Tuesday, June 23, 2015

Power Engineering E-Newsletter 6/23

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Power Engineering Newsletter | June 23, 2015

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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.
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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
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    EIA’s Weekly Coal Production Report
    The U.S. Energy Information Administration has released its coal production report for the week ending June 13.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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.
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    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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    Progress at Plant Vogtle - May 2015
    Georgia Power shows the progress at Plant Vogtle during May 2015.
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