METKA, GE seal €92m EPC contract to build OCGT in Algeria |
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Greece's METKA and General Electric have sealed a €92million ($118million) EPC contract with Société Algérienne de Production de l'Electricité (SPE) to build an open-cycle gas turbine (OCGT) plant with a capacity of 368MW at the country's physical gas hub Hassi R'mel. | |
Black Hills starts building 132MW Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station in Wyoming
Black Hills Corporation has begun construction of its new 132MW gas-fired Cheyenne Prairie Generating Station, located five miles (8km) southeast of Cheyenne, Wyoming. The plant will include one simple-cycle combustion turbine unit and one combined-cycle unit. It is scheduled to begin commercial operation in the fourth quarter of 2014.
Gas-fired power generation “barely profitable, if at all” in 2012/13 – SSE
SSE has called gas-fired generation in the UK "barely profitable, if at all" in its annual report for the 2012/13 fiscal year, due to spark spreads throughout the year being "stubbornly low, if not negative." The company said that a combination of minimal economic growth, a sustained fall in underlying energy demand and high wholesale prices were largely to blame for the difficult environment facing gas-fired power generation.
Sembcorp delays expansion of Jurong Island plant over concerns of looming overcapacity
Singapore's Semcorp Industries is considering delaying a planned expansion of its gas-fired power capacity on Jurong Island due to concerns over the risk of oversupply or power generation capacity.
Update: Sembcorp opens $1bn Salalah IWPP in Oman
Singapore-based Sembcorp Industries has officially opened its $1billion gas-fired Salalah Independent Water and Power Plant (Salalah IWPP) in Oman on Sunday. The plant provides electricity (445MW net) and water (69,000 cubic meters a day) to the government-owned Oman Power and Water Procurement Company under a 15 year power and water purchase agreement.
Toshiba expects Brazil's rising energy demand, renewable power supply will spur sale of transformers
Toshiba Infrastructure South America Ltd (TIC-SA) has expanded production of electricity transformers in Brazil, "Renewable energy sources need transformers to connect with existing grid [and] this need will show a solid rise in emerging nations [such as Brazil] with its high growth rates," Atsushi Ido, Toshiba representative told Gas to Power Journal.
EU leaders face energy price trade-off – Energy Commissioner
National leaders in the EU and the Commission are confronted with a trade-off between keeping energy prices high to encourage greater energy efficiency or taking measures to lower prices to help ease pressure on consumers and support Europe's energy intensive industries, the EU's Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger told the European Parliament during a debate in Strasburg on Tuesday.
SEC awards Siemens contracts worth $266m to deliver gas turbines, substation to Saudi Arabia
Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) has awarded Siemens Energy two contracts valued at approximately SAR1 billion ($266 million) for the supply of five SGT6-2000E gas turbines to power stations in the Rafa, Rafha, Qurayyat and Arar areas as well as for the construction of the Al-Kharj-2 substation.
Wärtsilä to supply 110MW gas engine power plant to Russian IPP
Wärtsilä, a supplier of gas engines and power plant solutions, has won a contract from the Russian independent power producer (IPP) Transmashenergo to supply and commission an 110MW power plant. Once operational, the plant "will be by far the largest power plant running on Wärtsilä engines in Russia," the company said.
TOMO manufacturing technology raises turbine operating temperatures, improves efficiency
The use of Tomo-Lithographic Molding (TOMO) manufacturing technology, developed by Mikro Systems, in a range of gas turbine machinery improves the cooling capabilities of gas turbines and increases overall efficiency."[When] applied to gas turbines, [TOMO technology] enables more sophisticated airfoil designs with improved cooling characteristics, which leads to higher operating temperatures and improved efficiency," Tim Rokita, Siemens representative told Gas to Power Journal.
NorthWestern Energy’s new $55m peaking unit begins commercial operations
NorthWestern Energy has started commercial operation of its new $55 million natural gas-fired peaking Unit 2 with a capacity of 60MW in Aberdeen, South Dakota. The new generating unit complements an existing peaking unit and is powered by a 60MW Pratt & Whitney gas turbine generator.
News in Brief
GE to supply electricity conversion station for Poland-Germany railway connection
May 22 – GE Power Conversion has signed a contract with Deutsche Bahm – DB Energie GmbH to supply its Lohsa substation with a conversion station. The project is seen as necessary to merge the railway connection between Poland and Germany.
The new station will utilise a transformer-less solution on the railway side, with direct feed to the overhead lines from three static frequency converters. GE's scope of supply includes the three static frequency converters, transformers and cooling systems, along with the engineering, development and training for the system.
GE's supplies compressor controls for Saudi Arabian Gas/Oil Separation plant
May 21 – GE has built a single platform for controlling all three compressors as an upgrade to Saudi Arabian Saudi Aramco's Haradh gas/oil separation plant. Saudi Aramco, a new GE client in the compressor control segment, has previously contracted GE for turbines and generator controls.
Natural gas used as fuel for fracking
May 20 – Cabot Oil and Gas Corporation, in partnership with FTS International (FTSI) and Caterpillar Global Petroleum, has successfully used natural gas as part of dual fuel technology for fracking gas wells. The process can displace up to 70 percent of the diesel fuel traditionally used to operate fracturing equipment.
It utilises FTSI's mobile pressure pumping unit which is retrofitted with a Dynamic Gas Blending (DGB) kit from Caterpillar.
Europe's gas in stock reaches record low
May 20 - Total gas in stock in Europe reached a record low of 15.9 bcm on 14 April 2013, compared with levels of 32.9 bcm a year ago, according to Gas Infrastructure Europe.
On 16 May 2013, stocks were still15 bcm below the level achieved on 16 May 2012.
"With stocks in Europe so low, the summer maintenance is going to limit any downside in gas prices," analysts at the French bank Société Générale forecast.
E.on, METRO partner on distributed energy wholesale in Germany and Russia
May 17 – E.on and METRO Cash & Carry have struck a partnership on distribute energy under which the former will install gas-fired micro combined-heat-and-power (CHP) units at two METRO Cash & Carry wholesale stores in Germany and two in Russia.
Depending on the size of the store, the units' electric capacity will range from 250 to 800 kilowatts.
Alstom supplies flue gas treatment and heat recovery system to Lithuanian CHP plant
May 15 – Alstom has supplied the flue gas treatment and heat recovery system for Fortum's new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Klaipeda, Lithuania.
The 20MWe and 60MWth plant is fuelled by municipal waste, non hazardous industrial waste and biomass. The district heat produced at the plant will replace existing natural gas-based heat production capacity.
Alstom Grid to supply gas-insulated switchgear to Poland
May 13 – Alstom Grid has signed two contracts, each worth about €5 million, with Eltel Networks Rzeszów S.A. for the delivery of 110 kV and 220 kV gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) for the Kopanina project, owned by PSE S.A. PSE is the main electricity transmission service provider in Poland.
Commissioning of the 220 kV gas-insulated switchgear is planned for summer 2014 and the 110 kV substation, for spring 2015.
Ventus project to map world’s power plants
May 13 – A crowd sourcing initiative to map the world's power plants known as the Ventus Project has been launched by Arizona State University under the lead of Dr. Kevin Robert Gurney.
The initiative encourages users to contribute information about power plants including location, fuel type and CO2 emissions via pin placements on Google Maps and form filling.
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