Gas & Oil Fired Power Generation

Natural gas and oil power plants power gas turbines by burning natural gas, heavy oil or an alternative gas. Gas power plants can offer increased efficiency from regular power plants using combined cycle gas turbines.

Gas & Oil Fired Power News

Politicians must look ‘beyond bureaucratic imagination’ to progress CCS

23/05/2013 For carbon capture and storage to move forward in Europe, politicians and policymakers “need to look beyond the limits of the c...

Bring on the boom times

22/05/2013

Demand for gas turbines across much of the globe is booming because of favorable regulations and the availability of fuel.

European energy firms suffering ‘a perfect storm’, power bosses tell EU

22/05/2013 The bosses of eight European energy companies have warned EU leaders that the region’s energy sector is in a “perilous situatio...

Russia’s ‘first of a kind’ gas engine-based power plant

22/05/2013 Wärtsilä of Finland has been awarded a contract to supply a 110 MW gas-engine-based power plant by Transmashenergo, an independ...

UK energy secretary warns Scotland against independence

22/05/2013 UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey has warned that Scotland will damage its standing as a prime mover in renewable energy if it votes...

Shale gas could be ‘new North Sea’ for UK says report

22/05/2013 Shale gas could be “a new North Sea for Britain, creating tens of thousands of jobs and reducing gas imports”, according to the...

Europe faces blackouts risk from plant closures and policy inertia

21/05/2013 Europe could face power blackouts if utilities shut loss-making gas plants and aging coal facilities while governments dither o...

Mitsubishi buys Pratt & Whitney Power Systems

20/05/2013

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has completed its acquisition of Pratt & Whitney Power Systems.

Aggreko opens new US base

20/05/2013 Temporary power company Aggreko has opened a new US facility in Texas to cater for its natural gas and diesel generation busine...

Renewables inquiry launched in UK

20/05/2013

A new inquiry investigating the role of renewable power generation in the UK’s future energy mix has been launched.

From the Wires

National Power joins gas-fired plant bid for IPPs

Watcharapong Thongrung The Nation National Power Supply, which specialises in the manufacturing, design and develop...

Work starts by July on new 300-MW plant in Quezon province

HONG KONG-based Energy World Corp. Ltd. (EWC) plans to start construction of its 300-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired power pl...

AP discoms told to compensate power producer Konaseema Gas Power

NEW DELHI: Shortly after favourable verdicts for coal-based power producers Tata Power and Adani Power, the Appellate Tribuna...

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