Sumitomo to build power plant in Iran
Japan’s Sumitomo Corp. will jointly build a USD 643 million power plant in northern Iran with MAPNA (affiliated Iran Power Plant Projects Management Co.), a local state-run firm.
Technip-Coflexip wins Juno offshore award
Technip-Coflexip has announced that Coflexip Stena Offshore Ltd, one of its UK entities, has been awarded the pipelines and subsea EPCIC (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation and Commissioning) contract from BG International (NSW) Ltd, for its Juno development in the Southern UK North Sea.
Shell launches Norwegian fuel cell project
Shell has signed an agreement with Aker Kvaerner and Statkraft to launch a project in Norway to explore possible large-scale applications of new zero-emission solid oxide fuel cell technology driven by natural gas.
Australia receives new power station
The Australian state of Queensland will get a new A$500 million (US$284.8 million) gas-fired power station by 2005.
Calpine constructs power plant
Calpine Corporation is constructing a $450 million electrical generating plant in southern California that is scheduled to come online at the end of 2003.
Located near Lebec, off Interstate Highway 5 North, Calpine's Pastoria Energy Center is a natural gas-fired combined cycle plant that will utilize three GE combustion turbines, heat recovery steam generators, and a steam turbine generator to produce 750MW of electricity. The company broke ground on the project last July and has started mechanical erection. Pastoria is being engineered by Utility Engineering (Minneapolis, Minnesota), while Kvaerner-Songer, Incorporated (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is performing construction activities.