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Flexible Gas Turbines Help to Integerate Renewables

08/01/2011

Renewable energy has rapidly increased in recent years, helping to provide cleaner power generation. But renewables only provide capacity when the wind is blowing or the sun is shining, and this capacity can fluctuate often and quickly.

Mexico imports natural gas from US

06/22/2011

Growing demand for natural gas by Mexican electric power generators and declining domestic production have boosted the country's imports of U.S. natural gas to a 10-year high to date in 2011.

Wood Group to perform maintenance work in Argentina

06/21/2011

Wood Group GTS signed a six-year, $15 million contract with PlusPetrol Energy S.A to provide maintenance services for two General Electric Frame 9E DLN-1 gas turbines at a power plant in Argentina.

Gas-fired power plant approved for air permit

06/14/2011

El Paso Electric Co. received approval for an air quality permit to build a new turbine at its 245 MW natural gas-fired Rio Grande Generating Station in New Mexico.

Alstom wins GT24 gas turbine and steam turbine retrofit in Mexico

06/08/2011
Alstom has won a contract worth approximately EUR40m ($59m) with Spain’s ACS Group to provide power equipment and services for the El Sauz combined-cycle power plant in Queretaro, one of Mexico's most industrialized states.

Gas development executive roundtable

05/05/2011

Power Engineering magazine Associate Editor Lindsay Morris moderated this year’s Gas Development Executive Roundtable, which discussed increased demand for natural gas in the midst of coal-fired retirements and nuclear uncertainty, price volatility and supply chain issues.

Vogt supplying equipment to Venezuela plant

05/05/2011

Vogt Power International Inc. will supply four heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) and associated equipment for the CTCC Termocentro Power Plant in Venezuela.

Siemens simple cycle plant in Peru

04/14/2011

Siemens Energy has been awarded an $80 million contract for turnkey construction of the 200 MW Santo Domingo de los Olleros simple-cycle power plant in Peru.

Siemens to build 250 MW CCGT in Mexico

02/18/2011
Siemens has been awarded a contract for the turnkey construction of a 250 MW combined-cycle power plant in Mexico.

Wood Group Peru

02/17/2011

Wood Group GTS has been awarded a $4.5 million contract from Consorcio Camisea to provide overhaul and technical support for eight Solar Centaur 50 SoLoNOx gas turbines in two Peruvian gas plants.

capstone

01/05/2011

Capstone Turbine Corp. sold a C800 Power Package and General Electric Clean Cycle waste heat recovery generator to a food manufacturer in Mexico.

GDF Suez to build 400 MW gas power plant in Peru

11/30/2010
French utility GDF Suez is to build and operate a 400 MW gas fired power plant in Ilo, in southern Peru, through its subsidiary EnerSur, the second largest private electric generation company in the country.

Northern Mexico expands its power generation capacity

08/24/2010

Argentine conglomerate Techint and two South Korean companies – Korean Electric Power and Samsung C&T Corporation - have won the bid to build a much needed combined-cycle power plant in the north of Mexico.

Globeleq to add generation capacity in Peru

04/25/2006 Globeleq announced that it has issued notice to begin construction of the first unit of the two-unit, 336 MW Kallpa power plant near Lima, Peru. The new, natural gas-fired generator will help meet the rapidly rising demand for electric power in Peru.

InterGen announces commercial operations of Cottonwood power facility in Texas

08/25/2003 InterGen announced that Cottonwood, a 1,235 MW, natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power facility, has achieved commercial operations and is dispatching into the Entergy power grid.

Venezuela outlines power plan

08/21/2003 Venezuela has announced plans to invest $1.5bn adding 2380 MW of new generating capacity to the country's national grid over the next seven years, including a expansion in gas fired generation.

Enron starts auction process on 12 properties

08/27/2002 Consistent with a plan outlined to maximize the value of its core assets, Enron Corp. announced recently that it has commenced a formal sales process for its interests in certain major assets.

Wartsila secures contract for improved gas-powered reciprocating engine

07/16/2002 Wartsila North America announced recently that it has received an order for the improved PeakingPlusT, a pre-engineered and pre-packaged gas-fired power plant.

New PNM plant in commercial operation

06/27/2002 PNM Resources announced that its new electricity generating plant in Lordsburg, New Mexico is now operational.

Williams plans to develop power generation facility in Georgia

04/20/2001 A unit of Williams today announced plans to develop a 1,230 megawatt natural gas-fired power generation plant near Fairburn, Georgia.

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