The Indian government has issued directives for gas-fired power plants to operate at maximum capacity from May 1 to June 30, to meet escalating power demand expected from the anticipated heat wave.
GE Vernova’s Gas Power business has won an order from Korea Western Power Co Ltd (KOWEPO), a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), to supply a 7HA.02 gas turbine and a H65 generator for KOWEPO’s power station in Gongiu-si, Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea.
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has started procurement for a 1.5 GW gas-fired power plant in east Tennessee, valued at $2.2 billion.
According to data from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit’s (ECIU) Power Tracker, renewable energy sources in the UK over winter 2023/24 generated more electricity than gas power stations.
The Iraq Government and Siemens Energy have signed an agreement to capture and use associated gas from oil fields for power generation.
Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions has won an order from SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction for steam turbines and generators to renovate units 1-3 of the 45 MW Olkaria I geothermal power plant in Kenya.
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.
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.”
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’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.