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New Projects Headline News
600 MW natural gas-fired plant gets state's OK (Dec 18, 2009)
The California Energy Commission has OK'd the construction of a 600 MW combined cycle, natural gas-fired plant.
BHEL wins $44m order from Oman for 126 MW gas fired plant (Oct 30, 2009)
Indian engineering services firm Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has secured an export order for a gas turbine generating unit of 126 MW from Oman.
Saudi Electricity to invest $20bn in IPP projects (Oct 27, 2009)
State-owned Saudi Electricity said that it plans to spend $20bn to add more than 10 GW of generation capacity through six independent power producer (IPP) projects.
Otay Mesa, 600 MW gas-fired plant, opens for business (Oct 21, 2009)
Calpine Corp said operations began at the Otay Mesa Energy Center (OMEC) near San Diego, Calif.
Saudi's Ma'aden inks new deal for joint power plant (Oct 21, 2009)
Ma'aden mining, Saline Water Conversion Corporation (SWCC) and Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) have signed an agreement to construct a joint power plant to generate 2400 MW of electricity and 1.025m cubic meters of desalinated water per day.
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First large-scale gas fired plant enters operation in the UK since ...
... community which was established during the development of the project.”. ... In addition, our wind generation interests and other gas fired development projects ...

2009 Projects of the Year - Power Engineering
... Best Gas-fired Project: ... Pacific Gas & Electric’s Gateway Generating Station was selected as the best natural gas-fired project of 2009. ...

2009 Projects of the Year - POWER-GEN WorldWide
... Best Gas-fired Project: ... Pacific Gas & Electric’s Gateway Generating Station was selected as the best natural gas-fired project of 2009. ...

Fossil-fired Generation: Waiting for Clarity on Carbon - Power ...
... of 2009 the California Energy Commission approved construction of a 600 MW combined cycle, natural gas-fired plant. Work on the Avenal Energy Project is slated ...

Special Report: Executive Roundtable on Utility-scale Renewables ...
... results from drilling into the outer continental shelf [for an offshore wind project] and we ... But gas-fired co-gen flies on its own and if you look at biomass ...

600 MW natural gas-fired plant gets state's OK - POWER-GEN ...
... Energy Commission has OK'd the construction of a 600 MW combined cycle, natural gas-fired plant. Construction on the Avenal Energy Project is scheduled to ...

EnBW cancels plans to build 900 MW coal plant in Germany's ...
... For this, EnBW acquired a 75.1 per cent stake in the project company STKW ... and economic reasons, after a heat customer preferred to build a gas fired heat plant ...

EnBW cancels plans to build 900 MW coal plant in Germany's ...
... For this, EnBW acquired a 75.1 per cent stake in the project company STKW ... and economic reasons, after a heat customer preferred to build a gas fired heat plant ...

EnBW cancels plans to build 900 MW coal plant in Germany's ...
... For this, EnBW acquired a 75.1 per cent stake in the project company STKW ... and economic reasons, after a heat customer preferred to build a gas fired heat plant ...

Solar hybrid demos set for fossil-fired power plants - POWER-GEN ...
... Mexico. NV Energy will host the other project at the 1,102 MW natural gas-fired Chuck Lenzie Plant in Nevada. The demonstrations ...

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B&W researchers removing CO2 from coal-fired plant (Feb 1, 2010)

Researchers with Babcock and Wilcox Power Generation Group have began capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from a pilot-scale, coal-fired boiler at the company’s research center in Ohio.

GP awarded $3.4mn in workforce training contracts (Feb 1, 2010)

General Physics Corp. was awarded more than $3.4 million in new contracts to provide customized training services and content development for power companies throughout the United States.

Third US wholefoods store to use fuel cell energy (Feb 1, 2010)

Whole Foods Market has chosen to power a third store, located in San Jose, California, US, with on-site fuel cell power from UTC Power. The other stores to install a ‘PureCell’ system from the company are in Dedham, Massachusetts and Glastonbury, Connecticut.

AMSC to ship $70mn worth of wind systems to China (Feb 1, 2010)

American Superconductor Corp. has received an order for full wind turbine electrical control systems from China’s Shenyang Blower Works Co., Ltd. (SBW) worth approximately $70 million.

Service agreement for GE turbines in Thailand (Feb 1, 2010)

Thailand’s largest chemical producer, PTT Chemical Public Company Limited, has signed a service agreement with GE to help ensure the long-term reliability of nine GE gas turbines at PTT Chemical’s site in Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Rayong Province, Thailand.

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