Frost and Sullivan: South Korean Industrial APCE Market to Earn $221 Million by 2016

As most industries, such as power plants and steel mills, in South Korea have already installed air pollution control equipment (APCE), the growth of the market is expected to be limited between 2 and 3 percent for the next five years until 2016. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.environmental.frost.com), Industrial Air Pollution Controls... 

IC Potash announces commencement of preparation of the Ochoa Project Prefeasibility Study

IC Potash Corp. is pleased to announce the commencement of the Ochoa Project Sulphate of Potash (“SOP”) Pre-feasibility Study. Through this study and concurrent environmental work, the Company will establish the engineering basisfor the Ochoa Project for mining, processing, and SOP marketing. This announcement complements recent operating... 

CH2M HILL Selected for EPC Work at PacifiCorp’s Wyodak Power Plant

CH2M HILL, a global full-service engineering, procurement, construction, and operations firm, today announced it has been selected by PacifiCorp as the engineering, procurement, and construction contractor for installation of new emission control equipment at its 365-megawatt coal-fueled Wyodak power plant, located near Gillette, Wyoming. This equipment,... 

B&W Subsidiary Awarded Boiler Refurbishment Contract at Indonesia Power Plant

McDermott International, Inc. announced that a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company, has been awarded a contract to refurbish two B&W Radiant Tower-type boilers at the Suralaya Steam Power Plant on Java Island, Indonesia. B&W will redesign and supply superheater and reheater surface, low NOx combustion systems, pulverizer performance... 

Honeywell to Supply Control Solutions to One of the Largest and Cleanest Power Plants in the World

Honeywell announced that it has won an $11 million contract to provide process control hardware and software to Nuon’s Magnum plant, a 1300 megawatt combined-cycle (3 units) power station under construction in Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The contract win follows the completion of an engineering and design study initiated by Honeywell in 2007. The... 

Texas School District Remedies Soaring Energy Costs and Aging Infrastructure, Receives Award for Becoming Leader in Energy Efficient Learning Environments

Ferris Independent School District recently completed renovations aimed at increasing energy efficiency and indoor air quality while creating a high-performance learning environment at Ferris Junior High School, Ferris Intermediate School, the Ingram and McDonald Elementary Schools and the district maintenance facility. Additionally, the district built... 

Biofuels Power Announces Pilot Biomass Power Generation and Carbon Sequestration Project to Help with Hurricane Ike Cleanup

Biofuels Power Corporation announced that it will manage a project to use wood chips and other refuse from Hurricane Ike cleanup activities in the metro Houston area to fuel a pilot scale power generation and carbon sequestration project that will be connected to the ERCOT grid and provide up to 4 MW of low cost green electricity for Houston. The other... 

ADA-ES Reaffirms Activated Carbon Market Expectations

ADA-ES, Inc. reaffirmed its market expectations with regard to activated carbon (AC) for controlling mercury emission from coal-fired electrical generating units. Dr. Michael D. Durham, President and CEO of ADA-ES, stated, “The mercury control market continues to grow as a result of existing regulations in over 20 states and Canadian provinces. Although... 

NxtGen Emission Controls Inc. Announces the Close of a $15.4 Million USD Series ‘B’ Investment Led by Altira

NxtGen Emission Controls Inc. announced the closing of a $15.4 million USD Series B investment led by Altira Group LLC. NxtGen is an emerging leader in syngas technology for diesel engine combustion optimization. NxtGen’s technology is making existing and new engines cleaner to meet global emission reduction regulations. It provides a platform... 

Griffin Announces Nuclear Power Plant Waste Incinerator Baghouse Catalytic Filter Bag Order

Griffin Filters, an air filtration systems and bulk material handling equipment manufacturer, today announced a large order for catalytic filter bags for two of its nuclear power plant waste incinerator baghouses. These baghouses and the associated incinerator system are located in an overseas power plant and used to collect the ash from the incineration...