Energy Biz - September/October 2008 - (Page 108) » Metrics trade Shows Draw Larger crowds air fares May be rising, buT energy industry trade show attendance overall continues to grow. Solar Power and AMRA organizers expect attendance to increase at their upcoming fall events, while EMACS officials say they expect attendance to remain stable. aMra /// Sept 7-10 Distributech /// Jan 22-24 IT, T&D and automation and control www.distributech.com EMacs /// Oct 13-15 4,151 4,500 5,800 2006 Innovators in automated metering systems 2007 2008 Technology solutions and management practices emacsconference.com/ gasmart /// May 19-21 319 300 300* www.amra-intl.org/autovation/ awEa /// June 1-4 1,470 1,550 1,600* The natural gas wholesale market gasmart.com/ 447 552 510 www.windpowerexpo.org/ cEra week /// Feb 11-15 Promotes wind energy around the world giTa /// March 9-12 5,000 7,000 13,000 Geospatial information technologies www.gita.org/ 1,854 1,780 1,500 Energy executives and officials exploring energy issues www.ceraweek.com cis /// May 19-23 solar Power /// Oct 13-16 1,575 1,725 2,000 Promote solar electric power use by utilities and others www.solarpowerconference.com/ 8,500 12,500 15,000* *PrOJEcTED Technologies and services cisconference.org/ 1,350 1,375 1,500 Lining Up For Nuclear Green Light The federal nuclear regulaTory coMMission has logged nine license applications for new projects and anticipates receiving an additional ten, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Under review are proposals for 29 new reactors, the first to be built in this country in a generation. Nuclear Federal License Application As of June 30 siTE sPOnsOring FirMs rEacTOr DEsign nO. OF uniTs caPaciTy Mw aPPLicaTiOn suBMiTTED Bell Bend, PA Bellefonte, AL Bruneau, ID Callaway, MO Calvert Cliffs, MD Comanche Peak, TX Grand Gulf, MS Levy County, FL Nine Mile Point, NY North Anna, VA River Bend, LA Shearon Harris, NC South Texas Project , TX Victoria County, TX Turkey Point, FL Virgil C. Summer, SC Vogtle, GA Watts Bar, TN Pennsylvania Power and Light NuStart; Energy, TVA Alternate Energy Holding Ameren UE, UniStar Nuclear UniStar, Nuclear, Constellation Energy Future Holdings [Luminant] NuStart Energy, Entergy Progress Energy UniStar Nuclear, Constellation Dominion Entergy Progress Energy NRG Energy, South Texas Project Exelon Nuclear Florida Power & Light Scana [South Carolina Electric and Gas], Santee Cooper Southern Company [Georgia Power], Oglethorpe Power, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia, City of Dalton TVA European Power Reactor Advanced Passive 1000 reactor European Power Reactor European Power Reactor European Power Reactor 1 2 1 1 1 1,600 2,234 1,600 1,600 1,600 3,400 1,520 2,234 1,600 1,520 1,520 2,234 2,700 3,040 2,234 2,234 2,234 1,167 2,234 Anticipated 10/30/2007 Anticipated Anticipated 7/31/2007 Anticipated 2/27/2008 Anticipated Anticipated 11/27/2007 Anticipated 2/19/2008 9/20/2007 Anticipated Anticipated 3/31/2008 3/31/2008 Anticipated 12/13/2007 U.S. Advanced Pressurized Water Reactor 2 Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor 1 Advanced Passive 1000 reactor European Power Reactor 2 1 Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor 1 Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor 1 Advanced Passive 1000 reactor Advanced Boiling Water Reactor Advanced Passive 1000 reactor Advanced Passive 1000 reactor Advanced Passive 1000 reactor PWR Advanced Passive 1000 reactor 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor 2 William States Lee III, SC Duke Energy sOurcE: u.s. EnErgy inFOrMaTiOn aDMinisTraTiOn 108 E n E rgyB i z September/October 2008 http://www.distributech.com http://emacsconference.com/ http://www.amra-intl.org/autovation/ http://gasmart.com/ http://www.windpowerexpo.org/ http://www.gita.org/ http://www.ceraweek.com http://www.solarpowerconference.com/ http://cisconference.org/
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