NEWS RELEASE                                   MAY 2009

China is the Next Big DeNO_x Market

The 2009 market for selective catalytic reduction systems (SCR) will be $4.4 billion worldwide.  Of this total, $3.7 billion will be for coal-fired boilers.  China will be second only to the U.S. in SCR purchases and will exceed the U.S. next year.  These are the conclusions reached in McIlvaine‘s NO_x Control World Markets.

The individual projects are tracked in McIlvaine Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System and Chinese Utility Plans.  The activity of foreign catalyst suppliers in China is substantial.

Cormetech has a number of units installed and has two starting up this year:

Start date       Plant name     Unit     Utility name               MW

2009                Caofeidian        3        Huarun Caofeidian     1000

2009                Caofeidian        4        Huarun Caofeidian     1000

 BHK has a number of projects in planning and construction:

          Plant name                Unit            Utility                                                            MW

KWH is manufacturing catalyst in China and is a major catalyst supplier.  2300 MW of projects are underway:

Plant name     Unit    Utility name                                                               MW

Huilai                3        Guangdong Electric Power Huilai Power Plant             1000

Huilai                4        Guangdong Electric Power Huilai Power Plant             1000

Lianyuan           2        Huarun Lianyuan Power Plant                                      300

Haldor Topsoe is another offshore catalyst supplier with several projects under construction: 

Plant name                             Unit     Utility name                                                                 MW

Taiyuan #2 Cogeneration          12      Datang Taiyuan #2 Cogeneration Power Plant   SCR        300  

Taiyuan #2 Cogeneration          13      Datang Taiyuan #2 Cogeneration Power Plant   SCR        300  

For more information on NO_x Control World Markets, click on:  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n035

For more information on Chinese Utility Plans, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html