Power Plant

Mitsubishi Corp. subsidiary Diamond Generating Corp. is in the early stages of developing what would be one of New Jersey’s largest power plants, proposing to build a 1,200 MW natural gas-fired facility in Hudson County.

A subsidiary of Swiss-based Advanced Power AG said Wednesday commercial operations have begun at a 700 MW natural gas-fired power plant in eastern Ohio.

Alliant Energy Corp. has turned its state-of-the-art natural gas-fired Marshalltown Generating Station in Iowa into a model for environmental and economic development success.

FirstEnergy Corp. subsidiary Allegheny Energy Supply Co. LLC (AE Supply) has struck a nonbinding agreement with an undisclosed party to sell 1,572 MW of natural gas and hydro generating assets for $885 million.

A transformer exploded and caught fire on Sunday at Talen Energy Corp.’s 538 MW natural gas-fired power plant in Southeast Pennsylvania. No injuries were reported. The explosion occurred outside of the the building. It took firefighters about an hour to contain the fire and the plant remains closed for an investigation into the cause, a company spokesman said. TheLower Mount Bethel power plant is located in Northampton County.

The Sunbury Pipeline Project, designed to deliver 200,000 Dth/d to a new natural gas-fired power plant and to local distribution markets in Central Pennsylvania, received the green light from FERC Friday to move forward with construction.

The Sunbury Pipeline Project, designed to deliver 200,000 Dth/d to a new natural gas-fired power plant and to local distribution markets in Central Pennsylvania, received the green light from FERC Friday to move forward with construction.

A proposal in the Oregon legislature (HB 4036) advocating clean electricity could alter the state’s natural gas-fired generation, and a troubled gas-fired plant under construction in the state is back on track and should open later this year, Portland General Electric (PGE) CEO Jim Piro said Friday.