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Blackstone to Acquire 774-MW Virginia Gas Plant in ‘Data Center Alley’ in Reported $1B Deal

January 25, 2025 admin 0 Comments blackstone, Business, combined cycle power plants, data center, data centers, energy demand, energy infrastructure investment, full coverage, Gas, Markets, natural gas, natural gas turbines, news, potomac energy center, power for ai, siemens, Technology, trends

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 21:09:41 +0000

Prominent private equity investment firm Blackstone has agreed to acquire the 774-MW Potomac Energy Center—a natural gas power plant located in Virginia’s “Data Center Alley”—in a deal reportedly valued at […]

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EIA Expects Higher Wholesale U.S. Natural Gas Prices As Demand Increases

January 25, 2025 admin 0 Comments Fossil Fuels, lng, natural gas, natural gas prices, short-term energy outlook (steo)

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 04:40:59 +0000

We expect increases in the Henry Hub natural gas price in 2025 and 2026 as demand for natural gas grows faster than supply, driven mainly by more demand from U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities, reducing the natural gas in storage compared with the last two years. In our January Short-Term … [continued]

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Shell Subsidiary Completes Purchase of Rhode Island Gas-Fired Power Plant

January 25, 2025 admin 0 Comments acquisition, Business, Gas, natural gas, news, power, Rhode Island, risec holdings, shell, shell energy north america

Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Sat, 25 Jan 2025 18:57:28 +0000

Shell Energy North America (SENA), a subsidiary of Shell, announced it has completed the 100% equity stake acquisition of RISEC Holdings (RISEC), which owns a 609-MW two-unit combined-cycle gas-fired power […]

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Mitsubishi Completes Second Unit of 1.4-GW Gas-Fired Plant in Thailand

January 23, 2025 admin 0 Comments Gas, gulf energy, hin kong, International, m701jac, Mitsubishi, natural gas, news, power, Thailand, turbines

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2025 17:05:40 +0000

Mitsubishi Power announced it has completed construction of a 1.4-GW natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in Thailand, with the second unit of the two-unit station now in commercial operation. The […]

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Donald Trump Reverses Joe Biden’s LNG Pause on Day 1

January 22, 2025 admin 0 Comments Donald Trump, Fossil Fuels, Joe Biden, lng, natural gas, policy & politics, us department of energy (doe)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 04:55:55 +0000

Donald Trump has taken office. One of his first actions as president (again) has been to end the pause on liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports. More fossil fuels are allowed to flow again. Here’s the full statement from the US Department of Energy: “The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), effective … [continued]

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California’s Battery Storage Fire: Precursor Or Outlier?

January 21, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, batteries, battery storage, bess, California, carbon emissions, clean power, climate change, demand response, Energy, Energy Storage, Fossil Fuels, green economy, grid, grid batteries, grid storage, HEALTH, lithium-ion batteries, natural gas, Oil, renewable energy, Solar energy, wind energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2025 21:27:08 +0000

A fire broke out at the Moss Landing Power Plant, not too far from San Francisco, on January 16, 2025, prompting the evacuation of approximately 1,500 residents and the temporary closure of Highway 1. No one was harmed in the incident. Given the massive growth in grid storage battery systems, … [continued]

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First of Several LNG-Fueled Power Plants Comes Online in Vietnam

January 14, 2025 admin 0 Comments Gas, International, liquefied natural gas, lng, natural gas, news, petrovietnam, petrovietnam power, power, Vietnam

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 18:37:20 +0000

PetroVietnam Power (PV Power), a subsidiary of state-owned PetroVietnam, said it has started initial operation of the first of two 812-MW LNG-fired units at its Nhon Trach power plant, located […]

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Poland’s Hydrogen Bus Plans Run Into High Hydrogen Prices

January 14, 2025 admin 0 Comments air quality, buses, carbon emissions, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Europe, Fossil Fuels, green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel, investment, mass transit / public transit, natural gas, Poland, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy, subsidies

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2025 00:31:28 +0000

Recently 21 municipalities in Poland sent a joint letter to the federal government begging for big subsidies for hydrogen for energy. Reports indicate that the cities that had already contracted for hydrogen buses hadn’t bothered to include realistic costs of hydrogen in their cost cases. The ones that have them … [continued]

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2-GW Gas-Fired Plant With GE Vernova Turbines Now Online in China

January 9, 2025 admin China, Gas, ge vernova, Guangdong Province, guangming, harbin electric, International, natural gas, news, power, shenzhen energy group

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:39:41 +0000

GE Vernova and Harbin Electric said a 2-GW natural gas-fired power plant has entered commercial operation in China, providing power to that country’s most-populated province. The companies on Jan. 9 […]

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Virginia Officials Oppose Construction of Data Center Complex With Gas-Fired Power Plants

January 9, 2025 admin balico, data centers, Gas, natural gas, news, pittsylvania county, power, power plant, Virginia

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:32:20 +0000

A planning commission in a Virginia county has voted unanimously to recommend denial of a rezoning application from Balico LLC, an industrial developer seeking to build multiple natural gas-fired generation […]

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