Power Projects For August 1, 2008

Here are the headlines for the Utility “E” Alert issued August 1, 2008.  Utility E Alert: 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

#885 – August 1, 2008

Table of Contents

COAL – U.S.

• Senate Committee Hears Testimony on Implications of CAIR Vacature
• PacifiCorp to install FGD on Naughton 1 and 2
• EPA approves Air Permit for Desert Rock Power Plant
• Ruling on North Carolina/TVA Lawsuit after Sept. 15, 2008

COAL – WORLD

• Orissa Thermal Power Corp to build 2,000 MW Power Plant in Angul, Orissa, India
• Bhilwara to set up 1,500 MW Power Plant in Madhya Pradesh
• PLN secures $1.1 Billion Loan to develop Coal-fired Power Plants
• GE set to build $3 Billion IGCC Plant with CO₂ Storage in Australia
• Tata Power/Reliance Power Advance Commissioning of Ultra Mega Power Plants
• Jindal Power proposing 2,640 MW Power Project at Raigarh

GAS/OIL- U.S.

• Gemma Power Systems to build 850 MW Sentinel Power Project

GAS/OIL-WORLD

• GE receives $500 Million Contract to supply 2,000 MW of Power Equipment for World’s Largest Single-Site Aluminum Complex in the UAE

• RWE, PGNiG in talks to build 800 MW Gas-fired Power Plant in Poland
• AES to invest $1.2 Billion in Cameroon Electricity by 2011
• Tata withdraws $3 Billion Plan in Bangladesh

GASIFICATION

• $800 Million Coal-to-Liquids Plant announced for Benwood, WV

BIOMASS

• Possible Biomass IGCC Power Station near £200 Million Docks Revamp (Barrow Waterfront Project)

NUCLEAR

• China National Nuclear Corp. to build 2 x 650 MW in Hainan
• Russia to launch some Nuclear Power Plants earlier than Scheduled
• Albania/Enel looking to build Nuclear Power Plant in Albania
• CEZ wants to build 3,400 MW Temelin Expansion

BUSINESS

• Filtration Industry Loses an Icon
• Pakistan plans USD 12.4 Billion Investment in Power Sector
• Shareholders OK Sorbent Technologies/Albemarie Deal
• EPA and Celanese Acetate settle Clean Air Act Violations
• Australia sets up Taskforces to study lowering CO₂ Emissions and CO₂ Storage
• AEP submits Plan to raise Rate 15 Percent a Year for Three Years
• British Energy/EDF Deal Halted
• Luminant partners with ADA-ES on Carbon Control Technologies

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• Mercury Options are Expanding - Hot Topic Hour July 31, 2008
• Limestone Size Reduction (Grinding) for FGD Systems will be the Hot Topic Hour on August 7th at 10:00 a.m. CDT
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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Bob McIlvaine

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com