MHPS Senior Vice President, Junichiro Masada, was the keynote speaker at a recent conference in Indonesia and discussed how high-efficiency gas turbine technology can contribute to the realization of a low-carbon society around the world.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has obtained Approval in Principle for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) floating combined cycle power plant equipped with its own gas turbine and substation.

Salvatore DellaVilla, CEO of Strategic Power Systems, has been named Managing Director of the Gas Turbine Association (GTA), effective January 1, 2020. Sal will replace William H. Day, who served in the role since the group’s inception in 1995.

GE Power has completed upgrading a fleet of four LM6000PA gas turbine gensets at the Dar es Salaam power station in Tanzania that have been operational since 2004.

Siemens will build a new single-shaft combined cycle power plant as a turnkey project in Landivisiau in western France. Rated at 475 MW net plant output with 59.7% combined cycle efficiency, the power plant will help to reliably cover Brittany’s growing demand for electricity.

Astoria Generating Company and Siemens have signed a contract for the turnkey construction of two 300 MW SeaFloat power barges powered by eight Siemens SGT-A65 gas turbines.

Taweelah Asia Power Company (TAPCO) recently awarded Ansaldo Energia a 10-year service agreement to maintain and optimize performance of its New B Extension (TNBE) combined cycle power plant in Abu Dhabi.