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Siemens, MAPNA start knowledge transfer for F-class turbines
Just six month after signing an accord with Iran’s MAPNA Group, Siemens has shipped the first F-class gas turbine for a power plant project in Bandar Abbas. This is the first stage of a bilateral...
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Global energy investment drops 8%
Sluggish growth in the oil and gas segment saw 2015 global energy spending fall to $1.83 trillion, an 8% drop year-on-year, according to IEA’s latest report. Participants in a survey agreed that China...
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Texas municipality gets 225 MW peaking power plant
Denton Municipal Electric, the locally-owned utility of the Texan city, has contracted Wärtsilä to deliver engineering and equipment (EEQ) for 225 MW gas power capacity. The plant will provide...
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‘Precarious’ UK reserve margins barely withstood ‘early test’
While power producers like EDF cashed in on record electricity prices during last week’s heat wave in the UK, capacity constraints provided an early test for National Grid which seeks to keep the...
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’World’s largest’ rotor manufactured for Saudi Aramco IGCC
Siemens has manufactured and tested what it says is the world’s largest geared compressor rotor for use in the air separation unit of the 4 GW Jazan integrated gasification combined cycle power...
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Daily EIA update on energy mix in Southern California
In the face of gas supply shortages following a major and prolonged leak at SoCalGas’ Aliso Canyon storage facility, the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) now provides timely updates in its...
View ArticleStratea Energy files plans for Teesside power project
Stockton Council has received a proposal by London-based Stratera Energy for a gas-fired power plant on Teesside. In the planning application, the prospective plant operator said its ‘energy reserve...
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Efficient networks enable low carbon future
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has commissioned four industry experts to examine options for ‘whole system’ reform, given the mounting pressure on UK power grids. A more decentralised...
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ESB starts up UK’s first new gas power station
Irish utility Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has announced that the 880 MW Carrington Power Station in Manchester has started full commercial operation earlier this week. The CCGT – the first new-build...
View ArticleGas still not competitive in Asia, despite coal price surge
Even though thermal coal prices increased by nearly 50% this year, the effect on fuel switching is not enough to make the use of LNG economically viable for power generators. For coal-to-gas switching...
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Ansaldo, FATA eye future projects in South Africa
Completion of construction and commissioning of the 653 MW Avon open-cycle gas power plant this summer, just month after the start-up of its 342 MW Dedisa sister plant, puts the Ansaldo Energia/FATA...
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Texan town courts EmberClear to build 1,000 MW gas power plant
Harrison County Community Improvement Corp (CIC) has been working with the Texan village of Cadiz to make Houston-based EmberClear advance its 1,000 MW combined-cycle power project. CIC said it would...
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Blades with molybdenum silicides withstand higher temperatures
Scientists at Japan's Kyoto University have tested various compositions of molybdenum silicides for use at turbine blades, improving the strength of the material at temperatures around 1,400 degrees...
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Obama’s Clean Power Plan faces showdown in court
Outcome of a court ruling could determine whether the Obama administration’s plan to curb power plant emissions by 32% by 2030 will become a reality. Republican-led states and the coal lobby filed...
View ArticleGhazanfar Group to build Afghanistan’s first gas power plant
The government of Afghanistan has signed an accord for Ghazanfar Group to develop the country’s first gas-fired power plant Mazar-e-Sharif. The 50-megawatt facility will be realised on a build, own,...
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Tepco turns to GE to digitally transform its power plant fleet
Unit 4 of Tepco’s LNG-fuelled Futtsu power station will be retrofitted with GE’s Asset Performance Management (APM) system under an accord, signed by the two companies, to roll-out APM software...
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Surge in Utica Shale production accelerates shift to gas power
Shale oil and gas production from the Appalachian Basin's Utica play has hit 3.5 Bcf/d this June, jumping from very low levels of 0.1 Bcf/d in December 2012. The surge in output from the vast Utica...
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First LTP order for Siemens industrial gas turbines in China
Siemens, in partnership with Hangzhou Steam Turbine Co (HTC), has secured a long-term service program (LTP) order from Golden Concord Power Group for two Siemens SGT-800 gas turbines at the Kunshan GCL...
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MAN engines to drive decentralised power project in Bangladesh
Doreen Power, a privately-run utility in Bangladesh, has contracted MAN Diesel & Turbo to supply three 18V 48/60TS engines for a 56.7 MW baseload power plant near Dhaka. “48/60’s can be retrofitted...
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Opponents of Clean Power Plan face EPA in court
Ten judges on the US Court of Appeals in Washington have heard supporters and opponents clash during a 7-hour hearing on the Clean Power Plan (CPP) – a controversial cornerstone of President Obama’s...
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