Petra Nova, a 654 MW power station near Houston, is one of only two operating generators with carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the world. The other one is the 110 MW Boundary Dam plant in Saskatchewan, Canada. The CCS system deployed at Petra Nova captures about 90% of CO2 emitted from the flue gas slipstream, or about 33% of the total emissions from Unit 8.

Nunavut, one of the most remote northern territories of the Canadian Arctic, will get backup energy supply and reliable internet access powered by 23 MTU onsite energy diesel generator sets. Rolls-Royce will supply these gensets for the Canadian telcom Northwestel.

Arsenal football club will install a ground-breaking energy storage system at its Emirates Stadium in London by summer 2019. Developed by Pivot Power with funding from Downing investment house and facilitated by Octopus Energy, the energy storage will conserve enough electricity to run the Emirates for 90 minutes.

Nova Scotia-based Emera has agreed to divest its three gas-fired power plants in New England to an affiliate of The Carlyle Group for C$780 million, equalling US$590 million. The sale of a combined capacity of 1,100 MW helps increase Emera’s its free cash flow.

Brazil’s largest gas processing unit, build at a cost of $600 million in Itaboraí, near Rio de Janeiro, will include an e-house solution by GE Power. The so-called UPGN unit is part of the Rota 3 project, designed to transport and process natural gas feedstock from Petrobras’ Bacia de Santos pre-salt cluster.

Russia’s gas giant Gazprom has approved its 2019 financial plan, envisaging an overall investment volume of RUB 1,325.724 billion, equaling $20.15 billion. The lion’s share, or over RUB963 billion is intended for capital investments such gas production on the Yamal Peninsular and for three key gas export pipelines to Europe and Asia.

Rolls-Royce Power Systems has won an order from C-Energy to supply its new medium speed V-engine, B36:45, in order to add an extra 23 MW to a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Bohemia, Czech Republic. The first units will start operating before the beginning of 2019.

Indebted Ohio-based utility FirstEnergy Generation has agreed to sell its 545 MW West Lorain Facility to Vermillion Power, part of Starwood, for $144 million in cash – if no higher bid comes forward. The sale of the CCGT will be accomplished through a court-supervised bankruptcy auction to maximize the value of the asset.

The offshore section of the TurkStream pipeline through the Black Sea is now complete after the Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Erdogan gave the command to weld the final joint of the pipeline’s second string. The entire pipeline will be commissioned in late 2019.

Seeking to cash in on the shift from coal to gas, Saudi Aramco has made plans to expand its multi-billion natural gas business at home and abroad. “Saudi Aramco is on the way to becoming a gas powerhouse in addition to its huge strength in oil,” the company stated, indicating it plans to boost production from 14 billion standard cubic feet per day (bscfd) to 23 bscfd of natural gas.

Seeking to strengthen ties with Europe, the Russian gas giant Gazprom is fast-tracking works on the $11 billion Nord Stream 2 project with the aim of starting first gas flows to northeast Germany in the autumn or early winter of 2019. Poland and the United States adamantly oppose the project.

Siemens has started construction on a new energy center in Bolivia, designed to provide traditional and digital services to electric utilities in South America. Equipment from Siemens is being deployed to expand three combined-cycle gas power stations in Bolivia: Termoeléctrica del Sur, de Warnes and Entre Ríos.

MAN Energy Solutions has been contracted to provide a new combined-heat-and-power (CHP) solution for Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. A dual-fuel engine MAN 9L51/60DF will be vital to power the airport, with plant handover scheduled for the end of 2019.

Sinolam Smarter Energy (SSE), part of Shanghai Gorgeous Group, has awarded a long-term service agreement to Siemens for the SGT-800 gas turbines at the Gas to Power Panama project by Martano. The power plant will operate with LNG and is scheduled for commission in the autumn of 2020.

Taiwan Power Company has awarded a full-turnkey order to Mitsubishi Hitachi Power System (MHPS) to refurbish and upgrade its Nanpu and Datan gas-fired power plants. The contract stipulates low-NOx enhancements of seven M501F gas turbines, and the roll-out of the digital service MHPS-TOMONI. Works are due to be completed in August 2019.