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Medco replaces partners in bid for Java-1
Indonesian utility Medco Power Generation is still keen to participate in a tender for the Java-1 power project (2x800MW). However, it now prepares to launch a bid together with Korea Electric and...
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Germany leads on energy efficiency, though not in transport sector
ACEEE’s 2016 International Energy Efficiency Scorecard has ranked Germany as the frontrunner for energy efficiency, followed by Italy and Japan (tied for second place), France and the UK. Though...
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Repowering BPDB’s Ghorashal unit-3
China National Machinery Corp (CMEC), in consortium with GE, has secured a $117 million order to repower Ghorashal Unit 3, the largest power station in Bangladesh. The existing 210-MW Power Machines...
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Urge for backup capacity to avoid power price spikes
Power shortages in South Australia’s heavily wind-reliant electricity market have highlighted the urgency of developing backup capacity, the grid operator warned. Prices had surged tenfold to hit...
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AEG to help secure power supply for Yamal LNG
Yamal LNG, a flagship liquefaction project in the Russian Arctic, will have uninterrupted power supply through 50 of AEG Power’s Protect 8 three-phase units, based on double-conversion/topology. First...
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Go-ahead for £300m CCGT project in Staffordshire
Meaford Energy’s 229 MWe combined-cycle gas power project in Staffordshire has been given the green light by Britain’s new business and energy secretary, Greg Clark. With Development Consent Order...
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Essar Power eager to sort out Gujarat gas power assets
India’s indebted private utility Essar Power is stepping up efforts to get its plants back into operation and profitable. “We have no plans now to monetize any assets for now," a spokesman said, trying...
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Egypt: GE carries out AGP upgrade at Nubaria power plant
For the first time in the Middle East and Africa, GE has implemented an Advanced Gas Path (AGP) upgrade at one of the region’s power plants. It just completed an upgrade of two 9FA gas turbines at the...
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MAN seals order to equip Karadeniz Powerships
Karpowership, part of the Turkish energy group Karadeniz Holding, has placed an order for twelve 18V 51/60 engines (18.9 MW each) with MAN Diesel & Turbo. The deal was communicated just days after...
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Start of Avon Peaking Power boosts South Africa’s energy security
South Africa’s largest Independent Power Plant (IPP), the 670 MW Avon open-cycle gas turbine plant is now in full commercial operation. Together with its sister power plant, the 335 MW Dedisa IPP, the...
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Grid operators forecast load shapes to plan electricity supply
Load shapes, reflecting daily variations in electricity demand, are now more meticulously forecast by US power grid operators. Balancing requirements, based on hourly load forecasts, are used to...
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FlexEnergy launches integrated exhaust heat recovery module
Recovering exhaust heat at its GT333S gensets allows FlexEnergy to make use of an additional 545 kilowatts of thermal energy. To that end, the New Hampshire-based company just launched an integrated...
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Oman: Musandam’s first gas IPP to fire up in February
Overlooking the Strait of Hormuz, Oman’s enclave of Musandam will soon get electricity from its first gas-fired power plant. Located in Tibat, the 122-MW facility is developed as an Independent Power...
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Ansaldo acts on €80m contacts in Indonesia
Genoa-based Ansaldo Energia has received Notices to Proceed on two contracts worth a total of 80 million euros. One of the contracts, signed with Lotte E&C, is for the supply of two AE94.2 gas...
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Mind security risks of cloud-based power plant monitoring
Rising interconnectivity of power plants’ operating system with web-based monitoring and dispatch is posing greater risks in terms of cyber-security. “Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) machines are now...
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EDF expected to green-light Hinkley Point
Board members of the French utility EDF will meet in Paris later today and are “almost certain to approve” the controversial £18 billion Hinkely Point nuclear power plant, according to UK media...
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MAN to build cogeneration plant for EnBW in Stuttgart
Germany’s third-largest utility EnBW has commissioned MAN Diesel & Turbo to plan and build, upon investment approval, a gas engine-driven combined heat and power plant (CHP) in Stuttgart....
View ArticleCosts for energy storage bound to plunge
By 2030, Levelized Cost of Storage (LCOS) below €100/MWh will be achievable through various innovative technologies. At present, conventional battery power storage has LCOS of around €200-400/MWh....
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Unexpected delay for UK’s first new nuclear plant deal
Despite funding approval from EDF late Thursday, the £18bn Hinkley Point project in Somerset has been dealt an unexpected blow after the UK government pushed back a final decision in the early autumn....
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Ofgem tackles ‘embedded benefits’ for distributed power
Britain’s energy regulator Ofgem has voiced concerns that so-called embedded benefits, paid by power suppliers to distribution grid-connected generators, seems to put them at an advantage over larger...
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