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Alinta Energy’s Newman Power Station Taking Shape with Clarke Energy
Clarke Energy is delivering the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) for the new gas fired power generation facility comprising of 14 INNIO Jenbacher J624 gas engines to improve the efficiency and flexibility of Alinta Energy’s gas-fired Newman Power Station in Western Australia’s Pilbara region. The additional 60MW of gas-fired generation will support Alinta ...
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Uk Electricity Generation To Be Fossil Fuel Free By 2035?
UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, stated that removing gas as a power source will help protect against price surges (during Conservative conference).Johnson has also confirmed plans to eliminate fossil fuels from the UK’s electricity generation process by 2035.The UK generated 43% of its electricity from renewable sources in 2020 but gas-fired power plants still account for a significant ...
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RWE Energy sells its share in Tarragona Power to Iberdrola
RWE Energy has sold its 50% share in the power generator Tarragona Power S.L. to the Spanish utility Iberdrola. Iberdrola and RWE have agreed the full take-over of Tarragona Power by Iberdrola Generación. Tarragona Power is a joint venture so far owned in equal terms by Iberdrola Generación S.A.U. and an affiliated company of RWE Energy AG. Tarragona Power owns and operates a gas-fired ...
By RWE AG
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Fluor chosen as EPC Contractor for Dominion`s Brunswick County power station
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract by Dominion Virginia Power (NYSE: D) to build its new Brunswick County Power Station, a combined-cycle, natural gas-fired power station in Brunswick County, Va. The project investment will exceed $1 billion. Based on the limited notice-to-proceed, Fluor ...
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Fluor Receives Notice to Proceed for New LCRA Gas Power Plant in Texas
Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it was issued a notice to proceed by LCRA to build a new natural gas-fired power plant in Horseshoe Bay, Texas. LCRA’s Ferguson Replacement Project, a 540-megawatt combined-cycle power plant, received the required air permits from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and the U.S. Environmental ...
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124 coal and gas-fired power plants slated for startup in 2006
Untitled Document There are 124 coal and gas-fired power generation projects, 25 MW or larger, scheduled for 2006 startup in the McIlvaine Company database, World Power Generation Projects. Gas-fired projects outnumber coal-fired projects. 2006 Plant Startups (number of generator units) Region Fuel Coal Gas LNG Total ...
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First Gen and Tokyo Gas to develop Philippine’s first LNG project
Philippine-based power company First Gen Corp and Tokyo Gas Co have reportedly inked a preliminary agreement to collectively develop a project directed towards developing a liquified natural gas import terminal in the Philippines. As per trusted sources, Tokyo Gas will acquire a 20 percent interest in the LNG project, which will be based in First Gen-owned LNG hub in Batangas province situated in ...
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Global Market for Natural Gas-Fired Electricity to Grow Over 20% in 5 Years to Reach $42 Billion in 2017
FARMINGTON, Conn., May 31, 2012/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Welding equipment and consumables is gaining momentum as growing investments continue to meet large demands in the power industry. Global Information, Inc. is pleased to present two new reports that explore and examine opportunities for welding equipment and consumables in the gas-fired electricity generation and renewable power industries. ...
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Production update, Cameroon - Logbaba Power Station Installation Nears Completion
Victoria Oil & Gas PLC (AIM: VOG) today (April 17, 2015) announces that gas supply to industrial customers in Cameroon, from its wholly owned subsidiary Gaz du Cameroun S.A. (“GDC”), has risen to 9.4 mmscf/d on a seven-day average basis following increased production to feed the Bassa power station. This production rate marks a 114% increase from the beginning of the year on a ...
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EPA Finalizes 50th Greenhouse Gas Permit in Texas
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final approval of the 50th greenhouse gas (GHG) permit in Texas. In Texas alone, EPA has received 83 GHG permit applications from businesses since 2011. Texas is No. 1 in the country for receiving EPA-issued GHG permits for projects totaling well over $24 billion and creating over 20,000 construction jobs in the state. ...
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Expert commentary on the Gas Generation Strategy
The UK government published its Gas Generation Strategy yesterday, announcing the building of new gas-fired power stations to stimulate investment in gas generation and ensure security of supply. The UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC) is pleased to be able to offer expertise from its leading policy and gas experts to help provide clarification of this highly complex issue covered by DECC's Gas ...
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Clarke Energy chosen by Alinta Energy to expand their Newman Power Station
Clarke Energy to Engineer, Procure and Construct an expansion and upgrade of Alinta Energy’s gas-fired Newman Power Station in Western Australia’s Pilbara region Fourteen high-efficiency INNIO Jenbacher J624 gas engine generators to provide 60MWe of capacity Clarke Energy to design and construct two separate power houses and supply a 66/11kV export transformer complete with ...
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Maxim Power Corp. announces purchase of generation equipment
Maxim Power Corp. ("MAXIM" or the "Corporation") announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Milner Power Inc., has closed an agreement to purchase a General Electric Frame 7 F-Class combustion turbine generator ("CT") and certain related equipment for $20.3 million. This equipment was previously delivered new to the seller in 2012 and never installed. The purchase pr ice will be funded ...
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New England electricity production adequate for winter, despite pipeline concerns
New England’s regional grid operator said electricity supplies should be sufficient to meet demand this winter, but warned the region needs to expand its natural gas infrastructure to adequately serve power plants during peak heating demand. ISO New England (ISO-NE) said it has launched its Winter Reliability Program in order to pay generators that burn oil or liquid natural gas to buy ...
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Consortium wins teder to build US$430m Indonesian power plant
A Consortium of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd and Toshiba Plant Systems & Service Corp has won a tender to build a US$ 430 million power generating project in Indonesia. The consortium will increase the capacity of the Muara Karang Power Plant in response to concern over power shortage. The objective of the project is to improve the tight power situation in the Java-Bali power system and ...
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Summit Power & Linde Join Forces to Develop Projects Deploying Carbon Capture from Natural Gas
Summit Power Group, a Seattle-based developer of low-carbon power projects, and the technology company The Linde Group today announced they have teamed up to develop commercial-scale natural gas-fired power plants that will capture up to ninety percent (90%) of the carbon dioxide (CO2) that would otherwise have been emitted. The new power plants will combine well-established and commercially ...
By Linde Group
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Grid Investments Totaling as Much as $500 Billion Challenged by Clean Energy Technologies
US electricity generators may be committing their customers and investors to as much as $1 trillion in future investment and fuel costs through 2030 as they rush to build new gas-fired power plants. Yet advances in renewable energy and distributed energy resources (DERs) offer lower rates and emissions-free energy while delivering all the grid reliability services that new power plants can, ...
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Committee welcomes the Government’s decision to open its £9bn CCS demonstration programme to gas plants
The Government has announced that the carbon capture and storage demonstration programme will be opened to gas-fired as well as coal fired-plants. Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne, said “Government is reasserting its mission to lead the world on CCS, by opening our funding process to what could be one of the first ever commercial-scale CCS projects on a ...
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Centrica to take 51% stake in Belgian business SPE
Centrica plc (Centrica) today announced that it is to increase its shareholding in Belgian generation and supply company SPE SA (SPE) to a controlling 51 per cent. Centrica has exercised its pre-emption right over the 25.5 per cent interest in SPE currently held by GDF International SAS (GdF) through an acquisition of GdF's 50 per cent stake in the 50/50 joint venture, Segebel SA. This will be ...
By Centrica
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Constellation Energy Signs Agreement to Acquire the 2,950 MW Boston Generating Gas Fleet in New England
Company Selected as Stalking Horse Bidder by Boston Generating BALTIMORE - Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced it has signed an asset purchase agreement with Boston Generating to acquire its 2,950-megawatt fleet, the third largest power generating portfolio in the New England region, for approximately $1.1 billion, or roughly $372/kW. The proposed transaction is expected to be ...
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