Power Projects For March 13, 2009
Here are the headlines for the Utility E Alert
issued March 13, 2009
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current data on each coal-fired plant worldwide. Utility People:
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included in the package.
UTILITY E-ALERT
#915 – March 13, 2009
Table of Contents
COAL – U.S.
- BLM Reconsidering Approval of Transmission Line
Needed for Desert Rock
- EPA to reconsider North Carolina’s Section 126
Request
- Alliant Energy seeking Rate Increase to Pay
Development Costs for Sutherland 4
- EPA to Study Ash Ponds
- Bill in Texas Legislature to Regulate Coal Ash
Disposal
- Long-term Exposure to Elevated Levels of Ozone
increases Risk of Dying from Lung Disease
- CDC to look at Environmental Exposure for Rare
Cancer Cluster
- SWEPCO wins John W. Turk Challenge
COAL – WORLD
- Marsulex Licensee wins First
Ammonium Sulfate FGD Contract in China
- Reliance Power to Reach Financial Closure for
Sasan by the end of March
- Black & Veatch wins EPC Contract for 2 x 660 MW
Tanjung Jati B Expansion
- EVN to build Four Coal-fired Power Plants in 2009
GAS/OIL – U.S.
- Idaho Power to Build 300 MW
Langley Gulch Power Plant
GAS/OIL – WORLD
- Scottish Power Plans 1,000 MW
Damhead Creek Expansion
- Griffin Energy Cancels 330 MW
Peaking Power Plant in Neerabup, Western Australia
CO2
- EPA Proposes Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions
for Industry Sources
- $500 Million DOE Math Error Found in FutureGen
Cost
- Cost is Chief Barrier to Carbon Capture and
Storage
- Emissions from Northeast Power Plants Decline
- StatoilHydro's Sleipner CO2 Injection
Successful
NUCLEAR
- Flowserve Signs Valve Joint Venture Agreement with
SUFA to Manufacture Civilian Nuclear Safety Related Valve Products for the
China Power Market
BUSINESS
- MHI Debuts 60 Percent Efficient Combined Cycle
Unit
HOT TOPIC HOUR
- Co-firing of Biomass in Coal-fired Boilers is the
“Hot Topic” On March 19, 2009 at 10:00 a.m. CDT
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