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ing multiple coal types, including North
American Powder River Basin subbituminous
coal, Indonesian subbituminous
coal, Colombian coal, Russian coal, and
Canadian coal. Joban Joint Power Co. has
since taken over the facility, integrated it
into the larger plant as No. 10, and continues
to generate commercial power from
the unit. The Nakoso and Hirono project
developers noted that IGCC is well suited
for use in Japan, an island nation that
lacks indigenous coal and gas supplies.
Scotland OKs 400-MW Pumped Storage
Facility. Scotland's government has
approved a 400-MW pumped-storage project
on a surface coal mine near Kirkconnel
in Dumfries and Galloway. The £150 million
Glenmuckloch Pumped Storage Hydro
project, which is a joint venture between
Buccleuch Estates and 2020 Renewables,
has already received approval from
the local council. According to Buccleuch,
the surface mine is still being exploited,
but it is also undergoing " an extensive
restoration process. " Buccleuch also noted
that the pumped storage facility is " still
at an early design stage. " It added that
the project will require " substantial investment
and commitment from a range of
stakeholders " to make it successful.
SNC-Lavalin Gets Contract for PreProject
Work for Argentinian CANDU
Reactor. Engineering and construction
firm SNC-Lavalin, the acting steward of
Canadian-designed CANDU reactor technology,
on November 24 announced that
it has been awarded a pre-project contract
from Argentina's Nucleoeléctrica Argentina
SA for a project to build a new CANDU
reactor at the Atucha site in the district
of Zàrate. The company noted: " If this
project materializes, it would be the first
CANDU new build since Cernavoda Unit 2
[in Romania] came on line in 2007. " The
six-month contract will allow SNC-Lavalin
to engage with suppliers for long-leadtime
equipment, conduct preliminary design
work, deliver safety analysis, offer
licensing support, and provide technical
assistance
from Canada,
the company
said. Argentina owns and operates an existing
CANDU reactor at Emblase, a unit
that was completed in 1984. SNC-Lavalin
is currently engaged in the life extension
of that reactor.
UAE Gears Up for 2.4-GW Coal Plant.
Saudi Arabian firm ACWA Power and Chinese
enterprise Harbin Electric have begun
construction of the 2.4-GW Hassyan power
station, one of the Middle East's first ultrasupercritical
coal power plants, the Dubai
Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA)
said on November 10. DEWA and the two
companies signed a power purchase agreement
(PPA) for the mammoth four-unit
project in June 2016. The PPA requires the
consortium to secure delivery of coal to
the project for its full 25-year timeframe.
The project, which is expected to be fully
operational by 2023, will meet flue gas
emission limits more stringent than those
required in the European Union and in International
Finance Corp. guidelines, DEWA
said. The ACWA Power and Harbin Electric
consortium bid a levelized cost of electricity
of 4.241¢(USD)/kW based on May 2015
coal prices, DEWA revealed.
Iberdrola Starts Operating CCGT
Plant in Mexico. Iberdrola on November
8 inaugurated the 300-MW Dulces Nombres
II combined cycle power plant near
Monterrey, in Mexico's Nuevo León state, a
$250 million project it said will help cover
power demand in the region's flourishing
industrial sector. ■
-Sonal Patel is a POWER associate
editor.
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