August 14 – Silicon Valley Power (SVP) will receive electricity from the gas-fired plant in the new Lodi Energy Centre starting from the autumn of this year. SVP is a partner with the Northern California Power Agency (NCA) in the Lodi Energy Centre – the first generating facility in California to utilize the Siemens Flex-Plant […]
July 18 – Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has today placed DONG Energy’s ‘A-‘ rating on CreditWatch with negative implications. The rating action is a consequence of the challenging gas and power market, S&P said. S&P it will review the placemetn within the next three month. It expects that any potential rating downgrade following this Credit […]
August 9- UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey has appointed of Paul Johnson to the board of the Committee on Climate Change. Paul is the director of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS). Previous roles include periods as chief economist at the Department for Education and Skills, and as Director of the Public Services […]
August 7 – The UK government is committed to energy firms to do business and develop new technologies in the UK, business secretary Vince Cable said on Tuesday. The oil and gas industry’s immense contribution to our skills base, industrial capacity and strength as an exporter are pivotal as we rebalance our economy,” said Cable, […]
August 7 – Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. (MHI) announced it has installed new chief regional officers to serve as its group representatives in the Latin America and Asia-Pacific. Yoshihiko Aihara, General Manager of MHI’s machinery & steel infrastructure systems business division, will move to Mitsubishi Indústrias Pesadas do Brasil Ltda. to start his position as […]
August 3 – Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL), a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corporation, plans to file for regulatory approvals to build a 600-MW , combined-cycle gas-fired power station in Marshalltown, Iowa, in the fourth quarter 2012. ILP said the cost for the new plant are projected between $650 and $750 million. The company […]
August 3 – Should the Euro continue to loose in value against the US dollar over the next month and into 2013, then price of gas, carbon and power could be dragged downward in the wake of dollar-denominated commodities such as oil and coal, the French investment bank Societe Generale said in a report today. […]
August 1 – Siemens Infrastructure & Cities has received a multi-million US dollar order from Ansaldo Honolulu JV to electrify the entire track of Hawaii’s first rail rapid transit system. The electrification of the railway is scheduled to enter service in 2019, Siemens said today. Under the contract, Siemens Infrastructure & Cities will supply 14 rectifier […]
August 1 – Southern Company, one of the most coal-intensive power producers in the US, said it expects its fuel mix to include more natural gas than coal in 2012 for the first time in its 100-year history. Projects are underway to convert a coal plant in Georgia to biomass and similar conversions are being […]
July 31 – Demand side response (DSR) measures at non-domestic buildings could reduce UK winter peak demands in Britain by 1–4.5 GW, finds a report commissioned by UK energy regulator Ofgem. Without flexibility in lighting, the demand-side-response potential falls to 0.6–2GW, the report undertaken by De Montfort University said. Non-domestic buildings (excluding industry) currently account […]
Sept 21 – MOL Group has inaugurated a new 37.4 MWp solar park and an associated electricity storage system with 20 MW of nominal power and 40 MWh of storage capacity at its Algyő site in Hungary. The hybrid power unit will strengthens the energy independence of MOL’s own operations at Algyő and reduce operating costs by replacing electricity purchased from the grid.
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.
