A study published in Nature Climate Change said that global wind speeds are increasing, creating the potential for wind turbines to increase average output by 37 per cent in the next five years.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Gulf PD Company have signed a $180 million agreement to build and operate a 2500MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in the Rojana Rayong 2 Industrial Park of Thailand’s Rayong province, about 150km southeast of Bangkok.
GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has been selected by ENGIE North America to supply 180 onshore wind turbines for two wind power projects.
German transmission grid operator TransnetBW has commissioned Siemens to build new switchgear in the 380kV Daxlanden substation in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind have signed a preferred supplier agreement for the delivery and servicing of turbines on the 300MW Hai Long 2 project.
Siemens has announced that it will provide the equipment to upgrade the Hiep Phuoc 1 steam power plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to a combined cycle plant.
AES has signed an MOU with the Vietnamese Government to build a 2.2GW $1.7 billion gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Vietnam.
Iran and Russia have announced the start of a new phase of construction for a second reactor at Iran’s Bushehr site on the Gulf Coast.
GE Renewable Energy and ENMAX have agreed to upgrade an existing LM6000 gas turbine at ENMAX’s Crossfield Energy Center in Alberta, Canada with GE’s Hybrid Electric Gas Turbine technology.
Siemens has announced that it will set up a high-efficiency HL-class power island for a new combined cycle power plant in South Korea.