Recent UTILITY E-ALERT Headlines

#1058 - January 20, 2012

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COAL – US

  • Duke Energy to Retire More Than 1,600 MW of Coal-fired Capacity

  • Environmentalists Suing EPA Over Coal Ash

  • Brand New Coal-fired Power Plant is Idled by the Economy
  • Fuel Tech Awarded Air Pollution Control Orders Totaling $2.2 Million

COAL – WORLD

  • Sri Lanka to Build a 500 MW Coal-fired Power Plant in Sampur
  • Bangladesh Prepares International Tenders for Four Coal-fired Power Plants

GAS / OIL – US

  • LDH Acquires 77 MW Natural Gas-fired Peaking Power Plant in Wichita County, Texas
  • John Sevier Power Plant (Tennessee) Leased by TVA

GAS / OIL – WORLD

  • Construction of China Huaneng's Jinling Gas-fired Cogeneration Power Project Begins in Nanjing
  • ZA Tarnow (Poland) to Build Gas-fired Power Plant

  • MPX Orders More Than $1.2 Billion in Gas Turbines from GE

 

CO2

  • Algae.Tec to Build Carbon Capture and Biofuels Production Facility in China
  • China Announces Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Plan
  • Global CCS Institute Announces $2 Million in Grants for CCS Projects in Australia 

BIOMASS

  • E.ON to Convert U.K. Coal-fired Power Plant to Biomass

NUCLEAR

  • Nuclear Reactors in Japan Could Restart by Spring

BUSINESS

  • Nuclear Power Agreement Signed by China and Saudi Arabia
  • EDF Optimistic about Nuclear Power in the US
  • Utilities Propose Land Swap for Power Line

HOT TOPIC HOUR

  • Hot Topic Hour, January 19, “Making Coal Plants Green”
  • Hot Topic Hour January 26 “Limestone Size Reduction and Regional Grinding”
  • Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

 

#1057 - January 13, 2012

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COAL – US

  • $700 Million Upgrade for Homer City Power Plant
  • Funding Problems Could End Coal-to-Gas Plant in IL
  • GenOn Appeals Emissions Cleanup Order for Portland Power Plant (PA)
  • CVTech Subsidiary Secures $9.5 Million Coal-fired Boiler Contract
  • We Energies in Talks with Cooperative about Presque Isle joint Venture
  • URS Selected by DTE Energy for Air Quality Control System Contract

COAL – WORLD

  • Myanmar Scraps Coal-fired Power Plant at Dawei
  • Coal-fired Power Plant in South Korea to use GE Technology
  • MCL Coal Company (India) to Set up 1600 MW Supercritical Power Plant

GAS/OIL - US

  • ND Utilities Proposing 88 MW Gas Turbine

  • Shuttered New Mexico Gas-fired Power Plant Nears Startup

 GAS / OIL – WORLD

  • Siemens Gets $1 Billion Order for Saudi Combined Cycle Power Plant Project

  • Wärtsilä Awarded Two Power Plant Equipment Supply Contracts
  • Tepco to Raise Gas Turbine Capacity at Chiba Plant
  • Kribi 216 MW Gas-fired Power Plant to be Completed by December 2012

CO2

  • EPA Releases Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data in Interactive Web Tool 

NUCLEAR

  • Southern California Edison Nuclear Power Plant being Upgraded in 2012
  • Indian Point Nuclear Unit Shut Down after Leak Found

BUSINESS

  • E.ON Eyes South American Energy Market
  • EUEC Will be a Great Place to Network

HOT TOPIC HOUR

  • Hot Topic Hour January 19 is “Making Coal Plants Green”
  • Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

 

#1056 - January 6, 2012

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COAL

  • Court Stays CSAPR

  • Fuel Tech Awarded Multiple Orders Totaling $10.5 Million

  • Sunbury (PA) to Convert from Coal to Gas

  • B&W Wins Contract to Upgrade Coal-fired Power Plant

  • Longview Coal-fired Power Plant Completed in West Virginia

 

COAL – WORLD

  • 2,000 MW Power Plant Project Planned in Vietnam

  • China to Build Eight GW Coal-fired Power Plant in Beihai

  • Tata Power Alters Technology for 2,000 MW Power Plant in Naraj

  • 135 MW Coal-fired Power Plant for Batangas, Philippines

  • Black & Veatch Wins Contract for Manjung Unit 4 Power Project in Malaysia

  • Foster Wheeler to Supply CFB Steam Generators to Project in Vietnam

GAS / OIL – WORLD

  • Wärtsilä Receives €150 Million Order from Dominican Republic
  • GE to Supply 48 MW Gas Turbine in Turkey
  • Origin Energy’s Unit 1 in Service at Mortlake Power Station (Australia)
  • Wood Group GTS Wins Gas Turbine Overhaul Contract in Russia

 CO2

  • B&W Awarded $2.8 Million in DOE Funding for Carbon Capture Research

 BIOMASS

  • RWE to Open UK's Biggest Biomass Plant this Month

NUCLEAR

  • Nuclear Power Fuel Contract Awarded to Areva
  • Nuclear Power Reactor in China to Use Hollysys Controls

BUSINESS

  • Duke Energy to Purchase Majority of Vermillion Power Plant

  • Doosan Power Systems Acquires Majority Stake in AE&E Lentjes

  • AES Coal-fired Power Plants in New York State File for Bankruptcy

  • SPX Enters Joint Venture in China

  • Nuclear Safety Associates Acquires Safety Technologies Firm

  • Kemira Exits Gypsum Pigment Business

 HOT TOPIC HOUR

  • “Silica Scale Issues” will be a Hot Topic Discussion on January 25
  • Upcoming Hot Topic Hours