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Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

New Colorado Gas-Fired Plant Will Feature GE Vernova Power Units

February 29, 2024

Via: Power Magazine

A new natural gas-fired peaker plant being built on Colorado’s eastern plains will feature aeroderivative gas power packages from GE Vernova. The Mountain Peak Power Plant, which will be managed and operated by Princeton, New Jersey-based Kindle Energy, and will […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

NRG Will Seek $900 Million in Loans to Build New Gas-Fired Power Plants

February 28, 2024

Via: Power Magazine

The interim CEO of Texas-based NRG Energy Inc. said the company plans to apply for up to $900 million in loans from the state in order to finance construction of new natural gas-fired power plants. Larry Coben, who was appointed […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Mitsubishi Turbine Will Power New Gas-Fired Plant in Uzbekistan

February 13, 2024

Via: Power Magazine

A third gas-fired unit planned at a power plant in Uzbekistan will use equipment from Mitsubishi Power, the company announced on Feb. 13. Mitsubishi said the 600-MW Navoi 3 facility is expected to come online in 2026. The plant will […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

New 1.2-GW Natural Gas-Fired Plant Announced for Texas

February 13, 2024

Via: Power Magazine

A Texas-based energy company has announced plans to build a 1.2-GW natural gas-fired power plant in Lee County, Texas, with construction expected to begin in 2025. Sandow Lakes Energy Co. on Feb. 12 said it would build the plant on […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

US ‘pause’ on future liquefied gas exports throws doubt on fossil fuel’s place in energy transition

February 12, 2024

Via: Tech Xplore

Since the first cargo of American liquefied natural gas (LNG) left a terminal on the Gulf of Mexico bound for Brazil in February 2016, US exports of the fuel have boomed. In 2023 the US was both the world’s largest […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Global Domination—China Accounts for Nearly All New Coal-Fired Power Plant Construction

February 6, 2024

Via: Power Magazine

Data from Global Energy Monitor (GEM), a group that tracks thermal and renewable power generation projects worldwide, shows that China was responsible for construction of 96% of all new coal-fired facilities globally last year, and for almost 70% of all […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Sunoco to acquire NuStar Energy in $7.3 billion deal

January 25, 2024

Via: PetrolPlaza

Sunoco LP is set to acquire NuStar Energy L.P. in an all-equity transaction valued at approximately $7.3 billion, including assumed debt. The deal comes two weeks after Sunoco sold over 200 Stripes convenience stores and Laredo Taco Company restaurants in […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Parker Oil acquires Bobby Taylor Oil Company’s operations

January 16, 2024

Via: PetrolPlaza

Bobby Taylor Oil Company (BTOC), a fuel supply company based in North Carolina, has sold its operations to Parker Oil Company Incorporated. Founded in 1963 by Bobby Taylor, BTOC is dedicated to the supply of retail propane, commercial refined fuels, […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

A natural gas plant guarding US Northeast from winter blackouts is at risk

January 8, 2024

Via: Tech Xplore

A natural gas terminal that’s been operating for more than half a century has been a crucial safeguard against blackouts when bone-chilling cold hits the U.S. Northeast. In less than five months, it’s slated to shut forever. The Everett gas […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Australia establishes new fuel quality standards

January 5, 2024

Via: PetrolPlaza

Australia’s Government has established new fuel quality and noxious emission standards to be complied with as of December 2025. This means new cars – including SUVs and light commercial vehicles – sold from December 2025 will need to comply with […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

MOYA’s fuel retail network expands with three new stations

December 11, 2023

Via: PetrolPlaza

Anwin’s MOYA service station network has been expanded with three new locations. The recently opened sites are located in the Lodz, Lublin and West Pomeranian provinces All of the new stations are franchise locations, equipped with a convenience store and […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Cambodia Cancels Coal Plant in Favor of Gas-Fired Facility

November 29, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

A Cambodian energy official said the country no longer plans to build a coal-fired power plant along the nation’s southwest coast, and will instead move forward with a natural gas-fired facility. Energy Minister Keo Rottanak told the Reuters news service […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

E100 opens Poland’s largest self-service gas station

November 20, 2023

Via: PetrolPlaza

E100’s latest opening is the largest self-service gas station in Poland. Built in a strategic location for international transport, the facility is 20 km from the border crossing in Zgorzelec, which is crossed by most trucks traveling to the West […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Three Texas Gas-Fired Plants Sold in $635 Million Deal

November 13, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

A France-based energy group said it has an agreement to buy three natural gas-fired power plants in Texas. The facilities, one near Dallas and two south of Houston, represent about 1.5 GW of generation capacity. TotalEnergies, a multinational company operating […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

China Will Guarantee Financial Support for Coal-Fired Power Plants

November 10, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

A government agency in China announced that operators of coal-fired power plants will receive guaranteed payments based on the installed capacity of their units, part of a program to ensure a stable power supply across the country. The National Development […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Only One Industry Can’t Survive Without Fossil Fuels

October 11, 2023

Via: CleanTechnica

In recent months I’ve been leaning into the EU’s carbon border adjustment mechanism. I am asked about it regularly, including during a Dalian Chinese business executive presentation on Europe’s carbon neutrality pathways. Most recently, I published an assessment of the […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Texas Utility Plans to Add New Gas-Fired Generation

October 9, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

A Texas utility that expects to bring another 228 MW of natural gas-fired power generation online in December also plans to begin operating an additional four gas-fired units over the next several years, according to regulatory filings. El Paso Electric […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

Aramco enters global LNG business with MidOcean Energy acquisition

September 29, 2023

Via: PetrolPlaza

Aramco has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a stake in MidOcean Energy for $500 million, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) company. With this strategic minority of the company formed and managed by institutional investor EIG, this marks Aramco’s first […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

TVA Exploring Carbon Capture Feasibility for Two Gas-Fired Power Plants

September 21, 2023

Via: Power Magazine

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is poised to study the feasibility of retrofitting two gas-fired power plants—a combined capacity of 1.8 GW—in Mississippi and Kentucky with post-combustion carbon capture technology to remove more than 90% of their carbon emissions. The […]


Commercialization, Conventional Fuels

MOL and INA sell 39 OMV service stations to Shell in Slovenia

August 29, 2023

Via: PetrolPlaza

MOL Group has closed the sale of 39 service stations to Shell, in which 19 locations are from the company’s own retail brand and 20 from the former OMV Slovenija, now a combined network between MOL and INA. The transaction […]