UTILITY E-ALERT

 

#805 – January 5, 2007

 

Table of Contents

 

OVERVIEW

 

COAL – U.S.

 

 

COAL – WORLD

 

 

GAS/OIL – U.S.

 

 

GAS/OIL – WORLD

 

 

RENEWABLES

 

 

BUSINESS

 

 

McILVAINE HIGHLIGHTS

 

 

ACCESSING ALL THE PROJECTS AND INFORMATION ONLINE

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OVERVIEW

 

We have added nearly 1,000 pages to the Decision Trees over the holiday period in the area of corrosion and materials of construction. For example, just on rotary atomizers and corrosion in spray drier FGD systems we have incorporated hundreds of pages of insightful information from Omega Atomizers. We have linked to hundreds of pages of older papers on the NACE website.  Ashland Chemical sent us CDs packed with recent papers and other information in both English and Chinese which we have downloaded into various branches of the Decision Tree. We have done previous research into coatings and linings including identification of the materials of construction for specific FGD systems. This has now added hundreds of pages to the materials of construction branch of the FGD Decision Tree.

 

Our Utility E-Alerts and FGD newsletters and abstracts contain quite a bit of information on rubber linings, synthetic coatings and linings, alloys, and FRP. These articles have also now been integrated into the Materials of Construction branch. This is just one example of the expansion of the Decision Trees.

 

COAL - U.S.

 

Xcel Proposes Semi-Dry FGD, Baghouses, SCR, ACI for Sherburne County (Sherco) along with Increased Capacity

 

Xcel Energy has proposed an emissions reduction project at its Sherburne County (Sherco) coal-fired power plant in connection with a plan to increase generating capacity at the station. Sherco is a 2,400 MW, three-unit plant and the proposal would add a total of 140 MW while reducing mercury, NOx, SO2 and particulates. Xcel Energy filed the proposal Tuesday with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission.

 

Xcel proposes:

 

  1. Installing low NOx burner and separated overfire systems with combustion controls to reduce NOx emissions.
  2. Implementing sorbent injection systems on all units to reduce mercury emissions.
  3. Changing out the wet scrubbers in Units 1 and 2 for semi-dry scrubbers with fabric filter baghouses primarily to achieve mercury reductions.
  4. Installing sparger tubes to one or more scrubber modules in the Unit 2 scrubber vessels as an interim step until the new scrubber can be installed on Unit 2 in 2012.
  5. Installing SCR on all units.
  6. Retrofitting Intermediate Pressure (“IP”) and Low Pressure (“LP”) Turbines and increasing boiler steam flow rate by five percent at Unit 1.
  7. Retrofitting the High Pressure (“HP”), IP, and LP Turbines and increase the boiler steam flow rate by five percent at Unit 2.
  8. Retrofitting the HP, IP, and LP turbines and increase steam flow by three to five percent on Unit 3.
  9. Installing an additional cooling tower cell and condenser retubing for each unit.

 

Xcel Energy expects to reduce mercury emissions by more than 90 percent, NOx emissions by approximately 75 percent, and SO2 emissions by approximately 50 percent.

 

If the Proposed Project is approved, Xcel Energy plans to make the environmental improvements and upgrades to the three Sherco units over a four-year period, beginning with the 2009 scheduled maintenance outage on Unit 2:

 

            2009:   Replace Unit 2 turbine and install sparger tubes in existing scrubber vessels.

 

2010:   Replace Unit 1 turbine and generator, install dry scrubber and baghouse, and complete environmental work.

 

            2011:   Replace Unit 3 turbine and generator and complete environmental work.

 

2012:   Replace Unit 2 generator, install dry scrubber and baghouse, and complete environmental work.

 

Xcel’s filing says “The Proposal provides our customers with an opportunity to achieve significant long-run and sustainable environmental benefits, continued reliable energy, expanded system capacity and long-term use of a valuable system resource at reasonable net costs.”

 

SUMMARY BENEFITS

 

Emission Reductions

Reduced NOx, SO2, Hg and PM

Reduced or net neutral CO2

Plant Life Extension

35 years

Low Cost

$402/kW over all MW

$2,316/kW over upgrades only

General Efficiency Improvements

140 MW new capacity, 70 MW increase with no net fuel increase

 

Bechtel to Engineer/Procure for Prairie State

 

Bechtel Power will provide engineering and procurement services for Peabody’s 1,600 MW Prairie State power project.

 

Aker Kvaerner is Construction Contractor for Kyger Creek FGD

 

Aker Kvaerner has been awarded a limited notice to proceed by the Ohio Valley Electric Corporation for the FGD system at Kyger Creek. The scope of work will consist of civil, mechanical and superstructures as well as associated outage work. The project duration is approximately 30 months.

 

Possible IGCC Power Plant on Maine Yankee Site?

 

Three separate investment groups are considering Wiscasset, Maine as a possible site for an IGCC power plant. All three groups are looking at the same parcel of land: the former Maine Yankee nuclear power plant property. Mark Bigge, a Bath entrepreneur who recruited the investors, said investors are looking at building a plant that could produce 600 MW. The Wiscasset site is attractive because a plant could make use of the electrical transmission infrastructure that connected Maine Yankee to New England’s power grid.

 

Agreement Reached in Desert Rock Protest

 

Under the agreement signed Wednesday by Judge Genevieve Woody, Sithe Global Power and the Dine Power Authority can continue surveying and drilling test wells in preparation of a draft environmental impact statement for the Desert Rock Energy Project, while a group of protesters can voice their opposition as long as no laws are broken.

 

Carper, Alexander to Re-Introduce Clean Air Planning Act

 

Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN) plans to join Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) in reintroducing clean air legislation early in 2007. The Clean Air Planning Act (CAPA) would cut SO2 emissions by 82 percent by 2015, cut emissions of NOx by almost 68 percent by 2015, cut mercury emissions by 90 percent by 2015, and put a cap on CO2 emissions, capping them at today’s levels in 2010 and then reducing them to 2001 levels by 2015.

 

Westar Energy is Delaying Decision on Coal-fired Power Plant in Kansas

 

Westar Energy, Inc. has decided to re-evaluate its baseload coal-fired power plant plans for Kansas because a surge in demand for coal-fired equipment has caused a jump in projected costs of construction. The utility announced that it will continue to evaluate potential plans and possible sites for a future plant, but that it is postponing a decision to allow further study.

 

GIW has Pumps Orders for TVA and Westar Projects

 

In December, GIW was awarded the “AR Slurry Pumps” contract on the TVA Kingston FGD project where Advatech (Mitsubishi and URS) are installing two FGD systems to serve the nine Kingston units. GIW was also awarded the contract for the Westar Energy Jeffrey (URS) Projects. Ed Robinson, Domestic FGD Project Sales Manager, expects a third award for “AR Slurry Pumps” in mid-January 2007. Ed says prospect bookings for 2007 look excellent, and GIW still has manufacturing space available for 2008.

 

TCEQ Delays Oak Grove Hearing

 

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Commission (TCEQ) was to decide during its January 10 meeting whether to grant TXU Corp. a permit to build the Oak Grove coal-fired power plant in Robertson County, reports the Dallas Business Journal. But the state agency’s general counsel’s office decided to pull the item off next Wednesday’s agenda and postpone it until a later date, said TCEQ spokesman Andy Saenz. Saenz said the commission can act with only two commissioners but the general counsel’s office determines the timing on the agenda items and in light of everything on the agenda decided to pull the Oak Grove item. TXU spokesman Tom Kleckner said the company is hopeful the TCEQ will place the item on the agenda of its next scheduled meeting on January 24.

 

Western Greenbrier 90 MW CFB Project at Hearing Stage

 

Western Greenbrier Co-Generation’s proposed 90 MW circulating fluidized bed power plant was the topic of a public hearing in Rupert, West Virginia, Thursday night. The plan is to build a plant that would burn waste coal.

 

Air Permit Details for 1,960 MW FPL Glades

 

The Air Permit Application was filed in December for FPL 1,960 MW Glades Power Park project. The application can be found at

 

http://www.dep.state.fl.us/Air/permitting/construction/fplglades.htm

 

The permit contains low emission limits:

 

 

 

Controls will include low NOx burners, overfire air, SCR, baghouse, dry sorbent injection, wet limestone FGD and Wet ESP.

 

COAL – WORLD

 

1,200 MW Bharat Aluminum Power Plant in Chhattisgrarh

 

Bharat Aluminum Co. will build a 1,200 MW coal-fired power plant in Chhattisgarh, India.

 

RWE to Build 1,500 MW Power Plant in Hamm, Germany

 

RWE AG will build a €2.0 billion 1,500 MW coal-fired power plant in Hamm, Germany, the Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung reported, citing unnamed sources.

 

1,000 MW Jamnagar Power Project Awarded to Essar Power

 

The Gujarat (India) government awarded the 1,000 MW imported coal-fired power project in Jamnagar to Essar Power at the end of a long bidding process. The BS Reporter says Essar Power had quoted Rs 2.40 per unit as the lowest bid for the power project. China Light & Power Hong Kong, Tata Power, and Torrent Power were also bidding.

 

Lanco Signs MoU with Jharkhand State Government in India for 2,640 MW Power Plant

 

Lanco Infratech Limited signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Jharkhand (India) for setting up a 2,640 MW coal-based power project in the State. The Government of Jharkhand would have the first right of purchase up to 25 percent of the power generated from the power project. The balance of the power could be sold to any other state through competitive bidding.

 

China/Brazil Agreement Includes Modernization of Power Plants and Construction of a Coal-fired Power Plant

 

The cooperation agreement between China and Brazil in the areas of electrical power, hydro resources, oil and natural gas, signed last year in Beijing, was put into effect Thursday, the Brazilian government said. The modernization of thermal power plants in the north of Brazil and the construction of a coal-fired power plant in the south of Brazil are some projects that will be carried out by the partnership between Eletrobras and the Citic group.

 

GAS/OIL – U.S.

 

120 MW Starwood and 200 MW Bullard Peaking Power Plants File Applications with CA Energy Commission

 

The California Energy Commission has accepted an application from Starwood Power-Midway LLC for its proposed $85 million, 120 MW plant west of Fresno. The proposed simple-cycle natural gas-fired power plant is designed as a peaking facility and will begin operation in 2009. The commission has also accepted an application from Bullard Energy Center LLC for its proposed $170 million, 200 MW simple cycle power plant in Fresno.

 

GAS/OIL – WORLD

 

Hitachi/GE to Build 440 MW Malmo Cogen Plant in Sweden

 

Hitachi and General Electric will build the 440 MW natural gas-fired E.ON Sverige Malmo cogeneration plant in Sweden.

 

SUEZ Energy Consortium to Build 2,750 MW Marafiq Water and Power Project

 

SUEZ Energy International, in a consortium with Gulf Investment Corp. and Arabian Co. for Water & Power Projects, signed a build, own, operate and transfer contract for the 2,750 MW and 800,000 m3/day Marafiq independent water and power project (IWPP), located in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The Marafiq IWPP will come online in July 2009.

 

Aker Kvaerner Awarded Contract for 683 MW Halton Hills Combined Cycle

 

Aker Kvaerner Songer Canada Ltd. in a joint venture with Burns and McDonnell has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to construct the Halton Hills Generating Station in Ontario, Canada. The plant will be a 683 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle facility for TransCanada.

 

SNET Opens Tender for 2 x 400 Emile Huchet Combined Cycle Power Plant

 

Endesa Europa, through its subsidiary SNET, has opened the tender period for two combined cycle gas turbines in France with an installed capacity of 400 MW each. The two plants are slated to come online in the first half of 2009, will cost €400 million and will be built in the northeastern region of France on land at the Emile Huchet plant owned by SNET.

 

Oman Starts Prequalification Process for 400 MW Salalah IWPP

 

The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company has launched the prequalification process for the tendering of a 400 MW independent water and power project (IWPP) in Salalah, Oman. The project in the Taqah region is expected to be online by the summer of 2009.

 

RENEWABLES

 

Vestas to Supply 56 Wind Turbines to Smoky Hills

 

Vestas has received an order from Enel North America for 56 units of V80-1.80 MW wind turbines for the Smoky Hills wind farm project in Kansas.

 

Myanmar and China to Build 600 MW Hydroelectric Project

 

Myanmar and China have signed an agreement for a 600 MW hydroelectric power project on the Shweli River in northeastern Myanmar near the Chinese border, Myanmar state-run media reported Monday.

 

FPL Wins Wind Farm Nuisance Lawsuit

 

A jury of 10 women and two men found that FPL Energy LLC did not create a private nuisance when it constructed the 735 MW Horse Hollow Wind Energy Center southwest of Abilene, Texas. Attorneys for the plaintiffs argued that the wind turbines at the farm created enough noise to constitute a private nuisance, but the jurors disagreed.

 

Vestas to Supply Wind Turbines to 180 MW Robin Rigg Offshore Wind Farm

 

Vestas has received an order for the 180 MW E.ON UK Renewables Robin Rigg offshore wind power plant in Scottish waters. The project consists of 60 units of the V90-3.0 MW wind turbines. The wind power plant is expected to be completed in the spring of 2009.

 

Voith Siemens Hydro to Supply Turbines for 100 MW Rheinfelden Hydroelectric Plant

 

Energiedienst AG (ED), a company of German EnBW, has awarded the contract for supplying turbines and generators for the new 100 MW Rheinfelden hydroelectric plant to a consortium of Voith Siemens Hydro Power Generation and Alstom Hydro AG. The start of the hydroelectric plant is scheduled for 2010. The Rheinfelden hydroelectric plant is located on the Rhine River that marks the border between Switzerland and Germany.

 

BUSINESS

 

Hydrogen-fired Power Plant will be built in Italy

 

The Veneto region and ENEL announced that the world’s first industrial scale hydrogen-fired power plant will be built near Venice in Italy. The new plant will be located next to ENEL’s coal-fired Fusina plant. The project will involve ENEL’s investment of €40 million over the next five years and more than €4 million in support from the Veneto region for research and development.

 

Dominion Sells Armstrong, Pleasants, Troy Gas Turbine Power Plants

 

A subsidiary of Tenaska Power Fund, L.P. and an affiliate of Warburg Pincus LLC have jointly signed an agreement to acquire three natural gas-fired electric generating stations from Dominion. The three plants include 625 MW Armstrong, 313 MW Pleasants, and 600 MW Troy.

 

DOE Funds Near-Zero Emissions Power Projects

 

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the selection of five projects totaling nearly $12 million targeting cost-effective technologies to improve the performance and economics of near-zero emission, coal-based power generation systems.

 

The following projects received funding:

AEP to Purchase Lawrenceburg from PSEG

 

AEP Generating Co. has agreed to purchase the 1,096 MW Lawrenceburg combined cycle Station from an affiliate of Public Service Enterprise Group for approximately $325 million.

 

GE to Sell Hydro Business to Pescarmona Group

 

GE will sell its hydro business to Pescarmona Group of Companies (PGC), a multinational, privately held group with a strong focus on the hydro industry. This sale includes GE Energy’s worldwide hydro business, excluding GE’s hydro operations in Norway and Sweden.

 

EPA to Reconsider Three Aspects of 8-hr. Ozone NAAQS Rule

 

On November 29, 2005, EPA published Phase 2 of the final rule to implement the 8-hour ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS). Subsequently, EPA received a petition to reconsider specific aspects of this final rule. EPA is now announcing its decision to reconsider and take additional comment on three provisions in the final Phase 2 8-hour ozone implementation rule: The determination that electric generating units (EGUs) that comply with rules implementing the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) and that are located in States where all required CAIR emissions reductions are achieved from EGUs meet the 8-hour ozone State implementation plan (SIP) requirement for application of reasonably available control technology (RACT) for NOx emissions; a new source review (NSR) requirement allowing sources to use certain emission reductions as offsets under certain circumstances; and an NSR provision addressing when requirements for the lowest achievable emission rate (LAER) and emission offsets may be waived. Comments must be received on or before January 18, 2007.

 

McILVAINE HIGHLIGHTS

 

More than 150 FGD Projects Slated for Startup in the U.S. 2008-11

 

Here are the U.S. FGD projects we are tracking for startup between 2008 and 2011. We are presently in the process of updating the information on each one of these projects. If you are a Utility Environmental Tracking System supplier and want the project details you can click on any of the names and go directly to the detailed plant information. Alternatively you can go to the Utility Environmental Tracking System website and view these queries for all years under Utility Plans and Data U.S., then click on “access by pollutant or equipment category” and then U.S. Retrofit and New FGD Projects “All.” If you have questions about projects or want to share some information, just call or email us with your contact information and Joe Schwartz will get in touch with you.

 

Retrofit FGD - Year 2008

 

plant name

state

EPA unit id

size MW

McIlvaine FGD startup

Belews Creek

NC

2

1080

2008

Bowen

GA

1BLR

700

2008

Bowen

GA

2BLR

700

2008

Brunner Island

PA

3

790

2008

Chesterfield

VA

6

694

2008

Comanche

CO

1

350

2008

Comanche

CO

2

350

2008

Crystal River

FL

2

524

2008

Fayette

TX

1

615

2008

Ghent

KY

2

556.4

2008

Ghent

KY

3

556.6

2008

Ghent

KY

4

556.2

2008

Gibson

IN

2

668.1

2008

Gorgas

AL

10

789

2008

Gorgas

AL

8

188

2008

Gorgas

AL

9

190

2008

Iatan

MO

1

725.9

2008

J M Stuart

OH

1

610

2008

J M Stuart

OH

2

610

2008

J M Stuart

OH

3

610

2008

J M Stuart

OH

4

610

2008

Louisa

IA

101

685

2008

Mayo

NC

1A

735.8

2008

Miami Fort

OH

7

512

2008

Miami Fort

OH

7

512

2008

Miami Fort

OH

8

512

2008

Miami Fort

OH

8

512

2008

Monroe

MI

4

817

2008

Montour

PA

1

806

2008

Montour

PA

2

819

2008

Mountaineer

WV

1

1300

2008

Salem Harbor

MA

3

165.7

2008

Warrick

IN

4

300

2008

Winyah

SC

1

315

2008

Winyah

SC

2

280

2008

                                                              

Total MW size: 20744.7

 

New Coal Fired Plants - Year 2008

 

project title

location

size

startup date

Boulder Valley (TS Power Plant)--Newmont Mining Corp. plant

NV

200

2008

Jamestown CFB plant-Jamestown Board of Public Utilities

NY

40

2008

Lamar CFB repower-Arkansas Power & Light

CO

38

2008

Weston 4 supercritical plant-WPS Resources Corp.

WI

500

2008

Total MW size: 778

 

Retrofit FGD - Year 2009

 

plant name

state

EPA unit id

size MW

McIlvaine FGD startup

Bowen

GA

3BLR

880

2009

Bowen

GA

4BLR

880

2009

Brunner Island

PA

1

363

2009

Brunner Island

PA

2

405

2009

Bull Run

TN

1

950

2009

Cheswick

PA

1

565

2009

Clay Boswell

MN

3

364.5

2009

Cliffside

NC

5

571

2009

Crist

FL

6

320

2009

Crist

FL

7

500

2009

Crystal River

FL

4

739.3

2009

Crystal River

FL

5

739.3

2009

Deerhaven

FL

B2

251

2009

E W Brown

KY

1

113.6

2009

E W Brown

KY

2

179

2009

E W Brown

KY

3

446

2009

Fayette

TX

2

615

2009

Fort Martin

WV

1

576

2009

Fort Martin

WV

2

576

2009

G G Allen

NC

1

165

2009

G G Allen

NC

2

165

2009

G G Allen

NC

3

275

2009

G G Allen

NC

4

275

2009

G G Allen

NC

5

275

2009

Hatfields Ferry

PA

1

576

2009

Hatfields Ferry

PA

2

576

2009

Hatfields Ferry

PA

3

576

2009

HL Spurlock

KY

1

305.2

2009

Hudson

NJ

2

660

2009

Keystone

PA

1

936

2009

Keystone

PA

2

936

2009

Kyger Creek

OH

1

217.2

2009

Kyger Creek

OH

2

217.2

2009

Kyger Creek

OH

3

217.2

2009

Kyger Creek

OH

4

217.2

2009

Kyger Creek

OH

5

217.2

2009

Monroe

MI

3

823

2009

Roxboro

NC

1

411

2009

                                                                             

Total MW size: 18073.9

 

 New Coal Fired Plants - Year 2009

 

project title

location

size

startup date

Comanche 3-Xcel Energy

CO

750

2009

Cross 3 and 4 expansion-Santee Cooper

SC

1320

2009

Nebraska City expansion-Omaha Public Power District

NE

663

2009

Nemacolin CFB Plant-Wellington Development

PA

525

2009

Oak Creek 1 (Elm Road)- Wisconsin Energy

WI

600

2009

Sandow CFB expansion (5)-TXU

TX

581

2009

Springerville 4--Salt River Project/Tucson Electric Power

AZ

400

2009

Spurlock 4 (CFB)-East Kentucky Power Coop.

KY

278

2009

Western Greenbrier ACFB Co-generation project

WV

85

2009

Wygen 2 expansion (Gillette)-Black Hills Energy Capital

WY

90

2009

Total MW size: 5292

 

Retrofit FGD - Year 2010

plant name

state

EPA unit id

size MW

McIlvaine FGD startup

Belews Creek

NC

1

1080

2010

Brandon Shores

MD

1

685

2010

Brandon Shores

MD

2

685.1

2010

Brayton Point

MA

1

241

2010

Brayton Point

MA

2

253

2010

Brayton Point

MA

3

642

2010

Chalk Point

MD

1

364

2010

Chalk Point

MD

2

364

2010

Chesterfield

VA

5

359

2010

Clifty Creek

IN

1

217.2

2010

Clifty Creek

IN

2

217.2

2010

Clifty Creek

IN

3

217.2

2010

Clifty Creek

IN

4

217.2

2010

Clifty Creek

IN

6

217.2

2010

Coffeen

IL

01

390

2010

Coffeen

IL

02

617

2010

Columbia

WI

1

512

2010

Columbia

WI

2

512

2010

Hammond

GA

4

500

2010

Homer City

PA

1

660

2010

Homer City

PA

2

660

2010

Kingston

TN

1

175

2010

Kingston

TN

2

175

2010

Kingston

TN

3

175

2010

Kingston

TN

4

175

2010

Kingston

TN

5

200

2010

Kingston

TN

6

200

2010

Kingston

TN

7

200

2010

Kingston

TN

8

200

2010

Kingston

TN

9

200

2010

Marshall

NC

1

350

2010

Marshall

NC

2

350

2010

Marshall

NC

3

648

2010

Mercer

NJ

1

326

2010

Mercer

NJ

2

326

2010

Milton R Young

ND

B1

257

2010

Morgantown

MD

1

626

2010

Morgantown

MD

2

626

2010

Nelson Dewey

WI

1

113.6

2010

Nelson Dewey

WI

2

113.6

2010

Sioux

MO

1

549.8

2010

Sioux

MO

2

549.8

2010

Stanton

ND

1

192

2010

W A Parish

TX

WAP6

670

2010

W H Sammis

OH

1

185

2010

W H Sammis

OH

2

185

2010

W H Sammis

OH

3

185

2010

W H Sammis

OH

4

185

2010

W H Sammis

OH

5

317.5

2010

W H Sammis

OH

6

623

2010

W H Sammis

OH

7

623

2010

Wansley

GA

1

865

2010

Wansley

GA

2

865

2010

Wateree

SC

WAT1

386

2010

Wateree

SC

WAT2

386

2010

Weston

WI

3

350.5

2010

Williams

SC

WIL1

632

2010

Yorktown

VA

1

166

2010

         
         

                                                                      

Total MW size: 22961.9

 

 

 New Coal Fired Plants - Year 2010

 

project title

location

size

startup date

Beech Hollow waste coal-fired CFB plant-Robinson Power

PA

272

2010

Big Brown expansion (3)-TXU

TX

800

2010

Desert Rock-Sithe/Dine Power Authority

NM

1500

2010

Great Northern Power and Kiewit Mining CFB plant (Circle)

MT

500

2010

Iatan 2 (Weston Bend I)-Kansas City Power & Light

MO

850

2010

J.K. Smith 1 CFB power plant-East Kentucky Power Coop.

KY

300

2010

JK Spruce II-San Antonio, City Public Service (CPS) possible plant

TX

750

2010

Lake Creek 3 power project-TXU

TX

800

2010

Longview Power Plant-GenPower

WV

600

2010

Martin Lake 4 expansion-TXU

TX

800

2010

Monticello expansion (4)-TXU

TX

800

2010

Morgan Creek expansion (7)-TXU

TX

800

2010

Oak Creek 2 (Elm Road)-Wisconsin Energy

WI

600

2010

Oak Grove 1 & 2 (Bremond)-TXU

TX

1720

2010

Plum Point (Osceola)-LS Power

AR

680

2010

Port Comfort-NuCoastal

TX

300

2010

Prairie State Energy Campus-Peabody Energy

IL

1500

2010

Sandy Creek Energy Associates plant

TX

800

2010

Toquop-Sithe Global

NV

750

2010

Tradinghouse Creek 3&4 power project-TXU

TX

1600

2010

Two Elk plant-North American Power Group

WY

320

2010

Valley 4-TXU

TX

800

2010

Total MW size: 17842

 

 

Retrofit FGD - Year 2011

plant name

state

EPA unit id

size MW

McIlvaine FGD startup

Allen S King

MN

1

598

2011

Big Stone

SD

1

456

2011

Cape Fear

NC

6

188

2011

Clifty Creek

IN

5

217.2

2011

George Neal South

IA

4

640

2011

Indian River

DE

4

442.4

2011

James H Miller Jr

AL

3

706

2011

James H Miller Jr

AL

4

706

2011

Total MW size: 3953.6

 

 

NEW AUTHOR INDEX FOR POWER PLANT AIR QUALITY DECISIONS

Now you can search all the articles we have abstracted by author name. We selected Mark Berry of Southern and queried the database for the titles of the papers he has presented and we have abstracted.

Abstract Database Author Search Results

Author:

year

company name*

abstract number

title

 2006  

Southern Company

 PP061204

Enhanced Vapor Phase Mercury Removal Using Activated Carbon Injection Across the Indigo Agglomerator, 18p.

 2006  

Southern Company

 PP061205

Impact of Coal Blending and SO3 Flue Gas Conditions on Mercury Removal with Activated Carbon Injection at Mississippi Power's Plant Daniel, 15p.

 2003  

Southern Research Institute (SRI)

 PP030809

Development and Demonstration of ROPE-A New Pulse Energization System for Electrostatic Precipitators, 1p.

 2000  

Alabama Power

 FF000405

Evaluation of Advanced Filters for Compact Baghouse Applications, 20p.

 2000  

Southern Company Services

 FF000405

Evaluation of Advanced Filters for Compact Baghouse Applications, 20p.

 2000  

Buell

 PP000208

Hot-Side to Cold-Side Electrostatic Precipitator Conversion at Alabama Power Company, Plant Miller Necessitated by Switch to Powder River Basin Coal, 12p.

 2000  

General Electric Environmental Services (GEESI)

 PP000208

Hot-Side to Cold-Side Electrostatic Precipitator Conversion at Alabama Power Company, Plant Miller Necessitated by Switch to Powder River Basin Coal, 12p.

 2000  

Alabama Power

 PP000208

Hot-Side to Cold-Side Electrostatic Precipitator Conversion at Alabama Power Company, Plant Miller Necessitated by Switch to Powder River Basin Coal, 12p.

 2000  

Alabama Power

 PP000211

Water Chemistry Study for Utility Wet Electrostatic Precipitators, 9p.

*Companies listed may be the co-authors or the subjects of the articles.

 

“Hot Topic” Next Week is Corrosion Materials

 

Interest in the “Hot Topic” for next week “Corrosion Materials for Air Pollution Control” has been high enough to warrant a three-segment discussion.  From 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. Central time on January 11 we will discuss alloys, FRP, and other materials for stacks and stack liners. The next hour will be spent on scrubbers, tanks and piping. The final hour will include material choices for wet precipitators, air heaters, dampers, rotary atomizers, pumps, and valves.

 

Utilities are having a difficult time making material choices. One reason is that the prices of some of the most reliable materials are increasing disproportionately. These same materials are also in short supply. Therefore alternatives need to be explored. Resin, rubber coatings and linings have found much more use in Europe and Asia. Is this experience relevant for the U.S.?  Are there applicators skilled enough to duplicate the offshore results?

 

Could corrosion considerations tip the scale in favor of an alternative to the conventional LSFO wallboard gypsum design? If you can lower the chloride level, the available choices expand.  Why not add a chloride pre-scrubber and sell the hydrochloric acid?

 

There are new applications which need close review by the purchasing utilities. Wet precipitators operate in a very low pH damp environment. The addition of SCR has increased SO3 levels throughout the back end of the systems and present more corrosive conditions. One of the routes for mercury removal is the addition of chlorine or bromine to the system. This presents another challenge.

 

The bar is now set higher. The use of a single module with no bypass means that there is not the leisure to repair corroded sections. EPRI points to the achievement of 24 months between outages even with the one module design. Selection of materials to meet this requirement is challenging.

 

We will be joined by a number of the world’s experts, individuals with decades of experience and active in the AirPol triannual conference sponsored by NACE. Presentations by the suppliers of alloys, resins, linings, and systems will be included.

 

The FGD Decision Tree has been expanded by hundreds of pages on corrosion materials just in the last few weeks. This material, plus new power point presentations, will provide the visual support for the discussions.

 

To participate or learn more about this audio/web based discussion, click on:

http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/FGDnetoppbroch/Default1.htm

 

Lots of Important Corrosion Issues to be discussed on January 11

 

Bob Moore of Washington Group will be joining the January 11 Corrosion Materials Options Hot Topic Hour(s) discussions and will provide insights from his long experience in corrosion control for FGD and other processes. He also sent the following comments (any of our subscribers can send comments to us and we encourage them to do so regularly):

 

“I've been intrigued with seawater scrubbing, though it'd be limited to near-coastal power plants. Seawater, alkaline buffered at pH~8.2, is the ideal scrubbing medium, is ‘free’ and unlimited along the oceans. I worked six years for NUS Corp. on seawater desalination projects; and the main problems were corrosion, scaling and fouling. Chlorinate the seawater to control biofouling, dealkalize and soften seawater to prevent scaling (also, scale inhibitors), and specify suitable MOC to combat corrosion. Normal seawater contains TDS~35,000 ppm and Cl~19,000 ppm. This salinity is in the general range of many current FGD absorbers (12/15/20,000 ppm Cl), which is resisted by Alloy 2205 duplex SS, FRP and various linings.”

 

Eldon Dille has been involved with corrosion and FGD since 1979 and discovered the pitting corrosion of the fluoride ion in FGD applications. He will be joining us. He comments that with the high price of nickel based alloys, the Papritection that “I have successfully used on 20 FGD reaction tanks would appear to be very useful in the present FGD designs.

 

Available Recorded “Hot Topic Hours”

 

August 10                                 FGD project delay factors.

September 14                           What mercury technologies are commercial?

September 21                           FGD wastewater treatment requirements.

September 28                           SO3: Generation, removal and efficiency requirements.

October 12                              SCR catalyst choices.

October 19                              Particulate choices for low sulfur coal.

November 2                             Impact of PM2.5 on power plant choices.

November 16                           Mercury CEMS: Commercial availability.

December 7                             Air Pollution Control Investment Opportunities

 

Upcoming “Hot Topic Hours” & Conferences

 

January 18

Comparison of limestone wet scrubber designs

January 21-24

EUEC Tucson - available for discussions

February 1

Chinese FGD/SCR program and impact on the world

February 15

Mercury control cost and performance

February 22

SO3 issues and answers

March 1

Calcium Reagents

March 15

NOx Reagents

March 22

Valves

March 29

Oxidation and Mixing

April 5

Pumps

April 12

Mercury CEMS

April 19

Dampers/Expansion Joints

April 26

Particulate Choices for High Sulfur Coal

May 10

Optimization Systems

May 17

Measurement and Control of PM2.5

May 24

Reagent Utilization for NOx Control

 

ACCESSING ALL THE PROJECTS AND INFORMATION ONLINE

 

This Utility E-Alert is part of the Utility Upgrade Environmental Tracking System. The system allows you to instantly retrieve project details, profiles of each coal-fired plant worldwide, the right contacts at the OEM and A/E firms and summaries of all the scheduled FGD and SCR projects.

 

You need a user name and password to access this system. If you have forgotten your user name or password or are not sure whether you are eligible to access this system, email:

editor@mcilvainecompany.com.

 

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