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Small-Scale NatGas-Fired Power Plants Planned for Pennsylvania

Several natural gas-fired power plants are under consideration in northern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio that would take advantage of locally produced gas in the Utica and Marcellus shales. Read More

California Gas-Fired Power Increased Before Drought, Nuclear Plant Closure

Shadowing recent federal data on drought-driven upswings in the use of natural gas for power generation, the California Energy Commission (CEC) crunched some of its own statistics and found that the shift to gas preceded both the three-year drought and the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) last year. Read More

Wolverine Power Planning Gas-Fired Plant on Michigan's Lower Peninsula

Wolverine Power Cooperative is planning a natural gas-fired electric generating facility in Elmira Township near the northern tip of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, the company said. Read More

Appalachian Infrastructure Projects Face Growing List of Challenges, Panelists Say

Industrial and residential customers that are relying more heavily on natural gas-fired power continue to drive demand for new pipelines to serve the Mid-Atlantic, New England and Southeast states, a group of panelists said on Tuesday. Read More

Japanese Alliance Would Be World's Largest LNG Customer

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) and Chubu Electric Power Co. have signed a memorandum of understanding on the formation of an alliance covering the entire energy supply chain, from upstream investments and fuel procurement through power generation. It would, among other things, create the world's largest buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG). Read More

California Drought Means Less Hydro, More Gas-Fired Power

With 58% of California now in exceptional drought conditions, the state's source of hydroelectric power is down sharply, while reliance on natural gas-fired generation and renewables increased steadily during a dry period stretching back to 2011. Read More

Dynegy to Pay $6.25B for Duke, ECP Gas, Coal Plants

In separate deals involving more than 5,000 MW of natural gas-fired electric generation capacity, Houston-based Dynegy Inc. said Friday it has signed definitive agreements worth $6.25 billion to buy 21 power plants and related businesses from Duke Energy and Energy Capital Partners (ECP). Read More

California Lawmakers Weigh Controversial Energy Bill

An effort by utility unions and other stakeholders is under way in the waning days of the California legislature's current session that could mandate an expanded market for geothermal power generation at the expense of existing natural gas-fired and renewable-based generation. Read More

Small-Scale LNG Linking U.S. Territories to Mainland Shale Gas

Containerized export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) holds the promise of connecting U.S. island states and territories with the mainland's shale gas boom, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Read More

Rising NatGas Supplies Boost Global Turbine Markets

A combination of coal's retreat in power generation and booming natural gas supplies led by U.S. shales is driving up the market for natural gas and steam turbines worldwide... Read More