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Neptune Energy and Sonatrach have begun operations at the gas treatment unit and its first gas exports from the Touat gas development. Located around 1,400 kilometres southwest of Algiers and close to Adrar (Algeria), the gas treatment unit has a processing capacity of 5.2 bcm/year and will produce 4.6 bcm/year of gas and 1,800 bbl/d of stabilized condensate. The gas exploration project is composed of 18 producing wells and is connected to the GR5 pipeline, which collects gas from South-West Algeria and brings it to Hassi R’Mel. The concerning blocs are the 352a and 353. The field production is expected to represent around 6% of Algeria’s total gas exports and will be in production for more than 20 years. 

The project was developed by Groupement Touat Gaz (GTG Partners), a consoritum of Neptune Energy Touat (65%) and Sonatrach (35%). Neptune Energy Touat is held by Neptune (54%) and Engie (46%).

Danish energy firm Ørsted, which develop the Formosa offshore wind farm, announced that the second phase of Formosa-1 (120 MW) produced first power and is planned to be fully operational before the end of November 2019. The Formosa-1 offshore wind farm comprises two phases: two 4 MW wind turbines officially entered commercial operation in April 2017.

The Czech state-run power group ČEZ has begun the divestment process on some of its Romanian assets. The process includes seven companies in Romania, namely Energy Distribution Oltenia, Ovidiu Development, Tomis Team, MW Team Invest, CEZ Vanzare, TMK Hydroenergy Power and CEZ Romania.

The German Federal Network Agency has disclosed the results for the latest onshore capacity tender (Germany) that has closed on 1 September 2019. The auction gathered 22 bids totalling 187 MW (only 37% of the offered 500 MW). Regions with largest bids included North Rhine-Westphalia with 64.2 MW (4 bids) and Schleswig-Holstein with 30.2 MW (6 bids). …

According to recent data from the Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL), there are 217 large-scale hydropower power plants operating in Brazil, exceeding the 100 GW mark of actual grid-available installed capacity ("potência fiscalizada").

Rosatom’s Turkish subsidiary has obtained a construction license for the second unit of the Akkuyu Nuclear power plant from TAEK, the Turkey Atomic Energy Agency. The permit has been issued at the end of August 2019. In December 2018, the Turkish Atomic Energy Authority (TAEK) issued a partial license for the construction of Akkuyu unit 2.

The second power generation unit of the 3,600 MW (6×600 MW) Roghun (Diga di Rogun) hydropower power plant was delivered into operation on the Vakhsh River, in Tajikistan. The power plant‘s first unit (600 MW) was commissioned in November 2018.

Caithness Energy and Apex Power Group have selected GE as the equipment provider for the 1,875 MW natural gas-fired CCGT power plant in Guernsey County, Ohio (US). GE will provide its 7HA.02 gas turbines, heat recovery steam generators, steam turbines, its Asset Performance Management (APM) software and managed services.