MethanQuest: Test Results In for Renewable Hydrogen, Methane as a Fuel
As the maritime industry embarks on 'the path to zero', it is widely acknowledged that there is currently not a 'silver bullet' solution, nor is it likely that a solution will emerge from a vaccum. Collaboration is the path forward, and efforts such as MethanQuest…
New DNV GL Tool Safeguards Increasingly Greener Gas Supply
DNV GL is now launching an online pipeline gas quality calculator, the ‘PKI Methane Number Calculator for Pipeline Gas’, to ensure that the end-user can reliably and safely use the gas being distributed. The chemical composition of fuel in the natural gas grid…
Rolls-Royce Supplied 36 Gas Gensents fof Ghana
Rolls-Royce delivered 36 MTU Onsite Energy brand natural-gas-powered gensets for a gas power plant in Accra, Ghana. The Type 16V 4000 L32 gensets produce 1,560 kW of electric power and will feed 56 MW into the country’s public grid. The ‘VRA Tema Thermal Power Plant’ was built and is operated by the VPower Group…
Mozambique Power Plant Operates with Rolls-Royce Gas Engines
In Ressano Garcia, a new power generation plant designed to provide electrical power supply for Mozambique’s rapidly expanding economy, officially went into operation today. Core equipment includes thirteen 20-cylinder gas-based Rolls-Royce engines, which have the capacity to generate a total of 120 MW.
FLNG Birth of a Market
FLNG deal-making has been sporadic since Woodside Petroleum at the end of 2013 delayed a final investment decision for the giant Browse FLNG project off Northwest Australia. The previous year had seen go-aheads for most of the floating liquefied natural gas projects (FLNG) underway today…
NYK Charters 2 LNG Carriers for Freeport LNG Project
Two joint-venture companies that NYK has established with Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. each concluded a time-charter contract for a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier with Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. In addition, one of the joint-venture companies, Trans Pacific Shipping 6 Limited…
Weego Debuts Jump Starter Battery
Weego, an innovator in portable battery solutions, announced the launch of its Weego Jump Starter Battery+ for the marine market. A compact and portable jump starter, the Jump Starter Battery+ eliminates the worry and fear of a dead battery, for as little as $99.00.
Mitsui Orders 2 LNG Carriers from MHI
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) reports it has received an order for two next-generation LNG (liquefied natural gas) carriers from Mitsui & Co., Ltd., scheduled for completion and delivery in 2018 and 2019, respectively. They will be put into service for the Cameron LNG Project underway in the United States…
Grid Support Power Plant Now Operational
In Czech Republic a combined heat and power (CHP) plant designed to provide grid support officially went into operation at the beginning of January. Based on four 20-cylinder Rolls-Royce engines, the CHP plant generates a total of 37 MW of heat and power for the…
London to Expand 100-year-old Power Plant to Run 'Tube' Railway
London mayor Boris Johnson on Thursday unveiled plans for an expansion of one of the world's oldest electricity stations to help power the capital's underground rail network. Greenwich Power Station, which was built in 1906 to provide electricity for London's trams…
Wärtsilä to Begin Building LNG Terminal in January
Wärtsilä has been given full notice to proceed (NTP) from Manga LNG Oy for the supply of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Tornio, Northern Finland. Wärtsilä will commence construction on the site near the port of Tornio in January 2015. Manga LNG Oy is a joint venture of Outokumpu Group…
MHI Completes Development of "Sayaringo STaGE"
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has completed development of the "Sayaringo STaGE," a next-generation LNG (liquefied natural gas) carrier. The Sayaringo STaGE was developed as a successor to the "Sayaendo1," the company's highly acclaimed LNG carrier evolved…
Further Developed Gas Engines from Liebherr
At the EnergyDecentral 2014 Liebherr-Component Technologies AG will be presenting its further developed and completely equipped gas engines. Apart from the base version engines offered until now, Liebherr now offers a complete package from one source. This encompasses a fully operational engine including sensors…
Cummins Profit Up; Natgas Engine Demand Weak
Cummins Inc posted higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Tuesday, lifted by strong sales of its vehicle components in North America, Europe and China. But the company, which also makes natural gas engines used to generate electricity, said global demand for…
Wärtsilä to Supply Flexicycle Power Plant in Mexico
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to supply a Flexicycle power plant, consisting of seven 50SG gas engines and a combined cycle, to produce 139 MW of power for Energia del Caribe, S.A. in Mexico. The full turnkey contract was signed September 2014 and the plant is scheduled to be operational in 2016.
U.S. Natgas Engine Sales Lagging Fuel's Steep Price Plunge
Natural gas-fueled engines, touted as a clean, low-cost alternative to diesel, continue to struggle for acceptance in the U.S. transportation sector despite a surge in gas production that has sent the alternative fuel's domestic price plunging. U.S. natural gas…
Caterpillar Sponsors 2014 High Horsepower Summit
Caterpillar Inc. now underway in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event is North America’s leading conference on the use of natural gas to fuel high horsepower operations. As an industry leader in the design and manufacture of dual-fuel and natural gas engines, Caterpillar…
Gas Generator Comply with Medium-voltage Directive
Series 4000 gas generator sets built by MTU Onsite Energy, a Rolls-Royce Power Systems subsidiary, have been certified as compliant with the medium-voltage directive issued by the BDEW (Federal Association of the Energy and Water Industry) in Germany. Operators…
Kemp: Next Energy Revolution on Roads & Rails
From modest beginnings in the Barnett shale beneath the city of Fort Worth, unnoticed by most energy analysts, horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing spread across North America and transformed all aspects of the energy landscape in under 10 years. Now the…
MHI's Distributed Power Business Development Department
Effective July 1, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will establish a new "Distributed Power Business Development Department" within its Energy & Environment business domain to oversee business relating to small and medium-size power systems and equipment.
