Tag: power generation

Co-generation project in Monterrey

Tractebel de Mexico, the North American subsidiary of Tractebel, has announced its entry into the high-growth Mexican electricity sector through its investment in a 245mw natural gas-fired co-generation facility located near Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

Posco local area heated with plant waste-heat

Posco has succeeded in developing the first domestic use of heat generated from industrial sites as a source to heat local areas.

Vietnamese gas-to-power

Three planned gas-to-power projects in Southern Vietnam will require USD 5.5 billion in investments during the next six years, a senior executive from Vietnam Oil & Gas Co., or PetroVietnam, has said.

Gas to power east African development

The Songo Songo gas field off the Tanzanian coast is the source of a USD 310 million project in which the lead sponsors are the AES Corporation from Arlington, Virginia, and the PanAfrican Energy Corporation based in the Channel Islands.

LS Power invests in coal-fired stations

LS Power Development LLC has shifted its focus towards the development of new coal-fired power plants.

Kvaerner wins Pennsylvania power project

Kvaerner has been awarded a USD 13 million contract by Black & Veatch Construction Inc.

Co-generation plant at Dow Chemical complex

American Electric Power and development partner the Dow Chemical Company are expecting final permit approval in November for the construction of a 900mw USD 325 million co-generation unit to be constructed at Dow's Plaquemine chemical complex in Louisiana.

Natural gas in SE China

CNOOC Ltd, China's largest offshore oil producer, has said that its parent has signed an agreement with the Fujian provincial government to develop the natural-gas market in the SE Chinese province.

Huaneng announces plans

Huaneng Power International Inc. (Beijing, China) has announced its tenth five-year plan to be co-ordinated with the construction of the China west-east natural gas pipeline.

AES to build Bulgaria plant

US-based AES Corp., a major investor in Bulgaria's energy sector, is planning to start building a USD 850-million, 670mw lignite coal-fired plant in Bulgaria in May 2002.