Feb 14 – Siemens Energy has won a contract to supply two steam turbines along with auxiliary and ancillary systems for the lignite-fired Soma Kolin Power Plant in Turkey, scheduled to start operations in April 2017. The order was placed by China’s Harbin Electric International Company (HEI) which is constructing the 510-megawatt facility on a […]
Feb 13 – Power generator, Optim Energy, has filed for bankruptcy citing ‘depressed market conditions’ in the Texas electricity sector and the lack of a functioning capacity market. Optim owns three Texas power plants, two of which are gas-fired – the 600-MW Altura plant and the 550-MW Cedar Bayou plant, both near Houston. The plants […]
Feb 13 – Swiss equipment manufacturer, ABB, announced a 24% decline in sales for its Power Sytems division in Q4 2013 as compared wtih the same period the previous year. The company cited a ‘challenging market environment’ and the effects of ‘increased order selectivity’ by clients as the key drivers behind the fall but predicted […]
Feb 12 – UK-based advanced engineering company, Ilika has announced grant funding of £875,000 from the Technology Strategy Board to work in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, Diamond Light Source and Rolls Royce to develop new alloy compositions for gas turbine engines. The funding comes as part of the Aerospace Industrial Strategy: Advancing Technology […]
Feb 12 – Siemens Energy has signed a long-term agreement to perform service and maintenance at the 600 megawatt (MW) Baiji gas power plant, located in the Salah al-Din governorate in Iraq. Under terms of the contract, signed with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity, Siemens will supply and deliver spare parts for the plant’s four SGT5-2000E […]
Feb 11 – U.S. natural gas output is expected to recover starting from late February as milder weather thaws production wells, which will put a lid on prices, analysts at Barclays bank forecast. Winter storms in the eastern U.S. had propelled up gas prices at Henry Hub to $8/MMBtu last week – the highest level […]
Feb 10 – Energy storage and clean fuel firm, ITM Power, has obtained planning permission for five hydrogen refuelling sites on the Isle of Wight. Planning permission was granted for an 80kg/day hydrogen refuelling station at four locations and at one for a 15kg/day marine refuelling station, among others.
Feb 10 – MAN Diesel & Turbo has introduced its new generation of waste heat recovery (WHR) systems on land and on sea: It recently commissioned a 2 x TCS-PTG22 units at the Miraflores Power Plant in Panama and passed factory acceptance test of a TCS-PTG20 unit for a 4,700 TEU container vessel ordered by […]
Feb 7 – Austria’s utility Verbund is in negotiation with Russia’s Gazprom about divesting its two gas-fired power plants – the Pont-sur-Sambre (420 MW) and Toul (460 MW). Gazprom might either buy the French plants on a standalone basis or share the risk with its European partner, the Swiss trading house Vitol, Interfax reported.
Feb 7 – The global gas turbine industry is forecast to expand 5.5% annually between 2014 and 2018, up from growth rates of 4.8% between 2007 and 2013, according to data from Market Research Reports. Gas turbines parts account for 71.9% of the global demand while the remaining 23.8% market share is divided between gas […]
Sept 18 — Denmark today brought into commercial operation the Greensand project, the European Union’s first full-scale facility for permanent CO₂ storage beneath the seabed in a depleted North Sea oilfield. Led by INEOS Energy with Harbour Energy and Nordsøfonden, the site will initially store up to 400,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year, with plans to scale to 4-8 million tonnes annually by 2030.
Sept 16 – GE Vernova is fast-tracking delivery of new 400 kV Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation at Chesterfield, UK. The new substation is part of National Grid’s Brinsworth-to-Chesterfield and Chesterfield-to-High Marnham project, with the upgrade using SF₆-free technology to strengthen grid resilience across England and Wales in generations.
Sept 14 – Singapore’s experience in the Middle East crisis highlights the country’s exposure to external energy supply shocks. Over 95% of Singapore’s electricity generation is fuelled by imported LNG, hence diversification is paramount for supply security, said Gan Siow Huang, Singapore’s minister of trade and industry. Singapore is hence developing a second LNG terminal with a view to increasing import capacity to 15 mtpa by 2030.
Aug 31 – The number of gas-fired power plant projects, linked to US data centres, has nearly doubled in the first half of 2026. According to Global Energy Monitor, 378 MW of gas capacity is currently under development in the US, one-third of total projected capacity worldwide, led by Texas with 122 MW.
Aug 27 – GE Vernova has been chosen by Laing O’Rourke to deliver a new 400 kV Gas-Insulated Switchgear (GIS) substation at Chesterfield, UK. The new substation is part of National Grid’s Brinsworth-to-Chesterfield and Chesterfield-to-High Marnham project, with the upgrade using SF₆-free technology to strengthen grid resilience in a sustainable manner. The projects form part of The Great Grid Upgrade, the largest overhaul of the electricity grid across England and Wales in generations.
Aug 26 – Net Power has agreed to purchase 123 MW of new power generation equipment to increase the installed capacity of its Project Permian to nearly 200 MW. The gas-fired power project in West Texas is being gradually scaled up to 1 GW.
Aug 24 – Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB) has provisionally allocated 200 MW of new data centre capacity to Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel Data Centres and ST Telemedia Global Data Centres, with each receiving 50 MW for facilities on Jurong Island. All sites will be developed within JTC’s planned low‑carbon data centre park on Jurong Island, and operators must source more than 50% of their capacity from green or low‑carbon energy such as biomethane, low‑carbon ammonia or hydrogen.
Aug 21 – Germany’s underground gas storage facilities are only about 50% full as of mid-August, well below last year’s roughly 67%. To achieve the targeted 70% filling levels by November, the government is preparing additional intervention options although traders remain cautious amid elevated prices and geopolitical uncertainty.
Aug 19 – A Russian air strike has damaged one of DTEK’s thermal power plant, forcing the Ukrainian operator to shut down one unit. DTEK’s thermal power fleet had an installed capacity of about 13.3 GW as of early 2022, spread across eight plants, though repeated attacks since then have destroyed much of that installed capacity, jeopardising regional electricity supply security.
Aug 17 – Wärtsilä is preparing to deliver an off-grid power solution for a new data center, under construction in Texas. The 790 MW power plant will operate with 42 Wärtsilä 50SG engines running on natural gas.
July 29 – Electricity demand in India is on course to rise 4-5% year-on-year in 2027, Fitch Rating reckons, referring to the country’s higher cooling needs and economic growth. Coal remains king in the Indian energy mix, fuelling more than 70% of power stations, while gas-burn fell to 15% in June 2026, down from 22% a year earlier amid supply constraints and higher LNG prices.
July 27 – The Japanese government is considering foreign debt finance for gas-fired power projects in the United States that form part of its $550 billion U.S. investment pledge. “If financing from foreign banks materialises, it should further facilitate the procurement of foreign-currency funding needed to implement the investment initiative,” the finance ministry said on the platform X late on Sunday.
July 24 – EU Carbon Emission Allowances are expected to continue their mean-reversion trading around €80/t for the rest of this month, as the Commissions adjustments leave supply-demand balances for carbon credits tight through 2035. Further out, Energy Aspects reckons there may be 250 Mt more allowances in the market through 2040 as the pace of how fast the ETS cap falls has been slowed down for 2036 onwards.
July 22 – Nigeria’s Index Thermal Power has invited engineering firms, infrastructure developers and institutional investors to join the development and financing of its proposed 1,800 MW gas-fired independent power plant in Rivers State. The project is planned for the Onne Oil and Gas Free Trade Zone in Port Harcourt.
July 20 – Utilita Energy has become the third energy supplier to join WattsWatt – the national energy information service – alongside Outfox Energy and Home Energy in bid to help households gain affordable warmth by comparign tariffs and improving access to energy efficiency grants.
July 17 – Hitachi Energy and Eve Air Mobility, an Embraer-backed aircraft manufacturer, are looking to advance the electrical infrastructure needed to support urban air mobility. The agreement brings together Hitachi’s Grid-eMotion charging infrastructure with Embraer-backed electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft technology.
July 15 – The global market for hydrogen (H2)-compatible gas turbines will grow to nearly $3.5 billion by 2032, expanding at an annual rate of over 10% during the forecast period. According to DataM intelligence, hydrogen is emerging as a strategic and sustainable alternative to fossil fuelled power generation as nations strive to reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels and stabilize their power grids,
July 13 – Japan’s largest power generator JERA has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Samsung C&T of Korea to collaborate on hydrogen and ammonia. JERA is developing Japan’s first low-carbon ammonia value-chain, and is targeting start of operations around fiscal year 2029. Samsung C&T focused on low-carbon ammonia infrastructure and supply chain initiatives in Korea, and by combining their capabilities both companies aim to strengthen value chain resilience across Asia.
July 8 – GasHub has finished an LNG storage and regasification facility at Rolls-Royce’s Seletar Campus in Singapore and begun LNG deliveries, with the system designed to support the campus’s long-term energy requirements, including reliable electricity demand. The setup is part of a shift away from compressed natural gas and aims to reduce fuel deliveries, emissions, and operating costs.
July 6 – Swiss energy storage operator BW ESS has started construction on the 1GW Klostermansfeld project, one of Europe’s largest battery storage projects to date. Situated in the southern Harz region, the battery is designed to supply around three million German households with electricity for at least four hours.
