Natural Gas Plant Articles & Analysis

Ameresco Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading US cleantech integrator, has been commissioned to develop a renewable natural gas (RNG) plant at the Layton landfill in Utah. This project was awarded by the Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District (WIWMD), which oversees waste disposal and recycling in Davis and Morgan Counties. WIWMD has chosen Ameresco to design and construct the RNG plant at its ...

By Ameresco, Inc.

The Minnesota House committee on energy overwhelmingly approved legislation last week to allow Xcel Energy to build a large natural gas-fired power plant in Sherburne County without the approval of state utility regulators, prompting backlash from business and consumer groups. The 786-megawatt (MW) gas plant, which is estimated to cost more than $1 billion, would replace two 680-MW coal-fired ...

By Electric Utility Consultants, Inc. (EUCI)

Cincinnati-based Synthica Energy broke ground today on a new Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Plant in San Antonio – “Synthica San Antonio.” Dozens of regional business leaders and VIPs joined Synthica co-founders Grant Gibson and Sam Schutte to put the first shovels in the ground on a project that is expected to be completed in 2026. Located at 4318 N IH 35 in Bexar County, the ...

By American Biogas Council (ABC)

SAO PAULO, Feb. 26, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Climate change and droughts in Brazil will decrease the potential of hydroelectric energy and increase demand for energy from alternative sources, particularly thermoelectric energy from natural gas. Regulations favorable for free contracting will further boost the Brazilian natural gas power plant market. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan ...

By Frost & Sullivan

Clarke Energy is pleased to have received a certificate of appreciation from Sanofi, part of Aventis Pharma. Clarke Energy has installed a natural gas-fuelled cogeneration plant at Sanofi’s Ankleshwar facility and provides gas engine maintenance support services for the company. The certificate states ‘ We Acknowledge and Recognise the Valuable Contribution and Relentless Support ...

By Clarke Energy

The Inter-American Development Bank, after a rigorous evaluation of the project’s technical, economic, environmental and social feasibility, has approved a US$400 million loan for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Peru. The total cost of the Peru LNG project is approximately US$3.9 billion, representing the biggest private investment in Peru ever. The project is expected to boost the ...

By Inter-American Development Bank

Woodland Biofuels announced this week a planned $1.35 billion investment at the Port of South Louisiana to establish the world's largest carbon negative renewable natural gas plant / ultra-green hydrogen facility. Phase 1 of this project is the largest carbon negative renewable natural gas facility globally. Phase 2 is the world's largest carbon negative ultra-green hydrogen plant. The ...

By Smart Grid Observer

UK Association of Energy Engineers (UKAEE) are a non-profit professional organisation for individuals with an active interest in energy conservation. They are highly interested in Clarke Energy due to us being a multinational specialist in distributed power generation solutions. They are keen to promote the scientific and educational interests of the energy industry and to foster action for ...

By Clarke Energy

Company Selected as Stalking Horse Bidder by Boston Generating BALTIMORE - Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) today announced it has signed an asset purchase agreement with Boston Generating to acquire its 2,950-megawatt fleet, the third largest power generating portfolio in the New England region, for approximately $1.1 billion, or roughly $372/kW. The proposed transaction is expected to be ...

By Constellation Energy

Environmental groups are applauding Tuesday's decision by Washington state siting officials to halt consideration of a proposed coal gasification power plant at the Port of Kalama in southwest Washington state near the Oregon border. Members of the state's Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council, EFSEC, unanimously rejected the plan by public power agency Energy Northwest for permanently ...

By Environment News Service (ENS)

A new type of natural-gas electric power plant proposed by MIT researchers could provide electricity with zero carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere, at costs comparable to or less than conventional natural-gas plants, and even to coal-burning plants. But that can only come about if and when a price is set on the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases — a step the U.S. ...

By MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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

Exelon Corporation today announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Wolf Hollow, a combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant, adding 720 megawatts of clean energy to Exelon Generation’s portfolio in the competitive Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) power market. The acquisition of Wolf Hollow builds on Exelon’s ...

By Exelon Corporation

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

Vistra, a Fortune 275 integrated retail electricity and power generation company, and Malta Inc., a developer of long-duration thermal energy storage solutions, in collaboration with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), have been awarded a Department of Energy (DOE) grant. The federally funded project will study how Malta's energy storage system can improve the environmental and economic ...

By Smart Grid Observer

Ameresco, Inc. (NYSE:AMRC), a leading clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, today announced that management will host a Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) plant tour in Phoenix, AZ on Tuesday, November 15, 2022. The plant tour will begin at 10 a.m. MT and will showcase the largest wastewater treatment biogas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in the ...

By Ameresco, Inc.

We Energies today notified the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency that the company plans to retrofit its Valley Power Plant in Milwaukee, Wisconsin so that the facility can run on natural gas. “WE’s decision will improve air quality and result in major health benefits for the many people who live in the neighborhood around this power plant,” said Susan Hedman, EPA Region 5 ...

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Expanding the availability of renewable natural gas, leading solid waste operator Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) announced today an agreement to recover landfill gas from its North Shelby Landfill in Millington, Tennessee for multiple uses including as a vehicle fuel for its growing natural gas-powered fleet. The agreement with Clean Energy Renewable Fuels (CERF), a wholly-owned ...

By Republic Services, Inc.

Global wind power capacity rose 27 percent in 2007 to more than 94,100 megawatts, led by capacity additions in the European Union, the United States, and China, according to the latest Vital Sign Update from the Worldwatch Institute. New wind installations were second only to natural gas in the United States as an additional source of power capacity and were the leading source of new capacity in ...

By Environmental News Network (ENN)

Earlier this month, the German conservative government has announced a complete dismantling of nuclear power plants by 2022. Challenged the view of many experts, and brokers of energy in Germany and throughout Europe, the German government published a controversial report proposed a possible plan to close all nuclear reactors by 2017. Can Germany really has nuclear independence by the end of ...

By Catalyst Commercial