Power Projects for June 18, 2010

Here are the headlines for the Utility E Alert issued June 18, 2010 http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#41f is offered separately, but is also included in the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#42ei which has current data on each coal-fired plant worldwide. Utility People: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#43i can also be included in the package.

UTILITY E-ALERT

#979 – June 18, 2010

Table of Contents

COAL – US

 Gas Turbines – Now the Choice for Power Generation?
 Joint Venture to Design and Build 650 MW Coleto Creek 2
 Lawsuit against 600 MW John W. Turk Coal-fired Power Plant Stands
COAL – WORLD
 Control System Upgrade at Kazakhstan's 3,000 MW Ekibastuz GRES-1 Units 3-8
 Poland’s PGE, GDF Suez Agree to Build 800 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant
GAS OIL – US
 Siemens to supply 950 MW Lee and 600 MW Sutton with Natural Gas-fired Turbine Packages
 Siemens wins High-efficiency Turbine Order from FPL
BIOMASS
 Dutch Amer CHP Plant Aims to Operate on 50 Percent Biomass
CO2
 Initial Tests of TOTAL’s CCS Pilot at Lacq Declared a Success
 France Allocates $54 Million to TOTAL CCS Project and Three Others
 Skyonic Obtains Patent for SkyMine Technology
 DOE Awards $612 Million to Three Carbon Capture Projects
 RTI Awarded Grant to Develop Advanced Carbon Capture Technology with BASF
 Plastic Film to Filter CO2 from Flue Gas Developed by Australian Researcher
 NETL Scientists Develop Technology to Track CO2 Underground
 RGGI and Voluntary Carbon Market Prices Hit New Lows
NUCLEAR
 China Nuclear Power Reactors to get Invensys Control System
 Korean Reactor Design Project receives Cash Injection
 Turkey Closer to Korean Nuclear Deal
BUSINESS

 TVA to Pay $11.5 Million in Civil Penalties from 2008 Coal Ash Spill
 Reliance to Bid for Power Plant in Orissa

HOT TOPIC HOUR

 New NOx Technology will drive the Market - Hot Topic June 17, 2010
 Carbon Management Strategies and Technologies will be the Subject of the Hot Topic Hour on June 24, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. CDT
 Upcoming Hot Topic Hours


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