Saudi Arabia leads the Middle East in demand for rental power generators, according to Shrikant Pataskar, the general manager of the Dubai branch of Kirloskar. He also predicted a 20 per cent growth for the industry in 2012 with much of this coming from Saudi customers.
The California Independent System Operator (ISO) has released a new five-year strategic plan, which includes adapting operations to an estimated four-fold increase in wind and solar generation within its transmission grid, as well as an increase in electric vehicle charging.
Siemens AG has earmarked over €1 billion ($1.3 billion) to expand its production of gas turbines and fend off GE as they compete for larger shares of the expanding gas turbine market.
Power prices in the Canadian province of Alberta soared after two generation facilities tripped off-line during a severe cold spell.
A shale-gas glut has driven down electricity prices for the US power industry by around 50 per cent since 2008 and reduced investment in costlier sources of energy, according to a research report by Aneesh Prabhu, a Credit Analyst with Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC.
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said that Malaysia has offered to sell electricity to Singapore as the countries explore new opportunities for future collaborations.
North Carolina based SPX Corporation and Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Electric) today announced the formation of a new strategic joint venture to supply products to the power sector in China.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has been forced to delay its January 1, 2012 implementation of new rules on interstate air pollution after a federal court ruled in favour of electric power producers seeking to defeat the new regulations.
India’s state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has signed an agreement with Madhya Pradesh Power Trading Company to supply electricity from a 50 MW solar plant, the biggest such unit in the country currently under implementation.
Wärtsilä has been awarded a €150 million contract to supply a complete dual-fuel power plant to the Dominican Republic.