Rolls-Royce wins $159m Power Station Deal
Rolls-Royce Power Systems subsidiary Bergen Engines signed contracts for the delivery of two power stations to Bangladesh with a contract value of $159m. The consignments to Confidence Power Rangpur Limited are destined for a power station…
Siemens Wins Tender for Turkish Wind Power Project
Turkey picked Germany's Siemens as the winning bidder for a $1 billion wind power project on Thursday, a sign Ankara wants to keep business separate from the widening diplomatic row between the NATO allies. Relations have deteriorated…
Terex Port Solutions for Argentinian Power Plant
Terex Port Solutions (TPS) achieves another success in South America. The Argentinian power plant operator AES Argentina Generacion S.A. (AES) has ordered a Terex Gottwald Model 2 portal harbour crane in the G HSK 2224 variant from TPS.
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…
Saudi Developer ACWA Power Plans $8 bln Debt Raising
Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power [IPO-ACWA.SE] plans to raise $8 billion of debt in the first half of this year to finance projects that will help to boost its generating capacity by a third by the end of 2016, its CEO told Reuters. The plan…
California Orders Environmental Review of Nuclear Plant
California's lieutenant governor on Friday directed the State Lands Commission to draw up a plan for a thorough environmental review of PG&E's Diablo Canyon power plant, the state's last operational nuclear power plant. PG&E's leases with the state for two structures associated with the 2…
Wärtsilä Supplies 50 MW of Power to Michigan
Wärtsilä will supply a 50 MW Smart Power Generation power plant to Marquette Board of Light and Power (MBLP) in Michigan, USA. The contract includes three Wärtsilä 50DF dual-fuel engines running primarily on natural gas, with light fuel oil as back-up.
Romania, China to Start Building 600 MW Power Plant
A new coal-fired power plant built by Romanian state-owned power holding Oltenia in partnership with a Chinese firm is expected to cost 847.6 million euros ($956.43 million) and be connected to the national grid in 2019, the government said on Wednesday.
Sierra Leone to Invest Heavily in Power
Sierra Leone is aiming to increase its power capacity tenfold by 2017, a plan the energy minister said should be driven by foreign investors despite the outbreak of Ebola and a history of bureaucratic difficulties. Sierra Leone has recorded…
Lafarge, Wartsila, IFC to Build Power Plant in Nigeria
Lafarge Africa, Finland's Wartsila and the World Bank's IFC have agreed to build a 220 megawatt (MW) gas-fired power plant in Nigeria to boost electricity supplies, they said on Wednesday. The trio said in a statement their plan was…
Lanco Infra Sells Power Plant to Adani
Adani Power, led by billionaire Gautam Adani, will take on existing debt of about 40 billion rupees as part of the deal, Lanco said in a statement late on Wednesday.
India Reliance, HPCL Mittal plan refinery expansions
India's Reliance Industries, owner of the world's biggest refining complex, and HPCL-Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL), part owned by steel tycoon L N Mittal, have sought environment ministry approval for raising capacity of their plants. Reliance…
