Summit Power, the biggest IPP in Bangladesh, has inaugurated its 21st power plant in Gazipur, Bangladesh, capable of generating 464 MW.
UK Export Finance (UKEF) has announced that it will guarantee financing worth around £26 million to support the refurbishment of the Al Mussaib power plant in southern Iraq.
GE Power has provided an advanced 9E gas turbine to Iraq’s Ministry of Energy’s Al Qudus power plant.
Siemens has announced that it has signed an extension of a multi-year maintenance service agreement with Shuweihat S2 Operation and Maintenance Company (S2O&M).
Iraq’s Energy Minister Luay Al-Khatteeb has said that the energy deals signed with GE and Siemens last year may not come to fruition.
Entergy Texas, a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, has selected two Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) gas turbines to power its 993 MW Montgomery County Power Station (MCPS) near Willis, Texas, USA.
Siemens has secured an order in the USA for the re-powering of Cooperative Energy’s RD Morrow Sr Generating Station facility in Purvis, Mississippi.
Alexander Novak, Russia’s Energy Minister, said that the Russian Government has approved a 10-year modernisation programme for Russian power plants, which he expects to attract $28.8 billion in private investments in the sector.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a loan of $240 million to JSC Uzbekenergo for the addition of extra generation capacity at the Talimarjan power plant in south Uzbekistan.
Drax Power Station in Yorkshire, UK, has completed the £702 million buyout of low-carbon and renewable assets from Iberdrola of Spain.