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Friday, February 28, 2014

Power Engineering Top Stories 2/28

Top Stories
Pipeline approved for FutureGen carbon capture and storage project
Illinois regulators approved a 30-mile underground pipeline that would carry carbon dioxide (CO2) from the FutureGen 2.0 clean coal project to a storage site.
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SONGS equipment to be auctioned off
Non-radioactive equipment inside the shuttered San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California is being auctioned off.
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Plans for wind power project on reservation canceled
A wind power project that would have generated up to 250-MW of power, with as many as 85 turbines on a California reservation, has been canceled.
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GE to invest $1.4B in on-site power, new distributed generation business
General Electric (NYSE: GE) has a new distributed generation business venture that combines three product lines—Aeroderivative Gas Turbines, Jenbacher Gas Engines and Waukesha Gas Engines.
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The Week's Most Read Articles
DOE finalizes $65B loan guarantee for new Plant Vogtle nuclear reactors
A $6.5 billion loan guarantee for two new nuclear reactors in Georgia has been finalized.
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Natural gas-fired power project to shut down by 2050
A planned natural gas-fired power plant must shut down by 2050 as part of a settlement over siting the plant in Massachusetts.
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A report on combined-cycle projects in North America
So far, the industry's best weapon is combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) technology. Combined cycle power plants are highly efficient, allowing power producers to ring much more power from the same amount of natural gas.
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EIA: 54 GW of coal to retire by 2016 due to MATS
A total of 60 GW of coal-fired generation is expected to retire by 2020, a number beyond that previously reported to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
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Army awards additional contracts to renewable energy companies
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, working with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), awarded 20 base contracts to companies part of the $7 billion large-scale renewable energy production Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC).
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More Headlines
Design study for Kawasaki Heavy Industries tidal turbine completed
AEP appoints Beasley to board of directors
Semens wind turbines to be used at Bison wind project
Sol Systems closes financing on 940kW New Mexico solar project
JCP&L announces new director, Operations Support
Spent nuclear fuel removal temporarily halted at Fukushima plant
Nuclear power plant's generator tubes showing signs of wear
Oklahoma coal-fired power plant gets new name
Combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in the works in NC
TEPCO wants water samples from Fukushima nuclear plant retested
25 percent of the US coal fleet could retire by 2020
NuScale completes testing of SMR design analysis software
GE opens wind turbine repair innovation lab
Northeast Utilities names new executives
Cape Wind gets $600M boost
Calpine completes purchase of Texas combined cycle power plant
US coal export volumes increased since 2005
Renewable energy builder Acciona reports $2.7B loss
FP&L, NRC refute St. Lucie nuclear tube wear claims
PG&E asks to buy output from planned solar PV project

Industry Trends
Henry Hub Average Natural Gas Spot Prices
The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts. Here's a look at how prices have changed up to Feb. 20, 2014.
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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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White Papers
Study and Design Considerations of HRSG Evaporators in Fast Start Combined Cycle Plants
The ability of horizontal HRSGs cyclic operation has been discussed and
widely reported in literatures and studies. However, the operation and design life of HRSGs become more important when the system is operated with fast startup times.
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Lean Duplex Stainless Steel Within the Oil & Gas Industry
Two white papers within this document address the stress corrosion cracking that occurs as a result of the conjoint action of mechanical loading in a corrosive environment, like offshore rigs
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