UAE's Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has received 14 bids out of the 42 firms that have sought the tender documents for the 1500 MW Hassyan IPP project, the Emirate's first power project involving private investment.

French power and gas utility GDF Suez and the Saudi Aljomaih Group were appointed preferred bidder for Ryadh PP11, a greenfield gas fired independent power project with a capacity of 1730 MW, situated approximately 125km west of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Connecticut legislators learned there is no one government agency that had authority to regulate safety issues at power plants like the Kleen Energy natural gas-fired plant.

Siemens received a contract to supply two gas-fired steam turbines from Black Hills Colorado IPP. The turbines will be installed at two 100 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plants in Pueblo, Colo.

The UK/UAE Hydrogen Power Abu Dhabi joint venture will not be able to launch a construction deal for the world’s biggest hydrogen power plant until the second quarter of the year as it has been unable to complete offtake and financing agreements, sources close to the scheme told MEED.

U.S. greenhouse gas emissions fell 2.9 percent in 2008 thanks to rising oil prices and the economic recession, according to a draft report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

Clipper Windpower named Mauricio Quintana the company's new president and CEO, replacing Doug Pertz, who announced his resignation after serving two years in the position.

Flowserve Corp said the State Nuclear Power Engineering Co. Ltd. in China has ordered $15 million worth of safety-related globe and gate valves and Flowserve Limitorque actuators for two nuclear power plants in the country.

The Department of Energy, through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, offered First Wind a conditional loan guarantee for $117 million to finance the construction of a 30 MW wind farm in Hawaii that will also have on-site storage.

Turkey is planning to sell off nine groups of power stations, government sources said, as the country tries to boost state revenues and private investment in its energy sector.