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Scrubber Adsorber Revenues ($ Millions)
Industry 2013
Chemical 757
Electronics 163
Food 199
Incinerators 1,477
Metals 801
Other Industries 920
Pulp & Paper 308
Surface Coating 690
Wastewater 1,286
Total 6,601
The forecasts exclude purchases by coal-fired power plants. The reason is that
this one application generates revenues equal to all the others and is,
therefore, treated separately. Another reason is that the participants in the
coal-fired power plant segment are mostly both suppliers of complete generation
systems as well as scrubbers.
The industrial scrubber market is served by thousands of small companies. Some
concentrate on just one type of equipment e.g. biofilters or dry scrubbers.
Others are focused on specific industries. DuPont, for example, is focused on
the refining and waste-to-energy markets. A number of companies focus on odor
control for wastewater treatment and food plants.
There are some promising new markets. One is for vessels which are burning low
quality fuels. They will have to install scrubbers or switch to cleaner fuels.
The fuel cost differential is sufficient to justify more than $1 billion needed
to install the SO2 capture systems.
The developing countries are the largest customers for scrubbers and absorbers.
One reason is the expansion of industry. Steel, chemical, mining and other heavy
industries need scrubbers for furnaces, kilns and material processing. Another
reason is that scrubbers are also used for particulate capture in developing
countries. Fabric filters have captured most of the particulate applications in
the developed countries. The cost is higher, but so is the efficiency. So, a
steel furnace in a developing country is likely to utilize a venturi scrubber,
whereas a similar furnace in a developed country would use a fabric filter.
For more information on Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets
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Geothermal Projects in Development around the World
Geothermal power plants provide steady base load power. Unfortunately conditions
for their development only exist in certain parts of the world. McIlvaine tracks
these projects in Renewable Energy Projects and Update.
MHI Receives Full Turnkey Order from CFE, Mexico for 50 MW Geothermal Power
Generation Plant
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), jointly with Mitsubishi Corporation,
has received a full turnkey order from Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) of
Mexico to build a 50 MW (megawatt) geothermal power generation plant at its Los
Azufres III power station. The power plant, which is slated for completion in
December 2014, represents the 12th geothermal power plant to be supplied by MHI
to Mexico.
The Los Azufres III power station is to be located in Michoacan, approximately
250 kilometers west of Mexico City, the capital. In this plant construction
project, MHI will be responsible for engineering, manufacture, procurement and
installation of major components, including the steam turbine, and balance of
plant (BOP), as well as civil engineering work. The generator will be supplied
by Mitsubishi Electric Corporation.
Mexico ranks fifth in the world in terms of geothermal resources, and MHI has
delivered five geothermal power plants to the Los Azufres power station and six
units to the Cerro Prieto power station. Together with these existing plants,
the new geothermal power plant will provide electricity to meet strong demand in
Mexico, where steady economic growth is projected in the coming years.
Deep Geothermal Development Project Announced in Granada, Spain
EGS Energy has been working in recent months with the Spanish shallow geothermal
company Bleninser SA who had just announced their 50 percent JV investment in
Ciclo Binario SA for the development of a deep geothermal energy powered binary
cycle plant.
The Ciclo Binario development will involve the investment of €30 million in a
plant of 10 MWe generating electricity for several thousand homes. The plant
will be located in the hills near Guadix in the northern part of the province of
Granada. A test well has been drilled to 600 meters and conductivity tests
carried out, yielding satisfactory results. The production and re-injection
wells are planned to be of the order of 3,500 meters deep. The development will
take place over the coming three years and the operating lifetime is estimated
to be 30 years.
Enel Green Power Starts Up Completely Refurbished Rancia 2 Geothermal Power
Plant in Tuscany
The completely refurbished Rancia 2 geothermal plant in Tuscany, in the
municipality of Radicondoli in the province of Siena, Italy, has entered
service.
The plant, which has an installed capacity of 17 MW, will be able to generate
about 150 million kilowatt hours of power, thus avoiding the emission of 100
thousand tons of CO2 and saving 33 thousand TOE (tons of oil equivalent) of
fossil fuels per year.
The work on the Rancia 2 plant will also include the construction of an AMIS
facility, a patented Enel Group process to improve the environmental performance
of the plant. The refurbishment project was developed by the in-house
engineering resources of EGP, with construction being carried out using
primarily local labor and firms.
The renovation of the Rancia 2 plant is part of EGP industrial plan for
2012-2016 which involves a package of some €500 million in EGP investment for
geothermal plants development in Tuscany.
Work is currently in progress on the Rancia 1 and Le Prata plants, located
respectively in the towns of Radicondoli (Siena) and Castelnuovo VC (Pisa),
while the three Amiata-area geothermal plants, all located in the town of
Piancastagnaio (Siena), are scheduled to enter service shortly, completely
refurbished.
Ormat Technologies Signs EPC Contract with Enel Green Power North America for
Cove Fort Geothermal Power Plant Project
Ormat Technologies, Inc. announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Ormat
Nevada Inc., concluded and signed a $61.4 million engineering, procurement and
construction (EPC) contract with Enel Green Power North America. Under the EPC
contract, Ormat will provide two air-cooled Ormat Energy Converters at Enel’s
Cove Fort geothermal power plant project in southern Utah.
As previously announced on April 25, 2012, the parties have entered into an
interim agreement in the amount of approximately $9 million to ensure timely
completion of the project. Now that the full EPC contract has been executed,
Ormat’s product backlog announced May 8, 2012 increased by an additional $52
million to a total of approximately $260 million, most of which is expected to
be recognized as revenues through 2013.
Landsvirkjun in Iceland Announces New Renewable Energy Power Purchase Agreement
with PCC
Landsvirkjun announced that it has signed a new power purchase agreement (PPA)
with PCC BakkiSilicon hf, an Icelandic subsidiary of the Germany-based industry
holding PCC SE. Under this new contract, Landsvirkjun will provide clean,
renewable energy to power a metallurgical grade silicon metal production plant
being built by PCC in Bakki near Husavik on Iceland's north coast. The 32,000
ton facility is scheduled to come online in late 2015 and will require 52
megawatts (MW) of power, or 456 gigawatt-hours (GWh) annually, which will be
derived from renewable sources such as geothermal and hydro.
Landsvirkjun and GMR Endurvinnslan ehf (Geothermal Metal Recycling – GMR)
announced that the companies have agreed on terms for a new power purchase
agreement (PPA). Under this new contract, Landsvirkjun will provide clean,
renewable energy to power a steel and scrap metal recycling plant at the
Grundartangi industrial area on Iceland's southwest coast. The power purchase
agreement commits Landsvirkjun to provide GMR with up to 10 MW of power for a
seven year period. In addition to recycling for export, the steel will be
partially sourced and resold to and from Iceland´s substantial aluminum smelting
industry, which accounts for about 2 percent of the world´s primary aluminum
output. The recycling plant is currently under construction and is scheduled to
begin operations in early 2013. The initial production output is expected to
start at approximately 30,000 tons per year with the capacity to scale up to
100,000 tons per year.
Landsvirkjun, one of Europe's leading renewable energy companies, generates 75
percent of all electricity in Iceland and is the country's biggest electric
generator. By signing this PPA, Landsvirkjun continues to reaffirm the
competitive business environment in Iceland.
GGE Chile Limitada Completes Most Productive Geothermal Well in South America
GeoGlobal Energy Chile Limitada (GGE Chile), a wholly-owned affiliate of
U.S.-based GeoGlobal Energy LLC (GGE), announced the successful completion of
the exploratory drilling program on the northwestern flank of the Tolhuaca
Mountain in southern Chile. One of the wells, Tolhuaca No. 4, is the most
productive geothermal well ever drilled in South America.
A long-term flow test lasting more than 45 days has demonstrated that the
production and injection wells are capable of supporting commercial power
production, company officials said. GGE has been actively exploring at Tolhuaca
for more than three years, and is continuing project development of the site —
including design, permits and construction of the power plants and transmission
lines — with a goal of power operations as early as 2014. Currently there are no
operating geothermal power plants in South America.
GGE Chile acquired access to the site in January 2009 and drilled a successful
exploration well in March 2009 that represented the first high-quality
geothermal resource discovery in the country since the late 1960s. Development
of Chile's geothermal energy reserves is a stated priority of the government.
The production well, Tol-4, was drilled to a depth of 2,300 meters and is
producing high temperature steam sufficient to generate 12 MW of electrical
energy, enough to supply the power needs for 45,000 households. It is the most
productive geothermal well ever drilled in Chile or in any other country in
South America. The injection well, Tol-3, drilled deeper at 2,575 meters, is
capable of safely accepting all of the geothermal fluids from the power
operations with the highest level of environmental protection.
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