As part of their O&M responsibilities, Asia Gulf Power Service Company (AGPS) has awarded Ansaldo Energia a service contract at the “Taweelah Initial B” (IB) and “Initial B Extension” (IBE) power plants, located in the Taweelah Power and Water Complex about 70km from the city of Abu Dhabi.  The Taweelah B Power Plant supplies 2,000MW […]

DENVER, May 18, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Black & Veatch has been selected to provide program management services to Denver Water on the Gross Reservoir Expansion Project. The project is a major component of the utility’s comprehensive strategy to deliver safe, reliable water service and provide resilience to its system in the face of future […]

Innovation in wind energy modeling approaches need not come at the expense of the trust of project developers and investors, according to Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement and provider of energy assessment and due diligence services. In fact, ongoing refinements to methodology, which are critical in enhancing overall accuracy and reliability, […]

Panda Power Funds’ Stonewall Power Project – a natural gas-fueled combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in Leesburg, Virginia – has achieved commercial operation. The facility is capable of meeting the power needs of approximately 778,000 households in Virginia and the District of Columbia. ‘Stonewall’ is one of seven gas-fired power plant projects, totaling about 5.8 […]

RESTON, VA, May 18, 2017— Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, has completed the state-of-the-art Stonewall Energy Facility in Loudoun County, VA, USA for Panda Power Funds ahead of schedule. The client took over commercial operation of the 778-megawatt combined-cycle generating station last week. The clean, natural gas-fired power plant will now […]

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs May 17 advanced a number of bills that could have significant impacts on the future of energy regulation in the future. Four of the bills— the Regulatory Accountability Act (RAA), the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act, the Midnight Rules Relief Act, […]

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia—May 17, 2017—GE Power (NYSE: GE) and Jomel (Jubail Operations and Maintenance Company) have achieved a new record in Saudi Arabia for the shortest planned outage cycle time for gas turbine maintenance. GE and Jomel together completed a major overhaul of a 7FA gas turbine at Marafiq, the world’s largest integrated water and […]

The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a 5-year agreement with Technomen Kinetics Private Limited (TKL) for the operation and maintenance of two gas power plants in Pakistan, ensuring the performance, availability and uptime of the two identical plants. The agreement further reinforces Wärtsilä’s strong presence in Pakistan where Wärtsilä has an installed base of 2.2 […]

Believed to be a first for the energy industry, Imperial Irrigation District has successfully demonstrated the emergency black start capability of its state-of-the-art battery energy storage system. Black start is the process of restoring an electric power station, or a part of an electric grid, to operation without relying on the external transmission network. On […]

As the dust from Westinghouse’s recent bankruptcy filing begins to settle, Georgia Power has reached a deal to take over work at its Plant Vogtle nuclear expansion project when the current engineering, procurement, and construction contract on the project ends. The announcement of the intended transfer of management duties came May 12, as an interim […]