Spectra Energy Corp. May 21 received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for its New Jersey-New York Expansion Project, which will transport natural gas supplies to Con Edison’s distribution markets in northern New Jersey and New York City.

The energy minister of Mexico said the country would require $20.1 billion in power generation investments through 2026.

A new survey finds that Americans are willing to pay more in their electric bills in order to support the switch to renewable energy sources.

TAS Energy has been awarded a contract for a energy storage project at a new 1,300 MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in Virginia.

SPX Corp. said that its Thermal Equipment and Services segment has been awarded a contract to supply an air-cooled condenser (ACC) for a new 1.3 GW natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant being built by Dominion Virginia Power in Warren County, Va.

Tenaska has offered to use natural gas instead of coal to power the proposed 716 MW Taylorville Energy Center in central Illinois.

A new report by Bloomberg Government says that gas-fired generation will likely become the dominant form of power generation over time in light of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) new standards for greenhouse gases

Purdue University officials on May 7 presented a Comprehensive Energy Master Plan (CEMP), which calls for $33.1 million to be used to demolish an old coal-burning boiler, convert another coal-burning boiler to natural gas, install a natural gas-fired combined heat and power unit, and increase steam distribution along Jischke Drive.

The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a proposal by Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) and Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E) to build a 640 MW natural gas-fired power plant at LG&E’s Cane Run plant and to purchase the 495 MW Bluegrass natural gas-fired plant in Oldham County.

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) said the 880 MW natural gas-fired John Sevier Combined Cycle Plant near Rogersville, Tenn., began commercial operation on April 30.

The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) and Fluor Corp. broke ground on the Ferguson Replacement Project in Texas.

Southern Co. said the second of Georgia Power's three, 840 MW natural gas combined-cycle units at Plant McDonough-Atkinson in Smyrna, Ga.

UGL Limited announced that in a 50-50 joint venture with CH2M HILL it has been awarded a $550 million contract by JKC Australia LNG Pty Ltd for the construction of a combined-cycle power plant for the Ichthys liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia.

Construction began on a 1,239 MW natural gas-fired power plant in Warren County, Va.

Areva has signed a memorandum of understanding with Technip, a project management company, to work on integrated Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) solutions for the oil and gas industry.

Capstone Turbine Corp. said it sold 30 more C65 microturbines to be used in the Eagle Ford shale play.

Capstone Turbine Corp. said it has sold a dual-mode C1000 power package to a Michigan hospital that will operate in a combined heat and power (CHP) application.

Unit 3 at the 700 MW Naughton Power Plant in Wyoming could be switched to burn natural gas. There are three coal-burning units at the plant.

The Maryland Public Service Commission chose Competitive Power Ventures Inc.’s (CPV) St. Charles Energy Center as the site for a new combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant.