Subject:  Power Projects For September 1, 2006

Here are the headlines for the Utility E Alert issued September 1, 2006.  The Utility E Alert:   http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/energy.html#41F is offered separately, but is also included in the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/energy.html which has current data on each coal-fired plant worldwide.  Utility People:  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/energy.html#43I can also be included in the package.

 

UTILITY E-ALERT

 

#789 – September 1, 2006

Table of Contents

 COAL – U.S.

 

·        REACT is for Low to Medium Sulfur Coals

·        Prairie State Moving Forward as Litigation Hurdle Surmounted

·        East Kentucky J.K. Smith Approved Based on 278 MW of Coal and 5 x 90 Gas Turbines

·        Hearings on Duke Energy Cliffside Expansion are Underway

·        Tenaska is Negotiating for Property to Build Coal-fired Plant in Arkansas

 

COAL – WORLD

 

·        Israel Electric Negotiating 3500 MW of Coal-fired Capacity in India

·        Huaneng Power to Double Capacity by 2010

·        Chinese Government Orders Xinfeng Plant Construction to Stop

·        Shuanghuai Power Ordered to Start FGD System Operation by October

·        New Coal-fired Plants Slated for Tanzania

·        Acid Rain and Particulate are Two Big Problems in China

·        JSW Steel Planning Three Coal Plants Totaling 2800 Mw in India

·        1250 MW of Coal-fired Power in Maharashtra to Help Meet the Huge Power Shortage

·        Shenua to Become the World’s Largest Coal Producer

·        Eskom to Add Bag Filters and Expand the Arnot Plant Capacity

·        Wuhu Thermal Power Plant Starts Construction in Anhui Province

·        China Active in Construction of Vietnamese Coal-fired Plants

·        RWE Proposes 600 MW Coal-fired Plant in Bulgaria

·        Datang Corp is Building Coal Gasification Plant in Shenzhen

·        Huaneng to Build Two 300 MW Coal-fired Power Plants in Hainan

 

GAS/OIL – U.S.

 

·        California Bill Will Cap and Trade Greenhouse Gas Emissions

 

GASIFICATION/ETHANOL

 

 

HOT TOPCIS

 

 

MEGA SYMPOSIUM

 

·        EPA / DOE / EPRI / A&WMA Mega Conference Overview

·        Mercury Insights from Mega Symposium

·        SO3 Insights from Mega Symposium

·        FGD Insights from Mega Symposium

·        How Good are Chinese FGD Systems?

·        NOx Insights from Mega Symposium

·        Particulate Insights from Mega Symposium

·        Membrane Bags Less Effective on Condensables at Hawthorn

 

NUCLEAR

 

·        Westinghouse Signs New Nuclear Plant Contracts in South Korea

 

RENEWABLES

 

·        AES Starts Construction of 233 MW Buffalo Gas 2

 

BUSINESS

 

·        China Raises Power Generating Capacity by Nearly 17 Percent in 2005

·        Rising Coal Prices Lower Quarterly Income for Shanghai Electric Power

 

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Bob McIlvaine

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com