Press Release Archive
Archive of corporate news from the global power industryPress Releases By Date
February 2012
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Acoustical Solutions Absorbs Kitchen Clatter at the Birthplace of the American Revolution
Acoustical Solutions, the industry leader in noise control and soundproofing, recently worked with one of the US's most visited historical sites. Williamsburg was the former capital of...
High Country Fusion Company Release White Paper
High Country Fusion Company has released a new white paper on the Power Technology...
Strengthening a Heat Exchanger
A heat exchanger is an essential thermal machine used for industrial cooling, with several types existing: shell and tube, plate exchangers, spiral heat exchanger, block and fin heat...
Acoustical Solutions Fits World’s Largest Social Game Developer with Noise Control Treatment
The world's largest social game developer, Zynga, moved their headquarters to new offices last year in the Soma neighbourhood of San Francisco, California,...
Acoustical Solutions Reinvents its Sample Packaging with Presentation in Mind
Acoustical Solutions based in Richmond, Virginia, US, is the industry leader in soundproofing and noise control products. With a wide product selection, and business being done all over the...
EnergyFog at Powergen Middle East 2012
EnergyFog (EFS) will host its regular stand at Powergen Middle East 2012, in Doha,...
Time Over Ethernet: State-of-the-Art for IP-Based Time Distribution
Technology of time distribution systems has evolved over time. In the last century synchronisation of slave clocks was based on minute or second impulses in a two-wire cabling installation....
Critical Systems White Paper Showcases its Fire and Blast-Resistant Systems
Critical Systems is a specialist in the field of fire and blast-resistant systems, with particular expertise in electrical transformer fire and blast...
Emerson Announces LCF Technology Generators
Emerson Industrial Automation, a business of Emerson, has announced a new high efficiency alternator line designed and manufactured by its business unit Kato...
Delegates Praise ARMSA's Benchmark Wind Power Course
ARMSA delegates at the latest Managing Safely for Wind Power course held in the UK's north nest have been quick to praise the content and delivery of this ground-breaking formula, which marks...
January 2012
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Enviro Technology Predicts Air Quality Will Move Up the Political Agenda in 2012
The next 12 months will see a substantial increase in awareness of the issue of air quality in the UK and a renewed focus on solving the problem, according to air quality monitoring expert...
Wärtsilä Releases Financial Statements Bulletin for 2011
Wärtsilä has released a financial statements bulletin for January to December...
Haefely Test to Participate in Trade Shows Throughout 2012
Haefely Test will be present at a number of industry events throughout...
Court Sanctions the Scheme of Arrangement Related to Hamworthy Acquisition
Wärtsilä is pleased to announce that the scheme of arrangement with regards to the acquisition of Hamworthy was sanctioned at a court hearing held recently in London,...
L-3 MAPPS Human Factors Simulator Delivered to the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research
L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has delivered a research simulator to the Center for Advanced Engineering and Research (CAER) in the New London Business and Technology Center in...
Turbine Technology Services Establishes New Business Relationship in Indonesia
Turbine Technology Services (TTS), a full-service gas turbine engineering services firm based in Florida, has engaged in a memorandum of understanding with PT Cogindo DayaBersama (CDB), a...
New Indian Venture for Damper Technology
UK-based engineering company Damper Technology Ltd (DTL) has announced it is opening an Indian subsidiary that is expected to start trading next...
Rolls-Royce Wins Order for Malaysian Offshore Field
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won an order for gas turbine and compression equipment for the Tapis oil and gas field, offshore...
Field System Machining Adds On-Site Heat Treating to its Welding Repertoire
Field System Machining has recently purchased from PDS-Bartech a PCE-630 6-zone power control, automatic programmable controls and chart...
Membrana Launches Online Membrane Contactor Store to Meet Customer Demand
Membrana-Charlotte, a division of Celgard, is pleased to announce the launch of its new online store for membrane contactors, which will provide customers with a convenient channel to...
FSM Completes Machining Work at Gold Mine
During a recent project at a gold mine FSM's on-site machining crew worked six days per week, six weeks in a row, to machine a 125 RMS phonograph finish into twenty-plus autoclave covers...
Van Geffen Vibration Monitoring Services Releases New White Paper
Maintenance departments must find ways to increase production availability while dealing with decreasing maintenance budgets. Machinery down-time is a big problem, but Van Geffen Allround...
TIO Supplies Custom SS Spark Arresters for a Worldwide Leading Crane Manufacturer
TIO BV supplies several ranges of custom-built SS spark arresters for one of the world's leading crane manufacturers. The spark arresters are used in the company's power...
Spring Outage Plans? Send Your Work Scopes to Field System Machining Now
2011 was a banner year for Field System Machining - one of our busiest ever - and while we did our best to please everyone, we were forced to turn away new and old customers alike because...
BSI Releases New Explosive Deslagging White Paper
Blasting Solutions, Inc (BSI) provides explosive deslagging services for the power industry, primarily to deslag boilers using coal, wood or fuel...
Solvina Announces Next Power System Stability and Control Course
In 2012 Solvina will arrange two dates for the extremely popular Power System Stability and Control course with Dr. Prabha Kundur. Repeating the success of last year, the first course is...
Energy Saving in Evaporative Towers
An evaporative tower is a thermal machine employed to regenerate cooling water feeding industrial thermoregulation systems, often used in big plants working with high heat amounts to be...
plastocor-international: Erosion and Corrosion Protective Coatings and Repair Systems for Condensers, Heat Exchangers and the Entire Cooling Water System
Since 1958, the original plastocor® systems have repaired and prophylactically protected thousands of heat exchangers and condensers, thus preventing their owners from spending huge sums of...
Rotork CVA Specified for Flow Control Duty on Gas Turbine Pre-Heater Plants
Rotork's innovative CVA electric actuator has been specified for critical valve control duty on high-temperature gas turbine pre-heater equipment supplied to the power generation...
IDAC To Hold Free ANSYS Open Day in January
IDAC is offering a free ANSYS open day for those interested in learning about simulation techniques and software. IDAC's open day gives you the opportunity to visit IDAC and meet our computer...
Shareholders of Hamworthy Vote in Favour of Acquisition by Wärtsilä
Wärtsilä is pleased to announce that, at both the court meeting and general meeting of Hamworthy plc held in relation to Wärtsilä's recommended acquisition of Hamworthy by way of a Scheme...
Wärtsilä Contracted to Supply Two Power Plants to Bangladesh
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, has been awarded two contracts to supply power plant generating equipment to Bangladesh. The total...
CCC Releases New Large Gas Valve For Mid to Heavy Turbines or Large Gas Engines
Continental Controls Corporation, a manufacturer fuel control products for gas turbines or gas engines, has announced the release of the AGV 100, a new electronic fuel valve to meter gaseous...
Wärtsilä Receives €150m Dual-Fuel Power Plant Order from Dominican Republic
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, has been awarded the contract to supply a complete Flexicycle™ dual-fuel power plant to the Dominican...
Emergency Heat Dissipation in Cogeneration and Power Generation
Power generation and cogeneration plants generate and work with high thermal energy amounts, coming from mechanical movements of electro generators, endothermic engines and turbines,...
Industry Leader Acoustical Solutions Releases Trade Show List for 2012
From Las Vegas to Dubai, in 2012 Acoustical Solutions (ASI) will be showcasing the latest noise control and soundproofing treatment to more specialized trade shows than in previous...
December 2011
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Safway Services Acquires Waco Scaffolding & Equipment
Safway Services has announced the acquisition of Waco Scaffolding & Equipment, a major provider of scaffolding and access equipment and...
ETD Reports Offer Detailed Insight into Power Plant Inspection, Repair, Maintenance and Integrity/Life Assessment Projects
European Technology Development (ETD) has produced a list of Final Reports on its completed projects for those who may be interested in a comprehensive understanding of the issues involved...
Acoustical Solutions Adds Art to Sound Control Treatment with AcoustiArt Panels
Acoustical Solutions, a leading supplier of soundproofing and noise control products, is pleased to announce that it now has the ability to add high-quality prints of photos and artwork to many...
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Pilgrim Simulator and Provide New Classroom Simulator
L-3 MAPPS has announced that it is has been awarded a contract from Entergy Nuclear to upgrade the existing Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station (PNPS) full scope simulator and to equip the plant with...
Aztec Technical Services and European Technology Development Collaborate to Offer an Expanded Training Service
Following a meeting between Dr Ahmed Shibli of European Technology Development Limited (ETD) and Pete Seavill of Aztec Technical Services Limited, it was agreed that the two companies would...
Rotork Announces Acquisition of Fairchild Industrial Products Company
Rotork has announced the acquisition of Fairchild Industrial Products Company, a manufacturer of high-precision pneumatic controls and power transmission...
CCC Ultra-Low Emission Controls for Gas Engines Demonstrate Incredibly Low Levels of Criteria Pollutant Emissions
Continental Controls Corporation has announced the release of a new ultra-low emissions system that provides for long-term emissions automatic compliance without the normally required...
CCC Provides Innovative Control Solutions for Gas Turbines and Gas Engines
Since 1968, Continental Controls Corporation has been providing innovative control solutions for gas turbines and gas engines, including fuel control valves, electronic carburetors,...
IDAC to Hold Free Simulation Open Day
IDAC is opening its doors to the engineering community free of charge on 26 January 2012. This is an opportunity for you meet IDAC's computer aided engineering (CAE) simulation experts and...
BBM Akustik Technologie to Exhibit at POWER-GEN Europe
BBM Akustik Technologie is pleased to announce that it will be attending POWER-GEN Europe in Cologne/Germany on 12-14 June...
BASF to Showcase Innovative Technologies at POWER-GEN International 2011
BASF will showcase solutions to help the power industry deliver cost-efficient and reliable power generation, while meeting environmental regulations, at POWER-GEN International...
Falck Nutec Teesside Launches New Industrial Training Extension
Falck Nutec's training centre in Teesside, United Kingdom, has launched a brand new £550,000 industrial training facility extension to its centre in the heart of the...
Tempco Explains the Benefits of Air Compressor Station Cooling
Compressed air is a largely employed utility in industrial plants. It is also used for pneumatics switches of tools and machinery, and for measurement and control...
Rolls-Royce Enhances Role in Brazil Oil and Gas Industry with New Petrobras Contracts Valued at up to $651m
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has been awarded new contracts with a potential value of $651m by Petrobras, a world leader in deep- and ultra-deep water oil and gas exploration...
Enviro Technology Launches State-of-the-Art Greenhouse Gas Monitors
Enviro Technology has made its first foray into the highly specialist field of scientific instrumentation with the launch of a range of cutting-edge technologies aimed at atmospheric scientists...
November 2011
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GP and INERCO Form Strategic Alliance to Assist Clients with Optimizing Fuel Costs and Decreasing Emissions
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation has announced that it has formalized a strategic alliance with INERCO, a leading European technology...
Crestchic Loadbanks to be Showcased at POWER-GEN International
As a specialist in the field of testing solutions Crestchic offers a wide range of products, from standard size resistive and reactive loadbanks to custom-designed and built loadbanks of any...
Vogt Power to Supply HRSGs for South American Power Plant
Vogt Power International (Vogt Power), a subsidiary of Babcock Power, has announced that it will supply the heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) to Siemens Energy for the Termozulia III...
Mardix Gets Set for Quadruple Launch at DCD
Mardix will be present at Data Center Dynamics 2011 (DCD), which will take place 30 November - 1 December at ICC ExCel, London,...
Field System Machining Completes Weld Repair Project for Long-Time Steel Mill Customer
Weld repairing six descale box table bearing pockets in 96 total elapsed hours takes creativity, planning and flawless...
Field System Machining Machines Autoclave Covers at Puerto Viejo Gold Mine
Field System Machining is presently machining autoclave covers at the Puerto Viejo Gold Mine in the Dominican...
L-3 MAPPS to Deliver Orchid® Touch Interface Classroom Simulators to South Texas Project
L-3 MAPPS has announced that is has been selected by STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) to develop classroom simulators to augment full scope simulator training at the South Texas...
Wärtsilä Announces Recommended Cash Offer for Hamworthy
Wärtsilä is pleased to announce that it has reached agreement with the board of Hamworthy, a UK listed engineering company focused on the marine and oil and gas sectors, in regards to a...
New Particulate Measurement Technology Enables Climate Change 'Quick Hit'
More accurate measurement of black carbon particles is now within reach thanks to a highly-specified device, newly available via Enviro...
Olympus Releases White Paper on EPOCH 600 Digital Ultrasonic Flaw Detector
Olympus, an international company specialising in optics, electronics and precision engineering, has released a free white paper on the Power Technology...
plastocor-international Releases Free White Paper on Protective Coatings for Entire Wind Parks
plastocor-international has released a free white paper on the Power Technology website about its sustainable, economic and environmental protective coatings for the entire on and offshore wind...
ARMSA Consulting Delivers its Benchmark Wind Power Training Course to Siemens
ARMSA Consulting is delighted to announce that the dedicated Siemens wind power training facility in Newcastle is investing in 'Managing Safely for Wind Power', ARMSA's acclaimed IOSH...
Haefely Test Announces New Oil and Solid Dielectric Analyser
The Tettex 2830/2831 is designed to test dielectric properties of liquid and solid insulating...
Aztec Technical Services Organises Two Power Station Visits as Part of Course for Nigerian Power Industry
During October a ten-day visit by a delegation from the Nigerian power industry was organised by Aptec Engineers Technical Services...
Dynex Semiconductor, CSR Times Electric Commence Construction of New IGBT R&D Centre in Lincoln
Dynex Semiconductor has started to lay the foundations in more ways than one for the research and development of new IGBT products aimed at the traction and power grid...
Florida Turbine Engineering Leader Showcases Technology at Rockwell Automation Fair
Turbine Technology Services Corporation (TTS), a full-service gas turbine engineering services firm based in Orlando, Florida, will participate at the Rockwell Automation...
Future Power Technology Magazine Shortlisted for Digital Magazine Awards 2011
Dip Moulding Specialist WJC Releases New White Paper
With more than 30 years' experience in the design and manufacture of dip moulded products, WJC is a specialist in custom PVC...
Asset Management for Actuated Valves in the 21st Century
Figures provided by Rotork from customers' own information show an average 20% reduction in valve and actuator related problems and a 30% reduction in maintenance costs in the first year for...
IDAC Uses Finite Element Analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to Investigate a Valve Vibration Problem
Glenfield Valves approached IDAC to conduct a finite element (FE) analysis on a valve. The analysis was performed using ANSYS to set up, solve and post process the linear static...
Wood Group GTS Awarded Two-Year Contract Extension for Operations and Maintenance of Peaking Plant in Connecticut
Wood Group GTS has been awarded a two-year contract extension by the Connecticut Municipal Electric Energy Cooperative...
Gupex Releases New Plate Heat Exchanger White Paper
Gupex manufactures purpose-made air-to-air crossflow plate heat exchangers and heat recovery...
Wood Group GTS Wins $3.5m Parts Supply Contract with Dow Chemical Company
Wood Group GTS has been awarded a contract estimated to be worth up to $3.5m by Dow Chemical Company,...
Kopar Releases New White Paper
Kopar is a leading manufacturer of ash handling systems for the power industry, in addition to equipment for elevation and...
Wood Group GTS Forms Strategic Alliance with Pratt & Whitney Power Systems for 'F' Technology Services
Wood Group GTS (GTS) has entered into a strategic alliance with Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS) to jointly service the GE Frame 7FA industrial gas turbine...
Thermal Processing Leader Bodycote to Appear at PowerGen International 2011
Worldwide thermal processing specialists Bodycote will appear at PowerGen International 2011, taking place 13-15 December in Las...
Wärtsilä Inaugurates New Central Distribution Centre in the Netherlands
Wärtsilä, a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets, inaugurates its new spare parts distribution centre in Kampen, the Netherlands, on Monday...
Wood Group GTS Completes $4m Contract with Origin Energy
Wood Group GTS has completed a major inspection contract with Origin Energy for a GE Frame 6B gas turbine at Roma Power Station in Queensland,...
Industrial Water Cooling Releases New White Paper
Industrial Water Cooling (IWC) is a water cooling company that specialzes in evaporative water cooling systems for a wide range of...
Tycom Releases New White Paper
Tycom, established in 1985, specializes in instrument sales, tool sales and...
GEA Delbag Lufttechnik Tailors Air Intake Systems to Your Requirements
GEA Delbag has more than 50 years' experience in air intake filtration and can tailor an air intake system to your specific...
Enviro Technology Strengthens its Presence in Scotland with Key Appointment
Enviro Technology, the UK's leading supplier and exporter of air quality monitoring systems for ambient air quality and industrial emissions applications, has just strengthened its position...
Stadpipe Delivers Complete Pipe Systems and Parts to Industrial Customers
Stadpipe specialises in the production of pipe parts and special parts in PE...
Rolls-Royce to Deliver Additional Power in Bangladesh
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has announced a US$22m contract to supply eight Bergen B32:40 16V reciprocating engine generator sets to Baraka Patenga Power Limited...
World's First EPR™ Full Scope Simulator Now in Use at Finland's Olkiluoto 3 Nuclear Power Plant
L-3 MAPPS has announced that the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) nuclear power plant full scope simulator (FSS), the first-ever FSS for an EPR™ plant, has passed preliminary acceptance...
October 2011
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Safway Services Announces Creation of Insulation Solutions Team
In a move to increase insulation capabilities nationwide, Safway Services has announced the formation of an insulation solutions team, based out of a new facility in Pasadena,...
Membrana Unveils New 8in x 40in and 8in x 80in High-Pressure Liqui-Cel® Membrane Contactors
Membrana-Charlotte recently announced the introduction of the 8in x 40in and 8in x 80in Liqui-Cel® membrane contactors to its degassing family of...
Brazed Plate Heat Exchangers for Industrial Oil Cooling Applications
A plate heat exchanger is an oil cooling application in power generation industrial facilities for engines and activation...
Membrana Introduces World's Largest Membrane Degasser
Membrana-Charlotte, a leading membrane and degassing device manufacturer, is pleased to introduce the new 14in x 40in Liqui-Cel® membrane contactor to its product...
Damper Technology to Exhibit at Australasian Oil & Gas (AOG)
Damper Technology Ltd (DTL) has announced that it will be exhibiting at the Australasian Oil & Gas (AOG) Exhibition, which will take place 22- 24 February 2012 in Perth, WA,...
Rolls-Royce Hits UK Renewables Milestone with Pioneering Tidal Technology
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has achieved a significant milestone in the deployment of tidal energy technology with confirmation that its prototype tidal...
TIO BV Supplies Nine Silencers for a Total of 158MW Engine Power
Just released in our second production facility: the resonance / absorption silencers for the nine dual-fuel engines of a mobile power...
More Efficient Heat Exchange Thanks to Steel Tubes
Tubes with interior ribbing are intended for high-performance steam generators, for high-pressure boilers and are also used for burners in the...
BEUMER Supplies Troughed Belt Conveyor to Nordkalk
Nordkalk, a leading manufacturer of lime products in Northern Europe headquartered in Pargas (Finland), tasked the intralogistics specialists at BEUMER with a turnkey delivery of a troughed...
ContourGlobal Implements Progressive 'Managing Safely for Power Sector' Course
ContourGlobal is implementing a progressive 'Managing Safely for the Power Sector' course across its entire...
Everest Sciences Will 'Cool Down / Power Up' Large Integrated Natural Gas Company with its ECOCool™ Installation in Wyoming
Everest Sciences Corporation, the leading provider of indirect evaporative cooling and chilling solutions, is pleased to announce a signed contract of an ECOCool™ turbine inlet cooling system...
DTL Provides Expert Damper Solutions Worldwide
Damper Technology Ltd (DTL) provides expert damper solutions worldwide. DTL's range of damper products...
TFC Provides a Ring of Confidence for Green Energy
TFC has been working closely with two leading German manufacturers of wind farm technology by supplying Smalley retaining rings for use in their wind...
Improve the Performance of Your Air-Cooled Equipment with MCO-Team
MCO-Team provides four main services to improve the performance of your air-cooled equipment: advising, engineering, maintenance and...
Dango & Dienenthal Filtertechnik Publishes New White Paper
Dango & Dienenthal Filtertechnik, a specialist in the filtration of liquids, has released a new, free-to-download white...
IDAC Performs Satellite Antenna Structural Analysis
IDAC carried out linear static structural analysis of two satellite antennas for...
Bowman Appoints New CEO
Bowman has appointed Dr Toby King as successor to Tony Davies in the role of...
HSP Exhibits at CWIEME 2011
The CWIEME (Coil Winding, Insulation & Electrical Manufacturing Exhibition and Conference) is the world's largest coil winding...
Turbine Technology Services Leads Energy Industry in Emissions Control Efforts
Turbine Technology Services (TTS), a full-service gas turbine engineering services firm based in Orlando, Florida, will participate in the 2011 IAGT...
TRANSFORM 2011 Sets New Attendance Record
With 450 high-profile guests from 46 nations, the number of interested parties at TRANSFORM 2011 was higher than ever...
Contact Midwest Valves & Controls for Your Hydrostatic Testing Equipment Needs
Midwest Valves & Controls is a gold distributor for Aussie Pumps, which provides a range of pumps, pressure and vacuum cleaners, and hydrostatic testers, as well as spare parts for all of...
Actuation Upgrade Improves Power Station Combustion Efficiency
Rotork electric modulating actuators have been installed in an upgrade at the RWE npower Fawley Power Station in southern...
Vogt Power to Provide Heat Recovery Technology to Singapore Power Plant
Vogt Power International (Vogt), located in Louisville, KY, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, based in Danvers, MA, has received an order from Siemens to supply heat recovery steam generators...
Enviro Technology Seminar to Showcase Advanced Industrial Air Emission Monitoring Techniques
Enviro Technology, one of the UK's leading air quality monitoring specialists, is holding a free-of-charge seminar on Tuesday 8 November at the Sheraton Heathrow Hotel, in conjunction with PCME,...
MOBATIME Provides Precise Time Reference in LAN with High Availability
The new NTP time server DTS 4135 by MOBATIME meets all expectations of a state-of-the-art NTP server, such as precision, easy installation and straightforward...
Olympus NDT Launches Free Industrial Tech Guide App for iPhone and iPad
Olympus NDT is pleased to introduce the Industrial Tech Guide App for the iPhoneR and...
GE and William Grant & Sons Collaborate to Power 'Green' Scotch Whisky
GE has announced an expansion with Scottish distilling icon William Grant & Sons (Grant's) to supply a combined heat and power solution with an ecomagination-qualified Jenbacher J620 gas engine...
NAES Corporation and Safway Services Announce Preferred Vendor Agreement
NAES Corporation, a broad-based provider of services to the energy industry, announces that it has entered into a preferred vendor agreement with Safway...
September 2011
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Turbine Technology Services President Inducted into University of Central Florida's College of Business Hall of Fame
Turbine Technology Services (TTS), a full-service gas turbine engineering services firm based in Orlando, Florida, is celebrating the induction of Tony Thornton to the University of...
Wärtsilä to Supply Power Plant Running on Methane Gas to Rwanda
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants and services to the global power generation market, has been awarded the contract to supply a power plant to the Republic of...
GE Showcases UK Hospitals' Use of Combined Heat and Power Technology to Significantly Reduce Energy Costs and Emissions
As the UK works to comply with increasingly stringent European Union energy efficiency standards, two of London's oldest and most prominent hospitals operated by the Guy's and St. Thomas'...
Innospin Provides Air-Cooled Condenser Design for UK Waste to Energy Plant
Hitachi Zosen Inova has entrusted Innospin with the design and engineering of the air-cooled condenser (ACC) for the Waste to Energy Plant STV 4&5 in Teeside,...
ABB's REG670 Now Features Innovative Injection-Based 100% Stator Earth-Fault Protection
ABB's generator protection REG670 now features an advanced 100% stator earth-fault protection based on injection...
BEUMER Group Expands its Operations in India
The BEUMER Group has taken over the company Enexco Teknologies India Limited, thus expanding its operations in...
Wärtsilä to Expand Two Power Plants in Senegal
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants and services to the global power generation market, has been awarded the contracts to expand two existing power plants, delivered by...
Redesigned CSD Series Features New Compressor Control
Kaeser Compressors is pleased to introduce the redesigned CSD rotary screw compressor...
Join Solvina at Power Gen Asia in Kuala Lumpur
Solvina is a Swedish technical consulting company active in the power and process...
Struthers Wells to Provide Solar Generation Equipment for Spanish Power Project
Struthers Wells, a division of Thermal Engineering International (USA) (TEi), a Babcock Power company with offices located in Houston, TX and Warren, PA, has been awarded a contract to design...
Babcock Power - Struthers Wells Expands into Western Europe and Asia
Struthers Wells, a division of Thermal Engineering International (TEi), a Babcock Power company with offices located in Houston, TX and Warren, PA, has announced the opening of two new...
United Conveyor Corporation Leads Industry in DSI On-Site Demonstrations
United Conveyor Corporation (UCC) has extended its industry leadership by completing over 25,000 hours of dry sorbent injection (DSI) demonstration...
GE and Gruppo Collaborate on $50m Cogeneration and Heat Recovery Solutions Project
GE has announced that it has agreed on an important milestone of a three-year, $50m project with Gruppo, a European combined heat and power (CHP) project...
Tideland Supplies Lights and Fog Signals for Ormonde Wind Farm
Tideland Signal has supplied Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) of Fife with the first aids to navigation to warn shipping in the vicinity of the new Ormonde windfarm currently under...
GE Provides On-Site Power and Water Treatment Solution for Major Australian Coal Seam Gas-to-LNG Project
GE's Power & Water business is supplying an integrated solution of critical, on-site power generation and water filtration equipment to an energy consortium that is building a water treatment...
Wärtsilä Dual-Fuel Engines Exceed Three Million Running Hours
Wärtsilä, a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets, is the recognised frontrunner in dual-fuel engine technology. The Wärtsilä...
Meet Wärtsilä at the Power-Gen Asia Exhibition in Kuala Lumpur
We have the pleasure of inviting you to visit Wärtsilä's stand nr 4B7 at the Power-Gen Asia exhibition in Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, Malaysia, 27-29 September 2011. Programme...
Bowman's Commercial Director to Speak at Commercial Vehicle Summit, Washington DC
Dick Tett, Bowman's commercial director, has been invited by Automotive World to give a talk on the progress of energy recovery technology as part of the Commercial Vehicle Summit's focus on...
Olympus NDT Announces New Software for the EPOCH 1000i Ultrasonic Flaw Detector with Phased Array Imaging
Olympus NDT is pleased to introduce the encoded C-scan and weld overlay software features for the advanced EPOCH 1000i ultrasonic flaw...
TEi Equipment Selected for New Solar Power Plant in Desert Southwest
Thermal Engineering International (TEi), located in Santa Fe Springs, CA, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, based in Danvers, MA, and Struthers Wells, a division of (TEi), with offices located...
Benchmark Wind Power Course Now Available
The only course devised in collaboration with the UK's leading wind power generation companies, setting the benchmark in terms of critical information relevance and delivery, is now being...
Type K Damper Drives - Five Years of Arduous Service, No Maintenance and No Breakdowns
Rotork's recent acquisition, K-Tork International, has supplied Ash Hopper (AH Series) damper drives to the Entergy Corporation's White Bluff Generating Station in Redfield, Arkansas, to...
Proven Performance by Renewed Larox Flowsys
Larox Flowsys, the worldwide supplier of flow control and pumping solutions, has decided to change its name to Flowrox. The visual look and feel will also be renewed. The new name will be...
ESB International, Roughan O'Donovan and Knight Architects Shortlisted in UK Pylon Design Competition
A design submitted to the RIBA / DECC / National Grid Pylon Design Competition by engineering consultancy firms ESB International and Roughan O'Donovan and architecture practice Knight...
Trimble Releases New Version of its Field Inspector Solution for Utility Asset Maintenance and Inspection
Trimble has announced the release of its Trimble® Field Inspector version 2.1. The new version is compatible with a variety of Trimble handheld computers and is designed for automating...
ESB International, Roughan O'Donovan and Knight Architects Reach Final Stage of UK Pylon Design Competition
A design submitted to the RIBA / DECC / National Grid Pylon Design Competition by engineering consultancy firms ESB International and Roughan O'Donovan and architecture practice Knight...
TIO Introduces New Model Exhaust Raincap 30in - NW750 - SS316
At the end of 2010 we revised the design of our raincaps: simplified, smoother, better looking and better performing. Standard executions are manufactured in SS304 and suitable for ductings up...
ABREC to Transfer MHG Systems' Technology to Africa - Demand in Hundreds of Renewable Energy Projects
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed on 8 August in Lomé, Togo, between African Biofuel and Renewable Energy Company (ABREC) and MHG Systems (MHG). The parties agreed to...
GE Gas Engine Technology Powers Hungary's Largest Biogas Plant
Energy industry officials yesterday gathered near a large poultry processing plant in the city of Szarvas for the formal opening of Hungary's largest biogas power...
BBS Releases New Industrial Heat Technology White Paper
BBS is a specialist in the field of industrial heat technology, with over 60 years of experience and expertise. BBS has three main product areas: steam boilers, hot water boilers and thermo...
Wärtsilä to Supply Gas-Fuelled Power Plant to United Arab Emirates
Wärtsilä, a leading provider of flexible power plant solutions to the global power generation market, has been awarded the contract to supply the equipment and engineering for a...
REWAG Uses GE Jenbacher Gas Engines to Ensure Efficient Energy Supply
GE recently increased the output of a combined heat and power plant (CHPs) of REWAG, the Regensburg's energy and water utility...
Integrated Controls Solution Fuels Opportunity for Florida Turbine Engineering Company
Turbine Technology Services (TTS), a full-service gas turbine engineering services firm based in Orlando, Florida, is making waves in the power generation industry with its CMS-1000...
Enviro Technology Launches Rapid Diffusion Samplers
Local authorities and businesses seeking fast, cost-effective air monitoring need look no further than air quality monitoring specialist Enviro Technology's brand new range of rapid...
Enviro Technology Moves into Gas Detection Tubes
Air quality monitoring specialists, Enviro Technology, have moved into the portable gas detection equipment market for the first time with the launch of the Kitagawa gas detector tube...
Rolls-Royce Wins First Gas Engine Order from Poland
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has received its first order from Poland for a gas engine-powered electrical generator. Power provider Introl of Katowice has placed an order...
Wärtsilä Wins Major Power Plant Order from the Dominican Republic
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, has been awarded a turnkey contract to supply a gas-fired power plant for a project in the Dominican...
plastocor-international Heads into the Wind with Protective Coatings for On and Offshore Wind Towers
The development of wind towers both on and offshore is a responsible investment in the future of sustainable and renewable energy supplies. Harsh environmental conditions encouraged by sea and...
General Physics Awarded Key International Energy Sector Contracts
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has recently been awarded contracts valued at more than $3m to...
Explore Mobatime World - New Optics, New Content and New Functions
The redesign of the Mobatime homepage has kept Mobatime very busy for the last few months adding lots of new content and functions. Mobatime has rearranged its customer area. Documents are...
Yet Another Scanclimber Chimney Hoist Installation Completed Successfully in Poland
Under a contract with Steelcon and Foster Wheeler, Scanclimber has supplied and installed a special SC400K chimney hoist at PAK Konin power plant. The installation of the hoist was on the...
Eisenstadt Hospital Puts New Energy Centre into Operation - GE Supplies the Heart
The blessing of the new energy centre rounded off the celebrations for the topping-out ceremony of the northern extension to the Barmherzige Brüder hospital in Eisenstadt,...
Hertel Makes Senior Middle East Appointments
Hertel, the industrial maintenance and construction services company, has made a number of senior appointments in the Middle East. The move follows the recent restructuring of...
Enviro Technology Strengthens Team with Two Key New Appointments
Stroud-based Enviro Technology, the UK's leading supplier and exporter of air quality monitoring systems, has strengthened its team with the appointment of Robert Cook as customer support...
Exhaust Silencer Specialist Silentor Releases New White Paper
Silentor, a specialist in the development and manufacture of exhaust silencer solutions for diesel and gas engines, has released a new, free-to-download white paper outlining its capabilities...
August 2011
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Power System Stability Course with Dr. Prabha Kundur in Spain
After great interest in Dr Prabha Kundur's course in Power System Stability and Control in recent years, Solvina is glad to announce yet another opportunity to participate, both in Madrid on...
IDAC Optimises a Laminated Rotor Design
IDAC was required by its client to carry out a prototype design investigation of a laminated rotor to be used in a hydraulic steering system in a car. A series of analyses were carried out...
AVK Awarded SDMO Sales Team of the Year
At SDMO's recent 20th anniversary celebration dinner held at Cranage Hall in Cheshire, AVK were presented with an award for 'sales achievement 2010'. AVK have won this award for the third...
Sunward Park Senior Secondary School Wins JNW Cleaning Solutions Soccer Competition
Sunward Park Senior Secondary School's talented striker Ashwin Abrahams scored all four goals against Zitikeni High Secondary School in the final of the JNW Cleaning Solutions tournament...
JNW Cleaning Solutions Sponsors U/14 Ekurhuleni Schools Football Challenge
JNW Cleaning Solutions SA was the main sponsor and organiser for the under 14 boys' soccer tournament in the Ekurhuleni area, for the third consecutive year. The target of our engagement was...
Wärtsilä to Supply Dual-Fuel Power Plant Equipment for Australian Mine
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants and services to the global power generation market, has been awarded the contract to supply engines, generators and...
Field System Machining Completes On-Site Machining Repair of Damaged Industrial Fan Journal
Industrial fans play a major role in building climate control. Without being able to move chilled air through large commercial buildings or being able to move hot air out of the...
FSM Performs Cold Cast Iron Welding at Major American Hydroelectric Plant Equipment Repair Facility
Field System Machining (FSM) was recently asked to perform cold cast iron welding at a major American hydroelectric plant equipment repair facility. Since 1978, we've pioneered or refined...
Vaisala Introduces Unique New Solution for Online Monitoring of SF6 Insulation
Vaisala has introduced a unique innovation for online monitoring of SF6 insulation in high-voltage equipment. The Vaisala Multiparameter Transmitter DPT145 combines online dew point monitoring...
No Summer Holidays at TIO BV Industrial Silencers
It is a well-known fact to our regular clients that TIO - except for a short Christmas break - never closes. Even during the summer holidays we provide you with our sharp pricing, short...
Wood Group GTS Awarded 12-Year Multi-Million Pound GE Frame 6B Contract in Oman
Wood Group GTS has been awarded an agreement to supply parts for 14 General Electric Frame 6B gas turbines located at various sites in Oman. Under this 12-year contract, all GE Frame 6B...
Wood Group GTS Awarded Solar Taurus™ 60 Gas Turbine Exchange and Overhaul Contract
Wood Group GTS has been awarded a contract with a major oil and gas producer and distributer in China, to exchange and overhaul a Solar Taurus™ 60 gas turbine in operation along...
BEUMER and Crisplant in the UK Now BEUMER Group UK
As part of the integration of Crisplant into the Beumer Group, the company in the UK is now operating under the name BEUMER Group UK Limited. Since the beginning of 2010, the...
Ormazabal Achieves a New Offshore Milestone in the UK
The Thanet offshore wind farm is the largest operational wind farm in the world. It consists of 100 turbines each with a 3MW generating capacity. The windfarm is located 11.3km offshore...
Rotork Valve Actuators Installed at the Olympic Park Energy Centre
Rotork intelligent electric valve actuators have been installed at the Olympic Park Energy Centre, a combined cooling, heating and power plant incorporating a biomass boiler fuelled by...
Turbine Technology Services Expands Services in China
Turbine Technology Services Corporation (TTS), a full-service gas turbine engineering services firm based in Orlando, Florida, is extending its global reach in Asia with the delivery of two...
NPRA Recognises Safway Services With Safety Awards
The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) presented Safway Services with 11 Meritorious Safety Performance Awards at the 2011 NPRA Safety Awards Banquet, held 11 May at the...
Introducing the Sigma Control 2™
Kaeser Compressors’ new generation of compressor control – the Sigma Control 2™ –presents all the advantages of the Sigma Control plus greatly enhanced communication and control...
BBM Acoustic (India) Opens New Workshop in Pune
BBM Acoustic (India) has opened a new workshop in Pune. The festive inaugaration took place on 12 July 2011. BBM India doubles its production capacity for acoustic silencers and noise...
ESB-Led Westwave Project Awarded SEAI Grant
The Westwave Project aims to develop the first wave energy project in Ireland by 2015 by generating an initial 5MW of clean renewable electricity from the plentiful wave energy resource...
Caterpillar Unveils Next Generation of Olympian™ Diesel Generator Sets
Caterpillar is pleased to announce its newly redesigned package for Olympian™ generator sets rated 26kVA to 200kVA (at 50Hz) and 27kW to 175kW (at 60Hz). Improvements include more...
Increasing Free Cooling Industrial Thermoregulation
Industrial processes often work with fluids of different kinds that need to be cooled. A free cooler, also known as a dry cooler, is an industrial thermoregulation system that allows a...
Hoist-Co Distributes STROS Rack and Pinion Special-Purpose Elevators
Hoist-Co is the US distributor of STROS rack and pinion special-purpose elevators, which are ideal for use as service elevators for the movement of personnel and material. STROS...
July 2011
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Introducing the Donut Safeland Personal Control Descent Device
Donut Safeland is the leading manufacturer of personal control descent devices for high-rise buildings. Its Safeland personal control descent device is a lightweight device that enables...
IDAC to Hold Free Simulation Open Day
IDAC is opening its doors to the engineering community free of charge on 6 October 2011. This is an opportunity for you to meet IDAC's computer aided engineering (CAE) simulation experts and...
Enviro Technology and PCME to Host Free Industrial Air Emissions Seminars
Air quality monitoring specialists Enviro Technology, in conjunction with PCME, are hosting two free seminars in September to highlight best practice for industrial air emissions and industrial...
MHG Systems' New Tool for Predicting Biomass Quality Provides Huge Savings
MHG Systems, a bioenergy focused ERP software provider from Mikkeli, Finland, has introduced a feature to the popular MHG Bioenergy ERP service, which will estimate the moisture content of...
Teams Battle it Out in Final Round of the JNW Cleaning Solutions Soccer Competition
Transnet Sports School of Excellence, Zitikeni Secondary School of Tembisa, Sunward Park Secondary School in Boksburg and Fred Habedi Primary School of Tsakane will battle it out in the finals...
L-3 MAPPS Reaches Major Milestone on Ling Ao Phase II Simulator Project
L-3 MAPPS has announced that the Ling Ao Phase II nuclear power plant full scope simulator (FSS), the first-ever simulator for a CPR1000 plant, has attained another significant milestone. In...
WestWave Project Receives Foreshore Licences and is Submitted by DECNR for EU Funding
ESB's WestWave Project has been selected by the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) as one of the projects to go forward for evaluation by the European...
Dynex Semiconductor Completes New IGBT Production Facility and Initiates the Construction of a New R&D Centre
Dynex Semiconductor hosted a high-profile Chinese delegation at its Lincoln site– marking an exciting move to create more high-tech jobs and the successful completion of its new...
Enviro Technology Wins Award for Outstanding Sales Performance
Air quality monitoring specialist Enviro Technology has won a top award for achieving outstanding sales performance from one of its principal gas analyser suppliers, US-based Teledyne API...
Rolls-Royce Engines to Provide Power Across Europe
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won new orders totalling over £22m for its high output, technologically-advanced Bergen reciprocating engines. They will be used to...
Bachmann Dampjoint to Participate in the 10th Annual Outage Management for Power Plants Meetings
Bachmann Dampjoint will be participating in the 10th Annual Outage Management for Power Plants Meetings which will take place 2-4 August in Austin, Texas, US. This is an opportunity for...
Rolls-Royce Expands Pipeline Activity in China
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has advanced its position as an industry leader for gas compression equipment on major natural gas pipelines with a recent contract award...
Power Suppliers are Increasing Demands on Steel Grade P91 or X10CrMoVNb9-1
Economic pressure is forcing power plant operators to increase their effectiveness by increasing temperature and steam pressure to provide energy at the lowest prices possible. For...
PSD Completes the Design, Construction and Commissioning of a Modular Control Room for The Bluff Windfarm
The Bluff Wind Farm project is located approximately 10km west north-west of Hallett in rural South Australia. The wind power plant comprises 25 wind turbine generators. PSD was responsible...
Power Station Water Treatment Plant Chooses Rotork Valve Actuators
Rotork RC200 series pneumatic actuators have been installed for valve control and operation in a new water treatment plant at the Sisak Power Plant, south of Zagreb in Croatia. The...
GTC Services' Speedtronic Support Services Attract Interest at Power-Gen Europe 2011
The recent Power-Gen Europe 2011 event at Fiera Milano, Milan, Italy, was a huge success, with almost 15,000 attendees - the highest attendance rate to date. Along with 600 other...
Cansolv Technology to Remove SO2 from Major Chinese Coal-Fired Power Plant
Shell has announced that its Cansolv Technologies subsidiary (Cansolv) has signed an agreement with Beijing Guodian Longyuan Environmental Engineering (GDLY) to license a CANSOLV SO2...
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Callaway Simulator with Alternate Emergency Power System Models
L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has earned follow-on orders from Ameren Missouri to upgrade the full scope simulator for the Callaway Energy Center in Callaway County, Missouri, US. One...
Ormazabal Presents MV Products at Workshop in Johannesburg
In June 2011 Ormazabal carried out a workshop in Johannesburg. Ormazabal was introduced to 60 people (utilities, consultants and installers) and did presentations on the primary...
Wärtsilä to Supply Africa's Largest Purely Gas Fuelled Combustion Engine Power Plant
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible power plants and services to the global power generation market, is to supply and construct a complete power plant in South Africa...
June 2011
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Sugar Manufacturer Opts for MWM
The tradition-rich manufacturer MWM from Mannheim, Germany, is considered one of the world's leading specialists in the production, sale, and servicing of gas gensets for decentralised...
MWM Presents Optimised TCG 2016 C Genset with Improved Efficiency for Biogas Operation
Looking back on a long tradition, Mannheim-based MWM is one of the world's leading providers of decentralised energy generation plants. The various genset series are designed for operation...
IDAC Carries Out Dynamic Analysis of Irradiated Fuel Containers
Nuvia had been contracted to design and manufacture a new type of prototype IF container. To support the validation of this design, Nuvia commissioned IDAC to study the structural responses of...
Tideland Signal to Provide Maritime Warning Systems for Gwynt y Môr Offshore Windfarm
RWE npower renewables has awarded Tideland Signal, the international specialist in aids to marine navigation, the main contract to supply warning equipment to protect the Gwynt y Môr...
Wärtsilä to Deliver Two Major Dynamic Grid Reserve Power Plants to Secure Electricity Supply in Estonia
Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to supply two complete power plants with a total output of 250MW for Elering, the Estonian transmission system operator. The total value of the...
Denman Secures Instrumentation Contract for Sullom Voe Power Station
Denman has once again been chosen to carry out maintenance work on the Sullom Voe Power Station in the Shetland Islands for Fortum O&M UK. This will be the second successive project that...
PPM Launches New Battery Power for Point2Point Links
Pulse Power & Measurement, Swindon, UK, has launched the PowerSleeve series of batteries for plug-in point2point modules to provide a low-cost solution for remote measurement and...
Araldite® Supports Development of New Manufacturing Methods for Compound Liner Clad Steel Pipes
Erndtebrücker Eisenwerk (EEW) produces a variety of steel pipes for the offshore industry, oil and gas treatment plants, power plant construction, pipelines, chemical and petrochemical...
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Visits ESBI Project in Tanzania
Earlier this month the Tánaiste (Irish Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore T.D., visited a rural electrification scheme in Tanzania which is...
Tempco Provides Plate Heat Exchangers for ORC Cogeneration
The Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) is a new method in cogeneration systems that employs waste thermal energy in industrial plants to move microturbines gaining electrical power, with no more...
Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade Visits ESBI Rural Electrification Scheme in Tanzania
ESBI is currently project-managing a rural electrification scheme in Tanzania, working on behalf of the US-funded Millennium Challenge Account - Tanzania (MCA-T) Energy Project under a...
Midwest Valves & Controls Provides Butterfly Valves to Suit a Variety of Applications
Midwest Valves & Controls has been working with one of its customers supplying valves used on hot lime dust. For these applications an Ebro HP111 high-performance double eccentric...
Wärtsilä to Supply 52MW Industrial Self-Generation Power Plant to Saudi Arabia
Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply the engineering, equipment and construction for a power plant to be delivered for Hail Cement, a Saudi Arabian cement manufacturer....
Alphatec Engineering Encourages the Use of Epoxy Grouts in the Power Industry
Alphatec Engineering recently participated in the Power-Gen Europe exhibition in Milan. We met many interesting potential customers, as well as a few existing clients, and spent the three days...
AVK Exceeds Expectations Once Again During Latest Generator Project
Elite Electrical and COMO appointed AVK to supply them with the generator package for their latest project because of their ability to overcome obstacles and deliver a complete package on...
Wood Group GTS Awarded $15m Contract by PlusPetrol Energy
Wood Group GTS has signed a six-year contract with PlusPetrol Energy to provide maintenance services for two General Electric Frame 9E DLN-1 gas turbines at the Central Termica San Miguel...
EMS Develops Flow Measurement Solution at Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station
A 4m wide culvert running more than 2m deep takes cooling water from Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station into the adjacent receiving water flowing in excess of 7,000l/s. The size of the culvert,...
Largest Data Centre in the Netherlands Powered with TIO Silencers
The largest data centre in the Netherlands is located in the urban district of Slotervaart in Amsterdam and is therefore bound to severe noise requirements. For the two new 5MW emergency...
Babcock Power Opens New UK Office
Babcock Power UK, an indirect subsidiary of Babcock Power, based in Danvers, MA, has launched a new office site located in Esher, Surrey, UK. On Thursday 19 May, Babcock Power UK...
Stratstan Plans Pipe Stock Expansion Following Facility Renovation
Following the drama back in January, when a gas explosion in the adjacent building severely damaged our warehouse, we have completed repairs and renovation, so that our buildings are now...
Ultrasonic Cleaners Hilsonic Complete Installation of Inter Cooler System for Prestigious Marine Organisation in Namibia
Hilsonic are pleased to announce that they have recently completed the installation and commissioning of an inter cooler system in Namibia for a prestigious blue chip global marine organisation. ...
Skanska Appoints AVK to Supply UPS System
Skanska RW have appointed AVK to supply them with their UPS package because of their ability to provide a system that retains its efficiency stability and state-of-the-art technology. The...
Nuclear Power Contract for Rotork Intelligent Valve Actuators
Rotork has been awarded a major contract for the supply of electric valve actuators for the Hong Yan River and Ningde Nuclear Power Station project in China. More than 1,200 Rotork...
Kaeser's New EB Series Features Integrated Controller
Kaeser has launched two additions to its Com-paK Plus™ family of blower packages. Like all Com-paKs, the new EB 291C and EB 421C models offer side-by-side installation and very low noise...
New High-Voltage Dividers Now Available from PPM Power
Pulse Power & Measurement (Swindon, UK), with North Star High Voltage, has launched the new 'bare' series of high-voltage dividers for measurement of up to 300kV DC. The 'bare' probes...
Scanclimber Hoists Chosen Again for Silo Construction in Hamm Power Plant
In one of the biggest power plants in Germany, in Hamm, six silos are being constructed, each 61m in height. The contractor was looking for a building hoist capable of transporting both...
Tempco T-REG Thermoregulators - Thermoregulation for Efficient and No-Waste Industrial Processes
Thermo regulation is an important need for many industrial production plants, which often need to function in constant temperature conditions in order to maintain a fixed standard quality of...
Wärtsilä Wins Tender for Major Power Plant in Estonia
Transmission System Operator Elering of Estonia has announced that the tender presented by Wärtsilä, with regards to the public procurement of 'Elering Emergency Reserve Power Plant',...
IDAC Provides Blast Vent Panel Explicit Dynamics Analysis
In recent times the need to protect ourselves from the hazards of explosive or ballistic attacks, either as a result of an accident or terrorist activity, has increased. This has led to...
Proserv Offshore Releases New Case Study White Paper: Mono Pile Cleaning Solution
Proserv Offshore, a global leader in subsea applications, has released a new, free-to-download white paper detailing the solution it provided for MPI in order to speed up the pile cleaning...
The Smart Power Generation Book Presents a Solution for Sustainable Electricity Generation in Curbing Climate Change
The time for making future energy decisions is now. In their new book, The Smart Power Generation (Avain Publishing and Wärtsilä, 2011), energy and power production specialist...
GE Technology Turns Waste Wood into Useful Energy at Italian Biomass Plant
As Italy strives to increase its renewable energy production to 17% by 2020, GE's alternative energy technology can help companies in the country support this initiative. At POWER-GEN...
Praise Heaped on Australian Emergency Management Firm
Australian emergency management firm Dynamiq is in the spotlight on the national and international stage after being nominated for a swag of business awards recently. The firm is a...
Wärtsilä and Versa Power Agree to Jointly Develop Fuel Cell Technology in Commercial Energy-Producing Applications
Wärtsilä, the leading provider of power solutions to both the marine and energy markets, and Versa Power Systems (VPS), a leading developer of environmentally friendly, high-power solid oxide...
EnergyFog Announces New Website and Attendance at Powergen in Milan
Energyfog Services (EFS) is pleased to announce it has a completely new website, which can be found at www.energyfog.com. If you have any questions about the information on this website,...
Field System Machining Completes Portable Bridge Machining Project at Illinois Rail Bridge
How old are our nation's bridges? The rail crossing on the Illinois River at Morris, Illinois, was first erected in 1888. The 1888 bridge was replaced by a lift bridge in the 1930s. The rail...
Field System Machining Completes First Ever Ways and Gibs Repairs to 57-Year-Old Paper Mill Super Calendar
Three companies were asked to bid the field machining repairs to New Page Biron Mill's 78 Super Calendar. Two companies declined to bid - Field System Machining bid the work and completed...
Field System Machining Completes Bolt Hole Repairs to Steam Turbine LP Hood Crossover Flanges
Field System Machining recently completed bolt hole repairs to two steam turbine LP hood crossover flanges, which had damaged threaded blind holes. The blind threaded bolt holes were...
Trace Environmental CEMs and DAS - The Biomass Market Leader
With over 44 biomass partner facilities that Trace Environmental is working with, and with over 63 bio-fuel production client facilities, it would be easy for the company to sit back and rest...
May 2011
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Navware to Resell CMPIC in North America
Cloudis has appointed Quebec-based Navware Canada (Navware) as a distributor in North America for its CMPIC software application. CMPIC is used to schedule, route and manage cables through...
Vogt Power to Supply HRSGs for Venezuela Power Plant
Earlier this month, Vogt Power International (Vogt), located in Louisville, KY, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, based in Danvers, MA, announced receipt of an award to supply heat recovery...
Powertest Asia Orders EFD Induction Bolt Expansion Systems
In an important development for the induction heating industry in Asia, Hyderabad-based diagnostic testing specialist Powertest Asia has ordered two EFD Induction bolt expansion systems....
Power Station Selects Rotork CVA for Demanding Control Valve Duty
A power station in New Hampshire which burns both natural gas and low sulphur fuel oil has installed a Rotork CVA electric control valve actuator to help reduce maintenance costs and...
Precision Iceblast Corporation - Revolutionizing the HRSG Cleaning Industry Right Beside HRST
For many years people tried to come up with the best way to clean HRSG units. This vendor does this, that vendor does that and so forth. For many years Precision Iceblast Corporation has...
Proserv Offshore to Exhibit at All Energy on 18-19 May
Proserv Offshore will be exhibiting at All Energy on 18-19 May. All Energy is the UK's largest renewables event. It is a significant show for Proserv as it looks to promote its innovative...
TIO Delivers NW1400 Silencer for CO2 Test Centre in Norway
Recently delivered by air freight: a NW1400 silencer for the CO2 Test Centre Mongstad in Norway, a Statoil project together with the Norwegian government. Silencer features include:...
GEI Industrial Systems and Innospin Enter Long-Term Cooperation on Dry Cooling
GEI Industrial Systems, based in Bhopal, India, is the leading supplier of air-cooled heat exchangers and air-cooled vacuum steam condensers for the oil, gas and power sector in India. In...
New Service from MHG Systems - MHG Public
MHG Systems' new offering provides data collecting, resource planning, reporting, orders, and resource optimisation - all under one service. During early summer MHG Systems will open a...
Caterpillar to Supply 17 Diesel Generator Sets for Port of Savannah Repowering Project
Caterpillar has announced that the Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) has signed an agreement to purchase 17 generator sets powered by Tier 4 Interim certified Cat® C15 ACERT™ engines as...
GE to Showcase Biogas Technology for EPA, US Farmers
With the environmental impacts of agricultural activities coming under greater scrutiny, Bio Town Ag in Indiana and a community 'cow power' project in Dane County, Wis., are among a growing...
Turbine Technology Services Plays Key Role in Global Power Plant Maintenance
Turbine Technology Services Corporation (TTS), a full-service gas turbine engineering services firm based in Orlando, Florida, will attend the 2011 7FA Users Groups Annual Conference in...
Cloudis Releases Multi-Tier Tray Management and Routing
One of the main concerns of electrical and instrumentation engineers is that because the overall design is subject to modification almost constantly, until very late in the project design...
United Conveyor Corporation Introduces 40DH Heated Knife Gate Valve
United Conveyor Corporation (UCC) recently launched the 40DH heated blade knife gate valve designed for on/off isolation service in pneumatic conveying systems. The 40DH heated knife gate valve...
Haefely Releases New Cable Test Terminations and Water Processing Unit
Cable test termination systems are used for high-voltage testing of power cables. Before high voltage (AC or Impulse) can be applied the power cable needs to be prepared and terminated in a...
IDAC Aids in the Optimised Design of a Flywheel Support Structure
Optimised design of IPP drive support structure for Piper Test and Measurement, and Siemens. Background This case study describes the design and analysis of a support structure for...
Field System Machining Completes On-Site Pressure Vessel Machining Project
Field System Machining recently completed on-site portable field machining on a pressure vessel at the Kennametal Engineered Products Group in Rogers, Arkansas. The scope grew as the...
L-3 MAPPS to Add Value to Embalse Refurbishment with Digital Control Computer Systems
L-3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract from Nucleoeléctrica Argentina (NA-SA) to replace the Embalse nuclear power plant's digital control computer (DCC) systems hardware. Four DCC systems...
DanSteel Faces Positive Future
Improvement of the result of primary operations in 2010 in comparison with 2009 by 165 million DKK with the result of primary operations minus DKK 8 million. The result is not satisfactory...
Olympus Introduces the New Advanced OMNISCAN MX2 Phased Array Flaw Detector
Olympus NDT, a pioneer in industrial ultrasound phased array instrumentation, is pleased to introduce the newest version of the OmniScan Series flaw detectors, the OmniScan...
April 2011
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C.I.Agent® Polymers Provide a Cost-Effective Solution for UK Power Networks
C.I.Agent Solutions® provided responsible, cost-effective solutions for hydrocarbon management at the UK Power Networks pole storage unit (Stone Street, Kent) in November 2010. UK...
PEMA Builds Five Production Lines for Indian Joint Venture
Pemamek has agreed on the design, construction and delivery of a PEMA membrane wall panel line and four PEMA tube prefabrication lines for TBWES, a Thermax - Babcock & Wilcox joint venture...
Join Ameristar Fence Products at FPED to see the Latest in Physical Security Technologies for Perimeter Protection
Join Ameristar Fence Products at FPED 2011, at booth no. 20-U, and see the latest in physical security technologies for perimeter protection. At FPED VIII, attendees get to examine,...
ESBI Launches New Energy Blog
The current economic climate has prompted Irish companies to explore new, more cost-effective ways of reaching target markets, including through the use of social media. That's according to...
Denman - Solving Your Engineering Problems
Do you have an engineering problem? Does your loop drawing not match the installation? Are you going around in circles trying to resolve these issues? Are you wasting valuable commissioning time? ...
Protect Vulnerable Capacitor Units with the Relion® 670 Series
The transformer protection RET670 and bay control REC670 of the Relion® 670 series are now available with capacitor bank protection. This function detects dangerous operation situations...
Rotork Profibus Device Type Manager Receives FDT Group Certification
The Rotork device type manager (DTM), providing enhanced commissioning and asset management benefits for Profibus-enabled Rotork valve actuators, has received certification from the FDT...
Aztec Completes Power Station Safety Rules Training Programmes in the Middle East
Aztec has now completed six safety rules training porgrammes in the Middle East. Power plants in Bahrain (one programme), Qatar (three programmes) and the Emirate (two programmes) have...
Maximum Industries Continues Expansion
Maximum Industries has expanded operations again, relocating the company to Irving, Texas, US. All operations are now located under one roof in a 44,000ft² building providing...
Industry First for Enviro Technology's Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems
Air quality monitoring specialists Enviro Technology have achieved an industry first, becoming the only UK supplier of continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) to meet the new, revised...
GE's Biogas Engines to Power China's Largest Ethanol Production Plant
Supporting China's efforts to increase the use of biogas for renewable energy production and in motor vehicles, GE is supplying its ecomagination-approved Jenbacher biogas engine technology...
Sword CTSpace to Attend Oil & Gas Technology Forum 2011
Sword CTSpace, a global provider of document management and collaboration workflow applications for the construction and engineering industries, has announced that the latest release...
United Conveyor Corporation Launches New DEPAC® Inlet Valve that Delivers
A global leader in ash handling solutions, United Conveyor Corporation (UCC) has announced the release of the DEPAC® inlet valve as a replacement for the UCC Fläkt dust inlet valve....
Haefely/Tettex Releases New Winding Resistance Meter - Tettex 2293
Haefely/Tettex has released the new transformer winding resistance meter - type Tettex 2293. The Tettex 2293 is the result of extensive research and years of experience testing transformers....
L-3 MAPPS Deploys CPR 1000+ New Build Simulators for the Hongyanhe Site
L-3 MAPPS announced today that a second pair of L-3 MAPPS-developed simulators for the CPR1000+ nuclear plant design have entered service at the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Training Center. The...
Precision Iceblast Corporation Performs Faultless Cleaning of HRSG Boiler Tubes at Florida Combined Cycle Facility
Precision Iceblast Corporation was contracted to perform cleaning on HRSG boiler tubes at a combined cycle facility in Florida. The power plant had used several other contractors in the past...
Evaluation of Wind Comfort Levels Around Building Developments
WSP Environmental - A Case Study As an established environmental and energy consultancy, WSP Environmental advises designers on the environmental impacts of new development schemes and...
Ormazabal's Wind Farm Solution Now Certified According to IEEE Standards for the North American Market
Ormazabal has certified according to IEEE C37.74 and C37.20.3 (ANSI approved Aug 7 2003) the complete product range CGM.3 and CGMCOSMOS metal enclosed switchgear for alternating current systems...
BBM Akustik Technologie to Attend POWER-GEN India & Central Asia
BBM Akustik Technologie is pleased to announce that it will be attending POWER-GEN India & Central Asia, which will be held 5-7 May 2011 in New Delhi, India (booth...
Kaeser Introduces New Adaptive SAM 3D Control
Introducing the next generation in compressed air master system controllers: Kaeser's Sigma Air Manager (SAM) with adaptive 3D Control. Active rather than reactive, the new self-adjusting...
AERL Relaunches: Innovative Provider of Off-Grid Solar Power Electronics Builds on 25-Year History
Demonstrating commitment both to loyal customers worldwide and to the vision of founder and maximum power point tracker (MPPT) inventor Stuart Watkinson, Australian Energy Research...
Transport Bulk Material with Curved Belt Conveying Systems
Modern mining technologies require belt conveying systems that are capable of moving increasingly larger volumes on growing centre distances across impassable and mountainous terrain,...
Visit AEG Power Solutions at Hannover Messe
AEG Power Solutions is pleased to announce it is exhibiting at Hannover Messe this week. Visit us in hall 12 booth D06 to see our latest developments: New protect PV.500 solar inverter ...
Air-Cooled Condenser Design with More Than 15,000MW Steam Power for Chinese Power Plants
The thermal power plant Dianshi 4 x 150MW is the 32nd project for which Innospin and Swiss partners were entrusted to design the complete air-cooled condenser (ACC). The production and...
ESB International Applies for Foreshore Licences to Develop Wave Energy Project
ESB International has applied to the Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government (DEHLG) for foreshore exploration licences in the first step towards developing a 5MW wave...
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General Physics Integrates Advanced Pattern Recognition Technology into EtaPRO™ Plant Performance Monitoring System
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has announced that it has added advanced...
GE Technology Provides Two Innovative South African Projects with Reliable On-Site Power
With rising power costs and frequent power outages, more and more South African companies are looking to General Electric (GE) to supply them with alternative energy solutions. MTN Group,...
Struthers Wells to Provide Equipment for Concentrated Solar Power Plant
Struthers Wells, a division of Thermal Engineering International (TEi), a Babcock Power company with offices located in Houston, TX, and Warren, PA, will supply booster heaters with low NOx...
Vichem to Exhibit at the Eurochlor Conference and Exhibition
In April Vichem will be presenting an exhibition booth during the Eurochlor conference and exhibition in Budapest, Hungary. Based in Brussels, Eurochlor is an association federating 97%...
Locate Utility Rebates for Compressed Air Equipment with the Help of Kaeser Compressors
Optimizing a compressed air system has some obvious advantages, including lower energy consumption and operational cost. However, many are unaware of the rebates and incentives that local...
AMS Twin Sensor Probe Offers Simultaneous Measurement of O2 and Unburnt Fuel Residues
AMS Analysen-, Mess- und Systemtechnik manufactures analysers and systems for process and combustion applications. To allow the best possible combustion of gaseous fuels at the highest...
AMS Manufactures Analysers and Systems for Process and Combustion Applications
Process operators must have access to many sensors of various importances to control and monitor manufacturing processes. Plant networks allow other personnel access to the same readouts...
United Conveyor Corporation Pin-Paddle Mixer / Unloader Improves High-Calcium Ash Conditioning
United Conveyor Corporation (UCC) has released an innovative pin-paddle mixer/unloader designed specifically for conditioning high-calcium ash, with reduced build-up, maintenance time and...
Wood Group GTS Signs Landmark Operations and Maintenance Agreement in Australia
Wood Group GTS has signed a five-year operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement with Australia's largest gold producer, Newcrest Mining (Newcrest). Under the contract, Wood Group GTS...
NeuCo's Spring Newsletter Highlights Optimization Case Studies and Industry Trends
NeuCo, the leading provider of power plant optimization software systems, has released its Spring 2011 OPTions Newsletter. Published quarterly for the NeuCo User Group, OPTions is a forum for...
Mee Industries' New High-Pressure Filter Makes Maintenance Easy
Mee Industries offers a new high-pressure filter which simplifies nozzle maintenance. Pump seals degrade over time causing small particles of seal material to enter into the high-pressure...
DWT to Hold Boiler Manufacturing Seminar in Germany
We kindly invite you to join our Boiler Manufacturing Seminar in Germany. DWT has been manufacturer in license for BABCOCK pipe cutting and bevelling equipment for many years. In this...
LE Introduces New Advanced Lubrication Training Program
Lubrication Engineers is now offering individuals and groups the opportunity for advanced lubrication education and training in its new training facility, which is adjacent to its...
LE Upgrades its ATF Formulation for Better Performance
Lubrication Engineers has upgraded its automatic transmission fluid with an uptreated additive package, including its proprietary Monolec® wear-reducing additive. The new Monolec...
GE Technology Provides South African Industries with Reliable On-Site Power
More and more industrial manufacturers are turning to General Electric (GE) to supply them with alternative energy solutions. Due to energy supply shortages, a number of South Africa's...
Alba Power Featured in African Journal
Alba Power enjoyed a great year in 2010. We won many new contracts and 2011 is looking even stronger. Due to increased business growth in the Africa region, we have been fully featured in a...
Ameristar Fence Products Releases New White Paper: '10 Critical Questions You Must Ask When Specifying a Fence System'
A new white paper from Ameristar Fence Products entitled '10 Critical Questions You Must Ask When Specifying a Fence System' is now available. It covers must-know items about physical...
Keld Supplies NMEJs for 1,500MW Combined Cycle Power Plant to Power the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi
It is an honour to be a small part of the recently conducted Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. In record time, Keld Ellentoft India successfully completed the supply and installation of 32...
BOMAFA Announces Cooperation with Zepponi in Brazil
Together with the Brazilian valve specialist Zepponi, we aim to extend our activities on the Brazilian growth markets. We announce them as our sole distributor for BOMAFA Valve solutions in...
Alba Power Offers Controls Assistance for Middle Eastern Avon Clients
In conjunction with our growth in local controls support and contracts, we have recently welcomed the opportunity to commission RR Avon 200 units in the middle east. The client had...
Use GOOSE and Relion® Products for Simplicity and Reliability
Being designed for the IEC 61850 standard, the Relion® protection and control products from ABB allow you to fully benefit from GOOSE services. Using GOOSE dramatically reduces the...
Alba Power Signs Agreement for Middle East Gas Turbine Support Facility
In conjunction with our continuous growth in the Middle East region Alba Power has signed a local agreement to allow workshop access and tooling within the region. This will also allow a base...
Alimak Hoists Deliver Material, Goods and Personnel to London Landmark
Specially adapted Alimak hoists are playing a vital role in one of Europe's foremost engineering feats, the construction of the Shard in central London. When completed in late 2012, the...
Alba Power has Major Effect on Mining Support
Out of Africa came engine parts at first, then by gaining customer confidence and understanding Alba Power's business ethics it did not take long for a major mining electricity supply...
Hardware in the Loop for Power Electronics
Pulse Power & Measurement, Swindon, UK, has teamed up with Typhoon to bring REAL TIME power electronics simulation to the UK market. Unlike the current solutions on offer, Typhoon's...
Planning in Detail Delivers Successful Outage Service for Power Station Actuators
Rotork Site Services in Australia has completed the comprehensive workshop service of 28 Rotork IQ valve actuators within the critical four-week timescale dictated by a power station...
Alba Power Extends Contract with Olympus
We are pleased to announce Alba's commitment to its client with a five-year extension for the offshore Olympus support contract. "It was our first large contract nearly five years ago and...
World's Largest Solar Plant Powers Up Under Field System Machining After Turbine Outage Work
This past week FSM completed three weeks of turbine steam path outage welding and machining repairs in Boron, California, at the world's largest solar electric power plant — Solar...
Pratt and Whitney Capabilities at Alba Power
Alba Power is pleased to confirm our continual growth in engine type availability and support. With the recent inspection and repair works completed for a local user, we are increasing...
General Physics Ranked Top 'Breadth of Service' Learning Provider
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has announced that it has received the top ranking for the...
Tata India to Use Cloudis Cable Management Software
Tata Consulting Engineers India have purchased CMPIC Cable Management Software from Cloudis through their Indian reseller KLG Systel. Ian Barnes, sales and commercial director at...
Alba Power Welcomes New Addition to Overhaul Team
It is with great pleasure that we welcome Mr Alan Watson to our overhaul team. Alan is a highly experienced gas turbine engineer. His role as workshop supervisor will augment our high attention...
NeuCo Announces Spring Power Plant Optimization Tour
NeuCo, leading provider of power plant optimization software systems, has announced the site and date of its Spring 2011 Plant Optimization Tour. CPS Energy's J.K. Spruce Station in San...
Olympus Innov-X Announces New Delta-50 Handheld Analyzer for Extended Analytical Capabilities
Olympus Innov-X is excited to announce its DELTA-50 XRF analyzer, an evolution of the popular DELTA Premium handheld XRF analyzer...
Maxwell Technologies Sees Significant Growth Opportunity for its CONDIS® Capacitive Voltage Divider Products in Russia Grid Modernisation
Maxwell Technologies has announced that a leading producer of instrument transformers for the Russian Utility Grid has selected CONDIS® capacitive voltage dividers (CVD) for integration...
The Sole Danish Steel Plate Producer Creates Growth
DanSteel is pleased to inform that the plan for a new rolling mill is now a reality. The delivery contract has been signed and according to the plan, the new rolling mill will be implemented...
Original Piece of RR Avon History Comes to Alba
A mark 1 Avon gas turbine has been added to the collection of heritage items retained and maintained by Alba Power at Netherley. In addition to the Hunter Jet currently undergoing renovation we...
General Physics Corporation Earns 2011 Top 20 Sales Training Company Award
General Physics (GP), a global performance improvement solutions provider, announced today that it has been named one of the 2011 Top 20 Sales Training Companies by Training Industry for the...
Cerisol Builds New Factory to Increase Production Capacity, Efficiency and Flexibility
Cerisol has started construction of a new factory to increase production capacity, efficiency and flexibility in responding to customer orders, while reducing manufacturing costs and improving...
Ormazabal to Give Poster Presentation at the European Wind Energy Conference & Exhibition in Brussels
The Ormazabal team looks forward to seeing you at the Ormazabal booth 11929 and Ormazabal poster presentation, 'MV switchgear's impact on turbine efficiency and reliability in special wind...
Loos to Exhibit its Latest Innovation at the ISH in Frankfurt
SUCcess — Start-Up Control combined with Shutdown and Standby — is the name of the most recent innovation from Loos, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bosch Thermotechnik. The control...
ABB Relion® 615 Series Solution with Pilot Wire Modems for Line Differential Protection Applications
ABB, a global leader in power and automation technologies, has a new ABB Relion® 615 series solution. It has pilot wire modems for line differential protection applications and offers an...
GP Strategies Acquires China-Based Communication Consulting
GP Strategies Corporation has announced that its principal operating subsidiary, global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), has acquired...
Alba Power's First-Time Pass Rate Continues to Grow
With the recent success of the third first-time passed engine in 2011 Alba Power are certainly bringing in the new year in impressive style. Adding to previous years of successful...
February 2011
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ESB International Secures Project in Namibia
Global energy company, ESB International (ESBI), has been appointed by the Namibian state-owned electricity utility, NamPower, to provide technical advisory services for the 800 milliwatt...
Innospin's Air-Cooled Condenser Retrofit Programme Eliminates 35MW Power Shortage
The combined cycle power plant in Kerman consists of eight gas turbines and four steam turbines, each with 160MW power output. In summer time the power plant was lacking 35MW of power output due...
HBM Offers Torque Flange with ATEX Approval
A torque transducer integrated between drive and machine, directly in the drive train, is suitable for precisely determining the performance of a machine. Such transducers are offered by...
Keld Ellentoft India and MCM Steel to Design and Manufacture Industrial Dampers in India
Keeping with the strategy of diversifying into allied products, Keld Ellentoft India has tied up with a Canadian damper manufacturer, MCM Steel, to design and manufacture all types of...
STROS at CONEXPO 2011 Trade Fair in Las Vegas
STROS is participating in the CONEXPO-CON/AGG and IFPE 2011 trade fair, which will be held in Las Vegas, US, 22-26 March. The booth takes up an area of 1,200ft² in the Gold Lot, the...
Western Offers a Wide Range of Engineering, Fabrication, Installation and Integration Services
Western Industrial Contractors (Western) specializes in engineering, fabrication, installation and integration, with particular expertise in projects that involve complex machinery and...
Grand Hyatt Singapore Emphasizes Energy Savings Commitment at Opening
As part of the Grand Hyatt Singapore's energy-saving initiative, GE has successfully turned readily available synthetic gas (syngas) into useful energy at the hotel, which is celebrating...
Field System Machining Awarded Portable Lathe Compound Project By ReGENco Toshiba
Field System Machining's portable lathe compound design has once again been deemed to offer the best value and performance by ReGENCo Toshiba. "We're delighted to continue our status as...
Wood Group GTS Signs a Multi-Year Service Contract for Eight Solar Centaur® Gas Turbines
Wood Group GTS has been awarded a contract estimated to be worth up to $4.5 million by Consorcio Camisea to provide overhaul and technical support for eight Solar Centaur® 50 SoLoNOx...
Brad Hilton of Bachmann Dampjoint to Conduct On-Line Abstract on Expansion Joints for Coal Fired Power Plants
Bradford Hilton, P.Eng of Bachmann Dampjoint, will be conducting an on-line abstract of Bachmann Dampjoint's various types of metallic and fabric expansion joints for coal fired power...
HBM Wins Prestigious CE Design Award for Isolation Device
HBM's high-speed instrumentation development team, based at Dongen in The Netherlands, has won a prestigious CE Design Award for work on its forthcoming ISOBE7600 high-voltage...
New Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments White Paper Discusses Oil-in-Water Instrument Specifications
The measurement capabilities of oil-in-water analysis methods are described by several analytical figures-of-merit. This white paper, by Dale F. Brost, PhD, of Turner Designs...
Field System Machining Adds Territory Manager For Great Plains US
Field System Machining, the field machining, turbine overhaul and mill machinery repair pioneer, welcomes Mr Barry Samulcek as Great Plains area field manager. Mr Samulcek's territory...
Russia to Begin Producing Power from Coal Bed Methane at New Plant
The first coal-bed-methane (CBM) to energy project in Russia celebrates its grand opening at Kuzbasskaya Energosetevaya Compania’s Talda site, located near Kemerovo, Russia. The gas comes from...
MHG Systems Wins the Finnish Green ICT Competition
Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, launched the Green ICT competition in October 2010. The competition looked for solutions that improve business opportunities...
Boddingtons Electrical Introduces Arc Flash Protective Clothing
The main reason to be concerned about arc flash is for the safety of staff or contractors. With the rising frequency of reported arc flash accidents, and the potential for serious injury or...
Dynamiq Forms Global Strategic Alliance with Europ Assistance IHS
Leading Australian emergency management specialists, Dynamiq, has announced the establishment of a strategic alliance with Europ Assistance International Health Solutions (EA IHS), a...
MHG as Finalist in Nordic Cleantech Competition
MHG's global bioenergy specific solution is among the top 25 finalists in this year's Nordic Cleantech Open Competition. Nordic Cleantech Open recently announced the top 25 finalists of...
Breakthrough for PEMA on the South American Industrial Boiler Market
HPB-Simisa Sistemas de Energia from Sertãozinho, Brazil, is a recently established company that provides technology solutions for the thermal power industry. A joint venture between HPB and...
Wärtsilä Appoints Björn Rosengren President and CEO as of 1 September 2011
Wärtsilä's board of directors has appointed Mr Björn Rosengren M.Sc. (Tech.), born 1959, as the new president and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation. He will assume the...
Mee Industries Announces Pump Maintenance Interval Breakthrough
Mee Industries has announced that its seal-flushed pumps provide extended seal life for fog pumps. These flushed pumps are designed for intense, continuous-duty gas turbine DI...
Rotork Valve Automation at Solar Power Plants Includes Retrofit Upgrade
With a generating capacity of 432MW, Spain is now the world’s largest generator of electricity from solar power plants. Spanish solar energy plants utilise parabolic trough technology combined...
Introducing the Heat Loss Index for BoilerOpt™
Have you ever wondered how BoilerOpt™ (CombustionOpt® and SootOpt®) affects your unit's heat rate? With the new Heat Loss Index, which is now included with every BoilerOpt...
Loos Boiler Systems are the Technology of Choice for the Huge Tauern Spa World in Austria
The extraordinary, 48,000m² Tauern Spa World opened in Kaprun, Austria in November 2010, right in time for the start of the winter. The four-star hotel with 160 rooms and suites boasts...
Renewable Fuel Technologies and MHG Systems Form BioCoal / ERP Partnership
Renewable Fuel Technologies (RFT) and MHG Systems (MHG) have announced a distribution and support agreement for MHG Systems’ BioEnergy enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, marking a...
Denman Supplies Instrumentation Service for AE&E
Having completed a number of large power projects worldwide in recent years, Denman Instrumentation has been chosen for their expertise by international plant engineering and construction...
Trasfor Releases New Renewable Energy White Paper
Trasfor, a leading manufacturer of custom-built dry-type transformers and inductors, has released a new, free-to-download white paper outlining its capabilities in the field of renewable energy. ...
TEMPSC Orientation and Evacuation System Provides the Perfect Solution for Rowan Drilling
The TEMPSC orientation and evacuation system (TOES) is a retrofit lifeboat (survival craft) enhancement originally designed with support from Chevron in the early 1990s. Since its...
Ormazabal Supplies 255 CPG.0 Primary Distribution Units for Syrian Utility
Ormazabal has provided a Syrian utility with 255 CPG.0 primary distribution units, product training and technical assessment, meeting all of the client's particular needs. Functional...
EnergyFog Cooperates with Enipower in Northern Italy
EnergyFog Systems (EFS) has been assigned by Enipower, the Italian electric utility owned by ENI, the giant company active in the oil and gas field, with the task to supply its fogging systems...
Solon Manufacturing Company is ISO 9001:2008 Registered
Solon Manufacturing Company is proud to announce that its quality management system has achieved ISO 9001:2008 registration. This ISO 9001:2008 registration validates the effectiveness...
Vogt Power to Supply HRSGs for Thailand Power Plant
Vogt Power International, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, has announced the receipt of an award from Toshiba Plant Systems & Services (TPSC) to supply the heat recovery steam generators...
Team Alba to Scrum with Team Scotland
Alba Power are pleased to announce our support of the National Scottish Rugby team through corporate support. After enjoying several years of taking clients to these matches and events we are...
Bierer Launches New Service Tester and Phase Identifier
Every electric utility owns the overhead and underground service conductors feeding the home owner's meter. Often, the homeowner will experience problems such as extra bright or flickering...
The Need for Accredited Air Emissions Testing Bodies
Effective January 2012, all source testing at sources regulated under 40CFR Part 75 must be performed by organizations complying with the ASTM D7036 standard, 'Standard Practice for Competence...
January 2011
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Sword CTSpace Releases Free White Paper on Power-Technology
Sword CTSpace, one of the world's leading suppliers of specialist software for document management, business process automation and project collaboration, with a strong expertise in the...
EFD Induction Lands Brazing System Order from ANDRITZ HYDRO
Austria-based ANDRITZ HYDRO has ordered a Minac 25/40 Twin induction heating system from EFD Induction. The system will be used for copper brazing at ANDRITZ HYDRO's facility in Weiz,...
France's Jeumont Electric Awards EDF Induction with Further Equipment Order
Jeumont Electric, the France-based specialist in power generation and conversion technologies, has recently taken delivery of an EFD Induction Minac 18/25 Twin induction heating system. The...
Reliability Works Is Off to a Running Start in 2011
After a successful year 2010 Reliability Works is looking forward to 2011 and already off to a running start. The provider of optimized asset management strategies will be presenting at the...
PPM Power Releases New Version of PLECS Software
Pulse Power & Measurement (PPM) has launched version 3.1 of PLECS Blockset and PLECS Standalone. PLECS Blockset has become the tool of choice for high-speed simulations of power...
BBM Akustik Technologie to Attend POWER-GEN Europe
BBM Akustik Technologie is pleased to announce that it will be attending POWER-GEN Europe on 7-9 June 2011 in Milan, Italy. In its 19th year, POWER-GEN Europe is recognised as the...
Alba Power Completes Decommissioning of Two North Sea SK30 Units
Alba Power was recently awarded, and successfully completed, the de-commissioning of two North Sea SK30 Units complete. Looking after all aspects of the decommissioning including...
VisSim to Provide Marine Coordination System for London Array
London Array has selected VisSim of Horten, Norway, to provide a marine coordination system for the first 630MW phase of London Array. VisSim's system will enable London Array to manage...
General Physics Presents 2010 Power Performance Excellence Award to KCP&L for Record Heat Rate
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies, formally recognized Kansas City Power & Light's (KCP&L) Hawthorn...
Alba Power Welcomes Continued Support Contract Extension and Overhaul Award
Alba Power has welcomed the extension of a support contract, and a gas turbine award from a valued repeat North Sea client. Grahame Martin, senior sales manager, commented: "After five years...
Denman Awarded New Contract from Pembroke Power Station
The beginning of the new year coincided with the award of a major contract on one of the UK's largest power stations for Denman Instrumentation. RWE npower has selected EPC giant Alstom Power...
NeuCo to Present Boiler Optimization Case Studies at EPRI Heat Rate Improvement Conference
NeuCo, a leading provider of power plant optimization software systems, is scheduled to present at the 2011 EPRI Heat Rate Improvement Conference, which will take place in St. Petersburg,...
New Hybritec Air Dryer Offers Low Dewpoints and Energy Savings
Introducing Kaeser's new Hybritec combination dryer series. This innovative compressed air drying solution combines the energy savings of a refrigerated dryer with the exceptionally low...
Trasfor to Exhibit at World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi
Since its inception in 2008, the World Future Energy Summit 'WFES' has evolved as the world's foremost and must-attend annual meeting for the renewable energy and environment industry. In 2010...
Orga Aviation Releases New White Paper
Orga Aviation, a leading provider of complete solutions of aviation and offshore safety marking systems, has released a free white paper on the Power-Technology website. Effective and...
Meet Orga Aviation in 2011 and 2012
Orga Aviation, a leading provider of complete solutions of aviation and offshore safety marking systems, is pleased to announce that it will be attending the following trade fairs and events...
Turner Designs Presents Technical Paper at Produced Water Society Seminar
The technical paper 'Understanding Oil-in-Water Instrument Specifications' will be presented by Dr Dale F. Brost, principal development scientist for Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments at...
Olympus Introduces the In-Line ERW Tube Inspection System
Olympus is pleased to introduce its latest ultrasonic industrial NDT system, the in-line ERW tube inspection...
RDE to Provide Gösgen Nuclear Power Plant Simulator with DCS Upgrade TUREG 3
RDE has been awarded a contract by Nuclear Power Plant Gösgen-Däniken Switzerland (KKG) to provide a further upgrade of the full-scope simulator with the integration for DCS...
Wärtsilä Receives Major Power Plant Order from Timor-Leste
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible power plants and services to the decentralised power generation market, received an order in December to supply engines and other...
Power Station Upgrade Introduces Rotork CVA
Gothenburg Energy is western Sweden's leading energy company, providing energy services, heating, cooling, natural gas, electricity and broadband. At one of its power stations the company...
Bachmann Dampjoint Announces Date of Fluid Sealing Association (FSA) Spring Meeting
The Fluid Sealing Association (FSA) has several member divisions focusing on fluid sealing industries. Bachmann is a member of two such divisions under the FSA umbrella. Bachmann is a member...
Wärtsilä Introduces New, More Powerful Version of Wärtsilä 32 Engine
Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading solutions provider, has introduced a more powerful version for marine applications of its popular Wärtsilä 32 engine. First introduced...
South American Lease Installed and Running
In addition to the recent award of a full overhaul and service contract, Alba Power is pleased to announce that its client has opted for a lease unit during the overhaul process....
Innovative Remote Discharge Monitoring Solutions from EMS
EMS is increasingly deploying systems, which relay continuous receiving water quality data to the web and enable the triggering of automatic samplers to capture the detail of events. Sampling...
International HRSG Cleaning - Go with the Best the First Time
When it comes to doing contracting work internationally, it takes a special company and a special group of people. Precision Iceblast Corporation definitely has what it takes. This winter they...
December 2010
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Second 2010 Business Achievement Award for Alba Power
Following hard on the heels of its November 2010 success in the Best Small to Medium Enterprise Award, Alba Power has won a second UK-wide business achievement award, this time for the...
Dynamiq Introduces People & Projects to Global Market
As part of a new service offering, Australia's fastest growing security and emergency management firm, Dynamiq, will make highly experienced former military, medical and emergency...
Ormazabal Supplies Distribution Units and Solutions for Turguttepe Wind Farm in Turkey
Ormazabal, one of the leading manufacturers of medium-voltage switchgear worldwide, has supplied medium voltage switchgear and protection devices for the Turguttepe wind power plant project...
GP Strategies Acquires Academy of Training
GP Strategies, the corporate parent of global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics, has announced that GP's wholly-owned subsidiary, General Physics (UK), has acquired...
Membrana-Charlotte Launches French and Russian Website Portals for Liqui-Cel® Membrane Contactors
Membrana-Charlotte, a leading membrane and degassing device manufacturer, has expanded its Liqui-Cel business unit's website with the launch of a dedicated French portal and a dedicated...
NeuCo Profiled in Industrialinfo.com 'Industry Today' Webcast
Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas, US) today launched a webcast entitled 'The Optimization Standard', which features Peter Kirk, president and CEO of NeuCo. The webcast is part...
RITZ Breaks Ground at Power Transformer Production Site in Wirges
On 12 December 2009 RITZ broke ground for a €2m project at Wirges, enlarging the production site for transformers to a total of 8,000m² thus doubling the production area and...
Australian Government 'Elects' Alba Power
An Australian government-owned power station has appointed Alba Power to perform its Avon gas turbine overhaul. This was a rapid-response operation — from inspection to contract award and...
Wood Group GTS Awarded GE Frame 9E Gas Turbine Contract
Wood Group GTS has been awarded a five-year gas turbine term maintenance agreement by Stadtwerke München (SWM), Germany's largest municipal company supplying gas and electricity to more than...
MHG Provides Bioenergy ERP for Spain's Biggest Biomass Supplier
MHG Systems has started the first phase of a MHG Bioenergy ERP implementation in cooperation with FactorVerde, the largest biomass supplier of Spain. With MHG Bioenergy ERP, FactorVerde will...
RITZ Instrument Transformers to Exhibit Cast-Resin Insulated Bus Bar Systems at POWERGEN
RITZ Instrument Transformers, a leading supplier of cast-resin bus bar systems, will be exhibiting at booth 2382 at POWERGEN 2010. The following products will be presented: SIS...
Maximum Industries Continues Expansion into Aerospace, Power Generation and Oil and Gas Markets
With the implementation of AS9100 Rev. B, five-axis waterjet capabilities, and high-speed routing, Maximum has been solicited by area companies to bid on projects only a handful of suppliers...
RITZ Instrument Transformers to Exhibit Low-Voltage and Medium-Voltage Transformers at POWERGEN
RITZ Instrument Transformers, a leading supplier of medium-voltage and low-voltage transformers, will be exhibiting at booth 2382 at POWERGEN 2010. The following products will be presented: ...
MHG and FSO Launch Unique African BioTechPark Concept for ABREC
In pursuit of their goal of ensuring environmental sustainability in Africa, MHG Systems and its associate company Feedstock Optimum have launched a novel African BioTechPark based on the...
Olympus Innov-X Announces New Small Spot Capabilities for its DELTA Line of Handheld XRF Analyzers
Olympus Innov-X is pleased to introduce a collimated X-ray beam for analysis of small areas into its popular DELTA handheld XRF...
Enviro Technology Launches National Air Pollution Photo Competition
Enviro Technology Services has launched a nationwide competition to find the best photos on the theme of 'air pollution'. The company is a world-class supplier and leading UK exporter of...
Solvina Presents its Updated Operator Training Simulator
Solvina, a platform for power plant simulators, designed for operator training and plant development, has announced that the latest release of its operator trainer simulator is now...
Rolls-Royce Awarded Contracts to Meet Growing Electrical Demand in Tanzania and Madagascar
Rolls-Royce, a leading global power systems company, has been awarded contracts to provide 11 Bergen B32:40 diesel engine-powered generating sets to the electrical authorities of Tanzania...
Vogt Power to Supply Heat Recovery Equipment to Latvian Power Plant
Vogt Power International, located in Louisville, KY, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, based in Danvers, MA, has received a contract from Gama Power Systems Engineering and Contracting to supply...
Rolls-Royce Awarded $80m Contracts to Boost Oil and Gas Projects in Slovakia and the Middle East
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has won two separate contracts for a total of four industrial RB211 gas turbine packages valued at over $80m, to help with the development of...
Rolls-Royce Signs Agreement with STX Engine to Further Strengthen Position in Asia
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has signed an agreement with STX Engine. The company, based in Korea, will become a packager of Rolls-Royce industrial gas turbine generating sets...
FTIR Emission Testing - Avoiding Common Traps
Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) technology is a powerful, versatile tool for air emissions testing, but involves a number of potential pitfalls. Obtaining high-quality, legally defensible...
Vogt Power to Supply Heat Recovery Steam Generators to Siemens Energy for California Repowering Project
Vogt Power International, located in Louisville, KY, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, based in Danvers, MA, has announced it will supply the heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) to Siemens...
Struthers Wells to Supply Equipment for Qatargas LNG Project
Struthers Wells, a division of Thermal Engineering International, a Babcock Power company with offices located in Houston, TX and Warren, PA, has been awarded a contract to supply a thermal...
Impressive Performance by Loos Boilers at China's Sheraton Tianjin Hotel
Outstanding quality, durability, lasting efficiency - the 100% Bosch Thermotechnik subsidiary Loos applies very high standards to its large and industrial boiler systems. An excellent...
Orga's New CIP300 Controller Gives Full Control of Obstruction Light Systems
Orga Aviation now offers a new obstruction light system controller - the CIP300 - for use with its L1000 high-intensity and new LED L450 medium-intensity obstruction light systems,...
Orga Introduces New L450 Series Medium-Intensity Obstruction Lights
Orga Aviation offers a new series of obstruction lights - the L450 series - to meet the latest challenges of aviation safety by providing optimal obstacle marking solutions for onshore and...
Turning Methane from Waste to Energy in the Philippines
Bacavalley Energy, the leading waste-to-energy developer in the Philippines, and GE have inaugurated the first landfill gas power plant in the country to feature GE's jenbacher gas engines....
Bachmann Dampjoint to Exhibit Dampers and Expansion Joints at PowerGen 2010
Bachmann Dampjoint will exhibit at the PowerGen 2010 event located this year in Orlando, FL. The exhibition will take place 14-16 December 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center - West...
GE to Deploy Jenbacher Bio-Gas Engines to Chile as Part of Santiago Basin Wastewater Treatment Renewable Energy Initiatives
Chilean water utility Aguas Andinas will install GE's jenbacher bio-gas engines as part of a wastewater treatment plant expansion and renewable energy project along the Mapocho River, near...
Wood Group GTS Wins $875m EPC Contract for Israel's Largest Private Power Station
Wood Group GTS has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract valued at approximately $875m from Dorad Energy to build an 800MW power plant in Israel....
Meet Trasfor at POWER-GEN International 2010
POWER-GEN International is the largest and most trusted power event in the industry. Leading industry players showcase their products and services to the industry's largest gathering of...
NeuCo-Xcel Harrington Plant Optimization Tour Webcast Goes Live
NeuCo, provider of power plant optimization software systems, today announced the launch of an on-demand webcast: 'Optimizing Combustion and Heat Transfer at Xcel Harrington'. Recorded...
November 2010
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Sword CTSpace Selected as Best of Showcase Finalist at IBM IOD 2010
On 25 October, Sword CTSpace, a global provider of document management and collaboration workflow applications for the construction and engineering industries, was selected as one of three Best...
Energy Optimisation with LOOS System Technology
In its 99th year of existence, Eugen Gruninger Großmetzgerei from Freiburg, Germany, has started a new chapter in its company history, and opened a state-of-the-art, economical...
GP Strategies Acquires Bath Consultancy Group
GP Strategies Corporation, the corporate parent of global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), has announced that GP's wholly-owned subsidiary,...
General Physics Corporation Receives Two Prestigious Brandon Hall Learning Awards
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has announced that it has been honored with two...
Wärtsilä Corporation Awarded O&M Contract by Al Badia Cement
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible power plants and services to the decentralised power generation market, has been awarded an operations and maintenance (O&M)...
The Ultimate Particulate Measurement System Comes to ET
Leading air quality monitoring supplier Enviro Technology Services now offers what it considers to be 'the ultimate ambient particulate measurement system'. Ambient particulate measurement...
Enviro Technology Wins Opsis Distributor of the Year Award
World class supplier and leading UK exporter Enviro Technology Services, which is specialising in air pollution monitoring systems, has been awarded 'Distributor of the Year 2009- 2010' by Opsis. ...
Swedenborg to Exhibit at Valve World Expo 2010
Swedenborg is exhibiting at Valve World Expo 2010, the world's leading trade fair for valves and valve equipment. The expo will place for the first time at its new location in...
ESB International Appointed to EU Clean Energy Network
ESB International (ESBI) has been selected as part of a consortium to support the establishment of a clean energy network between the EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries....
PSD Successfully Completes Modular Control Room Project for the Southern Seawater Desalination Plant
Power System Design (PSD), an electrical engineering design and construction company specialised in the design, project management, procurement, construction and commissioning of...
Solvina Co-Operates with Holmen Iggesund Paperboard
Solvina has been awarded a prestigious project by Holmen Iggesund Paperboard in Sweden. The company is investing in a new chemicals recovery boiler and power turbine, and Solvina will play...
Budapest Power Awards Multi-Year Master Service Agreement to Wood Group GTS
Wood Group GTS has signed a multiple-year, exclusive service agreement with Budapest Power Plant, part of EDF Group, to provide parts, repairs, field services and refurbished replacement...
Kissling Demonstrates Outstanding Track Record in the Manufacture of Test Bench Gear Units
Renowned companies in the aviation industry's test bench sector have given their vote to Kissling's engineering capability and quality. As a result, Kissling was able to continue the tradition...
Nuclear-Qualified Fluid Power Valve Actuators Complete Rotork's Power Industry Product Range
The acquisition of Ralph A. Hiller Company (Hiller) enables Rotork to add an established range of nuclear-qualified fluid power valve actuators to its existing comprehensive electric...
LOOS to Present State-of-the-Art Boiler Technology at Brau Beviale in Nuremberg
The 100% Bosch Thermotechnik subsidiary LOOS is presenting its state-of-the-art boiler technology for beverage manufacturers and breweries at the Brau Beviale trade fair in Nuremberg, on...
L-3 MAPPS' Orchid® Technology to be Installed on Fort Calhoun Nuclear Power Plant Simulator
L-3 MAPPS has reached an agreement with the Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to update the full scope simulator at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station with its Orchid® family of...
Eggborough Power Station Leads the Way in Safety with Unique New Course
Eggborough Power Station in North Yorkshire has become the first power station to adopt the new and innovative health and safety course 'Managing Safely for the Power Sector' as a minimum...
Wärtsilä Wins Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2010 Competition
Wärtsilä's Sustainability Report has won the first prize in the Corporate Responsibility Reporting 2010 competition, in which the responsibility reporting of different corporations...
General Physics Sponsors First Learning Solutions Customer Forum Event
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies, held its first Learning Solutions Customer Forum event at the Marriott Town Center...
Ormazabal Supplies London Array Offshore Wind Farm
Ormazabal, one of the leading manufacturers of medium-voltage switchgear for the power industry, is pleased to announce the delivery of 177 CGM.3-L cubicles for the London Array project. ...
Ephindo and GE’s Coal Bed Methane-to-Power Project will Help Indonesia Meet its Growing Power Needs
Indonesia's leading coal bed methane (CBM) company, Ephindo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with GE to develop a pilot power generation plant that will tap into the country's...
Indonesia Increases Commitment to Coal Bed Methane with GE
Indonesia’s leading coal bed methane (CBM) company, Ephindo, has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with leading manufacturer of gas engines, GE to develop a...
Ice-Blasting - The Preferred Method for Turbine Cleaning
Precision Iceblast was contracted to clean a turbine during the fall outage of 2010. During this very short turnkey project, a team of four guys worked 15hr straight to ice-blast the turbine....
GP Strategies Corporation to Report Third Quarter 2010 Financial Results
GP Strategies, a global provider of training, e-learning solutions, management consulting, engineering and technical services through its operating subsidiary General Physics, will release...
October 2010
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Turnkey Water Filtration Systems by MeeFog
Mee Industries is providing turnkey fog systems for cooling inlet air, in order to boost the gas turbine power output. The new water treatment and storage option can be added to provide a...
Power-technology.com Online Magazine Wins Silver at Digital Magazine Awards
We are proud to announce that the power-technology.com Online Magazine is a winner at the Digital Magazine Awards 2010. The magazine has won the silver prize in the category Technology &...
Sword CTSpace Selected as Best of Showcase Semi-Finalist at IBM IOD 2010
Sword CTSpace, a global provider of document management and collaboration workflow management applications for the construction and engineering industries, has been selected as a semi-finalist...
Huntsman Leads the Way in Renewable Energy Materials
Government and energy utilities are embracing solar energy on a global scale. Solar energy can compete with conventional energy sources such as oil and gas not only in terms of making...
Cummins Power Generation Announces Price Increases for 2011
Due to current industry dynamics and projected market conditions, Cummins Power Generation, a division of Cummins, is announcing price increases for its commercial generator sets between 6kW...
Denman Completes Project at Staythorpe C Power Station
Denman Instrumentation has completed its project with global EPC-leader Alstom Power on the Staythorpe C power station (CCGT), Newark, Nottinghamshire. Once up and running the power...
New Online Gateway to Camfil Farr
Camfil Farr's website has been completely redesigned to facilitate contacts with our company and provide even better information to customers and the general public about our products, ...
Wood Group GTS Awarded $152m EPC Contract for Conversion of GWF Energy Facility
Wood Group GTS has received an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract, valued at approximately $152m, from GWF Energy to construct and commission the conversion of the...
Wärtsilä Awarded Three O&M Contracts for Power Plants in Brazil
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible power plants and services to the decentralised power generation market, has recently been awarded three operations and maintenance...
Wärtsilä Wins Service Contract to Operate and Maintain 200MWe Power Plant in Pakistan
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants and services to the decentralised power generation market, has been awarded an operations and maintenance (O&M) agreement by Liberty...
ESBI Wins Engineers Ireland Award for Project Delivery Model
ESB International (ESBI) has won the large-sized company category award at the Engineers Ireland continuous professional development (CPD) Company of the Year Awards 2010. The CPD Company...
General Physics Receives Two Prestigious 'Learning in Practice' Awards from Chief Learning Officer Magazine
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies, today announced that it has been honored with a Gold Award...
Weir Awarded Order for Chinese Nuclear Power Plant
Weir Power & Industrial has recently been awarded a multi-million dollar order for the supply of TRICENTRIC® butterfly valves from the State Nuclear Power Engineering Company (SNPEC) in...
Reducing Costs with Enviro Technology's CEM System
Companies that use continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) can now access a system from Enviro Technology Services that will not cost the earth in terms of its energy consumption. ...
Wärtsilä and Ecospec Co-Operate to Provide Clean Power Solutions
Wärtsilä, a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine and energy markets, and Ecospec Global Technology, owner of the revolutionary CSNOx emissions...
Wärtsilä Wins Major Cooperative Utility Power Plant Order in the US
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has won a major power plant order from a US cooperative utility. In September Wärtsilä was...
General Physics' Option Six Division Named Business of the Year by the Indiana Greater Bloomington Chamber of Commerce
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has announced that its Option Six division was...
GE Continues Expansion of $40 Billion Energy Technology Portfolio with Acquisition of Dresser
Leading manufacturer of gas engines, GE has signed a contract to acquire Dresser, a global energy infrastructure technology and service provider. The $3 billion deal is the latest in a...
Proserv Offshore Completes Significant Decommissioning Contracts
The past 12 months have been a busy and prosperous period for Proserv Offshore with the completion of several significant decommissioning projects worldwide. In the Asia Pacific region, the...
End of CGM-CGC 12/24kV Manufacturing Programme at Ormazabal
CGM-CGC 12/24kV range units will no longer be manufactured and supplied by Ormazabal after 31 December 2010. The CGM-CGC 12/24kV system has developed into the CGMCOSMOS 12/24kV system, which...
Enviro Technology Wins Praise for its Revamped Website
Leading air quality monitoring company Enviro Technology has been praised for its website by the authoritative trade newsletter Air Quality Bulletin. The newsletter ranked the Enviro...
Trasfor to Attend Electra Mining 2010
Electra Mining Africa is driven by a powerful motivator - to be the ultimate meeting and market place for all stakeholders involved in the mining, construction, industrial and power...
September 2010
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Mexico's Largest Steel Galvanising Plant Saves $6 Million Using GE's Gas Engine Technology
Mexico's largest steel galvanising plant, owned by POSCO-Mexico, will save $6 million per year in electrical power costs and achieve power independence by using GE's Jenbacher technology....
World's Largest Gas Engine Power Plant - Made Possible by Wärtsilä Technology - to be Inaugurated Today
The inauguration of the world's largest gas-fired power plant based on combustion engines, the Aliaga power plant in Aliaga, Turkey, takes place today, 29 September. The ceremony will...
Wärtsilä to Supply World's Largest Gas Engine for Turkish Power Plant
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has been awarded an engineering and equipment contract relating to the extension of the Aksa Samsun power...
Finnish Export Credit Financing Facility Signed with Wärtsilä's Customer for a Project in the Dominican Republic
An export credit facility between Seaboard Corporation, a US-based company and a client of Wärtsilä, and Standard Chartered Bank was signed on 17 September 2010. This 12-year,...
A Greener Future for Diesel Engines with Cummins Power Generation
The desire for future generations to breathe clean air, a commitment to regulatory compliance, plus the aspiration to be seen as a 'green' organisation, is driving a change in technology in...
Struthers Wells to Provide Heat Exchangers for Oklahoma Refinery
Struthers Wells, a division of Thermal Engineering International (TEi), a Babcock Power company with offices located in Houston, TX, and Warren, PA, has received an order from Mustang...
Continental Controls Corporation Releases New GV1 Electronic Gas Fuel Valve
Continental Controls Corporation, a manufacturer of controls and components for gas turbine and reciprocating engines, has announced the release of a fuel valve targeting OEM engine...
General Physics Corporation Named a 'Top Learning Portal Company' by Training Industry
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has announced that it has been named one of the top 20...
Wärtsilä Signs Power Plant Supply Agreement with KVK Energy Group in India
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has signed an agreement with KVK Energy Group to supply power generating equipment and engineering for a...
Power System Design Successfully Completes Telstra VGDL Phase-Out Project Using IEC61850 Protocol
Power System Design (PSD) was approached to produce a workable solution to avoid disconnection of co-generators relying on aging analogue signalling equipment, as Telstra ceases to provide...
Russian Cement Plant Turns to GE Technology to Tackle Growing Electricity Demand Caused by Construction Boom
Due to the ongoing construction boom in Russia, high demand for cement has led to an unprecedented rise in the growing need for electricity. To help meet this need, CJSC Inteco has chosen...
Enviro Technology's Continued Consultancy Approach Helps its Hire Business to Increase Three-Fold
With vast expertise and experience in the field of air quality monitoring Enviro Technology Services has increased its hire business by three times more than the anticipated level this...
ESBI and MCT Enter into Agreement to Develop Major Tidal Energy Project
ESB International (ESBI) has entered an agreement with the pioneering tidal energy company Marine Current Turbines (MCT) to develop an initial phase of a 100MW tidal energy project off the...
Avoiding E-Waste with Speedtronic.com
Concerned about a healthy planet for our children, the Dutch team behind speedtronic.com studied the way in which they can start making a difference. Mr Matthijssen of speedtronic.com says:...
BrightSource Energy Signs Boiler Agreement with Riley Power
BrightSource Energy, developer of utility-scale solar thermal power plants, has announced that it has signed a series of contracts with Riley Power, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, for three...
GP Strategies Corporation to Present at the BMO Capital Markets 10th Annual Conference
GP Strategies Corporation (GPX), the parent company of global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), has announced that CEO Scott N. Greenberg and CFO...
Sound Technologies Provides Engineered Noise Control Solutions for Power Generation
Sound Technologies is a recognized leader in providing engineered noise control solutions for power generation applications by creating long-term client relationships through superior...
Enviro Technology Announces Availability of New T-Series Gas Analysers
Enviro Technology Services, a world-class supplier and leading UK exporter specialising in air pollution monitoring systems, is pleased to announce the availability of the latest gas analysers...
Rolls-Royce Wins $200m in New Power Systems Orders
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, today announced orders worth over $200m for electrical power generation equipment from customers in Australia, Bangladesh, Spain, Venezuela and...
Rolls-Royce Introduces New, Higher-Powered Industrial Gas Turbine
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has announced the latest model to its industrial RB211 family. The H63 is a 44MW engine that will deliver at least 30% more power, more...
Ormazabal to Supply More than 3,000 Distribution Transformers for Polish Utility Energa
Ormazabal will supply its low looses distribution transformers and special solutions required by the Polish electrical market after winning a public tender to supply Energa. Energa is the...
Denman Awarded New Contract in the Netherlands
Denman Instrumentation is celebrating after securing a major contract with French power engineering company Alstom on a €1bn joint repowering and new construction project in the south-east...
Meet Trasfor at EOLICA MEDITERRANEAN 2010 in Rome
EOLICA EXPO MEDITERRANEAN is the leading international event for Italy in the wind energy sector. The eighth edition, to take place on 7-9 September 2010, is looking to be even bigger and...
August 2010
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Macaulay Institute Chooses Enviro Technology's Picarro Isotopic CO2 Analysers for its International Research
Leading Aberdeen-based land-use research centre the Macaulay Institute has purchased two Picarro isotopic CO2 (carbon dioxide) analysers from Enviro Technology for its worldwide research...
Haefely Test Launches New Transformer Turns Ratio Measuring Instrument
A close collaboration with major transformer manufacturers has lead to the new Tettex 2796 Transformer Turns Ratio Meter. It combines mobility and user-friendly handling with unmatched accuracy...
Wärtsilä Awarded Four New Contracts to Alleviate Bangladesh Power Shortage
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has received four orders to supply power plants to customers in Bangladesh, adding more than 300MW...
Ormazabal Supplies MV Switchgear and Power Distribution Solutions for the Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland
Ormazabal is supplying medium-voltage switchgear and power distribution solutions for the Gotthard Base Tunnel project in Switzerland. Due to the complex electrical requirements that...
GEA Westfalia Separator at CARILEC 2010
From 26 to 28 July 2010 the Business Line Energy of GEA Westfalia Separator Systems (GEA WS ST) attended this year's CARILEC Engineering Conference, one of the key events for the...
ESBI to Present Paper on Environmental Retrofit Project
Donnchadh Irish of ESBI will present a paper on the Moneypoint Environmental Retrofit Project (MERP), at the fifth annual Experts Conference in Berlin on 27 September 2010. Entitled...
Enviro Technology Seminars to Showcase Best Practice for Industrial Air Emissions
This autumn, two free seminars are being held by Enviro Technology Services and PCME to highlight best practice for industrial air emissions and industrial air emission monitoring...
Trudy Schoolenberg Appointed Vice President, Global R&D, at Wärtsilä
Ms Trudy Schoolenberg, PhD (Tech), 51, has been appointed vice president, Global R&D, at Wärtsilä Industrial Operations as of 15 August 2010. Ms Schoolenberg will be responsible...
Sword CTSpace to Attend NIRMA 2010 Information Management Conference
Sword CTSpace will attend the NIRMA 2010 Information Management Conference in Summerlin, Neveda, US, 15-18 August at the J.W. Marriott Resort and Spa. At the conference, Sword CTSpace...
Phoenix to Exhibit at CUEE
The Canadian Utilities Equipment & Engineering Show (CUEE) is Canada's largest marketplace for utility products and services. This year's event will feature a wide range of equipment and...
AMS Introduces New Oxygen Analyser AMS 5000 Series
Analysen-, Mess- und Systemtechnik (AMS) has introduced the new oxygen analyser AMS 5000 series. The series comprises analysers for oxygen measurement in '%-range' designated AMS 5200....
Reliability Works to Offer Reliability Training at Reliability Bootcamp
To help organizations meet availability, safety and environmental targets, Reliability Works is offering training in reliability practices at their Reliability Bootcamp on 18 and 19 October...
L-3 MAPPS to Further Enhance Simulator for the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety
L-3 MAPPS has announced that it has been granted a contract extension from the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) to further update its SOFIA...
Precision Iceblast Corporation Performs Another Stellar HRSG Cleaning in the Harsh North-West
The environment in the north-west of the US creates back pressure problems that have been known to be the worst of the worst. Precision Iceblast Corporation was contracted in May to clean a...
Weir Group Signs Cooperation Agreement to Grow Nuclear Offering
The Weir Group (Weir) and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have signed a cooperation agreement to jointly develop activities in the UK nuclear new-build market under the brand WEIR-MHI. ...
Weir's Engineering Excellence Recognised by Rolls-Royce
Weir Power & Industrial, part of The Weir Group, is pleased to announce that Edmond Nowicki, a senior engineer at the company's valve facility in Lille, Northern France, has been awarded...
Tapiro to Exhibit at ONS 2010 in Stavanger, Norway
Tapiro is exhibiting at ONS 2010, one of the world's leading energy industry expositions. Taking place in Stavanger, Norway, on 24–27 August 2010, the ONS exhibition will bring together...
Ibex Gallagher Secures Contract with Tata Motors
Construction of India's largest automobile manufacturing site will incorporate the country's first non-electrified, monitored perimeter security system supplied by Ibex Gallagher. Tata...
Gallagher Group CEO Wins Prestigious Manufacturing Award
Bill Gallagher, Gallagher Group CEO, has been awarded the 2010 World Class Manufacturing Award. Now in its seventh year, nominees for the 2010 World Class New Zealand Awards are...
Gallagher Security Partners with Joosee on Trophy FT PowerFence™ Systems in China
Gallagher Security recently celebrated another global success with the installation of its first Trophy FT PowerFence™ system in China, which will secure the government's Research...
L-3 MAPPS Awarded Embalse Full Scope Simulator Project
L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has received an order from Nucleoeléctrica Argentina (NA-SA) to supply the full scope operator training simulator for the Embalse nuclear power station....
July 2010
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Enviro Technology Showcases the Importance of Indoor Air Quality (IAQ) Monitoring
Enviro Technology Services, which is a world-class supplier and UK exporter specialising in environmental monitoring instrumentation for air quality monitoring and industrial...
Superbolt Supplies Tensioners for the CERN Hadron Collider
Superbolt® was chosen to supply over 1,500 high-strength mechanical tensioners, expansion bolts and Torquebolts® as part of the US contribution for the CERN Hadron Super Collider. ...
ESB International Secures €1 Million Contract in Bahrain
ESB International (ESBI) has secured an engineering contract to provide technical consultancy services to the Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) of Bahrain. The contract involves major...
President of Vogelbusch USA Awarded Renowned Industry Award
Gunter Brodl, president of Vogelbusch USA, has been honoured for his services to the global ethanol industry with the renowned FEW Award of Excellence. The award, bestowed by BBI International...
Dynex Semiconductor Wins Prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise
Dynex Semiconductor's outstanding contribution to international trade has been recognised in the recent announcement by Her Majesty The Queen that Dynex has received the Queen's Award...
Enviro Technology Enhances EPC Offering
Enviro Technology is enhancing its service to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors with a dedicated engineer-led team focused on the air emissions monitoring needs of...
Wärtsilä Interim Report January - June 2010
Wärtsilä's interim report January - June 2010 shows a strong second quarter with clear signs of market recovery. Second quarter highlights: Order intake increased 42%...
Wärtsilä to Supply 26MW Power Plant to Canadian Natural Gas Processing Plant
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has been awarded a contract to supply the power generating equipment and associated engineering for the...
Ukraine Milk Company Powered by 4,000 Cows and GE Biogas Engine
Cow manure is being converted to energy at the first biogas cogeneration plant in the Ukraine. The facility, which is powered by 4,000 cows and a GE Jenbacher gas engine, has recently...
Aztec Provide Power Plant Safety Valve Training for Maintenance Staff
Aztec Technical Services (TSL) now offer four additional courses in the repair, maintenance and testing of safety valves to their existing portfolio of courses. Thier duration runs from half...
Warm Welcome for Unifying Shaft Alignment and Vibration Calculation Software
This year Machine Support celebrates 25 years of operations. In this time, Machine Support has built up a reputation as alignment specialist, solving the most complex problems anywhere in...
Air Pressure Cleaning of Marine Boilers Saves Energy, Time and Money
This is the first time that OKR Cleaning will participate on the Danish stand at SMM. The company sees it as a unique opportunity to meet others in marine industry and establish contact...
Victaulic Unveils Coupling for Fiberglass-Reinforced Plastic Pipe
Victaulic, the world's leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining systems, today introduced the Style 296A coupling for fiberglass-reinforced plastic (FRP) pipe. The coupling offers...
Fireye Launch the Insight II Flame Scanner
Fireye is proud to announce the arrival of the latest in multi-burner flame scanning technology, the Insight II. The Insight II offers dual sensing capability (solid-state ultra violet...
GE Launches World's First Two-Stage Turbocharged Gas Engine
Responding to growing global demand for high-efficiency power generation, GE has developed the world's first two-stage turbocharged gas engine and is applying this game-changing technology to...
World's Largest Cow Manure Project to Produce Energy by Using GE's Jenbacher Biogas Technology
Helping to alleviate China's energy shortage, GE's ecomagination-approved Jenbacher biogas engines will power the new Liaoning Huishan Cow Farm, which, once completed, will become world's...
Ukraine Milk Company Powered by 4,000 Cows and GE Bio-Gas Engine
Cow manure is being converted to energy at the first bio-gas co-generation plant in the Ukraine. The facility, which is powered by 4,000 cows and a GE jenbacher gas engine, has recently...
High-Quality Engineered Silencers for the Power Industry
Sound Technologies is the industry expert for engineered silencers that are specifically designed to mitigate tonal noise produced by large industrial fans. Designed locally in Michigan...
How Ice Blasting is Revolutionizing Precipitator Cleaning
Precision Iceblast is a world leader of ice blasting in the power industry. Precipitator cleaning has traditionally been performed with sand, water or walnut shells, however, each of...
Proserv Offshore Awarded Windfarm Solution Contract with DONG Energy
Proserv Offshore, a leading global provider of subsea maintenance, abandonment and decommissioning and services to the offshore energy industry, has recently been awarded a substantial...
Cummins Power Generation Extends Range of Low Emissions Generator Sets
Cummins Power Generation has announced the launch of six new diesel generator sets, which are part of a range that meets improved emission standards. Powered by the reliable QSX15 engine,...
Ormazabal Sponsors Eurelectric's Annual Conference and Convention
Ormazabal attended to Eurelectric's annual conference and convention in Dublin as a bronze sponsor. The most notorious companies attending were ABB, KEMA, GE, Accenture, Vattenfall and IBM...
Field System Machining Adds Territory Manager in Western States
Field System Machining, pioneer of the field machining, turbine overhaul and mill-machinery-repair world, welcomes R.H. Borden and Company as its area representatives for Utah, Wyoming,...
June 2010
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General Physics Chosen to Validate Microsoft Project 2010 Training
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies (NYSE:GPX), has been selected to be the independent validation provider...
ARNOLD Group to Exhibit its Advanced Insulation System at EXPO 2010 in Shanghai
ARNOLD Group is proud to be one of the 200 participants of currently the most extensive international exposition: the 'Expo 2010' in Shanghai, China. According to the motto 'Better City,...
Haefely Releases New High-Precision Dielectric-Loss Analysing System
The Dielectric-Loss Analysing System 2840 is designed for the measurement of very low dielectric losses and impedances (dissipation factor and power factor) of high-voltage apparatus such...
Trelleborg's Unique Lifting Bags Lift, Move, Spread and Fix Where Others Cannot
Lifting bags, developed and manufactured by Trelleborg Engineered Systems, are unique reinforced polymer bags that when inflated can lift huge weights. Used for three decades in rescue work...
Field System Machining Adds Territory Manager for Ohio Valley Region
Field System Machining, the field machining, turbine overhaul and mill machinery repair pioneer, welcomes Walt Kennedy as Ohio Valley region area field manager. Kennedy's territory...
Wärtsilä to Supply Power System for Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
Wärtsilä, the marine industry's leading ship power systems integrator, has signed a contract with Lamprell of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to supply a complete ship power system for...
Wärtsilä to Supply Equipment for Two New Power Plants in Bangladesh
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has recently received equipment orders for two new power plants to be supplied to customers in Bangladesh....
Field System Machining Adds Augusta Energy Solutions for Mid-Atlantic Territory
Field System Machining, the field machining, turbine overhaul, and mill machinery repair pioneer, welcomes Augusta Energy Solutions (AES) to handle Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware....
Field System Machining Appoints Robert Cosbey and Don Dolph of C & D Solutions as Great Lakes Area Territory Managers
Field System Machining, the field machining, turbine overhaul and mill machinery repair pioneer, welcomes C & D Solutions' Robert "Bob" Cosbey and Don Dolph. The pair's territory...
Wärtsilä Expands in Panama
Wärtsilä, a leading provider of power plant and ship power solutions and services, today opened new offices and a workshop in Panama. Located in the International Business Park of...
Vaisala's New Industrial Measurement Instruments Introduced in New 2010 Catalogue - Available Online Now
Vaisala is known for its wide range of measurement instruments, which offer customers the stability, reliability and performance they need in their demanding industrial processes and...
UCC Awarded Turnkey Contract for Dry Sorbent Injection at PPL Montour
United Conveyor Corporation (UCC) has been awarded a turnkey contract at PPL's Montour power plant in Washingtonville, PA, for two dry sorbent injection (DSI) systems. The announcement...
Metric & Multistandard Components Corp Celebrates 47 Years in the Metric Business
Metric & Multistandard Components Corp is currently celebrating 47 years in business. "As a comprehensive metric supplier, our customers look to us for all of their metric needs, knowing that...
Osmo Härkönen Appointed Vice President, Group Quality, at Wärtsilä
Mr Osmo Härkönen, MSc (CE), currently vice president, project management, at Wärtsilä Power Plants, has been appointed vice president, group quality, at Wärtsilä as...
LOOS Invests in a New Corrugated Flame Tube Machine
LOOS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bosch Thermotechnik, has begun operations with a new corrugated flame tube machine. To ensure production that is even more efficient and...
Wärtsilä, ABB and HUG to Jointly Develop Next-Generation Low Emissions Technology
In an extension of their existing cooperation in the development of two-stage turbocharged medium-speed diesel engines, Finnish power solutions provider Wärtsilä and Swiss...
2nd Annual PowerSafe Users Roundtable Takes Place in Atlanta
The 2nd Annual PowerSafe Users Roundtable was held from 9 to 10 May 2010, in Atlanta. Nearly 60 utility owners and contractor representatives were in attendance. The Roundtable provided...
Field System Machining Adds Territory Manager For Northwest US
Field System Machining (FSM), the field machining, turbine overhaul and mill machinery repair pioneer, welcomes Don Aarts as factory representative and manager of the northwest territory....
Wärtsilä's Fuel Cell Unit Provides Power to Wallenius' Car-Carrier Undine
Wärtsilä's WFC20 fuel cell unit has been installed onboard the Undine, a car carrier owned by Swedish Wallenius Lines and managed by Wallenius Marine. This unique power unit is the...
Wärtsilä to End Production in the Netherlands to Cater to Current Market Developments
Wärtsilä will start the execution of restructuring measures in the Netherlands following positive advice from the works council and approval of a social plan. The restructuring...
Croft Supplies Filters to Global Water Leader
Filtration plays a pivotal role in waste management and water treatment and organisations in this sector must be confident that their processes are complying with the strict regulations that...
Ormazabal Provides Smart Grid Solutions to the STAR Project in Castellòn, Spain
Ormazabal was selected to supply 50% of the products and solutions for Iberdrola's Star project in the Mediterranean region of Castellòn in Spain. The project which has been...
RDE Wins Contract to Build Engineering Simulator for Eskom's Medupi Power Plant
RDE has been awarded a contract to supply an engineering and training simulator to support the working processes during the construction, commissioning and operation phases for the 4,800MW...
L-3 MAPPS to Support AmerenUE with Callaway Plant's Integrated Control System Upgrade
L-3 MAPPS has announced that it has won two orders from AmerenUE in support of the Siemens SPPA-T3000 integrated control system (ICS) upgrade for the Callaway nuclear plant in Callaway...
Wärtsilä Converts Ecuadorian Crude Oil Power Plant to Associated Gas Operation and Co-Develops Carbon Finance Project with Customer
Wärtsilä, a leading provider of flexible decentralised power generation solutions, has been awarded the contract to convert the Eden Yuturi - Block 15 power plant in Ecuador from...
Denman and Alstom Enjoy a Long Lasting Relationship
Denman Instrumentation, one of the UK's leading instrumentation and calibration firms, has completed its 29th contract with multinational power and infrastructure company, Alstom. The...
Another HRSG Cleaning Success Story for Precision Iceblast Corporation
Precision Iceblast Corporation, the world's leader in HRSG cleaning, recently performed another successful cleaning on a Deltak HRSG unit located in one of the United States' north-western...
LOOS Expands its Product Portfolio to Include the Logamatic Heating Boiler Control
For the UT-L heating boiler series, LOOS customers can now also benefit from the Buderus Logamatic 4321 control device with the MEC2 operating unit. As a 100% subsidiary of Bosch...
Bronswerk Heat Transfer to Showcase its Ultra-Low-Noise, Ultra-Efficient Fan at POWER-GEN Europe
Bronswerk Heat Transfer (BHT) specialises in the design, engineering and production of complete heat-transfer products and processes, including heat exchangers, condensers and air-cooled coolers. ...
May 2010
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Solvina Launches New Power Plant Simulator Platform: SolvSim Power Plant
SolvSim Power Plant are simulators specially designed for operator training and power plant development. Using these simulators, the user will easily understand power and process systems and...
Wärtsilä Enters Rail Market Through Joint Venture with Transmashholding in Russia
Wärtsilä has signed a joint venture agreement with the Russian company Transmashholding (TMH) to manufacture modern and multi-purpose diesel engines in Russia. The engines, including...
General Physics Receives Accreditation from NASBA for Climate Change and Carbon Accounting Course
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, has...
Free Solon Manufacturing White Papers Available at Global Petroleum Show
Solon Manufacturing, the longest-standing manufacturer of Belleville Springs in America will feature a complete line of Solon Belleville Springs used in valve and flange live loading during...
General Physics Corporation Passes 30,000 User Seats for GPiLEARN Power Plant Training
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has announced that it has crossed the 30,000 'seat' threshold...
Sword CTSpace Launches New Interactive Website: engineering-collaboration.com
Sword CTSpace, a global provider of document management and collaboration workflow applications for the construction and engineering industries, is releasing its brand new...
First District Heating Project in Spain to use GE Technology
Gas engine manufacturer GE has announced that its first Jenbacher gas engine for district heating in Spain will enter commercial operation with cooperative society Ur Beroa S Coop to help...
Alstom Uses EFD Induction Minacs for Bolt Expansion
Alstom Italy has purchased two EFD Induction mobile Minac 25/40 induction systems for its service activities in the electro-technical and power generation industries. The systems' first...
Turner Monitors Prevent Oil Pollution of Seawater
The protection of desalination plants, open loop cooling water intakes, seafood processing plants and other seawater users is a special problem during an oil spill or other marine...
Wärtsilä to Attend Electric Power 2010
We have the pleasure of inviting you to visit our booth, number 2013 at Electric Power in Baltimore, MD, US, to be held on 18-20 May 2010, where you will have the possibility to talk to...
Trasfor at WINDPOWER 2010 in Dallas
Each year AWEA hosts the WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition, which is the premier wind energy event in North America. In 2009, the event hosted over 23,000 attendees and nearly 1,300...
Wärtsilä to Deliver its Largest-Ever Power Plant Project
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has been awarded a major contract for building a power plant in Brazil. This turnkey contract is valued...
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments Releases New Product
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments has recently launched its new oil spill detection kits. These kits use an industry standard TD-500D handheld oil-in-water analyzer and a...
Ventx Maintains Steady Order Book Through Recession
Vent silencers are always one of the items to be order on most large projects. With many projects re-starting after global economic slow-down it will still be a few months before customers start...
Belman Will Exhibit at Power-Gen Europe
Belman will exhibit at the Power-Gen Europe exhibition from 8-10 June 2010. The exhibition takes place in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, in the exhibition centre Amsterdam RAI. Belman will...
Wärtsilä Receives O&M Agreement for Iraqi Floating Power Plants
Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of decentralised power plant solutions, has been awarded two operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts for two floating power plants that will...
Holland-Controls to Attend Powergen Europe
Holland-Controls, which builds engineers, builds, installs and commissions turn-key PLC-based control system retrofits and upgrades for existing gas turbine packages, will be exhibiting at...
Hochtief Chooses Sword CTSpace for the Structural Design of Two Power Stations for RWE
As part of the RWE power station renovation programme, the Consult IKS energy planning department at HOCHTIEF has been awarded the contract for the structural design of two coal-fired...
Ormazabal Presents 'Development and Requirements of a New High Power Laboratory' During IEEE PES T&D 2010
The poster 'development and requirements of a new high power laboratory', presented by the staff from Ormazabal Corporate Technology, focused on the technical features of the HPL and the...
Maxwell Technologies Reports First Quarter 2010 Financial Results
Maxwell Technologies (Nasdaq: MXWL) today reported revenue of $26.6m for its first quarter ended 31 March 2010, up 19% over the $22.5m recorded in the same period in 2009. Operating...
Maxwell's HV Laboratory Capacitors Utilise CONDOR Technology
Maxwell's CONDIS® HV laboratory capacitors can be used as a key component in many applications, including as coupling capacitors for PD measurement, HV dividers for 50Hz voltage measurement,...
Maxwell's Grading and Coupling HV Capacitors Used in GIS Breakers
Maxwell is the world leader in HV capacitor technology because of its reliable, high-quality, long-lasting, first-in-class products with excellent electrical and mechanical strength. We also...
April 2010
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Mechan's Marathon Man Achieves Personal Best
An engineer from Sheffield-based rail depot equipment specialists, Mechan, has made a marathon effort to raise more than £850 for a charity that supports the terminally ill. Mechan's...
Capacity Expansion Positions CONDIS High-Voltage Capacitors to Continue Growth Trend
Maxwell has stated that capacity expansion and process improvements in its production facility here position the company’s CONDIS® family of high-voltage (HV) capacitor products to continue...
TTT Uploads Details of Robust Filtration Systems
TTT is an engineering company and EPC focused on gas turbine air filtration and acoustic equipment. We are independent from filter manufacturers, enabling us to provide unbiased and...
Pemamek Delivers Heavy Robot Welding Gantry to Dometal
The extension of the Finnish company Dometal's shop floor facilities by an additional 1,400m2 has been completed. The new shop was specially built for the production of Multiva tractor trailers....
Energyst: Chiller Efficiency Case Study
Energy efficiency for liquid chillers is key to the total cost of ownership (TCO). Energy efficiency ratios are often used and unfortunately sometimes misused to evaluate and compare...
Precision Gas Turbine Adds Pratt & Whitney GG8-3 to its Portfolio of Engine Frame Services
In our continuing efforts to provide exceptional services to the power generation industry, Precision Gas Turbine (PGT) is pleased to announce that it has added the Pratt & Whitney GG8-3 to...
Shanduka-Aggreko Announced as Final National Supporter of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™
The final national supporter of the 2010 FIFA World Cup™ has been revealed as Shanduka-Aggreko. Shanduka, a leading African investment holding company, through its subsidiary Shanduka...
Aggreko Signs $150m, Three-Year Agreement for 200MW in Bangladesh
Aggreko, the global leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control services, has signed an agreement with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDP) for the provision...
GP Strategies Operating Subsidiary Awarded Major International Contracts in Energy Sector
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has recently won international contracts to provide...
LOOS Exhibits at SHK Moscow
LOOS will be exhibiting at the international industry and technology trade fair SHK Moscow, under the motto 'The great brand for high-performance industrial boiler technology'. New laws...
Contec Acquires Scherer Filterbau
Scherer Filterbau, formerly Friedrich Scherer Filtergeräte, has been acquired and merged into Contec® (Bad Honnef). The company, which was established in 1973 and is specialised in...
GE Helps Czech Republic Entrepreneur Launch High-Efficiency Biogas Power
The Czech Republic's Chmel Pochvalov enterprise began operating a new 1.13MW bio-gas co-generation plant 60 miles outside of Prague with the help of GE's highly efficient Jenbacher combined...
Wärtsilä and ABB Turbo Systems Develop Groundbreaking Technology to Cut Diesel Engine Emissions
Wärtsilä and ABB Turbo Systems are co-operating in a joint development programme for a new and groundbreaking application of two-stage turbocharging on large diesel engines....
plastocor-international to Exhibit at POWERGEN Europe 2010
POWER-GEN Europe is Europe's most important event dedicated to the power generation, transmission and distribution industries. It takes place on 8 to 10 June 2010 at the RAI Exhibition...
FSM Uses Stationary Journal Machining to Reduce Turbine Downtime
An expanding array of machining options, including stationary journal machining (SJM), now make it possible to perform turbine repairs on-site. The big advantages are reduced cost and...
Field System Machining Adds Territory Manager for Southern US
Field System Machining, the field machining, turbine overhaul and mill machinery repair pioneer, welcomes Jim Rish as southern region area field manager. Rish's territory includes Georgia,...
GE Help Italian Hospitals Turn to Cogeneration to Reduce CO2 Emissions
As the European Union continues to encourage industries to expand their use of combined heat and power (CHP) technologies to improve local energy efficiency and air quality, a growing number...
GE and the US Dairy Industry Shine Light on Potential of Cow Power in New York
With the country working to develop cleaner alternative energy sources, the US dairy industry, with sponsorship from GE Energy, attended the New York Dairy Power Summit in Syracuse, New York,...
GE's Rooftop Cogeneration System to Supply Tower of Deutsche Börse with Secure Onsite Power
GE announced its Jenbacher cogeneration technology has been installed on the rooftop of the new office tower for Deutsche Börse Group in Eschborn, near Frankfurt, Germany, providing one of...
plastocor-international to Exhibit at POWER-GEN 2010
plastocor-international, a specialist in protective coatings for complete cooling water cycles, will be exhibiting at POWER-GEN Europe, which will be held in Amsterdam from 8-10 June 2010. We...
Largest Farm-Based Dutch Biogas Plant Powered by GE's Jenbacher Cogeneration Units
Three of GE's ecomagination-approved Jenbacher biogas engines are powering the most powerful agricultural waste-to-energy combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the Netherlands. The...
GP Strategies Acquires Marton House
GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), the corporate parent of global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), has announced that GP’s wholly-owned...
GE Boost North Carolina's Renewable Energy Production Initiatives
North Carolina's renewable energy production initiatives recently received a boost with the formal opening of a new landfill gas-to-energy plant in Durham, the state's fourth largest city. Built...
GE Support the Long Term Energy Goals of London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
GE Energy has been awarded the contract to supply its ecomagination-approved Jenbacher cogeneration technology to power two innovative, natural gas and biomass-fueled energy centers being built...
Sword CTSpace Releases FusionLive
Sword CTSpace, a global leader in providing document management and collaboration workflow applications for the construction and engineering industry, is releasing today FusionLive. This is...
University Students in Romania Get First-Hand Cogeneration Experience
Students at Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania, are learning about cogeneration technology firsthand by working with the university's two ecomagination-approved Jenbacher gas engines...
GE Gas Engine Technology Helps Reduce Electricity Shortages in Bangladesh Northern Tea-Processing Region
The Honorable Prime Minister of Peoples' Republic of Bangladesh, Her Excellency Sheik Hasina, recently inaugurated the new Fenchuganj 51-megawatt (MW) Rental Power Plant of Barakatullah...
GE and PowerBalance to Build New Decentralised Power Plants for Netherlands
GE has entered into a joint development agreement with Dutch energy development company PowerBalance to develop seven new small-scale power plants to meet The Netherlands' need for more...
Amazon Power Project Moves Closer to Emissions Goal
Seeking to fulfill local utility plans in Brazil, independent power producer Breitener Energética has launched an ambitious project to replace power plants running on heavy fuel-oil...
Trasfor to Attend Energy 2010
Once again, Trasfor will be attending the leading industrial event in Europe, the Energy 2010, taking place at the Hannover Exhibition Grounds in Hannover, Germany, on 19-23 April 2010. ...
Rolls Wood Group Celebrate 20 Years of Partnership
April 2010 marks the 20th anniversary of Rolls Wood Group (RWG), a 50-50 joint venture between Rolls-Royce and Wood Group. RWG was formed in 1990 to provide Rolls-Royce gas turbine repair...
Field System Machining Expands Turbine Rebuild Shop Capabilities
To increase its turbine rebuilding shop capacities, the venerable South Elgin, Illinois, US field machining pioneer Field System Machining (FSM) recently added a new 5,000ft² turbine...
Ormacosta Supply Power Plant Project in the Czech Republic
Ormacosta is supplying six Photovoltaic Substations for a project in the proximity's of Prague in the Czech Republic. These substations present the advantage of being totally assembled...
Victaulic Extends its Exclusive Installation-Ready Line
Victaulic, the world's leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining systems, recently announced the addition of the style 177 QuickVic® flexible coupling to its patented...
March 2010
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Aggreko Signs Largest Ever Temporary Power Contract in Côte d’Ivoire
Aggreko, the global leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control services, has signed a contract with the national utility company of Côte d'Ivoire to provide 70MW...
UCC Introduces a High-Capacity Mixer/Unloader for Stabilising Wet Scrubber Cake
United Conveyor Corporation (UCC), a global leader in ash handling and custom-engineered material handling systems, introduces its high-aapacity pin-paddle mixer/unloader. The introduction of...
LAND Release New LSP-HD Infrared Linescanner
The latest, much anticipated instrument in the LAND infrared linescanner product range has finally arrived. The new LSP-HD represents the latest generation of LANDSCAN Infrared...
AMETEK Land Launches Latest Technology for Stack Opacity and Dust Concentration Monitoring
AMETEK Land has launched the world's latest technology for both stack opacity and dust concentration monitoring. The Land Model 4500 MkIII has reset the industry standard on compliance...
LOOS Presents Products at Mostra Convegno Expocomfort
At this year's Mostra Convegno Expocomfort in Milan, to be held from 23 to 27 March 2010, the Italian LOOS team will present the enormous potential of innovative boiler technology. Among...
MAN Diesel Uses Sword CTspace Solutions to Facilitate Collaboration with EDF
Sword CTSpace, provider of document management and collaboration solutions to the engineering and construction industry announced its involvement with MAN Diesel on the construction of...
General Physics Corporation Receives 2010 Top Sales Methodology Training Company Award
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that it has been named one of the...
Superbolt Release Free Video about its Bolts
Eliminate common bolting problems with Superbolt® multi-jackbolt tensioners (MJTs). Learn how this innovative bolting technology works in this informative new DVD. The new video 'The...
Ceremony for Enlargement of the Power Transformer Production Site in Wirges
On 12 December 2009, Ritz broke ground for a €2 million project at Wirges, enlarging the production site for transformers to a total of 8,000m² and thus doubling the production area...
Power System Design Awarded Contract to Design Mount Barker South Substation
The 275kV/66kV Mount Barker South switchyard will be constructed in a developed area, so environmental considerations are paramount for PSD when designing the substation. The 225MVA...
Victaulic Introduces Direct Groove Two-Piece Coupling for Large-Diameter Piping
Victaulic, the world's leading manufacturer of mechanical pipe joining systems, announces the extension of its line of patented Advanced Groove System (AGS) couplings for faster and...
Aggreko Celebrates Powering American Football's Big Game
The New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts professional American football teams weren't the only power on display at Sun Life Field in Miami in Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010. That's...
Aggreko Supplies 215MW of Temporary Power in the Sultanate of Oman and Panama
Aggreko, the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control, is pleased to announce that it has signed two contracts, together worth an estimated $75 million, for...
Aggreko Signs 2010 FIFA World Cup Contract
Aggreko is pleased to announce that, along with its joint venture partner Shanduka Group, it has signed a contract to provide temporary power and temperature control for broadcast and...
General Physics Corporation Recognized as 2010 Learning Leader by Bersin & Associates
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), has announced that Bersin & Associates named GP as...
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments Offers Fluorescence Monitors for Water Intake Protection
The protection of municipal drinking water producers' and industrial plants' water intakes from oil and hydrocarbon contamination is an important issue, and has long been a problem for users...
General Physics Corporation Sponsors Second Corporate Tuition Symposium
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), hosted its second Corporate Tuition Symposium at the...
Ormazabal to Release New CGM.3 Switchgear for MV Networks up to 40,5kV
Ormazabal has announced the release of a new addition to their product range, the SF6 gas insulated CGM.3 up to 40,5kV. The new switchgear was developed in response to the increasing demand...
Vogt Power to Supply HRSGs for Thailand Refinery
Vogt Power International, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, has announced that it has been selected to supply Jurong Engineering (JEL) with six heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) for the...
February 2010
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Mechan Supplies Italian Mini Cranes and Mould-Handling Equipment to UK and Ireland
Leading Sheffield-based manufacturer, Mechan, has signed an exclusive deal to supply unique Italian mini cranes and mould-handling equipment to the UK and Irish markets. Thanks to...
Speedy Chooses ArcGen Hilta Welding Equipment
Speedy, a leading provider of equipment and support services to the construction, manufacturing and rail industries, has agreed a major deal with ArcGen Hilta. The award-winning welding...
TEi's Murakoshi Receives International Project Management Award
Thermal Engineering International Inc. (TEi), located in Santa Fe Springs, CA, a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., based in Danvers, MA, announced today that Mr. Ken Murakoshi has recently...
L-3 MAPPS to Update Beznau Full Scope Simulator with Orchid Simulation Products
L-3 MAPPS has signed an agreement with Switzerland's Axpo to update the Beznau full scope simulator with L-3 MAPPS' latest suite of Orchid® simulation products. The project will kick...
United Conveyor Corporation Acquires O'Brien & Gere Dry Sorbent Injection Business
Waukegan, IL, US – United Conveyor Corporation (UCC), a global leader in ash handling systems and custom-engineered material handling systems, has acquired the O'Brien & Gere (OBG) dry...
CGM.3 Electrical Distribution Switchgear Technical Workshop with Vestas Northern Europe Offshore
Ormazabal, along with its commercial brand CGM.3 switchgear, has held a technical seminar in Denmark last November in which the brand's solutions for 2010 were presented. The event was hosted...
United Conveyor Corporation Unveils Improved 54in x 43in EXCEN-CRUSHER Clinker Grinder
United Conveyor Corporation (UCC), a global leader in ash handling and custom-engineered material handling systems, announces the release of its improved 54in x 43in EXCEN-CRUSHER. ...
January 2010
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General Physics Corporation Uploads Free White Paper about its Technical Training
General Physics Corporation, the industry leader in technical online training for power plants, has uploaded a free white paper detailing how it provided technical and leadership training for...
General Physics Corporation Awarded Over $3.4m in New Energy Work
Elkridge, MD, US — GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX) has announced that its subsidiary, global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), was...
Major Hydropower Industry Figures Identify Project Communication Inefficiency as Primary Concern
Sword CTSpace, a global provider of document management and collaboration workflow applications for the construction and engineering industry, has interviewed representatives from some of...
Turner Designs Succeeds with No-Solvent Oil-in-Water Analysis
Following a year of introduction and successful deployments, Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments has declared its new "no-solvent method" for oil-in-water analysis with the TD-500D...
Wood Group GTS Awarded $27m Operations and Maintenance Contract for GE Frame 7FA Turbines
Aberdeen, UK — Wood Group GTS has been awarded a five-year, $27m contract by Brick Power Holdings for operations and maintenance (O&M) of the Rumford and Tiverton facilities located...
GP Generates Project Plan for Technical and Leadership Training Academy
General Physics, the industry leader in technical online training for power plants, has released a white paper detailing its involvement in Luminant's new academy to provide technical...
First Anniversary of Ormazabal Primary Distribution
Ormazabal's new work sites, located in Boroa, consist of the R+D Center and the production plant of Ormazabal primary distribution switchgear and vacuum circuit breakers. The proximity...
Israel Electric Selects Vogt Power to Supply HRSG for Combined Cycle Plant
Vogt Power International, Inc., a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., has announced that it has been selected to supply a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) to the Israel Electric Corporation...
GP Strategies Announces $20m Equity Investment by Sagard Capital Partners
Elkridge, MD, US — GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), a global provider of training, e-Learning solutions, management consulting, engineering and technical services through...
December 2009
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LOOS Meets the Most Demanding Requirements for Chinese Market
In November 2009, the China Special Equipment Inspection (CSEI) granted LOOS, a company of the Bosch Group, Level A of the Manufacture License of Special Equipment. This license authorises LOOS...
Cloudis Introduces Enhancement to CMPIC Automatic Cable Routing
As part of its ongoing collaboration with customers to identify ways to improve their cabling processes, Cloudis has announced a new development which significantly reduces the time needed for...
Synengco Say Knowledge Automation is Key to Managing Information Assets
Ever day, a swell of data and information is being processed by organisations around the world. Synengco Pty Ltd (Synengco), an award-winning specialist engineering consultancy firm, predicts...
GP's Domestic Preparedness Equipment Training Assistance Program Achieves Major CBRN Training Milestone
Elkridge, Maryland, US — Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today it...
Solvina Arranges International Three-Day Seminar on Partial Discharge
For the first time, Solvina is proud to present the exclusive course "Partial Discharge", held by Greg Stone. The course takes place on 2-4 February 2010 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The course...
L-3 MAPPS to Provide Second Simulator for Eskom's Koeberg Station
Montreal — L-3 MAPPS has received an order from Eskom Holdings for a second full-scope training simulator. Eskom's Koeberg nuclear power station, with AREVA-designed pressurised...
Babcock Power Adds R. Brandon Donahue to Executive Team
Babcock Power, Inc. (BPI) of Danvers, MA, has announced that R. Brandon Donahue will join Babcock Power as senior vice president and chief operating officer of Babcock Power Sales, Inc....
Ormazabal to Attend Middle East Electricity 2010 in Dubai
Ormazabal is attending the 2010 Middle East Electricity, one of the main exhibitions in the electrical sector worldwide. This is the perfect occasion to take a closer look at our latest...
Turbine Technology Services Launches New Corporate Brand and Website
Turbine Technology Services Corporation, a full-service gas turbine engineering firm serving the power generation industry, has launched a new website and brand identity, which will showcase...
GP Strategies' Operating Subsidiary to Provide Learning Delivery and Operational Services
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that its multi-year...
General Physics Corporation Receives Top Honours from The Black Book of Outsourcing 2009 Survey
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that The Black Book of Outsourcing...
Edward Dean Named President of Babcock Power Services
Babcock Power Services, Inc. a subsidiary of Babcock Power, Inc. of Danvers, MA, announced that Edward Dean has been promoted to president and CEO of Babcock Power Services. He succeeds...
November 2009
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Cummins' Next-Generation Engine to be Showcased at Power-Gen International and Nuclear Power International
With the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Tier 4 Interim and European Stage IIIA off-highway emissions regulations approaching in January 2011, Cummins (NYSE: CMI) is at the forefront...
KE-Burgmann to Attend Power Gen International 2009
On 8-10 December 2009, KE-Burgmann USA and KE-Burgmann EJS will be participating at Power Gen International 2009 in Las Vegas. This is the first time that KE-Burgmann EJS, as a new member of...
Snap-on Industrial Introduces New Digital Borescope
Our new BK6000 digital-image capturing borescope offers unlimited uses for inspecting and photographing those hard-to-see places. With the BK6000, technicians can diagnose problems more...
Cummins Power Generation Launches New Low-Range Generator Sets
Cummins Power Generation announces the launch of a new line of low-range generator sets designed to maximise performance and minimise environmental impact. Powered by X 1.3 and X 2.5 engines,...
LBH International Successfully Exhibits at SAOGE 2009
LBH International representative, Mr Biju Varghese, has just attended the SAOGE exhibition in Saudi Arabia, held on 1-3 November 2009 at the Dhahran International Exhibitions Center in...
Rolls-Royce Gas Turbine Delivers Electric Power in Tasmania
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, announced today that the first Trent 60 gas turbine electrical generating package installed in Australia has officially begun service....
Loos U-MB Boiler Provides Private Clinic with Steam
The new U-MB steam boiler model series from Loos International, a company of the Bosch Group, was presented to the public at the international ISH trade fair in Frankfurt, packaged in a...
Installation of a PFS Transformer Substation Ormazabal in Argentina
An underground PFS Transformer Substation is being installed in Argentina. This substation will include two distribution transformers of 800kVA and 13.2kV. It has small dimensions and is...
Power System Design to Manage Owen Springs and Lovegrove Substation Construction
Power System Design (PSD) has recently been awarded the contract to manage the 66/11kV Owen Springs and 66/22kV Lovegrove substation construction projects. The construction contracts have...
Power System Design to Supply Switchboards for ROE Creek Borfield
Power System Design was recently awarded the contract to supply switchboards for the ROE Creek Borfield in Alice Springs, Australia. The project will enhance the southern community’s water supply....
GP to Report 2009 Third Quarter Results
Elkridge, MD, US - GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), a global provider of training, e-learning solutions, management consulting, and engineering and technical services through its...
L-3 MAPPS Launches DCS-Controlled Simulators at Ling Ao Phase II
Montreal, Canada – L-3 MAPPS has announced that the Ling Ao Phase II nuclear power plant full scope simulator (FSS) is in service and being used to train operators. This is L-3 MAPPS' first FSS...
October 2009
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GP Strategies' Operating Subsidiary Awarded Contract to Provide Customized Training Services
Elkridge, MD, US - Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that...
GP Makes Strategic Hire to Expand International Energy Opportunities
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies (NYSE: GPX), welcomes Matt Auer to the energy services group. Mr Auer joins...
Gallagher Channel Partner Wins ‘Integrated Security Solution of the Year’ Award
Gallagher Channel Partner, 20-20 Vision, has won the 'Integrated Security Solution of the Year' award for the Cardax FT and Veracity integration at the Security Excellence Awards in the UK. ...
New User-Friendly Website and Phone System from Turner Designs
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments, a world-leading oil-in-water monitoring company, has announced that it has a newer, user-friendly website, www.oilinwatermonitors.com. The website...
GORACON Announces Relocation to Lawrenceville, Gwinnett County
GORACON Windpower Access Systems has relocated to Gwinnett County, near Atlanta, Georgia. The new 10,800ft² site is located at 805 Marathon Parkway in Lawrenceville, Georgia and will...
Sword CTSpace to Participate in HYDRO 2009
Sword CTSpace is to participate in the HYDRO 2009 conference in Lyon, France, to be held on 26-28 October 2009. The HYDRO conferences typically bring together delegations from more than...
Increased Efficiency with Snap-on Industrial Torque Multipliers
Torque multipliers from Snap-on Industrial are crucial for any high torque, confined space situation. Not only will a torque multiplier help to make sure your fasteners are properly tightened,...
Ormazabal Argentina Celebrates its Tenth Anniversary
On 11 March 2009, Ormazabal held the inauguration of its new installation in the industrial park of Burzaco, Agentina, and celebrated the tenth anniversary of the company's establishment in...
Wood Group GTS Wins GE LM2500 Gas Turbine Accessories Contract
Wood Group GTS, part of international energy services company John Wood Group (Wood Group), has been awarded a multi-year gas turbine accessories contract worth approximately $10 million by...
Snap-on® Industrial’s Impact Socket and Combination Wrench Range Expands
Snap-on Industrial has expanded its line of ¾in Drive Flank Drive® impact sockets and combination wrenches in response to the expanding market for heavy-duty bolting tools. Both...
General Physics Corporation Receives Learning in Practice Awards
Elkridge, MD - Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), today announced that it...
Kissling Gearboxes Demonstrate Longevity
As far back as the 1960s all Swiss cement factories (e.g. Holcim, Jura Cement, etc.) were equipped with Kissling gearboxes. Today, a lot of these original robust products are still in...
Fully Warranted and Refurbished Frame 6 Gas Turbine Generator Packages for Sale
Power Developments International FZCO (PDI), part of the Al Masaood Group, has announced that they now have available three refurbished and warranted frame 6 gas turbine generator packages....
September 2009
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Image-Grafix to Distribute CMPIC in the MIddle East
ImageGrafix Software FZCO is to distribute and support Cloudis' CMPIC Cable Routing and Management software in the Middle East. ImageGrafix has been established since 1996 as a value-added...
PDI Unveils New Website
Power Developments International FZCO (PDI), your complete power generation provider, has unveiled its revamped and radically redesigned website. The website features comprehensive details...
Aggreko Opens First Depot in India
Aggreko, the global leader in the provision of rental power and temperature control services, today announced the opening of its first depot in India, located at Wagholi Village in Pune. The...
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments to Show Oil-in-Water Monitors at WEFTEC 2009
Fresno, CA - Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments is set to exhibit their oil in water monitors at WEFTEC 2009, which will be held at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida...
Cummins Power Generation Celebrates 90th Anniversary
The year 2009 marks the 90th anniversary of Cummins Power Generation and celebrates a long history of innovation. From its beginnings in 1919 with David Onan’s invention of the Ten-lite...
Ormazabal Installs New High-Power Laboratory in Spain
Ormazabal is one of the most important suppliers in the European Union of equipment and services for the medium-voltage electric distribution network. Since its foundation in 1967,...
Caterpillar Hosts Online Community for Power Generation Professionals
Caterpillar is hosting a power generation online community, an interactive forum where consulting specifying engineers and other power generation professionals can exchange ideas and...
Caterpillar Introduces New G3520C Natural Gas Generator Sets for Island Mode Operation
Caterpillar has introduced two G3520C natural gas generator sets with optional air and fuel system controls that have been enhanced to provide superior island mode operational...
Synengco and Honeywell Sign Global Deal
Synengco, an Australian software company, is proud to announce the signing of a multi-million dollar worldwide software licensing agreement with Honeywell for Synengco's...
Keld Ellentoft India Secures Repeat Order for Coal Mill Bellows from Doosan Babcock
Keld Ellentoft India has secured yet another repeat order for coal-mill bellows from Doosan Babcock. In the year 2000, Doosan Babcock (earlier referred as Mitsui Babcock) selected Keld...
General Physics Releases EtaPRO™ Performance and Condition Monitoring System with Advanced Power Plant Modeling Technology
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies, has announced the latest release of EtaPRO™, its industry-leading...
Power System Design Successfully Delivers Protection and Control System for Carrum Zone Substation
PSD were engaged by the asset manager of the Carrum zone substation to provide the design supply and configuration of its new secondary systems. The Carrum zone substation is an...
Solvina Presents Power System Stability and Control Seminar
Solvina will present a four-day professional seminar on power system stability and control by Dr Prabha S. Kundur on 10-13 November 2009 in Gothenburg, Sweden. This seminar aims to provide...
Turner Launches North American Oil Field Water Support Service with Jorin
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments (TDHI) has collaborated with Jorin to launch a comprehensive service and monitoring package for oilfield-produced water treatment in USA and Canada,...
August 2009
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General Physics Becomes Bersin & Associates’ First Certified Consulting Partner
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has announced a new consulting partnership with Bersin...
Caterpillar Introduces New Mid-Range Diesel-Fueled Generator Set with ACERT Technology
Caterpillar Inc. introduces the new C6.6 diesel-fueled generator set, rated at 114ekW–150ekW. With ACERT™ technology, this generator set is capable of meeting Tier 3 emissions compliance...
Aggreko to Supply 140MW of Emergency Power in Kenya
Aggreko, the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control, is pleased to announce that, following a public tender, it has signed a contract with the Kenya...
L-3 MAPPS Receives Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Award
L-3 MAPPS’ Power Systems and Simulation business has been awarded Frost & Sullivan’s 2009 Global Excellence in Customer Value award for its customer-centric approach, technological superiority...
Riley Power Steam Generator Part of Award Winning Waste-To-Energy Facility
Danvers, Massachusetts – Riley Power, Inc. (RPI), located in Worcester, Massachusetts, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, Inc. (BPI), based in Danvers, Massachusetts, has announced that its Lee...
Cummins Power Generation Brings Prospect of Pollution-Free Power a Step Closer
Alternative green energy resources are fast becoming a reality, with significant advances in fuel cell technology being made by Cummins Power Generation, a world leader in the design...
GP Strategies Corporation Report Second Quarter 2009 Results
GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), a global provider of training, e-Learning solutions, management consulting, engineering and technical services through its operating subsidiary...
CTEC Georgia Crew Reach 250,000 Accident Free Man Hours
CTEC Georgia, a leading operations and maintenance provider, recently reached a safety record of 250,000 accident-free man hours for its Gardabani Power Station, Tbilisi, Georgia. CTEC has...
KE-Burgmann Expands Product Portfolio
On 1st August 2009 KE-Burgmann of Denmark, a subsidiary of the EagleBurgmann Group, acquired 100% ownership of American company Expansion Joint Systems (EJS Inc.) based in Santee,...
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Brazil’s Angra 2 Simulator
L-3 MAPPS has signed an agreement with Eletrobrás Termonuclear – Eletronuclear of Brazil to upgrade its Angra 2 simulator at the Almirante Álvaro Alberto Nuclear Power Station. The project...
Synengco Wins Australian Technology Showcase Award
Synengco has been selected as the Queensland winner of the 2009 Australian Technology Showcase Technology Pitch Award. Synengco's chief executive officer, Don Sands, accepted the award...
Aggreko Provides Quiet Power For PGA Championship
Shouts of “Fore!” and the hushed voices of commentators will once again be heard by thousands of spectators and millions of television viewers at the 91st PGA Championship being held at...
July 2009
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L-3 MAPPS Contributes to Life Extension of Gentilly-2 Plant Computers
L-3 MAPPS has won an order from Atomic Energy of Canada (AECL) to replace the Gentilly-2 Nuclear Generating Station’s digital control computers (DCCs). DCC systems are used to monitor and...
Rolls-Royce to Power the Largest Shopping and Entertainment Centre in Asia
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, has announced that it will provide a 40MW power solution for the biggest shopping and entertainment complex in Asia, now under development in...
Chemical Spills Course
Aztec Technical Services have added a new course to their portfolio. It is called Dealing With Chemical Spills: DSEAR EX & IS for Craftsmen. For further details call 01275...
LOOS Boiler Technology for Breweries and Beverage Companies
LOOS INTERNATIONAL is a partner to the beverage industry worldwide. Whether it's bottling plants, dairies, soft drinks manufacturers or breweries – LOOS has the right boiler for any...
Super Fast Power to Support Clean Energy and Emergencies
In a first for Western Australia, Perth Energy is building the State's fastest response power station entirely dedicated to supporting renewable energy generation and security of supply...
Avoiding Catastrophic Compressor Failures
Advanced Turbine Support Inc has identified the first R-1 platform crack on a 7FA compressor using the phased array ultrasonic inspection. The crack was found using a specialised inspection...
GE Energy's Gas Engines Powering First North American Cogeneration Plant for Commercial Greenhouses
Canadian government and business leaders today gathered near Lake Erie in southern Ontario for the grand opening of North America's first GE-designed greenhouse cogeneration plant installed...
GE Energy's Gas Engines Generating Electricity at One of California's Largest Landfill Gas-to-Energy Plants
Half Moon Bay, California - One of California's most powerful landfill gas-to-energy (LFG) projects to open in the last five years has started supplying renewable electricity to the San...
GE Energy Announces Industrial Waste-Heat Recovery Innovation for Onsite Power Plants
GE Energy and energy developer ECOS Ltd announced today they plan to demonstrate an innovative, industrial waste-heat recovery system that will dramatically increase the efficiency and output of...
PIE Supplies PIE Cave with Powered Remote Manipulator
SA Robotics has won a contract to deliver a powered remote manipulator (PRM) and control system for the DMTR PIE cave at the Dounreay site in the United Kingdom. The PRM standard...
Solon Manufacturing to Exhibit at NECA
Solon Manufacturing will exhibit their Solon Belleville Springs, Solon Flange Washers and Solon Disc Springs, which maintain bolt preload on bolted joints for various industries, at NECA. ...
Worldwide Emission Reduction by the Kyoto Protocol
With the topic of the moment very much based around a reduction of world emissions (Kyoto Protocol), IMS has further developed their exhaust gas SCR systems to reduce the nitrous oxide...
GP Strategies Corporation to Join Russell 3000 Index
GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), the parent company of global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), announced that it will join the Russell...
Aggreko Offers a Cool Solution to a Hot Summer
With temperatures predicted to soar this summer, Aggreko, the global leader in temporary power and temperature control solutions, is encouraging UK businesses to be prepared. In its...
Cool Running – Dealing With the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive
Increased energy costs and new legislation is putting ever-greater pressure on companies to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings. One important recent example is Article nine of...
Glastonbury Rocks to Success with Aggreko Power
Aggreko, the global leader in temporary power and temperature control solutions, has provided more than 27MW of power at this year's Glastonbury festival. The internationally renowned...
LOOS Supplies Large Boiler System to the Mercedes-Benz Plant in Kassel
Audi, BMW, Ford, Honda, Hyundai, MAN, Daimler, Opel, Porsche, Renault, Rolls Royce, Skoda, Toyota, Volkswagen and Peugeot - many famous motor manufacturers throughout the world trust the...
HSP Gets TOP AREVA Supplier Award
HSP Hochspannungsgeräte has been awarded the quality certificate for TOP AREVA supplier. The award was granted during a ceremonial act by the AREVA president Anne Lauvergeon in Berlin. ...
Caterpillar Offers the 3.1MW/3.1MVA C175-16 Diesel Generator Set
Caterpillar Inc. today announces the introduction of the C175-16 diesel package generator set for standby, prime and continuous applications. The generator set is available worldwide in...
June 2009
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Superbolt Introduces Tamper-Resistant Jackbolts for Security-Sensitive Applications
Superbolt recently introduced a new tamper-resistant jackbolt design. The tamper-resistant jackbolts are a product improvement for Superbolt's multi-jackbolt tensioner (MJT) bolting system and...
L-3 MAPPS to Build Second Simulator for China's Hongyanhe Site
L-3 MAPPS has won a second simulator order for China's Hongyanhe nuclear power plant from Liaoning Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Co Ltd (LHNPC), the plant owner and operator. The second simulator is...
New Pipe Beveling Machine MF 6i-50
In practice it has been proved that weld preparation of tube ends influences in a high degree the quality of the welding junction. For welding applications of tubes with a high wall-thickness...
Babcock Power Names Michael D. LeClair as President and CEO
Babcock Power Inc. (BPI), based in Danvers, MA, announced today that Mike D. LeClair has been selected by the company's board of directors to serve as the new president and chief executive...
Bridgestone Associates Signs Agreement for Pennsylvania's Northern Tier Energy Options Study
Bridgestone Associates and the Central Bradford Progress Authority today finalised an agreement under which Bridgestone Associates will assist the central Bradford progress authority (CBPA) in...
Thermal Engineering International Equipment Selected for New Power Plants in Chile
Thermal Engineering International (TEi) is located in Santa Fe Springs, CA, and is a subsidiary of Babcock Power, which is based in Danvers, MA. TEi announced today that it was awarded...
Wärtsilä Successfully Test Runs Engines on Renewable Fuels
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants for the decentralised power generation market, has successfully performed a number of tests that demonstrate the ability of its engines to...
Rolls-Royce Supplies Gas Turbines to Nigerian Offshore Fields with $150m Contracts from Total
Rolls-Royce will deliver a further eight RB211 industrial gas turbines for Nigeria's offshore oil and gas fields this year as part of contracts worth $150 million from TOTAL. These units, for...
Rolls-Royce Avon 200 Industrial Gas Turbine Upgrade Hits 100,000 Hours
An upgraded Rolls-Royce industrial gas turbine, which incorporates advanced technologies used in the latest generation of Rolls-Royce aero engines, has achieved more than 100,000h of...
Rolls-Royce Contract for Hungary Increases Trent Power Stations in Europe
Rolls-Royce announced today that it will supply two Trent 60 gas turbines for a new power station near Budapest, Hungary, increasing the number of power stations in service or in development...
Rolls-Royce to Power Indian Pipeline Extension in $130m Gas Turbine Contract
Rolls-Royce engines will power an extension to one of India's major gas pipelines in a deal with Gas Authority India Limited (GAIL) valued at more than $130 million. Six RB211-GT61 gas...
SA Robotics Providing Services and Equipment to Remove Core of KE Reactor
SA Robotics is pleased to have started providing the services and equipment required to remove the core of CH2MHILL Plateau Remediation's KE reactor at Richland, WA. The KE Reactor was...
Clean Water for Helsinki: New Contract for MWM
In a follow-up project, the long-established Mannheim-based company MWM recently received an order for another gas genset. The customer is Helsinki Water, an enterprise of Finland's...
L-3 MAPPS Recognised by AREVA as Key Supplier
L-3 MAPPS announced today it has been named an AREVA certified supplier for its nuclear power plant simulators and services. Michael Chatlani, vice president of marketing and sales for L-3...
Wood Group Gas Turbine Services Signs Six-Year Term Maintenance Agreement With WVK Freiburg
The gas turbine services division (GTS) of international energy services company John Wood Group (Wood Group) has signed a term maintenance agreement with WVK Freiburg to provide capital...
Substantially Increased Efficiency: MWM Presents New Output Category
Following the market launch of the 60-Hz product range toward the end of last year, MWM continued to push ahead with its product campaign. The Mannheim-based company will shortly present...
General Physics Corporation and Baker Communications Partner to Provide Global Sales Training Programmes
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that it has entered into an agreement...
Rolls-Royce Industrial Rb211 Engine Fleet Surpasses 25m Hours of Operation
With more than 600 engines operating in over 30 countries, the Rolls-Royce industrial RB211 gas turbine provides outstanding reliability, simplicity and maintainability. Each of these...
Rolls-Royce's First Trent 60 Gas Turbines in the US Achieve Successful Start-Up
The first three Rolls-Royce Trent 60 gas turbines installed in the US have successfully achieved "first fire" start-up. The units are located at two electric power stations in the cities of...
Rolls-Royce Wins €70 Million Trent Contract to Power German Power Station
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a €70 million contract by RWE, Germany's largest electrical supplier, for four Trent 60 generating sets to replace 1970s technology gas turbines at the...
Cummins Power Generation Underpins Leadership in Emissions Market with Launch of New Range Generators Powered By Best in Class QSB7 Engine
Cummins Power Generation announces the launch of a new series of low emissionised generators, which represent the first to market SIIIA emission compliant generator sets in the 175kVA to...
May 2009
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Solon Manufacturing Company Celebrates 60 Years of Innovation
Four fraternity brothers from Case Western Reserve in Cleveland created Solon Manufacturing Company in 1949. These four men were engineers, inventors, risk takers and forward thinkers. It was...
ShaftDesigner - Innovative Software for Propulsion Train Calculations
2009 will be the year of vast improvements in the ease and precision of shaft engineering and alignment. This will be the year of ShaftDesigner, innovative computer aided engineering (CAE)...
LOOS Boilers Ensure Peak Load and Emergency Supply
Springing into action when there are bottlenecks and being available around the clock in case of emergencies: if it were a job advertisement, the response would probably be limited. But...
The New Generation of Backwash Filters for Solid/Liquid Systems
Dango and Dienenthal Filtertechnik presented the new Backwash Drum Filter Type RTF at the ACHEMA 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany. The technical planning and realisation was not easy for...
Turbine Services at POWER-GEN Europe 26-28 May 2009
Later this month the POWER-GEN Europe conference and exhibition will return to Cologne, Germany. POWER-GEN Europe is the undisputed home of the European power industry, enabling participants...
Tyco Environmental Systems Releases New EMP6 Particulate Emission Monitor
Tyco Environmental Systems has moved the goal posts again by delivering leading edge performance and quality through the release of their newly designed EMP6 Particulate Emission Monitor. Due...
Wärtsilä Wins New O&M Orders from Philippine Power Plants
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants and services to the decentralised power generation market, has been awarded operations and maintenance (O&M) contracts by two...
The Popular Wärtsilä 32 Engine Reaches Important Milestone – 6000 Engines Delivered
The Wärtsilä 32 engine reached an important milestone in March as the 6000th engine rolled out of the Wärtsilä factory in Vaasa, Finland. This popular engine, which is efficient, has low...
CTEC Surplus Now Live
Introducing CTEC Surplus, a division of CTEC dedicated to the sale and supply of new, rebuilt and used surplus power generation equipment. CTEC Surplus can provide a specialist...
Continental Controls Corporation to Exhibit at Power-Gen Europe 2009
Continental Controls Corporation (CCC) will exhibit at the Power-Gen Europe 2009 exhibition and will for the first time introduce the EGC2 and EGC4 electronic carburettors for sale in...
Magaldi Power to Exhibit at POWER-GEN Europe 2009
Magaldi Power, the worldwide leader company in dry bottom ash handling systems, will be present at POWER-GEN Europe 2009. The conference and exhibition will be held from 26th May to 28th May...
Kissling Presents Latest Turbo Innovation at POWER-GEN Europe in Cologne
Over the past few years Kissling has been increasing its investment in the turbo gear division. Following last year's success in Milan, Kissling once again has its own stand (number 8/V6)...
L-3 MAPPS to Supply AREVA with Flamanville 3 EPR™ Engineering Simulator
L-3 MAPPS has received authorization from AREVA NP to proceed with the development of an engineering simulator based on the Flamanville 3 (FA3) EPR™ design. This is part of the continuing...
General Physics Corporation Wins 2009 Lilly Global Supplier Award
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE:GPX), announced today that it won the 2009 Lilly global...
Yxlon Presents its New Digital Imaging Procedure for Visual X-Ray Inspection: Y.HDR-Inspect
Yxlon International is a leading supplier of industrial X-ray inspection systems and computed tomography solutions for the non-destructive testing of materials on an industrial scale....
Practical Condition Monitoring Instructions for Industry
Condition Monitoring Standards (CMS) are the building blocks of a documentation system created by IDCON for setting up and running a preventive maintenance, essential care and condition...
April 2009
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Introducing Superbolt's Innovative Bolting Solution for Wind Turbines
Superbolt's patented multi-jackbolt tensioners provide an innovative, safe and efficient solution to common bolting problems. Only small hand or air tools are required to load or unload any...
GE Energy Signs New Jenbacher Gas Engine Distributor and Service Agreements in Russia
GE Energy has signed two new Jenbacher gas engine distributor and service agreements with highly-regarded energy services companies in Russia as industry and municipalities seek more...
ESI Eurosilo To Appear At Power-Gen Europe 2009 In Cologne
ESI Eurosilo will appear at Power-Gen Europe 2009 in Cologne. At the event the company will inform visitors about the latest advances in world-renowned Eurosilo systems, such as the Lunen...
GE Supports One of the World’s Largest Waste Gas-to-Energy Projects
One of the world's largest landfill gas-to-energy projects was formally unveiled in Istanbul on 25 April by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan. The landfill gas project, owned...
General Physics Corporation Named One of Top 20 Training Outsourcing Companies
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the principal operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced today it has been named one of...
Loos Russia on Road to Success
Loos has been active in the growth market of Russia since the beginning of the 1970s. Since then hundreds of Russian customers have discovered the superb quality of modern Loos steam and hot...
General Physics Corporation Awarded City of Commerce Contract
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced today it has been awarded a $2.8 million contract to...
Why Mobil SHC 600 Series is the Only Product You Need
Today’s energy costs are rising fast and budgets are being stretched to the limit. Management is under pressure to identify ways of increasing productivity and reducing operating costs...
Listemann Operates New Electron Beam Welding Facility
Since the beginning of the year Listemann has been operating a new powerful facility for electron beam welding. In addition to a machine with a maximum beam power of 3kW, a new system has...
SA Robotics to Provide Pre-Conceptual Design Report for Small Container Underwater-Loading System
SA Robotics is providing a Pre-Conceptual Design Report for CH2MHILL Plateau Remediation's small container underwater-loading system at K-Basin, Richland, WA. The report will be developed under...
Cummins Power Generation Supplies Standby System
PT Comunicações is the largest landline operator in Portugal. From its headquarters in Lisbon, it delivers telephony services to more than four million people. It is also part of...
Cummins Power Generation Sets Up TV Channel 2M in Morocco
Cummins Power Generation has set up TV channel 2M in Casablanca to provide Moroccan audio-visual scenery with a second TV channel to promote competition and diversify the country's TV offer. ...
Cummins South Africa Provides Round-the-Clock Power Protection
Netcare Hospital Group encompasses Netcare's hospitals and specialised medical units, collectively representing the most modern and sophisticated medical facilities in South Africa....
Caterpillar Offers the Olympian 30kVA Diesel Generator Set
Caterpillar offers the Olympian GEP30-2 diesel-fueled generator set, delivering exceptional fuel economy and superior performance in 50Hz. Rated at 30kVA (standby) and 27kVA (Prime), it is...
Caterpillar Offers the 5,240-7,860kWe 50Hz Generator Set
Caterpillar Power Generation Systems offers the 5,240kWe-7,860 kWe generator set in a 50Hz model. Powered by a six, seven, eight, or nine-cylinder Cat® CM43 engine, it delivers exceptional...
Cummins Power Generation Constructs Mine in Burkina Faso
Mana, Burkina Faso - Semafo is a Canadian-based mining company with three gold mines situated in the West African countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and Guinea, where the company carries out...
Communication is Key to Cummins Power Generation Success
Telenor is a leading provider of communications services and one of the largest mobile operators worldwide. Telenor Pakistan is 100% owned by Telenor ASA and complements its operations in...
Cummins Power Generation Proves the Reliable Choice for Telecoms
Warid Telecom is a joint venture between the Abu Dhabi Group and Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel), and is the third largest mobile operator in Pakistan, achieving one-sixth market share...
Cummins Power Generation Powers Desert Gold Mine's Utilities
Semafo is a Canadian-based mining company with three gold mines situated in the West African countries of Burkina Faso, Niger and Guinea, where the company carries out gold production...
Cummins Power Generation Keeps Africa's Largest TV Studio on Air
TV channel 2M was set up to provide the Moroccan audio-visual scenery with a second TV channel, to promote competition and diversify the country's TV offer. 2M officially started broadcasting...
Cummins Power Generation Supplies Power to Pepsi
The Naubahar Bottling Company is the largest manufacturer and distributor of Pepsi Cola soft drinks in Pakistan and is responsible for the supply of high profile brands such as Pepsi, 7Up...
Vibratec Starts New Company in Denmark
Vibratec Akustikprodukter AB has started a new company in Denmark with its headquarters in Kvistgård, north of Copenhagen. This will mainly be a sales office, whereas design,...
The Power Solution that has Portugal Talking
PT Comunicações is the largest landline operator in Portugal. From its headquarters in Lisbon, it delivers telephony services to more than four million people. It is also part of the...
Cummins Power Generation Guarantees Town's Mains Electricity Supply
Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée (CBG) is the largest bauxite exporter in the world, with exclusive rights to develop all bauxite reserves in Guinea, West Africa - equating to approximately...
L-3 MAPPS to Replace Cernavoda’s DCC Computers and Provide Desktop Simulator
L-3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract from Romania’s Nuclearelectrica SA (SNN) for replacing the Cernavoda unit 1 digital control computer (DCC) central processing unit (CPU) equipment and...
Wood Group Signs a Six-Year Term Maintenance Agreement with BASF Schwarzheide of Germany
The Gas Turbine Services division (GTS) of international energy services company, John Wood Group, has signed a term maintenance agreement with BASF Schwarzheide to provide parts, repairs,...
Wärtsilä to Deliver Another Major Power Plant to Pakistan
Wärtsilä has received another major order from Pakistan. It was placed by Liberty Power Tech Ltd, which is an independent power producer (IPP). The value of the contract is...
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Hydro-Québec’s Gentilly-2 Simulator
L-3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract from Hydro-Québec to significantly upgrade its Gentilly-2 simulator. The simulator upgrade is part of a plant refurbishment project which will extend the...
SA Robotics Delivers Trawsfynydd's Rotary Deployment Arm
SA Robotics is pleased to have started the design, manufacture and works testing of a Rotary Deployment Arm (RDA) for TSiF/Magnox's plant at Trawsfynydd, UK. This is a long-reach,...
March 2009
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AECsoft to Distribute Cloudis CMPIC Cable Routing Software in China
Cloudis and AECsoft have agreed a distribution deal that will see Cloudis's CMPIC Cable Lifecycle Management and Routing software marketed throughout China. AECsoft has more than 15 years...
Cloudis Introduces Managed Service for Cable Management Software
Cloudis has introduced a new managed service for its CMPIC cable lifecycle management and routing software. The service will be of particular benefit to new customers and clients who...
ISH Frankfurt – A Review
At the ISH trade fair in Frankfurt LOOS INTERNATIONAL presented the innovations being offered by the company in the steam and hot water boiler sector with the motto 'LOOS - the reference for...
Wood Group Launches New Service in Renewable Energy
The Gas Turbine Services division (GTS) of international energy services company John Wood (Wood Group) has launched a new service in the renewable energy sector. Wood Group Renewable...
Record-Breaking Demand for PEMA Membrane Wall Panel Welding Lines
Exceptionally strong demand for advanced membrane wall panel lines has continued throughout the whole of 2008. While the whole energy sector has been developing and investing heavily on...
Firwin Announces ISO 9001: 2000 Certification
Firwin, a Toronto-based manufacturer of removable insulation blankets, reached a major milestone recently, obtaining ISO 9001: 2000 certification. "Quality and customer service has always...
Solvina to Hold a Four-Day Seminar on Power System Stability and Control, 12-15 May 2009
Solvina will hold a four-day professional seminar on power system stability and control on 12-15 May 2009 in Gothenburg, Sweden. Dr Prabha S. Kundur, president of Kundur Power Systems...
Bolting Solutions in the Power Industry
Superbolt® has a new, updated brochure available detailing successful applications of its patented multi-jackbolt tensioners in the power industry. Superbolt tensioners provide a safe,...
Caterpillar Offers the 5,590kWe-7,450kWe 50Hz Generator Set
Caterpillar Power Generation Systems offers the 5,590kWe-7,450kWe generator set in a 50Hz model. Powered by a six-, seven-, eight- or nine-cylinder Cat® CM32 engine, it delivers...
Pushing the Envelope: GE Energy Unveils Enhanced Jenbacher Gas Engines
GE Energy is introducing a next-generation, ultra-efficient Jenbacher ‘Type 6’ gas engine to help European Union (EU) member states comply with a directive to install new industrial, commercial...
Caterpillar Offers 3,456kVA–5,238kVA 50Hz and 2,765kWe–4,190kWe 60Hz Generator Set
Caterpillar Power Generation Systems offers the 3,456kVA–5,238kVA generator set in a 50Hz model and the 2,765kWe–4,190kWe in 60Hz. Powered by a six-, eight- or nine-cylinder Cat® CM32...
Caterpillar Offers the G3516C 50Hz Natural Gas Generator Set for Island Mode Operation
Caterpillar offers the G3516C 50Hz high efficiency natural gas generator set, available now with optional air and fuel system controls specifically designed for island mode applications. ...
Dynamic Cardax FT Functionality Delivers the Next Generation of Visitor Management
Scheduled for release in March 2009, Cardax FT Visitor Management provides extensive visitor pre-registration and receptionist visitor management. This is seamlessly integrated with Cardax...
Russian Oil and Gas Sites Use GE’s Jenbacher Engines to Reduce Flaring of Waste Gas and Site Emissions
GE Energy is supplying 12 of its Jenbacher gas engines to support Russian oil and gas producer Monolit’s project to reduce emissions by utilising previously wasted gas at a western...
GORACON is the First Wind Power High Access Company to Complete NRTL Certification with TÜV
Clearcut standards for wind power high access systems have yet to be determined and currently vary from state-to-state throughout the US. Compared with Europe, wind power is still a relatively...
plastocor-international to Attend POWER-GEN Europe 2009
POWER-GEN Europe is Europe's most important event dedicated to the power generation, transmission and distribution industries. POWER-GEN Europe 2009 will be held 26-28 May 2009 in...
February 2009
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Vibration Isolation of Compressor Modules on FPSO
Vibratec Akustikprodukter in Sweden has delivered anti-vibration mounts (AVMs) for four large compressor modules to Aibel. The modules are installed on a floating production unit, FPSO, named...
CTEC Surplus Coming Soon
CTEC Surplus is a division of CTEC dedicated to the sale and supply of surplus power generation equipment. As part of this expansion of the business CTEC will launch a new section within...
CTEC Expands to New Offices
CTEC has been presented with various new, exciting opportunities, which have resulted in a rapid expansion. Due to this we have moved into brand new premises. We are now located at U1/...
SPX to Provide Speciality Squib Valves for New Nuclear Power Plants
SPX Corporation announced today that its flow technology business has reached an agreement with Westinghouse Electric Company to provide highly specialised squib valves for up to 12 new...
Babcock Power and ThermoEnergy Form New Company to Develop and Commercialize a New Clean Coal Carbon Capture Technology
Babcock Power of Danvers, Massachusetts and ThermoEnergy Corporation (ThermoEnergy), have announced the formation of a limited liability company to be called Babcock-Thermo Carbon Capture,...
Higher Capacity for Larger Power Stations with the Westfalia Separator eagleclass
The planned size of gas turbines as well as diesel engine power stations is constantly increasing, but the quality of the fuels used continues to decline - high time for a new separator model...
L-3 MAPPS to Upgrade Callaway Plant Simulator with Orchid®
L-3 MAPPS has received an order from AmerenUE to enhance the Callaway nuclear plant simulator with its Orchid® suite of software tools. In 2008, L-3 successfully replaced the...
Caterpillar Introduces Extended Oil Drain Intervals for Diesel 3500 Series Standby Generator Sets
Together, Caterpillar and Cat® dealers have a social responsibility to protect the environment. In our ongoing efforts to make change possible, Caterpillar and participating Cat dealers are...
GP Strategies Corporation Announces Over $16 Million in New Alternative Fuels Work
GP Strategies Corporation announced today that during the last six months its subsidiary, global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), has been...
GE Energy Supports Czech Republic Launch of the 2009 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships
GE Energy announced today that it will be one of the primary power providers at the opening ceremonies of the 2009 International Ski Federation (FIS) Nordic World Ski Championships in the...
General Physics Corporation Named a Top Ten Training and Learning Outsourcing Provider
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced today that The Black Book of Outsourcing named GP on...
KE-Burgmann Launches New Webpage
We are pleased to announce that we have launched a new webpage with new features. The new webpage will provide you with a better overview of our products and services, and new features such...
Wärtsilä Receives its First Power Plant Order from Uruguay
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants for the decentralised power generation market, was awarded a contract to supply equipment and engineering for a new 80 MW baseload power...
Wärtsilä Receives Major Order for 100MW Multi-Fuel Power Plant from Lafarge Cement WAPCO, Nigeria
The fuel flexibility of Wärtsilä's power plants offers an optimal solution to independent power producers seeking to overcome the challenges of power supply problems. Wärtsilä, a...
January 2009
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Kirloskar Continues as the Prime Mover in India's Power Sector
Since Kirloskar manufactured the country's first 16hp diesel engine in the 1930s, it has been central to India's power industry. Manufacturing products that harness nature's mighty forces to...
Citec Acquires KPA Engineering in Order to Invest in Growth in Sweden
Citec Engineering has acquired the Swedish company KPA Engineering. The objective is to start a long-term, profitable growth on the Swedish market within technical solutions and services for...
General Physics Launches Spanish Language Version of Power Fundamentals Training Series for their GPiLEARN™ Training Portal
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced today that it has translated its Power Fundamentals...
L-3 MAPPS to Replace New Brunswick Power’s Point Lepreau DCC Computers
L-3 MAPPS has secured an order from New Brunswick (NB) Power Nuclear for new digital control computer (DCC) central processing units (CPUs) at the Point Lepreau Generating Station. In addition,...
General Physics Corporation to Chair and Present at the Second Annual Global Learning Summit in Singapore
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, has been invited to chair the 2009 Global Learning Summit...
General Physics Corporation and National Technical Information Service Form Partnership to Provide Talent Management Services to Government Agencies
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced today that it has entered into a joint venture...
L-3 MAPPS to Overhaul Eskom’s Koeberg Simulator
L-3 MAPPS has secured a contract from Eskom Holdings to significantly refurbish its Koeberg operator training simulator. Featuring L-3 MAPPS’ Orchid® modeling environment, the upgrade will...
RDE Supplies Engineering and Training Simulator for Karlsruhe Plant
RDE has been awarded a contract to supply an engineering and training simulator to EnBW, to support the working processes during the construction, commissioning and operation phases for the...
The New LOOS UNIVERSAL U-MB Steam Boiler Premieres at the ISH
On 10 March 2009, LOOS will unveil the new UNIVERSAL U-MB steam boiler at the ISH trade fair in Frankfurt. With steam capacities ranging from 175kg/h to 2t/h, the new type series represents...
PDI Successfully Completes GTG Project for Eraring Energy’s Power Station in Australia
Power Developments International FZCO, a division of the Al Masaood Group, has announced that they have successfully supplied, installed and commissioned a remanufactured Frame 6 gas turbine...
December 2008
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Cloudis and Kubit Develop CAD Interface
Cloudis, the UK-based specialists in cable lifecycle management and routing software, have entered into a strategic partnership with Kubit of Dresden, Germany, who specialize in developing...
Automated Reactor Vessel Cleaning
Jetting Systems has recently fulfilled a €1 million contract in the UK, for a fully automated reactor vessel cleaning system to a major international producer of speciality...
MAN Turbo Takes Over American Service Provider
MAN Turbo’s American affiliate has acquired the American service provider Baton Rouge Machine Works (BR), located in Louisiana, USA, and its sister company, Holley Machinery Services, located...
Wärtsilä Wins Five-Year Operations and Maintenance Contract from Argentina
Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of flexible power plants for the decentralized power generation market, has been awarded an operations and maintenance (O&M) contract by an Argentinean power...
Citec Increasing IPMA-Certified Project Managers
Citec has an increasing number of IPMA-certified project managers. This gives added value to the customer in complex engineering projects where time, schedule and scope need to be managed in...
Wärtsilä to Deliver 25MWe Gas Power Plant to GEUS in Greenville, Texas
Wärtsilä North America, a subsidiary of Wärtsilä Corporation and a leading provider of power plants for flexible power generation, has been awarded an engineered equipment supply contract by...
Rolls-Royce Wins Trent 60 Contract to Power Nickel Mine in New Caledonia
Two Rolls-Royce Trent 60 electrical generating sets have been selected to provide power for a new nickel mine in the north province of New Caledonia in the South Pacific. The $3.8...
Turner Designs Promote Long-Standing Employee to Vice President, General Manager
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments of Fresno, CA is pleased to announce the promotion of David Doting to the position of vice president, general manager. “Mr. Doting brings over 15 years...
New Vice President of Sales and Marketing Joins Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments
Duane Germenis has joined Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments of Fresno, California as vice president of sales and marketing. He will be responsible for all upstream oil and gas...
MAN Turbo Receives Follow-Up Order for Air Separation Plant
Datang International Power Corporation, China's second-largest energy group, has commissioned MAN Turbo with the production and delivery of four compressor trains for air separation. The...
New Bilge Water Monitor TD-107™ Historical First Shipment
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments has just shipped its first order of the new TD-107™ bilge water monitors to NAG Marine in Norfolk, VA. “This is the first production run of...
MAN Turbo Opens Production and Service Workshop in China
After a construction period of more than one year, MAN Turbo is opening its sixth production facility on 18 November – the first outside Europe. The Changzhou site (in Jiangsu province, China)...
Now Offering The Aeropac Generator Inspection
Advanced Turbine Support is pleased to announce that we now offer the Siemens Westinhouse Aeropac 1 501F generator inspection to check for spark erosion. Our partnership with National...
Wood Group and Serba Alliance Enter Into Term Maintenance Agreement with Petronas Gas Berhad
As a result of an alliance between the Gas Turbine Services division (“GTS”) of international energy services company, John Wood Group (“Wood Group”) and Malaysia’s Serba Dinamik Sdn (“Serba”),...
Russia’s Increased Flower Production Powered by GE Jenbacher Engine
A recently expanded commercial rose greenhouse in the town of Dmitrov, Russia, is using GE Energy’s special Jenbacher cogeneration/carbon dioxide (CO2) fertilisation system and artificial...
GE’s Ecomagination-Certified Jenbacher Power Plant Commissioned at Australian Coal Mine to Help Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
GE Energy’s largest ecomagination™-certified coal mine methane (CMM) power plant in Australia has been commissioned ahead of schedule as more mining companies seek to utilise their mine gas...
Solon Manufacturing Company Launches New Website
Solon Manufacturing Company has announced the launch of a new website. Solon has two product lines: Industrial Controls and Belleville Springs. Solon’s pressure switch section includes a search...
Rolls-Royce Wins Compressor Contract for New Russian-European Nord Stream Gas Pipeline
Rolls-Royce has been awarded a contract from Gazkomplectimpex, a subsidiary of Gazprom, the world’s largest gas company, to supply eight industrial aeroderivative gas turbines, which will...
November 2008
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Concentrating on the Core Business of Shell Boilers
Founded as a boiler construction company in 1865, LOOS is able to look back on an eventful company history. The product development that was probably most important for the company's success...
Pakistan Utility Signs Contract with GE Energy to Fast Track Power Supply in Port City of Karachi
Delivering on a commitment to reduce the number of rolling blackouts in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi, the new management of the utility Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC)...
Generating Successful Dealer Relationships at Matelec 2008
Cummins Power Generation attended the 14th edition of Matelec, one of the most influential European trade exhibitions on the calendar of events for the electrical and electronic equipment...
Latest Development for Utilizing Renewable Energy
In the area of “turbo gearboxes”, Kissling has received numerous queries for gearboxes with not only high speeds, but also high transmission ratios. New gearbox concepts were reassessed...
Rolls-Royce Power Increases Efficiency for SPE in Belgium
SPE, the second largest electrical utility in the Belgium, has commissioned its Rolls-Royce Trent 60-powered electrical generating plant at the Ham power station in the centre of Ghent. The...
Visit Dango & Dienenthal at ACHEMA 2009
Dango & Dienenthal Filtertechnik will be attending ACHEMA 2009, 11 May 2009 - 15 May 2009 in Frankfurt, Germany. Please visit us at hall 5.0, booth G23-G24. Dango & Dienenthal Filtertechnik...
CEC Project Awarded to Continental Controls for Ultra Low Emissions Gas Engine Project
Continental Controls Corporation and the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) have been awarded a contract from the California Energy Commission (CEC) as subcontractors to the Southern California...
Reliable Turbine Services 12,000 SF Facility Addition
Reliable Turbine Services (RTS) has been servicing the large industrial turbine industry for the last 15 years. RTS is very excited to announce the first phase of a new addition to the...
Bridgestone Associates Signs Agreement for 200MW Solar Power Plant Design
Bridgestone Associates today announced an agreement with a major renewable energy developer to prepare conceptual designs, drawings, specifications and capital cost estimates for a...
Bridgestone Associates Signs Agreement to Develop and Design Power Plants in Liberia
Bridgestone Associates and Orion Energy today finalized an agreement, under which Bridgestone Associates will assist Orion Energy to develop power projects in the Republic of Liberia. As part...
October 2008
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LOOS Steam Boilers for the Carlsberg Brewery in Serbia
Steam or hot water boiler systems have a vital part to play in drinks manufacturing. All of the most important production processes, such as pasteurising, sterilising, washing, boiling or...
Continental Controls Corporations Announces the Release of an Electronic Carburetor for Turbo Charged Natural Gas Engines
CCC has completed modifications to their very popular EGC 2 and EGC 4 electronic carburetors to provide a version specifically created for turbo charged natural gas engines. “We are very...
Flexible Plant Engineering for Greater Reliability of Supply
The demand-oriented transportation of natural gas calls for sturdy, flexible plant engineering in compressor stations. MAN Turbo has delivered both the compressors for the installation at...
Rolls-Royce Gas Turbine Boosts Sahara Gas Project
Rolls-Royce will supply Petrofac with an additional industrial RB211 gas turbine package for the In Salah gas (ISG) project at Krechba, the central Sahara area of Algeria, continuing...
Wood Group Signs Alliance Agreement with Serba Dinamik
The Gas Turbine Services division (“GTS”) of international energy services company, John Wood Group (“Wood Group”), has signed an alliance agreement with Serba Dinamik (“Serba”), a...
First Steam Turbine for Solar Power Station
MAN Turbo, Oberhausen, is supplying a steam turbo-generating set with an output of 50MW for the Spanish solar power plant 'Andasol 3'. The double-casing machinery train with...
GP Launches the Spanish Power Fundamentals Training Series
The GP Energy Services’ workforce development and training sector reported the release of their Spanish power fundamentals training series on 24 June 2008. The business unit partnered with...
General Physics Corporation Partners with Centralia College Center of Excellence for Energy Technology to Award College Credits for GPiLEARN Courses
Global performance improvement solutions provider, General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced today a new partnership with Centralia College's center...
General Physics Corporation Aligns with Bismarck State College - National Energy Center of Excellence to Award College Credits for GPiLEARN Courses
Global performance improvement solutions provider, General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announces a new alliance with Bismarck State College (BSC)'s...
General Physics Corporation Expands Content Offering for the Wind Farm Renewable Energy Market
Global performance improvement solutions provider, General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced today the addition of Clipper™ windpower technology...
New LOOS CSM-CC High-Pressure Condensate Service Module
In the majority of steam boiler systems, any condensate formed is taken via open condensate containers or the feed water container back into the water-steam cycle. With condensate...
L-3 MAPPS to Furnish AREVA Test Facility with EPR Engineering Simulator
L-3 MAPPS has been awarded a contract by AREVA to provide an EPR engineering simulator and on-site support for one year to AREVA’s test facility in Erlangen, Germany. The EPR engineering...
L-3 MAPPS to Deliver New Reactor Model for South Texas Project Simulator
L-3 MAPPS announced today that the STP Nuclear Operating Company (STPNOC) has placed an order to replace the reactor core model for the unit 1 and 2 South Texas Project simulator. The...
LOOS Steam Boilers for Dubai's Mega-Projects
No other country in the world has seen the creation of so many stupendous structures in recent years as Dubai. Oil deposits have formed the basis for this building boom and have made possible...
Netherlands Commercial Tomato Greenhouse Boosts Production with Cogeneration Plant Powered by World’s First 24-Cylinder Gas Engines
GE Energy announced today that one of the Netherlands’ largest commercial tomato greenhouse operators is the first to operate the world’s first commercial 24-cylinder gas engine. Royal...
Bridgestone Associates Signs Agreement to Develop and Design 10MW Power Plant in Mali
Bridgestone Associates, Ltd and Orion Energy (Mali), a subsidiary of Orion Energy, today finalized an agreement, under which Bridgestone Associates will take a lead role in the development...
September 2008
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Environmental Qualification Process at Nuclear Power Plants
Solvina currently takes part in the environmental qualification process at nuclear power plants. The ongoing project deals with the aging of different components. Aging is an issue that is...
Simulated Island Operation Tests Exported to Norway
Solvina’s method for testing island operation performance has been exported to Norway. In a joint research and development project with Statnett, the Norwegian national power grid...
Rolls-Royce Wins First Central Europe Contracts for Industrial Trent
Two of Central Europe’s leading electrical power providers are the first customers in the region for Rolls-Royce Trent 60 generating sets, which will provide peak-time electrical power...
Wärtsilä to Deliver 200MWe Power Plant to Pakistan
Wärtsilä, a leading provider of power plants for distributed and flexible power generation, has received another major order from Pakistan. This latest engineering, procurement and...
Turbine Modeling and Stability Analysis for Uljabuouda Wind Power Plant
Solvina has performed turbine modeling and stability analysis for the Uljabuouda wind power plant in northern Sweden. The dynamic effects on the power system, caused by the wind power plant...
Solvina Takes Part in HVDC Project
Solvina is contributing to the back-to-back control system upgrade of a HVDC in New Mexico, USA. Solvina is assisting ABB with the tuning of the dynamic controls for optimized performance....
RDE Wins Second Simulator Project in Australia
The power station in Muja, Australia, has awarded RDE a contract to build training simulators for its number five and number seven units. Through this, RDE will maintain its position as a...
Mexico’s President Applauds Monterrey’s Landfill Gas Plant
Mexican President Felipe Calderón today toured Monterrey’s newly expanded landfill gas-to-energy project where he praised GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engine power plant as “a model...
Cummins Ensures an Uninterrupted Supply of Refined Glycerine
The Trzebinia Refinery is part of the national PKN Orlen Group, currently the largest manufacturer and distributor of fuel in Poland. Primarily involved in the distillation of glycerine, the...
Cummins Ensures Spain’s Largest Retailer Stays Open
For El Corte Inglés, Spain's largest retailer with over 123 department stores throughout the country and €15 billion ($18.3 billion) in annual sales, quality merchandise and superb...
Cummins Helps Increase Passenger Numbers at Valencia Airport
Valencia Airport in Manises is currently undergoing a massive expansion project to take passenger capacity from five million people in 2006 to 15 million people in 2011, an increase of 300%. ...
August 2008
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Lünen Coal Storage Project
To keep the environmental impacts of the transport and storage of the coal to a minimum, Trianel has chosen to store the coal fully enclosed. The Eurosilo system is not only meeting the...
Rolls Wood Group and Otec Kemajuan Announce Joint Venture in Malaysia
Rolls Wood Group (Repair & Overhauls) (RWG), a 50/50 joint venture between Rolls-Royce and John Wood Group, has formed a new joint venture with OTEC Kemajuan (OTEC). The joint venture was...
Wood Group Wins $36 Million Power Plant Contract from East Texas Electric Cooperative
The Gas Turbine Services Division (GTS) of international energy services company, John Wood Group (Wood Group), has been awarded a turnkey contract, valued at approximately $36 million, by...
CTEC Wins EPC Contract for New Kwinana Power Plant
CTEC has signed a milestone contract with Western Energy to engineer, procure and construct the new 120MW power station in Kwinana, WA. CTEC and Western Energy have been working hand in...
Data Centre Expansion Programmes Call for Temporary Solutions Says Power Specialist
As data centres age and companies find it difficult to meet expansion demands from within the business, more and more companies will find themselves searching for a temporary solution...
Thermax Bags $193 Million Order
Thermax has bagged an order worth $193 million for the supply of four coal-fired boilers for Essar Group’s upcoming refinery's captive co-generation plant. Essar is expanding capacity of...
LOOS Steam Boilers Ensure the Energy Supply in the Magdeburg Biodiesel Factory
Rudolf Diesel had already mentioned the idea of using plant oils as fuels in his patent specification for the diesel engine in 1893. Since then, the biofuels market has developed rapidly....
GE’s Jenbacher Gas Engines Power China’s First Chicken Manure Biogas
GE Energy’s ecomagination-certified Jenbacher gas engines will use biogas created from chicken manure to generate power and heat at a large chicken farm north of China’s capital city, Beijing....
Pakistan’s First Sugarcane Biogas Plant Powered by GE Energy
Pakistan’s first renewable energy project to use sugarcanewaste biogas created from the production of ethanol recently began supporting the national grid. The plant is powered by eight of...
Electronic Carburetor for Gas Engines to 500hp Now Available
Continental Controls Corporation, a manufacturer of controls and components for gas turbine and reciprocating engines, has announced the release of a larger version of their EGC 2...
July 2008
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Thermax To Burn Distillery Waste To Generate Energy
In a first of its kind achievement in India, Thermax has designed a boiler that will generate steam and power using highly polluting distillery waste – spent wash – as fuel. The first such...
Energyst Delivers Power to the People
Largest ever project sees Energyst CAT Rental Power install temporary power plant for island of Cyprus One of the oldest civilisations of the Mediterranean that dates back some 10,000 years...
Energyst Cat Rental Power Introduces a New 1,250kVA Offshore Power Module
Energyst Cat Rental Power is the European Caterpillar® dealer for all power generation and temperature control rental applications. Providing turnkey solutions for short and medium...
Cable Testing and Fault Locating Vans
High Voltage announces its new product line: engineered, integrated, and assembled cable testing and / or fault locating packages for utility vans and trucks. HVI offers a quick and easy way...
Vogt Power to Supply Heat Recovery Units to Argentinean Electricity Company
Vogt Power International (VPI), located in Louisville, Kentucky, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, based in Danvers, Massachusetts, announced that it recently received a contract to supply...
Fully Automatic High-pressure Boiler Operation
In many countries, high-pressure, high-capacity boiler systems are often only operated under constant supervision with a boiler attendant, for historic reasons. Operating and maintenance...
Shipping Forecast Looks Good Thanks to Energyst
In today’s uncertain worldwide political climate, the role of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Service (RFA) has never been so critical and is pivotal to the success of our forces across the...
Pier-End Job Goes Swimmingly for Energyst
Having endured 128 years of incessant ocean waves, merciless seagulls and generations of day-tripping tourists, Bournemouth Pier has become legendary for its sturdiness. But even the...
June 2008
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Solon Manufacturing to Demonstrate the Use of Solon Belleville Springs in Flange and Valve Live Loading
White Paper Available at Solon Manufacturing’s Booth Solon Manufacturing, the longest standing manufacturer of Belleville Springs in America will feature a complete line of Solon...
GE Energy Supplying 32 Jenbacher Gas Engines to Provide Power for India’s First Heated Crude Oil Pipeline Project
The project represents GE’s largest Jenbacher engine order in India as the country expands its energy generation and delivery infrastructure. GE Energy is supplying Cairn India with 32 of...
L-3 MAPPS to Provide Software Upgrade for IRSN Simulator
L-3 MAPPS announced that it has won a contract from the French Institute for Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN) to upgrade its simulator platform software for the incorporation...
Araldite System Improves Production Rates for HV Insulator Rods
Araldite impregnating resin system used for production of high quality glass fibre rods for HV insulators Lapp Insulator, based in Wunsiedel, Germany has a long tradition in the production...
Ways Out of the Energy Costs Spiral
Fuel prices have reached an all-time high. Modern steam and hot water boiler systems from LOOS could offset or even reduce rising energy costs with their higher levels of efficiency and...
Hydroelectric Sump Monitoring with the New TD-1000C Oil-in-Water Monitor
Hydroelectric dams face environmental issues if oily water is discharged from their collection sumps. Collection sumps contain water leaking into the dam and wash-down water from facility...
Enjoy Milk - Enjoy HighTech at Arla Foods
At Arla Foods, it's all about milk. As Europe's largest dairy products manufacturer, the company employs more than 20,000 people. In Videbæk, Denmark, whey protein and lactose are produced....
Listemann in a Climb
Listemann has taken over activities from former Crossarc, Winterthur / Switzerland. Crossarc has been the successor company of former Sulzer Triebwerke and Crossair Engine Repair. Its...
GE Energy Supplying Jenbacher Gas Engines for Landfill Gas Plant on French-Owned Island of La Réunion in the Indian Ocean
The renewable cogeneration project supports the island’s goal of complete energy autonomy while reducing methane releases. GE Energy is providing two of its ecomagination-certified Jenbacher...
Rolls-Royce Upgrade for China’s West-East Gas Pipeline
A new gas turbine compression set and compressor upgrade, scheduled to be operational by the end of 2009, will increase the number of Rolls-Royce RB211 gas turbine compressor packages on...
New Oil Content Monitor Creates a Stir
NAG Marine of Norfolk, Virginia and Turner Design Hydrocarbon Instruments of Fresno, California introduced its new TD-107 OCM at OTC in Houston. Using fluorescence technology, the TD-107...
GE Energy Provides Optimal Electrical Performance for Biogas Plant at Baita del Latte Farm in Italy
Azienda Agricola 2G di Giuseppe and Paolo Gomiero, two commercial farmers and cattle breeders in Limena (PD), have selected an ecomaginationTM-certified Jenbacher gas engine from GE Energy to...
AC Dielectric Test Sets - High Voltage, Inc.
High Voltage, Inc. announces a full line of AC test sets for testing all types of electrical apparatus. Complementing our standard product line of 3kVA AC hipots, the HPA series of models...
Rolls-Royce Wins Trent 60 Business in Eight Countries
Rolls-Royce announced today at the Power-Gen Europe show in Milan that customers in eight countries had selected Trent 60 engines, including orders for three additional Trent 60...
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments Announces Their Success at OTC 2008
Turner Designs Hydrocarbon Instruments, Fresno, California announces their success at Offshore Technology Conference 2008 in Houston during May 2008. With thousands of booths present to...
May 2008
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Solalban Energía Purchases Two FT8® SWIFTPAC® Gas Turbines
Pratt & Whitney Power Systems, a United Technologies Corp. (NYSE:UTX) company, signed an agreement with Solalban Energía, a joint venture between Albanesi and Solvay-Indupa of Argentina, for...
Power System Simulator Delivered to Södra Cell Morrum
A power system simulator has been delivered to the pulp mill Södra Cell Morrum. This simulator shows the power system dynamics and control of the mill. The simulator is developed to educate...
L-3 MAPPS to Modify Koeberg Simulator Software Architecture
L-3 MAPPS announced today that it has obtained an order from Eskom Holdings to modify the Koeberg operator training simulator to support the interface of new OPC XML-compliant* devices...
Island Operation Tests of Two Gas Turbines
Solvina has successfully performed simulated island operation tests of two gas turbines owned by Svenska Kraftnät Gasturbiner AB. The gas turbines B3 and B4 (50MW and 60MW respectively)...
General Physics Corporation Opens Managed Services Center in Chennai, India
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced today the opening of a managed services...
April 2008
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Babcock Power & ThermoEnergy Join Forces To Develop Advanced Carbon Capture Power Plant
Babcock Power of Danvers, Massachusetts and ThermoEnergy Corporation (ThermoEnergy, OTCBB - TMEN), announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding as a prelude to the formation of a...
Change at the Helm of L. Kissling
Dr Esther Kissling will take over the management of L. Kissling, the gear manufacturer steeped in tradition. Assuming her post as the new CEO, she will be taking up managerial duties alongside...
Cummins Supply Power Needs to Santo Domingo Metro
SAMPOL has recently been involved in the build of the brand new Santo Domingo Metro, a rapid transit system in the capital of the Dominican Republic, and chose Cummins Power Generation to...
Wärtsilä Delivers World’s First CHP Plant Using Crude Jatropha Oil to Produce Electricity and Heat
Wärtsilä has secured an order for an engine-driven, combined heat and power (CHP) plant that will run on liquid biofuel, which is extracted from the seeds of the jatropha plant. This CHP plant...
ESI Eurosilo to Attend Power Gen Europe 2008
ESI Eurosilo will prolong its successful attendance at the Power Gen Europe 2008 in Milano. Here we can inform you on the latest developments of the well proven Eurosilo systems. You are...
GE Energy to Deliver World’s First 24-Cylinder Gas Engines to Commercial Tomato Greenhouse Operator in The Netherlands
New 4-MW Jenbacher engines to power special cogeneration plant as Europe forces greater energy efficiency One of the largest commercial tomato greenhouse operators in the Netherlands will be...
Energyst Heating Solution Reigns Supreme at Grand National
When you orchestrate one of the largest events in the northern social calendar that sees millions of people across the globe tune in to watch and an extra 150,000 attend in person, it’s...
Wärtsilä Introduces 4MW - 9MW Gas Engine for Gas Compression
With the global demand for natural gas rising and a 50% increase expected by 2030, Wärtsilä is introducing its popular 34SG gas engines to the gas compressor market. Having outputs of 4,050kW...
March 2008
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Rolls-Royce Wins Cogen Contracts to Power Paper Plants in Portugal and Spain
Rolls-Royce has received two new contracts from paper manufacturers in Spain and Portugal for RB211 aero-derivative gas turbine-powered electrical generating sets to be used in...
Rolls-Royce Wins $73 Million Petrobras Contract for New Brazil Offshore Platform
Rolls-Royce today announced a new order from the Brazilian state oil company, Petrobras, for an additional four gas turbine power generation packages valued at $73 million for use on a new...
GP Strategies Corporation Acquires Performance Consulting Services, Inc., Expanding its Presence in the Global Process & Energy Sector
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation, the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced today that it has acquired Performance...
Renewable Energy Courses Added to GPiLEARN
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation, a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, announced the addition of Web-Based Training (WBT) programs to...
General Physics Corporation Passes 20,000 User-Seats for the GPiLEARN€ Web-Based Training Portal
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation, the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation recently crossed the 20,000 'seat' threshold with power...
Aggreko Wins a Further 50mw Contract for Temporary Power in Uganda
Aggreko the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control solutions has been awarded a contract for the provision of a further 50MW of temporary power in Uganda....
Aggreko Provide Power for Superbowl
Aggreko LLC, the world's leading supplier of temporary power and temperature control solutions, is once again providing large-scale power generation and temperature control for...
Aggreko UK Reinforces National and Key Accounts Team with New Appointments and Promotions
Aggreko UK, global leaders in the rental of power, temperature control and oil-free compressed air solutions, is strengthening its salesforce as part of the company’s plans to develop its...
Aggreko Does Ugandan Health Centre a Power of Good
Aggreko plc, the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control solutions, has donated US$6,000 to the Hope Clinic, Lukuli, on the outskirts of Kampala, Uganda....
GE Energy’s Jenbacher Gas Engines Successfully Power Japan’s Largest Wood Gas Power Plant
Cherry trees utilized for alternative energy project Fueled by gasified wood chips from a nearby forest, Japan's largest wood gas-to-energy plant, powered by two of GE Energy's Jenbacher...
Visit us at Power-Gen Europe
On 3rd - 5th June Belman attends the Power-Gen Europe exhibition in Milan, Italy. The exhibition takes place at the Fiera Milano City. You can find us in Hall 3 at stand C40. Belman will...
February 2008
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Rheinmetall Wins Contract to Build Engineering Simulator for E.ON Power Plant in Datteln
Rheinmetall has been elected to support the challenging new plant construction at Datteln, where E.ON is currently building the first coal-fired power plant with an 1,100MW super-critical...
GE Energy’s Jenbacher Engines Drive Steel Waste Gas Plants in Northern Spain to Performance Milestones
Two pioneering factories in the steel production supply chain in northern Spain recently reached new operational milestones in their use of GE Energy's Jenbacher specialty gas engines. By...
Thermax Signs License Agreement with Babcock & Wilcox for Utility Boilers
Thermax and Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group (B&W PGG), USA, have recently signed a technical transfer license agreement that grants Thermax the right to engineer, manufacture and ...
Wood Group and Flowserve form Cooperation Agreement to Establish
Compressor Dry Gas Seal Retrofit Program Wood Group Light Industrial Turbines (WGLIT), part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC,...
Yokogawa and Wood Group Sign Cooperative Agreement for Turbine and Rotating Equipment Solutions
Yokogawa Corporation of America and Wood Group Turbine Control Services, part of the Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC (Wood Group),...
Wood Group Signs Nine Year, US$22 Million Term Maintenance Agreement for Gas Turbine Power Plant with EC Zielona Göra SA of Poland
The Gas Turbine Services Division of international energy services company, John Wood Group PLC ('Wood Group'), has signed a Term Maintenance Agreement with EC Zielona Göra SA to...
DMJM Harris Selects CMPIC for Cable Management
DMJM Harris New York has selected CMPIC cable management software from Cloudis Limited for their cable management requirements for a major power plant project. DMJM Harris specialises...
DCP Private Limited selects CMPIC
Design Consultants Pte Limited (DCP) of Kolkata, India have selected CMPIC from Cloudis Limited for their cable management requirements. DCP specialise in engineering and construction...
January 2008
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L-3 MAPPS to Integrate CATHARE on AREVA Simulators
L-3 MAPPS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has been awarded a contract from AREVA to upgrade three simulators with the incorporation of CATHARE, an...
Rolls-Royce Wins Middle East Offshore Order for New Avon 200
Rolls-Royce has secured another Middle East order for the Avon 200, a significantly upgraded version of the highly successful industrial gas turbine. Dubai Petroleum is upgrading a further...
Coca-Cola Hellenic to Install GE Energy’s Jenbacher Gas Engines in European Bottling Plants to Help Reduce Plant CO2 Emissions by More than 20% Across
Projects in Line with EU Commission’s Goal to Reduce Carbon Footprint The Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company and energy development company ContourGlobal, are launching a major...
Solon Manufacturing to Give Technical Presentations to the Utility Industry at LEEE Transmission and Distribution Show
Solon Manufacturing Company to give technical presentations "Maintaining Bolt Preload on Electrical Connections" and "SF6 Gas Density Monitoring for Circuit Breakers" at 2008...
Rolls-Royce Wins $10 Million Contract for the Petrobras Gasene Pipeline
Rolls-Royce has received an order from Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery to supply natural gas compressors for the Petrobras Gasene pipeline. Siemens is the main contractor for the supply...
Maintenance Planning
The work process we call maintenance planning can almost always be improved in any given mill or plant. In fact in most plants we visit maintenance planners don't plan. Planners do all kinds...
L-3 MAPPS To Provide Orchid Reactor Model for Callaway Simulator
L-3 MAPPS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that AmerenUE has placed an order to replace the reactor core model on the Callaway nuclear plant simulator. The reactor model for...
December 2007
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Introducing Supreme's New Testing Facilities
Supreme & Co now offer in-house tests set up consists of physical, chemical, electrical and vibration testing. Our laboratories are well equipped with modern equipments to carry out all...
GE Energy Receives Largest Jenbacher Gas Engine Order - Projects Support Bangladesh Rural Electrification Initiative
GE Energy has received its largest order ever for Jenbacher gas engines to support a major rural electrification initiative in Bangladesh. Combined, the engines will generate about 81 MW...
General Physics Corporation Completes Construction of Two Chevron Hydrogen Fueling Facilities
Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, recently completed the construction of two demonstration...
GE Energy’s Ecomagination-certified Jenbacher Gas Engine Powers Bali’s First Kyoto Protocol-backed Waste-to-energy Project
The Indonesian island of Bali today formally launched a new integrated solid waste management operation that will earn carbon credits by using a landfill's waste methane gas in a GE...
New DEKOMTE Building in the UK
DEKOMTE UK is part of a worldwide privately owned group, specialising in expansion joint technology for power stations. The products are manufactured in the central European productions sites,...
Training of Power Grid Operators Using the Simulator System ARISTO
Solvina has recently been engaged to train power grid operators to act correctly if the power grid is subject to severe disturbances or in worst case a total blackout is the fact. The...
GE Energy Develops Patented Jenbacher Landfill Gas Cleaning System - New GE System Lowers Plant Operating Costs at Larger Landfills
Solving a key technical hurdle to using landfill gas for generating power for on-site purposes or the local grid, GE Energy has developed a patented, self-regenerating activated carbon...
Simulated Island Operation Test at a Combined-Cycle Power Plant
Solvina has successfully performed a simulated island operation test at a combined-cycle power plant. The plant produces a maximum of 261 MW power and 294 MW heat. Power is produced by three...
Methods for Improving Power System Security by Certifying Dynamic Stability in Island Operations
At CIGRE's Regional Meeting "Security and Reliability of Electric Power Systems" August 27-28, 2007, Calgary, Canada Solvina presented their methods for improving power system security...
Improving Power System Stability – Control Design Requirements and the Necessity Of Testing Power Plant Performance
At CIGRE’s Regional Meeting “Security and Reliability of Electric Power Systems” June 18-20, Tallinn, Estonia Solvina presented their work within island operation and reliable power...
Power System Stability and Control
For the third time in a year, Solvina in cooperation with Dr Prabha S Kundur, proudly presents the course "Power System Stability and Control". The course takes place November 13th-16th, 2007...
Simulated Island Operation Tests of the Steam Turbines G1 and G2 at the Pulp Mill Sodra Cell Morrum
Solvina has successfully performed simulated island operation tests of two steam turbines at the pulp mill Sodra Cell Mörrum. The steam turbines G1 and G2 have recently been equipped with...
Training of Pulp Mill Operators at the Pulp Mill Sodra Cell Morrum
Solvina has recently completed an education of process operators at Sodra Cell Morrum. 25 persons have trained to operate the new optimizing control system for the steam system (boilers,...
SteamNet Simulator Delivered to Sodra Cell Morrum
A simulator of steam systems dynamic and control has been delivered to the pulp mill Sodra Cell Morrum. The simulator: contains dynamics and control of boilers, turbines, steam...
November 2007
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Island Operation Optimization and Planning at a Pulp Mill
Island operation optimization and planning at a pulp mill Solvina has recently signed a contract with a big Swedish pulp mill to optimize the mill for island operation. Simulations will...
Analysis and Planning of Island Operation
Solvina has recently successfully delivered complete plans for island operation of several regions and smaller districts in Sweden. The work has included: planning and testing of black...
Pioneering Spirit: The Swedish Bioethanol Producer Lantmannen Agroetanol
In 2001, when the Swedish ethanol producer Lantmannen Agroetanol AB commenced operations in Norrkoping, bioethanol was not much talked about in Europe. When Sweden introduced legislation aimed...
Bioethanol Plant Start-Up in Ravenna, Nebraska
In September, Abengoa Bioenergy of Ravenna successfully started up their state-of-the-art fuel ethanol facility located in Ravenna, Nebraska USA. Abengoa Bioenergy is a wholly owned subsidiary...
Explosion-Proof Pressure Switches Withstand Demanding Requirements of Hazardous Locations
Solon Manufacturing Co. a global leader in the development and manufacturing of the highest quality pressure switches for the oil and gas industry is featuring the 6PS Series of...
L-3 Mapps to Develop Gas-Cooled Reactor Models for British Energy
L-3 MAPPS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that British Energy Generation Ltd. has awarded a follow-on contract to replace the reactor core models on the Hartlepool and...
L-3 Mapps Lands Two Simulator DCS Implementation Orders
L-3 MAPPS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has recently been awarded contracts from Westinghouse Electric Company and China Techenergy Company (CTEC) to assist the...
October 2007
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Vogt Power Continues International Expansion
Vogt Power International, located in Louisville, KY, a subsidiary of Babcock Power, announced that the consortium formed by Skanska Brasil LTDA and Construcoes e Comercio Camargo Correa,...
Araldite® S-Hcep Systems Provide Cost-Effective Solution for Outdoor Electrical Insulation
New hydrophobic epoxy-based shed material for composite insulators Araldite® HCEP (Hydrophobic Cycloaliphatic Epoxy) has been successfully used in the outdoor insulation market for...
Increased Use of Cogeneration in Hungary Drives GE Energy’s Jenbacher Gas Engine Orders
GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engine business has supplied 12 of its 3MW, natural gas-fueled engines for the largest district heating project in Hungary, as countries in Central and Eastern...
New Combination Model VT-33 VLF .1Hz. AC Hipot, Cable Fault Locator and Burner Receives Positive Industry Welcome
High Voltage's new VT- 33 offers complete cable care for underground shielded power cables up to the 25 kV class. It is the industry's first VLF AC cable testing and fault...
September 2007
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GE Energy’s Jenbacher Gas Engines Installed at South Africa’s First Emissions Credit-Funded Biogas Plant
Developer WSP Energy to use emissions credit proceeds to support local anti-poverty program GE Energy has supplied three of its ecomaginationSM-certified Jenbacher biogas generator sets to...
Southern Company Selects Vogt Power to Supply Equipment for Florida IGCC Plant
Vogt Power International Inc., located in Louisville, KY, a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., based in Danvers, MA, announced today that it was selected by Southern Power, a subsidiary of...
One-Step Compensators by Belman
For several years Belman has designed and manufactured one-step compensators, earning the company a wealth of experience within this field But why use this kind of compensator? The...
Aggreko Powers, Glastonbury Rocks
Aggreko, the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control solutions provided over 35 Mega Watts of power at this years Glastonbury festival which is the equivalent...
August 2007
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Aggreko Becomes Temporary Power and Temperature Control Exclusive Supplier of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games
The Beijing Organizing Committee for the Games of XXIX Olympiad (BOCOG) and Aggreko Plc announced today that Aggreko was named as the Temporary Power and Temperature Control Exclusive Supplier...
Riley Power Announces Exclusive License Agreement for Sub-critical Coal-fired Steam Generator Technology
Riley Power Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., has signed a license agreement with Cethar Vessels (P) Ltd. of Tiruchirapalli, India for the exclusive use of Riley's...
DSEAR for the Power Industry
Leading UK training consultants to the power industry, Aztec technical Services Ltd, have announced a new series of courses in conjunction with four of the largest UK power providers. ...
ESI Eurosilo Signed a Cooperation Agreement with DMW
Jaap Ruijgrok of ESI Eurosilo BV signed a cooperation agreement with Sudy Vohra of Dearborn Mid-West Conveyor Company Company (DMW) last July for the exclusive representation of the Eurosilo...
L-3 MAPPS Wins Hongyanhe Phase I Simulator Project
L-3 MAPPS, a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has received an order from Japan's Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) to supply a full-scale simulator for the first...
Kirloskar Aims to Expand Into New Markets
Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd, India's leading manufacturer of diesel engines, is set to undertake a significant expansion programme which will see the company increase its global sales four-fold...
New Spring Fasteners Make Insulation Blanket Installation a 'Snap'
Firwin Corp, a Toronto-based manufacturer of removable insulation blankets, recently released a new spring fastening system designed to make installing and removing its removable...
July 2007
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Firwin Corp Announces Major Expansion of Production Facilities.
Firwin, a Toronto-based manufacturer of removable insulation blankets, reached a major milestone recently with a major expansion of its office and production facilities. The expansion doubles...
Firwin Corporation – New Faces in Customer Service and Marketing
Firwin Corp, a Toronto-based manufacturer of removable insulation blankets, is pleased to announce the recent hiring of new personnel in customer service and marketing. Chris Heck was...
Power Developments International Secure Key Contract in Bahrain
Power Developments International FZCO has secured an US$10 million contract to build the second phase of a gas turbine power station at Hidd Industrial Area in the Kingdom of Bahrain. ...
Kirloskar Oil Plans Capacity Expansion
Capacity expansion, entering into alliances for different products, and shifting base of small engines seems to be the roadmap that has been laid out by the Kirloskar Oil Engines Ltd. ...
Aggreko Provides 30MW of Power to Gabon
Aggreko plc, global leader in providing temporary power generation and temperature control services, has once again partnered with Société d'Energie et d'Eau du Gabon (SEEG) and...
Aggreko Expands Its World-Beating Range of Temporary Air Conditioning Units
Aggreko, the world leader in the provision of temporary power and temperature control services, has unveiled its latest air conditioning unit: the ACHP160. The new unit completes Aggreko's 50...
Cloudis Releases XML Interface to Cable Management Software
Cloudis has developed an XML interface to enable third party applications to export data to its CMPIC cable management software. The interface is based on an XML schema which Cloudis is willing...
VLF @ 200kV Now Available
High Voltage, Inc. introduces it 200kVac Very Low Frequency technology. The VLF-200CMF is suitable for performing VLF withstand tests on 138kV cable and can be used as a voltage source...
Firwin Corp – Now Easier to Reach.
Firwin Corp, a Toronto-based manufacturer of removable insulation blankets, has recently added a North American toll-free number. "As our business continues to grow across North America,...
Bienvenîdos a Firwin – Company Website Takes on Spanish
Firwin Corp, a Toronto-based manufacturer of removable insulation blankets, has begun to take on an international flavor. To meet the growing markets of Spanish-speaking countries, primarily...
L-3 MAPPS Introduces Orchid™ Family of Software Products
L-3 Communications MAPPS (L-3 MAPPS), a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it is completing a major branding initiative. The software tools used in all of the company's...
June 2007
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GE Energy Introduces New 4-MW Jenbacher Gas Engine - the World's First 24 Cylinder Unit
GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engine business is presenting a world first today: the 4-MW, J624 GS Jenbacher gas engine, the first ever 24 cylinder unit. The engine, successfully running on the...
May 2007
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BHS Rotor Turning Gears Lead the Field
Top marks for performance BHS Getriebe GmbH, already a leader in turbo gearboxes, has in recent years gained an excellent reputation for its rotor turning gears (barring gears). More...
Jenbacher Engine Powers World's First Commercial Landfill Gas Conversion Plant
Prometheus energy landfill project creates alternative fuel supply for California fleets. A GE Energy ecomagination-certified Jenbacher landfill gas engine is powering the world's...
Solvina Improves Power Reliability at Billerud Gruvön Paper Mill
Solvina has contributed to a vast increase in reliability and performance of the power supply at the pulp&paper mill Billerud Gruvön in Sweden. Activities to enable island operation...
April 2007
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Vogt Power to Supply Heat Recovery Units for Argentina Power Project
Danvers, MA - Vogt Power International Inc., located in Louisville, KY, a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc., based in Danvers, MA, announced today that it was awarded the Heat Recovery...
Babcock Power Expands Power Plant Mercury Emissions Control Technology
Danvers, MA - Babcock Power Environmental Inc. (BPEI) located in Worcester, MA, a subsidiary of Babcock Power Inc. (BPI), based in Danvers, MA, has the exclusive Distribution Agreement in...
GE Energy's Jenbacher Gas Engines Reach Milestone Using 'Lean Gas' Created from Synthetic Resins
Alternative energy concept reduces Austrian factory's emissions and energy consumption Four of GE Energy's Jenbacher specialty gas units that run on waste gas at DYNEA Austria GmbH's...
SPX Process Equipment – LIGHTNIN Operation
LIGHTNIN® FGD – VSF Side Entry Mixer Like your FGD process, your mixing equipment is an investment for the future. LIGHTNIN has successfully applied hundreds of top and side entry...
Visit us at All-Energy 2007
On 23rd - 24th May 2007 Belman attends the All-Energy exhibition in Aberdeen. You can find us in The Danish Pavillion - F5. Belman will show steel compensators for the energy sector. Both...
The Cost of Gas Turbine Fouling
All around the world, shockwaves from constantly high oil and gas prices and electricity rates are being felt in the budgets of public authorities, enterprises, gas turbine operators and...
Plastocor-International SA at Power-Gen Europe
Please visit us at PowergenEurope at the plastocor-international booth J 08 in hall 5, June 3-5, 2008 in Milan,...
Solvina AB, Now Also Engaged in the Upgrade of Oskarshamn 3
As well as in Ringhals 3, the Oskarshamn 3 nuclear power plant plan to upgrade the facility in order to raise the capacity from 1,200MWe to, in this case, up to 1,450MWe. To enable a total...
Beznau Nuclear Power Plant Simulator Successfully Completed
L-3 Communications MAPPS (L-3 MAPPS), a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has signed a protocol in Döttingen, Switzerland with Nordostschweizerische Kraftwerke AG...
Bridgestone Associates Signs Agreement for Large CHP Plant Feasibility Study in Ukraine
Bridgestone Associates today announced signing an agreement with Broad Street Capital Group to perform a detailed technical evaluation on the reconstruction and/or replacement of a large...
March 2007
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GE Energy sells 500th Jenbacher Gas Engine in Pakistan
GE's Jenbacher technology provides industrial customers with reliable on-site power Reflecting the demand by textile mills and other industrial customers for reliable on-site power solutions...
Hartlepool Simulator Taken Over By British Energy
L-3 Communications MAPPS (L-3 MAPPS), a subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that the Hartlepool Simulator was taken over by British Energy Generation Ltd. (BEGL) on March 1, 2007....
Wärtsilä Introduces Compact Single-Engine Power Units
Wärtsilä Corporation has introduced the Wärtsilä PowerCubes to provide industrial customers, utilities and independent power producers with small power plants based on...
Aggreko Entrusted to Power Professional Footballs Championship Game
February 2, 2007 , Miami, FL - Aggreko LLC, the world's leading supplier of temporary power and temperature control systems, announced today that it will once again provide...
Aggreko Assures a Smooth Finish for the US Figure Skating Championships
January 25, 2007; Spokane, Washington - As thousands of ice skating fans arrive in Spokane, Washington to cheer on their favorite championship skaters, the power of Aggreko will be on the...
Aggreko 40MW of Gas-Powered Generation to Fulfill Tanzania Hydropower Shortfall
* Power shortages in Tanzania as a result of extended drought * Aggreko deliver 40MW of gas power ten days ahead of schedule * Prompt power delivery helps to sustain economic...
Pipes, Pigs and High Pressure Compressed Air
Aggreko, the world leader in the rental of power, temperature control and oil-free compressed air systems, recently completed the highest pressure compressed air project it has ever...
Greenland Hydro Plant Put to the Test
Aggreko Loadbanks has successfully completed a demanding three-month regime of tests on the Qorlortorsuaq hydro-power plant in Greenland. The plant provides vital mains power for its...
L-3 MAPPS to Modernize Korea's Wolsong Simulator
SAINT-LAURENT, QUEBEC, CANADA, March 12, 2007 - L-3 Communications MAPPS, a wholly owned subsidiary of L-3 Communications, announced today that it has entered into an agreement with Korea...
Aggreko to 'Power' African Literacy Drive with Book Aid International Partnership
Aggreko donation provides 22,560 books, worth in excess of GBP175,000 Disadvantaged groups in seven African countries and Sri Lanka to benefit from the Aggreko donation Initiative aims to...
February 2007
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GE Energy's Jenbacher Biogas Engines Power Cow Manure Methane-to-Energy Plant in India
GE's ecomagination-certified technology generates power and heat, reduces emissions A GE Energy Jenbacher biogas engine is powering a successful demonstration cattle manure-methane...
CoroCAM - UV Detection and Imaging Cameras
CSIR have just joined Power Technology to promote their CoroCAM range of Ultra-Violet (UV) and MultiCAM (UV/IR) detection and imaging cameras. CSIR worked in collaboration with Eskom Research...
January 2007
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GE's first Jenbacher CO2 fertilization cogeneration system for commercial greenhouses sold in North America
Project Marks First North American Application of This Technology An Ontario, Canada, commercial tomato greenhouse operator is installing a 12MW Jenbacher CO2 fertilization cogeneration...
RDE Supplies Power Plant Simulator for Bremen
The Bremen energy supplying company swb contracted RDE to deliver a power plant simulator to enable the training of changing operation modes for the shift personnel. Training objectives...
Innovative wood gas plant in Austria to use GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engines
GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engine business was recently awarded a contract to supply two highly efficient combined power and heat (CHP) units for a new, innovative wood gas project in the town...
Rheinmetall Defence Electronics Wins Contract for a Power Plant Simulator in Australia
Against Japanese competition RDE gained the contract for the production and supply of an engineering and testing simulator for the power plant Tarong in Queensland, Australia. For the first...
GE's Jenbacher Gen-sets to Power South Africa's First Landfill Methane Plants
La Mercy and Mariannhill sites in Durban serve as model renewable projects JENBACH, AUSTRIA - 12 January 2007 - South Africa's first landfill methane gas-to energy projects, powered...
Lens compensators
Also designed and supplied from Belman Production A/S. Lens compensators are often a customer requirement as the customer could require a single layer bellow. If the thickness of material of...
Wärtsilä's EUR 160 million Power Plant order to Azerbaijan confirmed
Wärtsilä´s preliminary contract of equipment supply for a 300 MW power plant to Azerbaijan has been confirmed. The value of the deal is approximately EUR 160 million. The order...
Bridgestone Associates Signs Agreement for 50MW Biomass Plant Conceptual Design and Feasibility Study
Bridgestone Associates today announced an agreement with Philmet Capital Group, a New York City based developer to develop a conceptual design and prepare a detailed feasibility study for a...