Russia's Gazprom and the German utility RWE have ended negotiations on a potential joint venture (JV) for building and operating gas-fired power plants in Germany, the Netherlands and in the U.K., RWE confirmed. "We were unfortunately not able to agree on a framework for co-operation which would be sustainable for both parties," Jürgen Grossmann, RWE chief executive commented on the end of JV talks today.
Russia's gas export monopoly Gazprom is considering building gas-fired power plants in the southern German state of Bavaria, following the ratification of a roadmap for cooperation in power generation and gas supply. "The document sets out the intentions of Gazprom and the Federal State of Bavaria to cooperate on power production in Bavaria," Gazprom said today.
China Machinery Engineering Corp (CMEC) has won a $1.19 billion contract to build a 1,260-MW gas-fired power station in Iraq. CMEC will construct the plant over a timeframe of 45 month in Salahuddin governorate north of Bagdhad, an Iraqi electricity ministery spokesman told local reporters during the signing ceremony in Baghdad on Thursday.
China Gas has rejected a bid from China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) and ENN Energy, saying the offer of $2 billion in cash to buy the entire company would not fully reflect its value. Sinopec and the Chinese gas distributor ENN Energy had made a joint bid of HK$3.50 ($0.45) a share for the Hong Kong-based gas distributor China Gas, they said in a regulatory filing to the Hong Kong stock exchange .
BG Group will sell the entire volume of natural gas produced at Kazakhastan's vast Karachaganak gas condensate field to local utilities for use in CNG vehicles and power generation. "All raw gas produced from the Karachaganak field is sold locally and into Russia or it is re-injected into the reservoir to help maintain reservoir pressure," Mark Todd, spokesman for BG Group, told 'Gas-to-Power Journal' today.
Siemens has started to build a new combustion test center for gas turbines near Berlin, the German engineering company announced today. "We are investing 66 million euros to be able to study and validate the combustion processes in gas turbines in our own test center," said Roland Fischer, CEO of the Fossil Power Generation Division within the Siemens Energy Sector.
Stadtwerke Düsseldorf's board has approved the construction of a 400 MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant in the city to come online in 2016. The German municipal utility took a final investment decision (FID) on the plant, taking into account projections on fuel costs and the expected balance between electricity supply and demand in Germany.
Germany's E.ON is on track to comply with the new regulation to power generation assets in the UK against the dangers of climate change such as flooding, Richard Busby, E.ON's Environment Manager said. E.ON has identified this risk at two of its power stations and has now introduced new Reverse Osmosis water treatment plants to tackle the problem. The Enfield power station doesn't have access to river water for cooling and has to use air for cooling.