Power Projects For April 24, 2009

Here are the headlines for the Utility E Alert issued April 24, 2009 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

#921 – April 24, 2009

Table of Contents

COAL – U.S.

§  Court will not review Four Corners Emission Reduction Federal Implementation Plan

§  TVA asks Court to dismiss Ash Spill Lawsuits

§  Siemens to provide FGD Wastewater Treatment System at an Eastern U.S. Power Plant

§  EPA alleges New Source Review Violations for Gorsuch Power Plant

§  Weston Installing Low NO_x Burners, Overfire Air

§  SME Still Committed to 250 MW Coal-fired Highwood CFB Project

§  Sierra Club going after Retroactive MACT for Mercury at HL Spurlock Power Plant

§  Sithe Global’s 750 Toquop Project is Progressing

§  The Question is not whether we need New Coal Plants but whether we need Replacement Plants

 COAL – WORLD

• ADA-ES awarded Contract to supply Three Mercury Control Systems in Canada
• Japan approves Power Plant Expansion at Tokuyama Corp.
• CIC Energy says Financial Crunch won’t affect Botswana 1,200 MW Power Plant

§  Residents approve of 1,000 MW Mmamantswe, Botswana Power Plant Project

§  Bangladesh looking at Repairs as well as New Construction

§  Protest against Kanci Power Plant Reemerges

 GAS/OIL – U.S.

• Orange Grove Peaking Power Plant Approved
• Calpine, GE-EFS to sell Russell City Output to PG&E

GAS/OIL – WORLD

• ProEnergy EPC has Contract for Construction of Two Gas-fired Power Plants in Pakistan
• Saudi Arabia to take over 1,100 MW Ras Al Zour Power and Desalination Project
• Seven Companies submitted Pre-qualification Tenders on Bibiyana Power Plant in Bangladesh
• Iberdrole Ingenieria to build 444 MW Lietuvos Elektrine Cogeneration Project

BIOMASS

• Babcock Power RSCR^® at JC McNeil Station in Vermont
• Peregrine Energy plans US$135 Million 50 MW Biomass Power Plant in South Carolina  

CO2

• EPA Issues “Endangerment” Decision
• EPA Releases Economic Analysis of Waxman-Markey Climate Bill
• Tenaska to Testify on Climate Bill; Emphasize Need for Financial Incentives
• China to Impose Carbon Tax

§  No New Coal-fired Power Plants without CCS in the UK, says Government

§  Report recommends Limits on Use of Biomass in Britain

• UK Utilities Exploring CO₂ Transportation Options

§  IBN Researchers Transform CO₂ into Methanol

§  Headwaters Forms CCS Joint Venture with University of Utah

§  Powerspan Closes Over $50 Million in New Financing

NUCLEAR

• Ameren suspends New Nuclear Efforts in Missouri
• Georgia Power can recover Costs for Vogtle 3 and 4 during Construction

BUSINESS

• BGR Energy receives Rs 16 Cr Order from Maithon Power for Water System
• EPA to Limit Mercury from Cement Plants
• DuPont, Lucite fined $2 Million over NSR Violation at Sulfuric Acid Plant
• Nigeria to Double Power output to 6,000 MW this year
• EPA Reinstates Stricter Toxic Reporting Rules
• An Excerpt from the General Electric Company Q1 2009 Earnings Call, GE has Orders for 18 Gas Turbines

HOT TOPIC HOUR

•  Dampers and Expansion Joints was the Hot Topic Yesterday
• “Optimization Systems for Fossil Fueled Power Plants” is the Subject of the Hot Topic Hour on April 30^th at 10:00 a.m. CST
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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