Power Projects for June 18, 2010

Here are the headlines for the Utility E Alert issued June 18, 2010 http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#41f is offered separately, but is also included in the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#42ei  which has current data on each coal-fired plant worldwide.  Utility People:  http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/energy.html#43i can also be included in the package.

UTILITY E-ALERT

#979 – June 18, 2010

Table of Contents

COAL – US

• Gas Turbines – Now the Choice for Power Generation?

§   Joint Venture to Design and Build 650 MW Coleto Creek 2

§  Lawsuit against 600 MW John W. Turk Coal-fired Power Plant Stands

COAL – WORLD

§  Control System Upgrade at Kazakhstan's 3,000 MW Ekibastuz GRES-1 Units 3-8

§  Poland’s PGE, GDF Suez Agree to Build 800 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant

GAS OIL – US

§  Siemens to supply 950 MW Lee and 600 MW Sutton with Natural Gas-fired Turbine Packages

§  Siemens wins High-efficiency Turbine Order from FPL

BIOMASS

§  Dutch Amer CHP Plant Aims to Operate on 50 Percent Biomass

CO₂ 

§  Initial Tests of TOTAL’s CCS Pilot at Lacq Declared a Success 

§  France Allocates $54 Million to TOTAL CCS Project and Three Others 

§  Skyonic Obtains Patent for SkyMine Technology 

§  DOE Awards $612 Million to Three Carbon Capture Projects 

§  RTI Awarded Grant to Develop Advanced Carbon Capture Technology with BASF 

§  Plastic Film to Filter CO₂ from Flue Gas Developed by Australian Researcher 

§  NETL Scientists Develop Technology to Track CO₂ Underground 

§  RGGI and Voluntary Carbon Market Prices Hit New Lows 

NUCLEAR

§  China Nuclear Power Reactors to get Invensys Control System

§  Korean Reactor Design Project receives Cash Injection

§  Turkey Closer to Korean Nuclear Deal

BUSINESS

§  TVA to Pay $11.5 Million in Civil Penalties from 2008 Coal Ash Spill

§  Reliance to Bid for Power Plant in Orissa

HOT TOPIC HOUR

• New NO_x Technology will drive the Market - Hot Topic June 17, 2010
• Carbon Management Strategies and Technologies will be the Subject of the Hot Topic Hour on June 24, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. CDT
• Upcoming Hot Topic Hours

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