Natural Gas Generator Articles & Analysis

NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, the competitive energy subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NEE), today announced that it has completed the sale of its ownership interest in a portfolio of natural gas-fired generating assets to an affiliate of LS Power. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110421/FL87524LOGO ) The power plants sold to an affiliate of LS Power are the 507-megawatt ...

By NextEra Energy, Inc.

The U.S. has seen more than a fifth of its coal-fired generating capacity closed since 2011, and plants with higher operating costs were more vulnerable to closures, according to the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA). Between 2011 and the end of 2017, the total coal-fired generating capacity in the U.S. dropped to 257 gigwatts (GW) from 318 GW. “Because of more competitive ...

By Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. (EUCI)

Minnesota has been ambitious in meeting its renewable energy goals: the state hit its 25 percent renewable energy by 2025 goal early this year using wind, solar, biomass, and hydro power.A report released today finds that Minnesota could achieve 10 percent solar by 2025 at costs comparable to natural gas generation. Further, the report finds that expected cost decreases in solar, wind, and ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W) (NYSE:BW) has acquired Universal Acoustic & Emission Technologies, Inc. (UniversalAET), a Wisconsin-based provider of custom-engineered acoustic, emission and filtration solutions, effective today. UniversalAET is a bolt-on acquisition for B&W MEGTEC and will be included in B&W’s Industrial operating segment. The new ...

By Babcock & Wilcox

The European Commission has authorised France under EU state aid rules to provide an €11 million grant for the construction of a 43 MW boiler using renewable sources (biomass). The heat will be produced and delivered on the industrial site operated by Roquette Frères in Beinheim. The Commission concluded that the aid is in line with EU state aid rules, because on balance, the positive ...

By Europa Press Room

Clarke Energy has supplied its first hybrid solution using gas engines and storage demonstrating engineering capabilities to deliver microgrids projects. OK Plast based in Lagos, Nigeria, upgraded their natural gas power plant at their plastic bottling facility to a hybrid FlexGen energy storage system solution. This solution enables them to avoid expensive losses in their factory previously ...

By Clarke Energy

The broad shift in U.S. electricity generating capacity—as coal declines while natural gas and renewable resources rise—has been easy to see in the overall numbers, but a federal analysis has drilled down in the data, offering stark illustrations of what is going on. The percentage of electricity from coal-fired generation declined to 33 percent in 2015 from 52 percent in 1997, as ...

By Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. (EUCI)

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) this week approved electric resource portfolios for use in transmission grid planning to meet the state’s clean energy goals. The CPUC’s electric resource portfolios are a key input for the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) to consider in its annual analysis of the transmission needed to bring online over 60 gigawatts of new clean ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas), San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Southwest Gas jointly issued a draft solicitation yesterday (1/18) for dairy biomethane pilot projects under California Senate Bill (SB) 1383. Proposed projects must demonstrate an ability to capture and process biogas from dairy cows to produce renewable natural gas, ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Imagine one generator designed with the ability to run off of your choice of three fuels. No need to imagine it any longer – Champion’s natural gas ready generator is a reliable source of power with the ultimate in fuel flexibility. When you’re not running your generator on natural gas, you also have the option of operating it on gasoline or propane. The ability to operate your ...

By Champion Power Equipment

Schneider Electric recently announced that Ameren Corporation's newly completed utility-scale microgrid in Champaign, Illinois, is using EcoStruxure Microgrid Advisor software to manage its integration of distributed energy resources (DER), including a mix of solar, wind, natural gas generation and battery storage. Decentralization, decarbonization and digitization have changed the dynamics of ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Following a 2007 Supreme Court ruling, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants. EPA’s proposed standard reflects the ongoing trend in the power sector to build cleaner plants that take advantage of American-made technologies, including new, clean-burning, efficient natural gas generation, which ...

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Canada became one of only seven countries in the world to surpass 10,000 MW of wind power capacity when the 270 MW K2 Wind project near Goderich, Ontario came on line earlier this year. Industry leaders meeting in Toronto this week for the Canadian Wind Energy Association’s 31st annual conference agree that the technology’s growing cost-competitiveness has set the stage for the next ...

By Canadian Renewable Energy Association

TransAlta Corporation (TSX: TA) (NYSE: TAC) and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company announced today the creation of a new strategic partnership through which the two companies will work together to develop, build and operate new natural gas-fueled electricity generation projects in Canada. This partnership builds on an existing successful relationship. The extensive power development and ...

By TransAlta Corporation

FARMINGTON, Conn., May 31, 2012/PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Welding equipment and consumables is gaining momentum as growing investments continue to meet large demands in the power industry. Global Information, Inc. is pleased to present two new reports that explore and examine opportunities for welding equipment and consumables in the gas-fired electricity generation and renewable power industries. ...

By Global Information, Inc. (GII)

The PJM Interconnection system can remain reliable with the addition of more natural gas and renewable resources, an analysis released recently concludes. However, the report notes that an increased reliance on any one generation type brings resilience risks not accounted for under traditional reliability standards. The report, "PJM's Evolving Resource Mix and System Reliability," responded to ...

By Smart Grid Observer

IGPC Ethanol Inc.’s fuel ethanol facility in Aylmer, ON has now produced over one billion litres of ethanol, a substantial milestone in IGPC’s history. For over six years of operation, IGPC Ethanol Inc. has been a significant contributor to Canada’s domestic supply of ethanol, producing in excess of 170 million litres of corn-based ethanol per year. “The success of this ...

By Renewable Industries Canada

Date: August 26th - 28 th, 2014 Venue: Guangzhou Pazhou · China Import and Export Fair Complex Organizer: Guangzhou Grandeur Exhibition Services Co., Ltd China – A huge market in the world China is always one of the world’s biggest markets in many fields, and biomass energy industry is no exception. Due to the large population, more and more biomass energy products and ...

By Guangzhou Grandeur Exhibition Services Co., Ltd.

Georgia Power today announced, in collaboration with Georgia Tech, it will build a new 1.4 MW microgrid in Tech Square at Spring and 5th streets in Metro Atlanta. Microgrids are self-contained power systems co-located with the facilities they serve that include generation resources, storage systems and energy management systems. The Tech Square Microgrid, which was approved by the Georgia Public ...

By Smart Grid Observer

The Trump administration’s tariffs on solar cells has blunted the growth in jobs, investment and generating capacity, according to a report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The analysis calculated that the industry has forgone 62,000 jobs, $19 billion in lost investment and missed building 10.5 gigawatts of new capacity. The SEIA report was released in advance of a ...

By Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. (EUCI)