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Germany's capacity scheme compliant with state aid rules: EU
The European Commission has approved Germany's plans to put in place an electricity generation capacity scheme aimed at ensuring sufficient capacity in Southern Germany. The Network Reserve plan...
View ArticleMHPS to provide gas turbine preventive detection services to Beijing plant
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has received an order from China Shenhua Guohua Power to supply gas turbine preventive detection services. The service is scheduled to begin in April 2017 for...
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Wartsila to supply 100 MW CHP plant to Germany
Wartsila is to supply a 100 MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant to Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden in Germany. The Smart Power Generation power plant, consisting of ten Wartsila 34SG engines running on...
View ArticleNRG completes four coal to gas conversion projects in US
US integrated power company NRG Energy has completed coal to gas conversion projects at four of its US power plants. The generating facilities are the Big Cajun II in New Roads, LA, where one 540 MW...
View ArticleIEA welcomes Italy's plans to revisit 2030-2050 energy strategy
The International Energy Agency (IEA) in a recent report has praised Italy’s long-term energy strategy and the acceleration of its efforts to comply with 2020 climate change goals, adding at the same...
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Doosan to supply turbines to Egypt's state power companies
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction said it has reentered the Egyptian power market for the first time in six years after being awarded a contract to supply turbines and generators to two...
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APR Energy, GE renew strategic alliance in fast-track power market
Fast-track power solutions provider APR Energy and GE have renewed their strategic alliance to provide mobile turbine technology into the fast-track power rental market. The cooperation grants APR...
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Russian gas supplies to Europe to exceed 179 Bcm in 2016: Gazprom
Russian gas supplies to Europe are set to exceed 179 billion cubic meters in 2016, reaching an “historic high”, according to the CEO of Gazprom Alexei Miller. In an end-of-year speech published on...
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US gas consumption to top 30 Tcf/y by 2040 led by power demand: EIA
Domestic consumption of natural gas in the US is expected to increase through 2040, driven by higher demand for power generation, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Total...
View ArticleEuropean gas community must adopt 'gas can decarbonise' approach: OIES
The European gas community should strengthen its efforts in promoting the role gas can play in the transition to decarbonised energy markets, according to the Oxford Institute for Energy Studies...
View ArticleEngie focuses on biomethane amid shift to clean energy sources
France's Engie is focusing on the potential of gas “to complement renewable energies” while at the same time it is developing “solutions that will make gas an increasingly renewable energy” the company...
View ArticleIndonesia needs to fight opposition to cuts in fossil fuel subsidies: IEA
Indonesia is making steady progress in tackling subsidies to fossil fuels, however the partial removal of subsidies has yet to be fully implemented with progress being hampered by “opposition to change...
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Wartsila to supply 40 MW gas-fired plant to Argentina
Wartsila is to supply a 40 MW smart power generation plant to Mendoza, Argentina, for Methax, a special purpose company owned by Grupo Galileo. The value of the order is approximately Eur25 million,...
View ArticleMHIA completes construction of world's largest CO2 capture system
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America has successfully completed construction in the US of what it deems the world's largest post-combustion CO2 capture and compression system, using technology it...
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US gas-for-power demand to fall 4.4% in 2017 on rising prices: EIA
Gas-for-power consumption in the US is forecast to decline by 4.4% year on year in 2017, standing at around 20 billion cubic feet/day amid rising natural gas prices which will contribute to increasing...
View ArticleEnel, Saudi Arabia's SEC to cooperate in power distribution sector
Italy's Enel and Saudi Arabian utility Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) have signed a Framework Agreement for cooperation in the power distribution sector. Under the agreement, which has a duration of...
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Dresser-Rand to supply two compressor trains to Eni in Ghana
Dresser-Rand has secured a contract to supply two compressor trains to Eni Ghana for an onshore gas receiving facility in Ghana, Africa. Eni Ghana is a subsidiary of Italian oil company Eni, and...
View ArticleMHPS successfully tests automated combustion tuning system
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has completed testing of a new system aimed at automating combustion tuning in boilers using artificial intelligence (AI), which “demonstrated results that are...
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Norwegian gas exports reach “new record” at 108.6 Bscm in 2016
Norwegian gas exports reached a new record in 2016, standing at 108.56 billion standard cubic meters delivered to Germany, Belgium, France and the UK, according to Norway's transmission system operator...
View ArticleUK plans creation of independent electricity TSO
UK energy regulator Ofgem and the UK Government have announced plans to create greater separation between the system operator role performed by National Grid and the rest of the National Grid group. As...
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