GE, Sumitomo to develop 1.8GW power plant in Sharjah, UAE

GE, Sumitomo to develop 1.8GW power plant in Sharjah, UAE

A consortium made up of GE, Sumitomo, Shikoku Electric Power and Sharjah Asset Management (SAM) have signed an agreement to develop, build and operate what will be the first independent combined cycle power plant in Sharjah, UAE, with a capacity of about 1,800MW. The gas-fired power plant, which will be built in Hamriyah, is targeted […]

McDermott achieves first Fire at Calpine’s 828MW York 2 Energy Center in PA

McDermott achieves first Fire at Calpine’s 828MW York 2 Energy Center in PA

McDermott International has commissioned units 5 and 6 of the York 2 Energy Center, an 828MW combined-cycle gas power plant located in Pennsylvania. The York 2 Energy Center project located in Peach Bottom Township is owned by Calpine Mid-Merit, an affiliate of US power generation company Calpine. McDermott was given an engineering, procurement and construction […]

Dominion’s 1.59GW Greensville County Power Station begins operations

Dominion’s 1.59GW Greensville County Power Station begins operations

Dominion Energy has announced the commissioning of a 1,588MW natural gas-fired power plant in Virginia, called Greensville County Power Station, built by its subsidiary Dominion Energy Virginia with an investment of $1.3 billion. Built over a 1,143-acre site located on the Greensville and Brunswick County line in southern Virginia, near Emporia, the new power plant […]

Duke Energy commissions 1,640MW Citrus County power plant in Florida

Duke Energy commissions 1,640MW Citrus County power plant in Florida

Duke Energy’s 1.64GW Citrus County power plant in Florida has entered into full operations following the commissioning of the second gas-fired power unit of 820MW capacity. Citrus County power plant in Florida The combined-cycle natural gas plant, which is capable of providing power to 1.8 million customers, has been constructed with an investment of $1.5 […]

AES inaugurates AES Colon power plant and LNG terminal in Panama

AES inaugurates AES Colon power plant and LNG terminal in Panama

US electric utility AES and its partner Panamanian Inversiones Bahía have inaugurated AES Colon, a 381MW gas-fired power plant and a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in the Colon province in Panama. The combined cycle power plant, and the LNG storage tank and regasification terminal, represent a total investment of $1.15 billion. While the […]