Stantec Selected to Design and Engineer New Power Barges for The Gowanus Generating Station
Edmonton, AB; New York, NY- TSX, NYSE: STN: Siemens has selected global design firm Stantec to design and engineer two new SeaFloat power barges for the Gowanus Generation Station in Brooklyn, New York. Four existing barges with a total of 32 older generating units will be phased out and replaced with two barges, each outfitted with four SGT-A65 Combustion Turbine Generators, for a total gross power output of approximately 600 MW. In addition to providing a source of cleaner, more efficient e...
Wärtsilä delivers 40 MW engineered equipment for MCM Power to meet Myanmar’s increasing energy demand
The technology group Wärtsilä has been awarded a 40 MW extended engineered equipment supply contract for a power plant in Shwe Taung, southern central part of Myanmar. The baseload power plant will feed the national grid and will help to alleviate the country’s ongoing energy shortage. The order by independent power producer (IPP) MCM Power with Wärtsilä was placed in September 2019, and the delivery is being expedited on a fast-track basis. The plant will operate on four Wärtsilä 34SG engine...
Wärtsilä and EGE Haina sign natural gas power plant commissioning project & long-term service agreement in the Dominican Republic
The technology group Wärtsilä and Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina (EGE Haina), one of the largest power generation companies in the Dominican Republic, have signed a commissioning agreement that converts the Quisqueya 2 power plant to natural gas operation. The 215 MW Flexicycle plant was installed in 2013, and is powered by 12 Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines. The engines have been liquid-optimised until now as only heavy fuel oil (HFO) has been available. As natural gas is soon to beco...
South Australia’s Big Battery to Become 50 Percent Bigger
Renewable energy company Neoen is expanding its 100MW/129MWh Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, strengthening its position as the largest utility scale battery in the world. The 50 per cent expansion will increase capacity by 50 MW/64.5 MWh and is expected to be completed by mid-2020. The capacity increase follows a $A15 million grant from the South Australian Government over five years and $8 million in funding from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) through its Adva...
Tech’s New Frontier? Oil and Gas
READ THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR "THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF OIL AND GAS" BOSTON - According to a new report from Lux Research, the oil companies of the future may resemble the tech companies of today. Moreover, if these companies fail to adapt to the changing digital landscape faced by all industries, they could be left behind. In the new report, The Digital Transformation of Oil and Gas, Lux analysts make a strong case for oil and gas companies to embrace the global economy’s shift towa...
Orsted’s commissioning of Formosa I marks a milestone for Taiwan’s entry into offshore league, says GlobalData
Danish power company Orsted has officially inaugurated Taiwan’s first commercial offshore windfarm, Formosa 1. The 128 megawatt (MW) plant is a joint venture (JV) project of Orsted (35%), JERA (32.5%), Macquarie Capital (25%) and Swancor (7.5%). It is the first offshore wind project in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region for Orsted, which has worked with its partners to secure NT$18.7bn ($612m) to build the windfarm, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Harminder Singh, Director...
British Columbia Tops Provinces in Canada’s First-Ever Energy Efficiency Scorecard
British Columbia earns top marks in the first-ever Canadian Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard, developed by the nonprofit Efficiency Canada to track and rank provinces on their efficiency policies and highlight opportunities for improvement. ACEEE congratulates Efficiency Canada on today’s release of its new scorecard, which has been more than a year in the making. Together with its companion policy database, the scorecard seeks to provide a comprehensive resource to benchmark and improv...
Southwest Gas Partners with the City of Phoenix to Reduce Carbon Emissions
PHOENIX – Southwest Gas is partnering with the city of Phoenix Public Works Department to reduce emissions by providing natural gas that is converted into compressed natural gas (CNG) to fuel trucks in their new refuse fleet. The program is part of a $1 million in Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) grant by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently awarded to the city of Phoenix to purchase the fleet vehicles that will be fueled by natural gas. In 2018, Southwest Gas began reducin...
Oil and gas projects led by Chinese contractors in the Middle East region stand at US$75.3bn, says GlobalData
The total value of oil and gas projects awarded to Chinese contractors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, from stage of announcement to execution, stands at US$75.3bn, of which US$68.1bn relates to projects in execution, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. Energy cooperation is at the core of economic relations between China and MENA. China has seen increasing demands for energy resources, while the Middle East has around two-thirds of the world’s t...
China houses five of top ten mega capacity coal power plants globally, says GlobalData
While renewable energy is improving its share in the global power generation mix at a faster pace, coal still accounts for the majority of the world’s electricity. Against this backdrop, five of the top ten coal-fired power plants in the world by active capacity in 2018 were from China, according to GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s research reveals that the global coal-based power generation is likely to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 1.1% from...
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