Net Power Pays $40M Premium to Jump the Gas Turbine Line

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Two weeks ago, we told you Net Power had pivoted to building plain old gas plants and would worry about the carbon dioxide later (see Net Power Pivot 2.0 – Build the Gas Plant First, Capture CO2 Later). We also said the next 12 months would be simple to score. The first entry is already on the board — and it's bigger than the press release lets on. Net Power just paid $40 million, as a straight premium, to take over somebody else's contract to build a 123-megawatt (MW) gas plant in Texas. They paid $40 million not for the equipment, but for the paperwork.

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