The Japanese government has announced it will pause a measure aimed at limiting the operation of coal-fired power plants, due to the conflict in Iran threatening the supply of LNG.
Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines, has declared the country is in a state of “national energy emergency” as a result of the Iran War. He said that it poses “an imminent danger of a critically low energy supply.”
The USA and Japan have announced major Japanese investments in US power generation.
The Tokyo-based JERA is proposing to develop a 500 MW LNG-fired power plant on Oahu, replacing power production fuelled by burning oil.
Cairo-based Madkour Holding Group and the Egyptian-UAE company GoGas Holding have signed a joint development agreement (JDA) to build a combined-cycle power generation plant in Nouakchott, Mauritania.
Bangladesh is increasing electricity production from coal-fired power plants as uncertainty over LNG imports through the Strait of Hormuz raises the likelihood of gas shortages and a possible 1800MW shortfall.
Equipment at the VPower power plant in Kyaukphyu Township in Arakan State, Myanmar is being dismantled and relocated due to rising civil strife in the region. VPower is a joint venture between the Chinese state-owned China National Technical Import and Export Corporation (CNTIEC) and Hong Kong-based VPower Group.
SK Innovation has been selected as the operator for a $2.3 billion LNG power plant project in Vietnam.
GE Vernova has announced completion of two high-efficiency upgrades at InterGen’s 800 MW CCGT Coryton power plant, located 30 miles east of London in the UK. The work included upgrades of the GT26 gas turbines as well as borescope inspections on two generators and steam turbines, valve inspections, and electrical testing of all components.
ACWA Power, Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC), and the Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy of Kuwait have signed an Energy Conversion and Water Purchase Agreement (ECWPA) to develop the $4 billion 2.7 GW Az-Zour North Phase 2 & 3 project in Kuwait.