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Levithan partners sign $3bn deal to supply power plant
Israel’s power major Edeltech and its Turkish partner Zorlu Enerji have signed a $3 billion contract to supply natural gas from the Leviathan field over 18 years to a proposed power plant in Be’er...
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Thailand’s EGAT signs up GE for parts repair at Bangkok plant
Gas turbines at two of EGATs power plants in Bangkok will be covered by a 6-year parts and repair agreement with GE, with more than $60 million. The accord covers 9F gas turbines and equipment in the...
View ArticleBlack-start generator market worth $1.5bn by 2021
Fluctuation in power supply to the grid amid rising renewable penetration has been increasing the need for black-start generators. Analysts expect this market will grow at a rate of 3.8%, up from an...
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Sasol to spend $1.4bn in E&P in Mozambique
South Africa’s energy group Sasol has started drilling the first of 12 new oil and gas wells in Mozambique. The government has just approved a production sharing agreement (PSA) under which part of the...
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J416 engines to power UK waste-to-biogas project
Global engineering and construction company M+W group has selected GE’s Jenbacher gas engines and Monsal anaerobic digestion system for Surrey County Council’s new “Eco Park” waste treatment and...
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‘Embedded benefits’ regime deemed vital for UK’s energy security
Just days before Ofgem launches a consultation on possible modification of ‘embedded benefits’ for distributed generation, UK Power Reserve has published a report by KPMG warning that removing such...
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LNG-to-power for Brazil’s remote Amazon state Para
Norwegian LNG transport firm Golar has launched a proposal to the Brazilian government, featuring a regasification terminal in the state of Para in the lower Amazon basin. If build, the LNG regas...
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Korea: GE to retrofit onsite power plant for POSCO Pohang Works
GE’s Power Services arm has agreed to retrofit four Toshiba industrial steam turbines at the POSCO Pohang Works steel manufacturing facility in Pohang, South Korea. The upgrade is meant to nearly...
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Wärtsilä keeps emphasis on fuel flexibility and efficiency
Technological advances in fuel flexibility, efficiency, and environmental sustainability remain in focus at Wärtsilä, notably in its Wärtsilä 31 engine. As of late, the Finnish OEM introduced the...
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Growth in RES keeps driving down European power prices
Wind has emerged as a key renewable energy source (RES) technology throughout Europe, impacting cross-border electricity flows. Societe Generale analysis shows that Germany’s rising intermittent supply...
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FirstEnergy gets power plants ready to meet peak summer demand
Gas, coal and nuclear power stations, operated by FirstEnergy, have been prepared to meet high demand during the coming summer months. The National Weather Service has warned that most of the US will...
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Turkish firm seals $4.2bn power plant deal with Iran
Unit International, a Turkish power plant developer, has finalised a $4.2 billion accord with the Iranian energy ministry to build seven combined-cycle gas power plants in the Islamic Republic. Overall...
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Analysis: Coal plants with partial CCS may run beyond 2025
Consultations are underway at Whitehall as to whether coal-fired power plants, that are partially retrofitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS), would be allowed to run beyond 2025 – the cut-off...
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Making battery energy storage attractive to UK customers
Prices for energy storage systems are anticipated to fall by around 10% annually, but “even by 2020 this may still not be sufficient to allow the UK market to grow above 15,000 units per annum,...
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‘Micro gas turbines put a new spin on green energy production’
A policy session on the role of micro gas turbines amid the rise of green energy production will be held by ETN, COGEN and AEBIOM during the upcoming EU Sustainable Energy Week. A system approach is...
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Turkish parliament passes electricity market law
Stepping up the use of local energy sources and lowering electricity prices is the main objective of Turkey’s new electricity law, approved by parliament this week. Complicated regulation on energy...
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Comparing construction and fuel costs for power generators
Construction and fuel costs determine the economics of electric generator technology, while markets and price drivers alter patterns of which type of capacity is being added, an EIA analysis finds. As...
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Four of UKPR’s embedded gas gensets due onstream ‘late summer’
Gas-fired generator sets, built by Cummins, have just been delivered to UK Power Reserve’s (UKPR) development site in Carrington, Greater Manchester. The 20 MW facility – as well as four similar-sized...
View ArticleShell turns to wind power as oil & gas prices stay ‘weak’
Ben van Beurden, Shell CEO, has realised his firm may have got it wrong on wind energy as the oil major turns to selected renewables. This U-turn comes amid uncertainty as to whether oil prices will...
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Siemens gets first order for two turnkey industrial power plants in Israel
The first order from Israel for the turnkey construction of two industrial combined-cycle power plants will see Siemens realise the Alon Tavor and Ramat Gabriel plant projects, in northern Israel....
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