First LNG-Fired CCGT Unit Begins Operation at JERA’s Giant Modernized Gas Plant in Japan 

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2023 18:34:34 +0000

Japanese power generator JERA has launched commercial operation of the first of three liquefied natural gas (LNG)–fueled 650-MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) units that will modernize the Anegasaki Thermal Power Station, a mammoth 3.2-GW, six-unit gas and oil power plant in Chiba Prefecture.  The new Anegasaki Thermal Power Station Unit 1, opened on Feb. […]

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LNG Floating Terminal Will Supply New 840-MW Gas-Fired Plant in Greece

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2023 21:39:05 +0000

A joint venture featuring three energy companies is developing an 840-MW natural gas-fired power plant at the Aegean port of Alexandroupolis, Greece. The plant will be linked to the liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating terminal at the port. It is expected to supply electricity to Greece and also to markets in southeastern Europe. Damco Energy, […]

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POWER Digest [November 2022]

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:09:00 +0000

JX Nippon Acquires NRG’s Share of Petra Nova Carbon Capture Plant for $3.6 Million. ENEOS Group, a Japanese energy and non-ferrous metals business group that owns JX Nippon Oil and Gas Exploration, will

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Blue Ammonia Production Efforts for Fuel Supply, Exports in High Gear Along U.S. Gulf Coast

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2022 12:51:51 +0000

Energy giants Chevron and Uniper are pairing with chemical technology companies Air Liquide and LyondellBasell to explore a hydrogen and ammonia production facility along the U.S. Gulf Coast that could support industrial decarbonization and mobility applications in the region and expand clean ammonia exports. The companies, in a joint statement on Oct. 19, said they […]

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Thailand Starts Up First of Two Giant 2.7-GW Natural Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Power Plants

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:23:46 +0000

Mitsubishi Power has declared complete a 2,650-MW natural gas–fired power plant in Chonburi province, Thailand, delivering its four M701JAC power trains to the plant’s joint owners Gulf Energy Development PCL, one of the largest independent power producers (IPPs) in Thailand, and Tokyo-based conglomerate Mitsui & Co., Ltd. The Gulf SRC (GSRC) power plant, located about 130 […]

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Europe Turns to LNG to Avert Energy Crisis

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 03 Oct 2022 04:12:00 +0000

European nations are looking at ways to increase their imports of liquefied natural gas (LNG), including from Russia, as concerns about a shortage of natural gas across the European Union (EU) continue ahead

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Regasification Project Will Provide New Power for Papua New Guinea

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 16:05:41 +0000

The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has entered a joint venture with a nationally-owned power producer in a project to bring additional electricity generation capacity to the island nation. The system will utilize a process featuring liquefied natural gas (LNG) and could eventually be converted to work with hydrogen as the fuel. Singapore-based Twenty20 […]

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Risks and Opportunities: It’s an Interesting Time to Be in the Power Industry

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2022 04:11:00 +0000

War rages in Europe. Natural gas prices are through the roof. Drought threatens hydro production. Weather extremes are becoming commonplace. Supply chains are strained. Demand for electricity is headed

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Methane-Based Gas Plant Explosion Sends Shockwaves Through Market

Credit to Author: Nexus Media| Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2022 18:34:41 +0000

Methane Leaks, Map showing the location of the main gas pipelines and the main sources of methaneThe Freeport LNG export facility will be fully out of commission until September and will not be fully up and running until late this year, the company said yesterday following an explosion at its Quintana Island liquefaction facility last week. The company had initially said the plant would be shut down for three weeks, and the […]

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GE Turbines Will Equip Vietnam’s First LNG-Fueled Power Plant

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 16 May 2022 16:39:58 +0000

Two units of a new gas-fired power plant in Vietnam will feature the first use of General Electric’s (GE’s) H-Class turbine in the country. GE on May 16 announced that PetroVietnam Power Corp.’s (PV Power’s) Nhon Trach 3 & 4 Power Plant, with 1.6 GW of generation capacity, will use two GE 9HA.02 gas turbines. […]

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