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Analysis: Gamble for compensation over Germany’s lignite exit
Pondering why the Czech-based companies EPH and PPF Investments have recently acquired all of Vattenfall’s former lignite power plant assets in eastern Germany, IEEFA data analyst Gerard Wynn suggests...
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Armenia dismisses plans of Yerevan power plant sale
Ashot Manukyan, Armenia’s minister of energy infrastructure, has dismissed reports in Russian that the government is planning to divest the Yerevan gas power plant as it allegedly owes $52.3 million to...
View ArticleRussia funds power project in Pakistan
Pakistan and Russia are in talks to revamp and upgrade a 600 MW gas-fired power plant at Jamshoro, based on Russian funding. Feasibility of the project has already been determined so the Pakistani...
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US residential power prices to drop for first time in 14 years
During the first six months of 2016, residential US electricity customers paid on average 12.4 cents per kilowatthour (kWh), or around 0.7% less than in the same period last year. If this trend...
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Global energy demand anticipated to peak in 2030
“Unprecedented efficiencies” created by new technologies and more stringent energy policies will make per capita energy demand peak before 2030, according to projections by the World Energy Council...
View ArticleNigeria: Outage of two plants makes power supply fall to 3,400 MW
Unexpected shut-down of two of Nigeria’s power plants on Sunday has increased the number of idle plants to nine and made the nation’s electricity supply nosedive to just over 3,400 MW – a significant...
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Go-ahead on Turkish Stream after Russia agreed to ‘gas discount’
Turkey and Russia have sealed the strategic Turkish Stream gas pipeline agreement late on Monday which, according to President Putin, includes a “mechanism for providing a discount on gas [for...
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Supply glut opens new LNG-to-power markets
Though Asian LNG prices for November delivery rebounded slightly over the past ten days, the oversupply persists and helps open new markets: Indonesia and Jamaica have chartered floating storage units...
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Electricity, gas prices see trend disconnect in 2015: ACER
A disconnect of wholesale electricity and gas prices has occurred in most European markets. Gas prices fell in line with low oil prices over the past year while average electricity prices recovered for...
View ArticleEnel signs agreement for Metroweb acquisition
Italy's Enel has signed a binding agreement for the acquisition of fibre cable provider Metroweb Italia, through its subsidiary Enel OpEn Fiber for €714 million. The agreement, which sees Enel winning...
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Bilateral flexibility contracts enhance residential DRS
Nest Learning Thermostat, which partners with utilities to provide residential demand-side response (DRS), shows how bilateral contracts for flexibility services can be utilised for the integration of...
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‘Bold policies’ needed for greener power mix in ASEAN
LNG bunkering and use of integrated small-scale power stations spurs a rise in gas demand in Southeast Asia that could gradually shift the energy mix towards the cleaner-burning fuel. Xunpeng Shi,...
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Philippines approves GIS for 23 proposed power plants
Advancing much-needed power projects, the Philippines’ Department of Energy (DOE) has cleared 23 plant proposals for the conduct of a grid impact study (GIS) – a precondition before developers can...
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Ansaldo to produce CCHP plant in Czech Republic
Italy's Ansaldo Energia has had a new cooling heat and power plant (CCHP) commissioned in the Czech Republic. Two AE-T100NG micro turbines are powering the trigeneration plant, which supplies...
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‘First fire’ precedes commissioning of TVA’s Paradise gas plant
A 19-day testing process is underway for the Tennessee Valley Authority’s (TVA) Paradise combined-cycle plant, including ‘first fire’ of the turbine and grid synchronisation. TVA said the 1,025-MW gas...
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Kemper plant produces first electricity from syngas
Mississippi Power has announced a major milestone: After years of research and work onsite, it generated electricity from clean syngas made from Mississippi lignite at its Kemper County integrated...
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BCP wins order for Capstone in Belarus
Capstone Turbine Corp has announced that BPC Engineering, its distributor in Belarus and Russia, secured another order for three C1000 microturbines that are due for shipment to Minsk in late October...
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UK urged to take ‘concrete action’ on clean energy
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), an advisory body to the UK government, has called for concrete steps to meet Britain’s carbon emission targets. This includes a shift in the power generation mix...
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Galp Energia, Petrobras sign MoU to extend gas cooperation
Portugal's Galp Energia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Brazil's Petrobras aimed at extending the cooperation between the two companies. Galp said potential joint projects the two...
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Siemens mulls bid for 3 GW LNG-fired capacity in South Africa
Siemens is considering entering a bid for the development of 3 GW of new LNG-fired generation in South Africa, a spokesman for the company confirmed to Gas to Power Journal. The potential bid would...
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