Power Engineering E-Newsletter 6/23

Power Engineering |View online| June 23, 2015|Forward to a Friend Check out how calibration could save your power plant millions. Keep your eyes on the main four trends that shape today’s calibration industry and learn how you can improve your power plant’s performance. Download this article to make sure you are on the right track. New Webcast: Coal Ash Management & Storage New standards for managing and storing CCRs were finalized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in December. How will these regulations affect the ways companies handle coal ash using wet and/or dry systems? What technologies, processes, and strategies will prove most useful in complying with the new mandates? Register Now for the webcast on June 30. Read More Share: Video Highlights Health benefits of controlling power plant wastewater pollution could top $300M Whirlpool Corporation breaks ground on wind farm near Findlay, Ohio facility Day & Zimmermann signs nuclear power maintenance contract Latest milestone reached at Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project GE renewable energy unit to invest $25mn in TerraForm Global View Now Share: Top Stories Report: Health benefits of controlling power plant wastewater pollution could top $300M A new report published by a collective of health and environmental conservation organizations asserts that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has underestimated the monetary health benefits of controlling metal pollutants like arsenic, hexavalent chromium, lead, and mercury in the nation’s water sources. Read More Share: McConnell slips Clean Power Plan poison pill into Senate appropriations bill U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., announced he secured language in the Senate Interior Appropriations bill that would protect states from any consequences from the EPA should they forego submitting a state plan for complying with the agency’s Clean Power Plan. Read More Share: sPower purchases first wind project Salt Lake City-based renewable energy provider sPower has announced the acquisition of its first wind project, a 62.1-MW facility in Monticello, Utah. Read More Share: Latest milestone reached at Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project Georgia Power, a unit of Southern Co. (NYSE: SO), placed the CA04 module inside the Unit 4 nuclear island at the Plant Vogtle project site. Read More Share: From our Sponsor You Just Can’t Stop a Magnetrol® Mechanical Buoyancy Switch! Customers have counted on MAGNETROL reliability – even after decades of service. We’re putting our performance to the test in the Just Can’t Stop a MAGNETROL contest. Enter details about your MAGNETROL buoyancy switch for a chance to win $500! Industry News EPRI awarded $3mn to research power plant dry cooling technologies The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) won a $3 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to develop a novel dry cooling technology for thermal power plants. Read More Share: Day & Zimmermann signs nuclear power maintenance contract Day & Zimmermann said that its Engineering, Construction & Maintenance group was awarded a six-year alliance contract by Southern Nuclear, a unit of Southern Co. (NYSE: SO), for its nuclear fleet. Read More Share: Whirlpool Corporation breaks ground on wind farm near Findlay, Ohio facility Whirlpool Corporation, the world's largest global manufacturer and marketer of major home appliances, broke ground this week on the Findlay Wind Farm, an $18 million "Wind for Industry" project, financed by One Energy, which provides energy solutions for large electric consumers. Read More Share: Pattern Energy buys 33% interest in Ontario wind project Pattern Energy Group Inc. (Nasdaq: PEGI) closed on its one-third acquisition in the 270-MW K2 Wind Power Facility in Ontario from Pattern Energy Group LP. Read More Share: More Headlines • Construction begins on 102-MW solar power project • Nuclear manufacturing and maintenance facility officially opens • Nuclear reactor vessel installed in UAE project • Brazilian company to manufacture Westinghouse nuclear reactor equipment • Portland, Maine, looking for solar projects around city Industry Trends Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot Prices The Department of Energy's Energy Information Administration keeps track of the daily changes to the spot prices. Power Engineering figured out the monthly averages and has the figures up to June 17, 2015. Read More Share: Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas' Economic Indicators The Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas offers a glimpse into how the markets are doing domestically and internationally. Read More Share: EIA’s Weekly Coal Production Report The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released its coal production report for the week ending June 13. Read More Share: Join In Projects and Woman of the Year nominations now open! Visit the Power Engineering website to submit a nomination for the Projects of the Year and Woman of the Year awards! You have until Aug. 31 to nominate a coal, renewable, nuclear or natural gas project for our annual awards, or to nominate a deserving woman in the power generation industry. Read More Share: Send UNLIMITED delegates (employees) for one flat rate! Does your company generate electricity? Is your company a utility, muni, co-op, public power provider, on-site power producer or IPP? Does your company generate at least 1 MW of energy? If you answered YES to any of these questions then your company qualifies for the Power Generators Discount Program! Read More Share: Add your hero to our Wall of Honor! The Wall of Honor pays tribute to military personnel around the world. It is on display at all of PennWell's North American conferences. Click to add a name or sponsor the wall. Read More Share: From GenerationHub Pennsylvania seeks comment on air permit for Homer City power plant The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has out for comment for 30 days from June 20 a draft air permit approval for the coal-fired Homer City power plant. Read More Share: Gulf LNG companies seek FERC approval for Louisiana project Gulf LNG Liquefaction Co. (GLLC) and Gulf LNG Energy (GLE) on June 19 collectively filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting authority to construct and operate new natural gas liquefaction and export facilities at GLE’s existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) regasification terminal located in Jackson County, Mississippi. Read More Share: Slideshow U.S. Coal Plants with the Lowest NOx Emission Rates Peabody Energy names the top U.S. coal-fired power plants with the lowest NOx emission rates. 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