Mitsubishi Power has won an order to supply a 100 MW CCGT power plant for Jiangsu Lihuai Steel, a major Chinese steelmaker. The newly developed M100S gas turbine fired by blast furnace gas (BFG) will be utilised as a core component of the plant. This is the first order for this new model.
PJSC Ukrnafta, Ukraine’s largest oil extraction company, has secured €150 million in grants and a loan for €250 million from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to develop 400 MW of new generation projects.
According to a report, The Future of Electricity in the Middle East and North Africa, by the International Energy Agency (IEA), electricity consumption in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has tripled since 2000 and is predicted to rise by an extra 50 per cent by 2035.
Centrica and HiiROC, a hydrogen technology specialist, have successfully trialled the use of hydrogen in a gas-fired peak power plant for the first time in the UK.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced that it will double its gas turbine manufacturing capacity over the next two years.
Siemens Energy and Capital Refractories Limited have agreed that Siemens Energy will acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Capital Injection Ceramics Limited (CIC), a subsidiary of Capital Refractories.
Mitsubishi Power has won a full turnkey contract to provide a 2.8 GW CCGT power plant for the Tung Hsaio Power Plant owned by Taiwan Power Company in Tung Hsaio, Miaoli County, Taiwan, 130 m southwest of Taipei.
Iraq plans to add 1500 MW of electricity through floating power generation vessels to help stabilise its grid and reduce reliance on imported gas.
A joint venture of Mingyang Hydrogen and Shenzhen Energy has constructed a 30 MW turbine that will run on 100 per cent hydrogen in the Otoke High-Tec Industrial Development Zone in Ordos, northern China.
The first phase of construction of the 1014 MW Beiji Gas Power Plant 2 in Iraq has been started by a consortium consisting of Siemens Energy and China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC).