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Rise in biogas use drives demand for gas quality monitoring

Incentives have spurred a surge in biogas production that is injected into the gas transmission network in countries like Germany. However, gas quality and volume of the grid-injected biogas needs to...

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Japan’s power price stay firm despite lower fuel costs

Though imported cost of coal and LNG has declined, power prices in Japan keep rising. According to data from Japan's 10 major utilities, the average retail electricity price rose for four consecutive...

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Analysis: Tensions along Germany’s electric border

German grid operator 50Hertz is installing phase shifters to raise electrical resistance that stops excess renewable power supply from spilling over into Poland’s PSE grid zone – causing diplomatic...

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Burns & McDonnell wins EPC contract for Saskatchewan project

SaskPower has awarded an engineer-procure-construct (EPC) contract to Burns & McDonnell for the new Chinook Power Station. The 350 MW combined-cycle facility will be built on a greenfield site near...

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Tepco teams up with MHPS to improve thermal power plant efficiencies

 Japanese utility Tepco Fuel & Power has signed an accord with engineering firm Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) to jointly work on improved efficiency for thermal power plants at home and...

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Hinkley deal signed though gas power “would be cheaper”

Signing of a £18 billion contract for electricity offtake from the Hinkely Point C nuclear project is burdening rate-payers with higher costs than new gas power stations would have done, the UK...

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Wärtsilä launches modular load resistors

Jovyload Concept, a portfolio of modularised load resistors, has been launched by the Finnish OEM Wärtsilä for use in testing generators and uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). The concept has been...

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Direct Energie buys Enel CCGT in Belgium

French energy marketer Direct Energie has agreed to buy Marcinelle Energy – the owner of a 400 MW combined-cycle gas power plant – from Italy’s state-dominated Enel. Direct Energie seeks to complete...

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Tokyo Gas snaps up stake in Thai gas power plant

Japan’s Tokyo Gas announced today it has acquired a 28% stake in the operating firm of a 350 MW gas-fired power plant in Thailand. The deal marks the first venture of the Japanese utility into energy...

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DTE Energy to spend $1.5bn on new gas power plants

Detroit-based DTE Energy has unveiled plans to spend up to $1.5 billion to construct new gas-fired generating capacity across the US as it needs to replace part of its coal power plants that are due to...

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Cyber risk deemed ‘critical’ to future energy security

Networked technologies and rising digitisation create efficiencies in energy management, but these benefits come with increased vulnerabilities, in particular due to the automation of Industrial...

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China to account for over 50% of world nuclear growth through 2040

Keen to clean up hazardous air pollution, the Chinese government is embracing nuclear power and seeks to shift from coal to gas generation – although fuel costs still make operators favour coal. As for...

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Qatar seeks to increase power capacity to 13.1 GW

By the end of 2018, Qatar Electricity & Water Company (QEWC) plans to boost the emirate’s power generation capacity to 13.1 GW, up from currently 8.8 GW. Installed capacity is enough to meet demand...

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Sri Lanka regulator calls for 'immediate start' of new-build process

Issuing a stark warning about the risk of power shortages from 2018, Sri Lanka's energy regulator has called on utilities to immediately start construction works for a first series of approved power...

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SEC to install battery energy storage in California

Responding to California’s Aliso Canyon gas supply constraints, the key power provider Southern California Edison (SCE) has decided to install a battery energy storage system from Current, powered by...

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South Africa to name preferred bidders for power projects in March

Anticipating that South Africa’s proposed gas power projects will cost up to $3.7 billion, the Department of Energy (DoE) announced it will reveal a list of preferred bidders for the projects by the...

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Kemper plant project another $62m over budget

Hit by further delays, Mississippi Power Co. has conceded it needs to extend the construction schedule for its Kemper County integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) plant by yet another month,...

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Engie to realise $1.2bn power plant in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Electricity Co (SEC), together with Saudi Aramco, has awarded a contract to the French utility Engie to build a 1,504 MW gas power plant. The CCGT is slated to start operation by December 2019...

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Basra governorate helps boost local power supply

Policy incentives by the Basra governorate have increased the supply of electricity in the region to over 2,000 MW – the highest level achieved anywhere in conflict-ridden Iraq, according to Ali Fares,...

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New York State Power Authority embarks on asset analytics

Seeking to improve efficiency and reliability, New York State Power Authority (NYPA) is turning to install GE software that will monitor, analyse and enhance the performance of NYPA’s hydroelectric and...

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