Siemens has signed a long-term agreement with the Sudanese Thermal Power Generating Company (STPGC) to provide service and maintenance for the power generating assets and related components operating the 337 MW Port Sudan and 502 MW Garri gas-fired power plants.
GE Power and Marinus Energy have announced a pilot project to capture isopentane gas and use it as a fuel source for generating electricity.
Black & Veatch has been appointed by China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) and Wyre Power Limited to present plans for a new power plant in Lancashire, UK.
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has tested a large-scale gas turbine, which passed a firing test using a 30 per cent hydrogen fuel mix.
Myanmar is planning to double its electricity power capacity by 2021 by building natural gas-fired power plants, in a move to tackle chronic power shortages.
Hamidreza Azimi, Deputy for Planning with Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPHC) said that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is in negotiations to finance renovation of major power plants in Iran.
GE’s Power Services business has announced that it has successfully completed its largest ever flange-to-flange (F2F) replacements project in Japan at Block 7 and Block 8 of TEPCO Fuel & Power’s (TEPCO) Yokohama power plant in Japan.
Harbin Electric Corporation (HE) has awarded GE Power an order for two 9F.05 gas turbines for the State Power Investment Corporation’s (SPIC’s) 800 MW Langfang gas combined cycle power plant project.
A fire at a Nigerian gas pipeline interrupted gas supplies to companies generating more than 3000 MW.
Egbin Power has stated its commitment to fast-track its planned investments into additional gas pipelines, the proposed Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) project, and 1800 MW of power generation capacity, along with the deployment of additional renewable energy sources to boost the plant’s productivity.