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JERA to conduct trial of co-firing ammonia at coal-fired power plant

  • a month ago (2024-03-14)
  • David Flin

JERA has announced plans to co-fire 20 per cent ammonia with coal at its Hekinan thermal power station in Japan. It said that this would be the world’s first trial using a large amount of the gas at a major commercial plant.

India’s carbon emissions from coal-fired generation hits record levels

  • a month ago (2024-03-13)
  • David Flin

Data from energy think tank Ember shows that India’s coal-fired electricity generation reached a new high in January 2024, with its share of the country’s generation mix reaching 80 per cent.

UK needs new gas-fired power stations

  • a month ago (2024-03-12)
  • David Flin

The UK Government has committed to building new gas-fired power stations to avert what Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho described as the “genuine prospect of blackouts.”

PTT and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific signs MOU for Thailand ammonia-fired gas turbine

  • a month ago (2024-03-11)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Asia Pacific (MHI-AP), a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has signed an MOU with PTT to jointly conduct a pre-feasibility study to explore using 100 per cent ammonia for gas turbine power generation in Thailand, to support the country’s decarbonisation goals.

Italy to eliminate coal-fired power plants by 2025 – excluding Sardinia

  • a month ago (2024-03-08)
  • David Flin

Italy’s Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin has announced that Italy will close all of its remaining coal-fired power stations by 2025, except for Sardinia. He said that Italy would build natural gas plants instead.

BHI wins $150 million contract for Saudi Arabia power plant project

  • a month ago (2024-03-07)
  • David Flin

BHI of South Korea has won a $150 million contract to supply HRSGs for Saudi Arabia’s largest CCGT power plant construction project, the SEPCO-3 project led by Shandong Electric Power Construction Corporation.

IEA reports global CO2 emissions rising less quickly

  • a month ago (2024-03-06)
  • David Flin

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published a report, CO2 emissions in 2023, that has found that global energy-related CO2 emissions rose less strongly in 2023 than the year before, even as total energy demand growth accelerated.

Volvo Penta and Aiab Energy to expand collaboration into BESS solution

  • a month ago (2024-03-05)
  • David Flin

Volvo Penta and Aiab Energy are strengthening their collaboration to provide integrated battery energy storage systems (BESS).

San Miguel selling two Philippine power plants to Meralco and Aboitiz

  • a month ago (2024-03-04)
  • David Flin

Meralco PowerGen and Aboitiz Power are jointly investing an estimated $3.3 billion in two of San Miguel Global Power Holding’s gas-fired power plants in the Philippines.

Bruce Power to receive $50 million to explore new nuclear plant

  • a month ago (2024-03-01)
  • David Flin

Bruce Power is set to receive up to C$50 million from the Canadian government to explore building a new nuclear power plant on the site of its existing Ontario facility.