flue gas desulfurization News

L&T’s power vertical secures orders worth INR 1,400 cr from NTPC

The power vertical of the Indian multinational conglomerate Larsen & Toubro has reportedly announced to have bagged two contracts worth INR 1,400 crore from the state-owned National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC). As per trusted sources, the power vertical of Larsen & Toubro would set up FGD systems at NTPC’s Darlipali Super Thermal Power Project in Odisha and Vindhyachal Thermal ...

Oct. 3, 2018

By CMFE Research

The end of coal – Perhaps Not

Concerns over greenhouse gas emissions have prompted governments across North America to pull the plug on new coal fired energy plants and to close down aging facilities. The days of coal, at least in North America, may be numbered. But breakthroughs in coal burning and carbon sequestration technologies raise the question is this really the end of coal or a new beginning for ‘clean’ ...

Feb. 25, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

The search for clean coal

Many countries and companies are pursuing with vigour the concept of ‘clean coal’, where toxic emissions of are reduced by over 90% and sulphur and greenhouse gas emissions are rendered virtually non-existent. Research is underway in Europe, North America and Asia on how to make use of the world’s most abundant fossil fuel in ways that are environmentally and socially more ...

May 15, 2008

By GLOBE SERIES

300 New FGD Projects Planned In China

In the 11th plan from 2006-2010 the six major Chinese utilities will install 300 new SO2 flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems. Each of these projects is identified in the Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System published by the McIlvaine Company. To put this in perspective, the U.S. is the leading constructor of scrubber systems. But only 222 systems have been installed ...

Nov. 30, 2006

By The McIlvaine Company

China installing more coal-fired boilers and FGD than ROW combined

China continues to plan, install and operate more coal-fired boilers and flue gas desulfurization systems than the rest of the world (ROW) combined. The comprehensive McIlvaine Chinese Utility Plans in English and Chinese document the specific project activity. Most of the new plants are ultra super critical (USC) with the latest air pollution control equipment. Also older plants are being ...

Oct. 21, 2010

By The McIlvaine Company

The end of the road for Didcot A?

Last week the team at Aether were joined by some colleagues from the UK emissions inventory team at AEA for a tour of Didcot A power station, one of the UKs largest predominantly coal firing facilities at 2,000 MW (enough to provide electricity to 2 million homes!). In addition, a small amount of biomass is now also burnt at the plant. The tour provided a great chance to get away from the ...

Jul. 25, 2012

By Aether Ltd

Chinese will buy power plant pumps to move 34 million gallons per minute this year

This year China will buy pumps for its power plants which will move more than 34 million gallons per minute of water, fuel oil, and various slurries. The biggest application will be cooling water at coal-fired power plants. Boiler feedwater pump purchases will be small in terms of flow but substantial in price due to the high pressures needed. Forecasts by specific pump application have just been ...

Sep. 2, 2009

By The McIlvaine Company

Dry Scrubbing Market Growing in Many Directions

Most of the market for coal-fired power plant flue gas desulfurization (FGD) is served by wet limestone systems which produce wallboard quality gypsum. However, according to the analysis in FGD Market and Strategies published by the McIlvaine Company, dry scrubbers are starting to gain traction. There are a number of reasons: Concern about water usage particularly in arid areas in ...

Feb. 4, 2015

By The McIlvaine Company

Cleaner air for Arizona after US$400m coal-fired power plant settlement

As part of the fifteenth settlement secured by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Justice to control harmful air pollution from coal-fired power plants, the owner and operator of a plant in St. Johns, Ariz., has agreed to install pollution controls at an estimated cost of US$400 million to reduce harmful emissions and pay a US$950,000 civil penalty. This week's ...

Aug. 13, 2008

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

B&W Awarded Environmental Equipment Contract for Iowa Power Plant

The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that its subsidiary Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) has been awarded a contract to deliver, erect and commission a dry flue gas desulfurization system for Interstate Power and Light Company’s (IPL) 270 megawatt coal-fired Lansing Generating Station in Lansing, Iowa. IPL is a subsidiary of ...

Mar. 14, 2013

By Babcock & Wilcox

Fisia Babcock started 2008 with a EUR 570m order backlog

With an order backlog of 570 million Euro (IFRS) FISIA BABCOCK ENVIRONMENT GmbH (FBE) has started in the new financial year. The development of order input and turnover of the technology company was definitely more positive than expected, explained Managing Directors Dr. Gian Paolo Maccone and Dr. Gert Riemenschneider. The sales revenue increased by 70 million up to a total amount of more than ...

May 19, 2008

By Steinmüller Babcock Environment GmbH

Envirogen and Suez Environnement Create Collaborative Alliance to Deliver Comprehensive, Cost-Effective Water & Wastewater Solutions to the Power Industry

Envirogen Technologies, Inc. announced that it has entered into a Collaborative Alliance with Suez Environnement and will work with the environmental technology leader to deliver comprehensive, cost-effective water and wastewater treatment solutions to the power industry in North America. Effective immediately, the two companies will collaborate exclusively to pursue and execute major ...

May 19, 2015

By Envirogen Technologies Inc.

Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd. Awarded Contract with Xcel Energy for SCR Systems

Hitachi Power Systems America, Ltd. (HPSA), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., today announced that it has been awarded a contract for the design and supply of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) Systems including Hitachi’s proprietary catalyst with Xcel Energy for its Hayden Station, Units 1 & 2, located in Routt County in Hayden, Colorado. Terms were not disclosed. ...

Feb. 11, 2013

By Xcel Energy

$168 Billion FGD Market In Next 15 Years

The market for systems to remove SO2 from power plants is booming. But the big news is that the good times will continue. In the latest forecast in the online, FGD World Markets, the McIlvaine Company predicts that power plants will spend $168 billion for flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems in the period 2005-2020. The validity of this estimate is critical to the manufacturers of steel ...

May 31, 2006

By The McIlvaine Company

Cansolv Technology to Remove SO2 from Major Chinese Coal-fired Power Plant

MONTREAL, July 11, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Shell (NYSE: RDSA) announced today that its Cansolv Technologies Inc. subsidiary (Cansolv) has signed an agreement with Beijing Guodian Longyuan Environmental Engineering Co., Ltd. (GDLY) to license a CANSOLV SO2 Scrubbing System for a new 1.2 GW coal-fired power plant to be built by China Guodian Corporation at Duyun in Guizhou province, P.R.C. The ...

Jul. 11, 2011

By Shell Cansolv – Gas absorption solutions

US$200bn market for power plant desulfurization systems

Over the next 12 years owners of coal-fired power plants will spend $200 billion dollars to add flue gas desulfurization (FGD) systems to existing and new combustion units. This is the latest forecast of the McIlvaine Company in World FGD Markets, an online continually updated report. Over 800,000 MW of coal-fired boilers will be fitted with scrubber systems. Over 2000 units at an average cost ...

Oct. 10, 2008

By The McIlvaine Company

$390 Billion Investment in Coal-fired Boilers Next Year

Power generators will spend $390 billion in 2013 for new coal-fired boilers. Direct costs of equipment will be $260 billion while indirect costs will be $130 billion. This is the latest forecast of the McIlvaine Company in its Fossil & Nuclear Power Generation: World Analysis & Forecast. There will be a mix of subcritical, supercritical and ultrasupercritical boilers. Most of the units ...

Jun. 6, 2012

By The McIlvaine Company

More than 11,000 control system projects at fossil-fired power plants next year

Existing coal-fired power plants are upgrading to become more cost competitive and reduce emissions of pollutants and greenhouse gases. They will account for more than half the 11,250 controls projects which are planned for completion next year at fossil-fired power plants. These are the findings in two McIlvaine publications. Utility Environmental Upgrade Tracking System and Chinese Utility ...

Apr. 17, 2013

By The McIlvaine Company

China will have a major impact on the cost of environmental and energy investments

Whether it's consumables such as activated carbon or SCR catalysts or whether it's big equipment such as reverse osmosis systems or wind turbines, it will be Chinese activity which determines the price. This is the conclusion reached by the McIlvaine Company based on the forecasts and demand analyses conducted in each of its market reports on water, air and energy subjects. The reality is that ...

Jul. 17, 2009

By The McIlvaine Company

ERG delivers FGD (flue gas desulphurisation) system for Ferrybridge Carbon Capture project

Horsham UK based ERG (Air Pollution Control) Ltd has installed a £¾M flue gas desulphurisation unit to Ferrybridge power station as part of a carbon capture pilot project. The ERG system acts as a final flue gas “polishing” stage to reduce SO2 and particulate concentrations to required levels before the flue gas is passed to a downstream “post combustion carbon ...

Aug. 26, 2011

By ERG (Air Pollution Control) Ltd

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