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Headlines for the February 22, 2013 – Utility E-Alert   

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• San Juan will shutter Two Units, Retrofit SNCR on the Other Two
• 1200 White Stallion Power Project in Texas Cancelled
• Minnesota Power has cut Mercury Emissions by 90 Percent, but 90 Percent of Deposited Mercury comes from Sources outside the State
• Navajo Nation agrees to extend Lease for Navajo Power Plant
• Calgon Carbon awarded Contract to Supply FLUEPAC^®

• NTPC to float Rs 14,000-cr Tenders for 1,980 MW Project in Jharkhand, India
• J&K seeking Coal Block to generate 1,000 MW in Jammu and Kashmir State of India
• NTPC to pull out from its 500 MW Power Project in Sri Lanka
• Emerson upgrades Automation for 800 MW Unit at Surgut-2 in Russia
• EGAT to push for Development of Coal-fired Power Plants in Thailand
• NTPL secures Funding for 1000 MW Tuticorin in Tamil Nadu, India
• Aboitiz Power could build 300 MW Power Plant in Cebu, Philippines; GN Power a 175 MW Power Plant in Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte
• 500 MW Sampur, Trincomalee (Sri Lanka) Power Plant proceeding
• 2000 MW Polnoc Power Plant in Poland proceeding
• Kibo Mining proposes 250-350 MW Power Plant at Rukwa, Tanzania
• Plasma System for Ignition at Kazakhstan Power Plant

• Siemens providing 103 MW Gas Turbine for Charles D. Lamb Power Plant
• 88 MW Heskett Peaking Power Plant will use GE Gas Turbine

• CA Valley Air District is OK with Hydrogen Energy California

• Kazakhstan signs up Japanese Nuclear Power Expertise
• Germany's Nuclear Phase Out could Cost $1.3 Trillion
• Dominion will retire 556 MW Kewaunee
• State Regulators approve Georgia Power’s Vogtle Nuclear Power Plant Costs

• Coal-fired Power Plant Retirements will be Significant but Not a Dominant Factor in Future Capital Expenditures
• NO_x Control Market will be $5.5 Billion in 2014
• Lhoist North America Sorbacal Hydration Facility on Schedule for Ste. Genevieve Plant

• "Monitoring and Controlling Boiler Water/Steam Cycle Chemistry" Hot Topic Hour, February 21, 2013
• "Implementation of the Utility MACT Rule" is Hot Topic Hour on Thursday, February 28, 2013
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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Suppliers of cross-flow membrane equipment and consumables will enjoy a market of $9.8 billion in 2013 rising in 2014 by 6 percent and, therefore, exceeding $10 billion. This is the latest forecast in RO, UF, MF World Market published by the McIlvaine Company.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

East Asia will be the leading region.  Purchases in 2014 will exceed $3 billion.  The lack of water and contamination of available water are two factors in the investment in reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration and microfiltration equipment.

NAFTA will be the second leading region on an overall basis. However, it will remain the largest region for the consumable membranes.

The Middle East is a major purchaser due to the desalination of seawater. The costs of desalination using reverse osmosis are remaining relatively constant while the costs for alternative sources of water are rising.

There are a number of factors which will expand the cross-flow membrane market at growth levels in excess of GDP.

·         The increasing water demands

·         Decreasing water quality

·         New contaminants of concern such as endocrine disrupters

·         New markets such as ballast water treatment

·         Expanding markets such as zero liquid discharge for hydraulic fracturing in oil and gas

·         Expanding process needs e.g. separating of product at biotechnology facilities

·         Higher efficiency level process needs e.g. ultrasupercritical coal-fired boiler feeedwater

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Suppliers of water and wastewater treatment chemicals will generate revenues of over $26 billion in 2014 up 4.5 percent from 2013.  This is the latest finding in the McIlvaine report, Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market.  (www.mcilvainecompany.com)

East Asia expenditures for chemicals will be just under $9 billion. Power plants in the region will spend over $2 billion.  Municipal drinking water and municipal wastewater treatment plants will spend over $3 billion. Refinery purchases will exceed $600 million.  East Asian microelectronics plants will spend more for treatment chemicals than all the other regions combined. 

Chinese purchases in the power sector will be in excess of $1 billion. The country will also lead in the municipal water and wastewater segment. In microelectronics, there is a more even distribution among other East Asian countries such as Japan, Taiwan and Korea.

In NAFTA and Western Europe, most of the purchases of chemicals will come from plants that have been in operation for several years or more. The growth in these regions is less than Asia.  The one exception is the unconventional oil and gas activity in the U.S.  Hydraulic fracturing and other technologies applied to unconventional oil and gas are generating significant new revenues for treatment companies.

In the Middle East, treatment chemicals used in desalination are among the leading applications. Chemicals are required for both thermal and reverse osmosis approaches.

In South America, mining is one of the largest applications for treatment chemicals.

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