Romanian coal-based electricity producer Complexul Energetic Oltenia (CE Oltenia) and aluminium producer Alro have announced they will invest a total of €108.5 million in a joint project to construct a 850 MW gas-fired power plant.
NTPC, India’s largest power generating utility, and GE Gas Power have signed an MOU to demonstrate the feasibility for hydrogen co-firing blended with natural gas in GE’s 9E gas turbines installed at NTPC’s Kawas CCGT plant in Gujarat.
ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia has signed an MOU with the National Electricity Company of Senegal (SENELEC) to build a 160 MW CCGT in Cap des Biches, Senegal.
French power company EDF, which is in the process of being fully nationalised, has announced that it plans to see its 50 per cent stake in the 870 MW Sloe CCGT plant in the Netherlands to Czech power and infrastructure operator EPH.
ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund have signed a share purchase agreement for the 1.5 GW Sirdarya CCGT facility in Uzbekistan.
Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development has announced that it has invested $409 million to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Jackson Generation, a 1200 MW gas-fired power plant in Illinois, USA.
Sohar Aluminium has signed a 10-year services contract for GE Gas Power to provide repairs, maintenance, and parts for four GT13E2 gas turbines and four generators at its site in Oman.
Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) of Malasia announced that it aims to install over 14 GW of renewable energy capacity by 2050 and retire some of its coal-fired assets earlier than planned.
Following Russia’s cutting of gas supplies to Europe, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner has called for a halt to electricity production using gas and delaying the phaseout of nuclear power.
Joao Galamba, Portugal’s Energy Secretary, said that the country was totally opposed to an EU proposal for member states to cut gas usage until March because it would hamper electricity production when the country faces an extreme drought.