Germany’s Tognum has won two orders to supply gas turbine plant under license from GE to generate both power and heat for German energy and infrastructure service providers HSE and Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft Saarbrücken.

Cummins Power Generation has launched six new diesel generator sets, which are part of a range that meets improved emission standards. Powered by the reliable QSX15 engine, these generator sets also offer highly efficient fuel consumption and enhanced control.

Manufacturer of technologically advanced engine oils, lubricants and coolants Chevron Products Company has introduced a new lubricating oil specifically designed for large stationary gas engines in gas compression, processing or cogeneration applications that operate in extreme environments.

The concept of ‘virtual power plants’ could become more than a theory or small-scale pilot by the aggregation of large enough quantities of locally-generated electricity that can be traded on the energy power markets.

The Dutch Municipality of Hengelo has recently signed a cooperation agreement to build a cogeneration plant to run on biofuel.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said 97 of the nation’s 104 operating commercial nuclear power plant units were performing in the two highest categories.

Analysis shows average wind speeds over parts of the UK during the past year have been at or close to historical lows. Conversely, a number of factors in the U.S. caused noticeably intensified domestic wind speeds across much of the Western U.S. compared to the first quarter of 2010.

Spanish company Iberdrola Engineering & Construction has secured a contract for two electricity power lines, each 220 km of length in the western Mexican state of Jalisco, as well as two substations associated with the 750 MW La Yesca hydroelectric plant.

The Chilean minister of Energy, Ricardo Raineri has been quoted as saying by El Mercurio that his government's energy policy will seek to secure around 20 per cent of the country’s power production from renewable energy sources by 2020.

Several global firms proposed investment projects in the electricity sector in the war-torn Iraqi city of Basra including Germany's Siemens.