Working with Tata Power Delhi Distribution, GE Power has launched an advanced grid solution to monitor, analyse and fine-tune planning operation of the electricity distribution network in India’s biggest city. The system will improve the lives of over seven million people living in the north and western part of the Indian capital, an area with a peak load of more than 1,850 MW.
Construction of the first unit of Persero’s Jawa-2 project (880 MW), officially named Tanjung Priok power plant, has been completed and the unit is now operating in simple-cycle mode with an approximate output of 300 MW. Built by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS), the unit will be transformed into combined-cycle mode in 2019.
With Belgium aiming to transition to 100% renewables by 2050, flexibility of supply is paramount which spurs the drive for small-scale distribution. Helping to meet this need, GE’s Distributed Power business agreed to three Jenbacher J624 gas engines, balance of plant as well a performance management system to Den Berk Délice’s greenhouses in Antwerp.
Gazprom and its main partner in China, CNPC, have reviewed the status of Russian natural gas supplies through the eastern route via the ‘Power or Siberia’ project. Following completion of the second tunnel under Amur River, the linear pipeline part from the Chayandinskoye field to the Chinese border is now 84.4% completed, both partners announced.
ACWA Power, a Saudi power plant developer and investor with assets worth over $30 billion, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with China Energy Engineering Corp. to explore joint investment opportunities and cooperate on power generation and water desalination projects across the Middle East and Asia. The deal was signed in Dubai on Sunday by ACWA Power's chairman, Mohammad Abunayyan and China Energy’s chairman, Wang Jianping.
Iraq’s ministry of electricity has handed a contract to ABB to deliver five fixed and fifteen mobile 132-kilovolt substations that will help strengthen the power grid and provide electricity in central Iraq. The substation projects are part of wider efforts to rebuild Iraq’s energy infrastructure and are supported by Swedish government financing.
Aggreko, a provider of modular mobile power gensets, has been awarded a $23.8 million contract over of 36 month to provide 20-MW of flexible power to Caribbean island of St Croix via a Next Generation Gas Generator in 60 Hz. Once operational, the solution is expected to provide $6 million worth of fuel savings to the island in the first two years.
Just days after NTE Energy inaugurated its $645 million Middletown Energy Center in Ohio, the utility confirmed it will invest more than $1 billion to develop the 1,000-MW Anderson County Energy Center in South Carolina. Florida-based NTE hailed the 525-MW Middletown combined cycle facility as among the most efficient gas-fired power plants in the United States. The plant’s operation commenced on May 21, some 31 months after construction began.
Quaid-e-Azam Thermal Power Private Ltd (QATPL), owned by the government of Punjab, has announced the completion of commissioning and start of full commercial operations at the Bhikki Power plant. Start of full-fledged commercial operations was on May 20 at midnight hours, supported by Harbin Electric International (HEI) and GE Power. Dispatch of the Bhikki combined-cycle plant now adds up to 1,180 MW of power to the national grid, enough to supply 2.4 million Pakistani homes.
Stromnetz Berlin, the power grid operator of the German capital city, has asked ABB to supply compact gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) for the new Wuhletal substation to enhance reliability of power supply in the eastern district of Marzahn. Upon completion, the new substation will supply electricity to more than 3,500 commercial businesses and 65,000 households.
Florida-based NTE Energy is forging ahead with plans for the 1,000 MW gas-fuelled Anderson County Energy Center, to be built south of Greenville in western South Carolina. Development and permitting of the $1 billion project is expected to take between 18 and 24 month, hence the plant is expected to enter service in 2024.
Rolls-Royce has signed a contract with EPC contractor Energyco for the supply of four generator sets to a cogeneration plant in Kosice, Slovakia. Driven by Bergen B35:40V medium-speed gas engines, the power plant will have an electric generation capacity of 37 MWe and will also produce heat for the local district heating company Teplaren Kosice (TEKO).
