Power-Gen is next week in Las Vegas on December 13, 14 and 15.  The exhibition hours are Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Wednesday 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. and Thursday, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Bob McIlvaine will be on the exhibit floor most of the time. We will be taking pictures of individuals and products.  With our BizKnowNet program we are identifying individuals for future contact and posting biographies with the Power-Gen and other pictures. Where we can tie that into a stand backdrop picture or an actual displayed product, that is even better.

You can reach Bob during the show at 847-226-2391.

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The world supply of conventional natural gas is disappearing. However, large quantities of gas will now be extracted from shale, coal beds, coal conversion, landfills and other nonconventional gas sources. There will be substantial investments in liquid treatment equipment, pumps, valves, analyzers, chemicals, air pollution control systems and other products and services. Forecasts for these products are included in Fluid/Gas Treatment and Control: World Markets, a continually updated report published by the McIlvaine Company www.mcilvainecompany.com.

In 2012, unconventional gas will boost the fluid treatment market by $5 billion. Pumps for hydraulic fracturing will account for nearly 20 percent of the increase. They must pump water, sand and chemicals down into the earth for two miles under pressures high enough to penetrate and fracture the shale deposits. The biggest growth segment will be Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) systems. Regulators in Pennsylvania as well as those in Washington are responding to potential environmental threats with new rules which will limit the discharge of the flow-back water. This water has ten times more chlorides and other salts as does seawater and also contains hazardous chemicals. ZLD systems evaporate and create distilled water while converting the solids into salable or easily disposable salts.

The conversion of coal to natural gas is very attractive for countries such as China where coal is plentiful and gas is scarce. A number of conversion projects are underway around the world with China leading the way.  However, the U.S. has been the site of one of the most successful coal conversion operations. Dakota gasification has been converting coal-to-gas and chemicals for decades. These plants require substantial investment in air pollution control systems. Cooling water flow and treatment requirements are also significant.

Landfills and various other biogas sources are very numerous, but each is small in size compared to coal conversion and shale gas. Nevertheless, in the aggregate they represent a growing market for fluid treatment and control.

For more information on Fluid/Gas Treatment and Control: World Markets click on:

http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=71.

For information on the more detailed reports on specific components such as pumps, valves and systems click on: www.mcilvainecompany.com.

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Advances continue to be made in the use of marine power. A few examples from McIlvaine’s Renewable Energy Update and Projects follow.

A tidal power plant in South Korea was dedicated in August.  The tidal power plant at the artificial seawater Lake Shihwa on the west coast near Seoul began partial operation after nearly seven years of construction.  Six of the 10 generators have been running since August 3, and the others will go into operation in stages after test running.

If fully completed in December, the Shihwa station will be the biggest tidal power plant in the world with a generation capacity of 254 MW per day.  The capacity of the Rance Tidal Power Station in France, currently the world’s largest, is 240 MW per day.

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Ocean Power Technologies, Inc., a leading wave energy technology company, is pleased to announce the deployment for sea trials of a unique autonomous wave energy device, marking an important milestone in the expansion of the company’s PowerBuoy product line.

This latest deployment is an autonomous PowerBuoy^® designed and manufactured by OPT under the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Expeditionary Autonomous PowerBuoy (LEAP) program for coastal security and maritime surveillance.  The LEAP PowerBuoy structure, incorporating a unique power take-off and on-board energy storage system, is significantly smaller and more compact than the company’s standard utility PowerBuoy.  It provides persistent, off-grid clean energy in remote ocean locations for a wide variety of maritime security and monitoring applications.

Currently, systems requiring remote power at sea are often powered by diesel generators, which need frequent maintenance and fuel replenishment.  The LEAP PowerBuoy system was developed by OPT to provide constant power in all wave conditions for the sea-based radar and communications system.  The company’s proprietary power management techniques and on-board energy storage capability are key innovations of the system, and enable operation even in extended zero-wave sea conditions.  In addition, the system has been engineered to require no maintenance for three years.

Ocean Power Technologies announced that its PowerBuoy recently deployed off the coast of New Jersey successfully withstood the severe conditions experienced during Hurricane Irene.

Deployed under the Navy’s Littoral Expeditionary Autonomous PowerBuoy (LEAP) program, the PowerBuoy was in the direct path of Hurricane Irene, which hit the New Jersey coastline on Saturday, August 27, 2011.  The PowerBuoy emerged from the two day storm undamaged and fully operational, with all the buoy’s systems having withstood wave heights of up to 15 meters (nearly 50 feet).  During the storm, the PowerBuoy continued to supply consistent power to its communications and radar payload, and dissipate the high amounts of surplus energy it produced.  In addition, nearly constant communication was maintained with the device throughout the storm, allowing continuous on-land monitoring of the buoy’s status and performance.  The PowerBuoy operated on a fully autonomous basis, implementing the requisite power management and system protection functions without the need for any human intervention.

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Aquamarine Power, the pioneering wave energy company, has agreed to a £3.4 million loan with Barclays Corporate in a deal that marks an important milestone for investment in the marine energy sector.

The groundbreaking transaction is the first time a U.K. marine energy project has succeeded in securing bank debt finance.

Aquamarine Power’s Oyster wave power technology captures energy in nearshore waves and converts it into clean sustainable electricity.  The newly announced five year loan will provide funds Aquamarine Power needs to complete a 2.4MW Oyster array, located at the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC), Orkney.

The array will comprise three of the company’s next generation Oyster wave power devices.  The company successfully installed its first 800kW Oyster 800 device at Billia Croo near Stromness in Orkney in August.  Two further devices will be installed in 2012 and 2013.

The company previously installed a single full-scale 315kW Oyster 1 device at Billia Croo in 2009.

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Aegir Wave Power has successfully deployed a second wave measurement buoy off the south west coast of Shetland.  The buoy, which floats on the surface of the sea, will measure the wave height, direction and period at its location 2km offshore of Kettle Ness, West Burra.  The information will be used by Aegir Wave Power in the design of a 10MW wave farm, proposed for construction in 2015 and consisting of between 10 to 14 Pelamis wave energy machines.

A first buoy was deployed in 5km to the south, near St. Ninian’s Isle, in June and has since been relaying information on the wave climate back to an on land receiving station located at the NAFC Marine Center in Scalloway. 

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