A new report prepared by the U.S. Government Accountability Office reveals that older generating units produce a disproportionate amount of emissions.

A CH2M HILL-led consortium has been awarded a $929 million contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of a combined-cycle power plant, using GE technology, for the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Australia.

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.

GE’s LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine technology has been selected for the 85 MW ALPEK Cogeneration project at its subsidiary Petrotemex’s site in Mexico.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has named Jesus Soto Jr. to the position of senior vice president of Gas Transmission, Operations, Engineering and Pipeline Integrity.

Wisconsin Power and Light Co., a subsidiary of Alliant Energy Corp., said it exercised its option to purchase Riverside Energy Center LLC, which owns the Riverside Energy Center, from Calpine Corp. for $392 million.

The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

In its budget requests for 2013, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said it wants a funding increase to investigate hydraulic fracturing technologies.

On May 16, Vermont became the first state to ban hydraulic fracturing when Gov. Peter Shumlin signed the hydraulic fracturing ban.

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.

URS Corp. completed its acquisition of Flint Energy Services Ltd. for $1.24 billion.

The Henry Hub is the pricing point for natural gas futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (NYMEX).

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.

A report from the U.S. Department of Energy shows the U.S. used a record amount of natural gas-fired generation in February.

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

Alstom has announced the first shipment of a GT24 gas turbine from its manufacturing facility in Chattanooga, Tenn.