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GTE Inks Services Agreements With Entegra Power
Gas Turbine Efficiency (GTE) has executed master services agreements with Tampa-based Entegra Power to provide gas and steam turbine outage field services for Entegra's 4,400MW fleet consisting of 7FA combined cycle units.
Published: 18-Mar-2010
GE Commissions Gas Turbine At Ranhill Plant
GE has commissioned the first Frame 6FA gas turbine at the Ranhill Powertron II plant in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. The 190MW combined-cycle facility is expected to help the state meet its power demand.
Published: 17-Mar-2010
Black Hills Power Completes PPA With City of Gillette
Black Hills Power has completed a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the City of Gillette, Wyoming, which replaces a previous agreement and provides an option to purchase 23% of Wygen III, a 110MW coal-fired facility that is expected to begin commercial operations next month.
Published: 17-Mar-2010
BHEL Wins INR33.48bn Contract For 376MW Captive Power Plant
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has won a contract worth INR33.48bn for setting up a 376MW captive power plant at the upcoming Paradip refinery project of Indian Oil Corporation (IOCL) in the Indian state of Orissa.
Published: 15-Mar-2010
Siemens To Build Gas Turbine Plant In North Carolina
Siemens will build a new 60Hz gas turbine production plant at its existing facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. The initial investment will be approximately $135m.
Published: 12-Mar-2010
RWE npower To Upgrade Little Barford Gas-fired Plant In UK
RWE npower has said that it will spend approximately GBP100m to upgrade turbines for increasing output and reducing CO2 emissions at its Little Barford gas-fired power station in Cambridgeshire, UK.
Published: 11-Mar-2010
Oglethorpe Power To Build Gas-fired Plant In Georgia
Oglethorpe Power (OPC) will construct a new 605MW gas-fired combined-cycle generating facility in Georgia. The company has received final approval from its member electric membership corporations (EMCs) to proceed with the project.
Published: 10-Mar-2010
B&W, Thermax To Build Boilers, Pulverizers For Indian Market
Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation (B&W PGG), an operating unit of The Babcock & Wilcox (B&W), and Thermax, an Indian energy-environment system provider, have formed a joint venture to build efficient subcritical and supercritical boilers and pulverizers for the Indian utility boiler market.
Published: 10-Mar-2010
International Power Signs Financing Deal For 815MW Coal-fired Plant In Indonesia
International Power has said that its 40.5%-owned PT Paiton Energy has signed a financing deal for the new 815MW coal-fired Paiton 3 plant in Indonesia.
Published: 09-Mar-2010
Thermal Power Projects In India Get Government Approval For Coal Linkage
Five super critical thermal power projects of Indian state-owned NTPC and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) have been approved by Sriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of State for Coal, Government of India, for grant of coal linkage/authorization of letter of assurance (LOA).
Published: 08-Mar-2010
