In a recent report market research company McIlvaine has identified 18,000 MW of U.S. gas turbine projects with start-ups slated for 2014, plus another 74,000 MW of start-ups in the rest of the world. See table below.
These projects are tracked in the McIlvaine publication, World Power Generation Projects. For more information on World Power Generation Projects, visit
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/28-energy/486-40ai.
In a related matter, an analysis by SNL Energy of data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration found that just over 5.5 GW of power plant capacity switched to burning primarily natural gas from another form of fossil fuel in 2011 and 2012. Old fuel oil burning plants represented the largest category being switched, with coal a distant second.
Writing for SNL Energy, author Neil Powell says the possibility of more generators relying on natural gas at the expense of other fossil fuels seems likely given the regulatory environment being promulgated by the White House and the EPA. The lower emission profile of natural gas allows plants to meet regulations without installing costly emission controls. In President Barack Obama’s Climate Action Plan released in June, natural gas was described as a “bridge fuel” toward cleaner power plants, and the intent to promote fuel-switching to gas was stated.
Oddly, Thomas Overton, writing for Power Magazine finds that Germany is retreating from natural gas: “In 2012, the same year when the U.S. lost about 9 GW of coal capacity according to the EIA, Germany added 2.9 GW, and should add another 5.3 GW this year, out of about 8 GW of coal projects in the pipeline through 2015. ... [N]atural gas might seem like an obvious choice, and in fact the German Green Party is on record as favoring new gas plants over increased coal generation. But gas in Germany is handicapped by stubbornly high prices and a moribund EU emissions-trading scheme that keeps coal plants competitive despite their higher emissions.”
| Fuel | Title | MW |
| Gas | Channel expansion-Calpine, TX | 260 |
| Gas | Cheyenne Prairie combined cycle power plant-Cheyenne Light, Fuel & Power, WY | 130 |
| Gas | Deer Park expansion-Calpine, TX | 260 |
| Gas | Dover combined cycle (Cricket Valley)-Advanced Power Services, NY | 1000 |
| Gas | Ferguson combined cycle power plant-LCRA, TX | 540 |
| Gas | Gloucester County combined cycle-West Deptford Energy LLC, NJ | 738 |
| Gas | Guadalupe expansion-Guadalupe Power Partners, TX | 450 |
| Gas | Haynes 5,6 repower-Los Angeles DWP, CA | 600 |
| Gas | Kalama Energy Center--Energy Northwest plant, WA | 346 |
| Gas | Lake Side 2 combined cycle expansion-PacifiCorp, UT | 637 |
| Gas | Madison Bell Energy Center-Navasota Energy Partners, TX | 550 |
| Gas | Nelson combined cycle plant-Invenergy, IL | 600 |
| Gas | Red Gate power plant-South Texas Electric Coop., TX | 225 |
| Gas | Riviera Beach combined cycle-Florida Power & Light, FL | 1250 |
| Gas | Rubart Station-Mid-Kansas Electric Co., KS | 110 |
| Gas | Sherman combined cycle power plant-Panda, TX | 750 |
| Gas | Watson Cogen Reliability Project, CA | 85 |
| Gas | Westfield (Pioneer Valley Energy) combined cycle power plant, MA | 400 |
2014 start-ups in Rest Of World
| Gas | 6th October addition-Cairo Electricity Production Co., Egypt | 600 |
| Gas | Ak Bugdai gas turbine power plant-Calik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret, Turkmenistan | 252 |
| Gas | Al Shuweihat power and desalination expansion-Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity, United Arab Emirates | 1600 |
| Gas | Alaoji combined cycle project, Nigeria | 831 |
| Gas | Amara power plant, Iraq | 500 |
| Gas | Arun power plant-PLN, Indonesia | 200 |
| Gas | Az Zour steam tail addition-Al Ghanim International, Kuwait | 400 |
| Gas | Baiji power plant--Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, Iraq | 1014 |
| Gas | Baixada Fluminense power plant-Petrobras, Brazil | 550 |
| Gas | Baja California II-Comision Federal de Electricidad, Mexico | 134 |
| Gas | Banyan district combined cycle power plant-Sembcorp, Singapore | 400 |
| Gas | Bengkanai power plant-PLN, Indonesia | 280 |
| Gas | Bibiyana 3 combined cycle-Power Development Board, Bangladesh | 341 |
| Gas | Calabar Cross River State power plant-Essar African Holdings, Nigeria | 600 |
| Gas | Caridad II-Minera Mexico, Mexico | 250 |
| Gas | Centro combined cycle-CFE, Mexico | 640 |
| Gas | Chana combined cycle expansion (2)-EGAT, Thailand | 800 |
| Gas | Chiba expansion-Tokyo Electric Power, Japan | 500 |
| Gas | Coolimba gas-fired project-Aviva and AES, Australia | 360 |
| Gas | Coryton power plant-InterGen, UK | 900 |
| Gas | Dhuvaran III power project-Gujarat State Electricity Corp. (GSECL), India | 375 |
| Gas | Diamantina 1 combined cycle-APA Group/AGL Energy, Australia | 240 |
| Gas | Dibis expansion-Kirkuk power plant, Iraq | 320 |
| Gas | Dongducheon combined cycle-Dongducheon Dream Power, South Korea | 1900 |
| Gas | El Faro-Shougang Generacion Electrica (Shougesa), Peru | 300 |
| Gas | El Tebbin power plant-Middle Delta Electricity Production Co., Egypt | 750 |
| Gas | Erbil conversion to combined cycle, Iraq | 500 |
| Gas | Erzin district combined cycle power plant-Akenerji, Turkey | 900 |
| Gas | Eurostar power plant-MetCap, Turkey | 878 |
| Gas | Giza North combined cycle-Cairo Electricity Production Co., Egypt | 1500 |
| Gas | Great Island combined cycle-SSE, UK | 460 |
| Gas | Hiranandani Group power project, India | 2500 |
| Gas | Jebel Ali P (Hassyan)-Dubai Electricity & Water Authority, United Arab Emirates | 1600 |
| Gas | Jiyeh power plant, Lebanon | 78 |
| Gas | Kakogawa works power plant-Kobe Steel, Japan | 600 |
| Gas | Khormala Phase I combined cycle power plant, Iraq | 640 |
| Gas | Kimanis combined cycle power plant-Petronas Gas and Yayasan Sabah, Malaysia | 300 |
| Gas | Kirikkale combined cycle power plant-Eser Holding and Acwa Power, Turkey | 800 |
| Gas | Kodda combined cycle-Rural Power Co., Bangladesh | 750 |
| Gas | Leverkusen combined cycle power plant-Repower, Germany | 430 |
| Gas | Maranhao state combined cycle power plant-MPX Power, Brazil | 500 |
| Gas | Maua 3 combined cycle power plant-UTE, Brazil | 580 |
| Gas | Mittelsburenpower plant-Gemeinschaftskraftwerk Bremen, Germany | 440 |
| Gas | Noida combined cycle-Noida Power Co., India | 400 |
| Gas | Nong Saeng District independent power project--J Power, Thailand | 1600 |
| Gas | Nyagan power plant, Russia | 1260 |
| Gas | Ogorodny Proezd-Novomoskovskaya, Russia | 600 |
| Gas | Pocheon combined cycle, South Korea | 1600 |
| Gas | Pohang Works expansion-POSCO, South Korea | 290 |
| Gas | Port Harcourt, Nigeria | 420 |
| Gas | Power Generation Supply power plant, Thailand | 1600 |
| Gas | Qurayyah combined cycle conversion-Saudi Electric Co., Saudi Arabia | 1241 |
| Gas | Qurayyah combined cycle IPP1, Saudi Arabia | 4000 |
| Gas | Ressano Garcia power plant-Gigawatt-Mozambique, Mozambique | 175 |
| Gas | Sasol/EDM power project, Mozambique | 140 |
| Gas | Severnaya 2 combined cycle-Azerenerji OJSC, Azerbaijan | 400 |
| Gas | Shimal 2 combined cycle, Azerbaijan | 400 |
| Gas | Shuweihat 3 power project-Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority, United Arab Emirates | 1600 |
| Gas | Siddhirganj combined cycle-Electricity Generation Co. of Bangladesh, Bangladesh | 340 |
| Gas | Sur combined cycle plant-Oman Power and Water Procurement, Oman | 2000 |
| Gas | Swaida combined cycle plant-Iran Power Plant Projects Management Co., Syria | 470 |
| Gas | Talimarjan combined cycle power plant, Uzbekistan | 800 |
| Gas | Thornton Cleveleys combined cycle power plant-Wyre Power, UK | 850 |
| Gas | Three Springs open cycle power project-ERM Power, Australia | 330 |
| Gas | Tikhvin power plant-Transmashenergo, Russia | 110 |
| Gas | Tripoli West expansion-Gecol (General Electricity Co. of Libya), Libya | 1400 |
| Gas | Tuaspring combined cycle plant, Singapore | 411 |
| Gas | Tzafit combined cycle-Dalia Power Energies, Israel | 835 |
| Gas | Wasit cogeneration plant-Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia | 750 |
| Gas | Yarima combined cycle plant-BHP Billiton, Australia | 190 |
| Gas | Zouk power plant, Lebanon | 194 |
| LNG | Bidadi combined cycle-Karnataka Power Corp., India | 1400 |
| LNG | Joetsu combined cycle power plant-Chubu Electric, Japan | 2400 |
| LNG | Wang Noi 4 combined cycle expansion-Egat, Thailand | 800 |