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Press Releases
Brüel & Kjær Vibro expands product portfolio
Brüel & Kjær Vibro today announces that it has completed the acquisition of US-based vibration technology platform Setpoint. Setpoint is a leading provider of vibration and condition monitoring equipment, primarily to the oil and gas and power generation sectors, as well as to other industries. Its technology enables customers to improve machinery availability and reliability […]
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Growth Spawns Conco Services Corporation to Move to a New Location in Texas
LaPorte, TX – May 16, 2017 – Conco Services Corporation recently moved its Texas Industrial Division into a larger facility. The move was the result of Conco’s continued success and is intended to satisfy the increase in customer demand. As the company doubled the size of its service crews and equipment trailer fleet, the previous […]
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Siemens to upgrade controls system at Nehuenco power plant in Chile
Building on its commitment to innovative power plant solutions, Siemens has been awarded a contract from Colbún S.A. to upgrade the Central Termoeléctrica Nehuenco-I plant with Siemens’ Power Plant Automation T3000 Cue (SPPA-T3000) system. The 368-megawatt (MW) combined cycle power plant is located in Quillota, Valparaíso Region, in Chile and provides electricity to approximately 350,000 […]
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First turbines for expansion of Bolivian power plants start their journey
The first Siemens gas turbines for the expansion of three power plants in Bolivia have started their way to South America. In May 2016, Siemens has signed the corresponding agreement to increase the power generating capacity of the country by more than one gigawatt. The two machines, manufactured at Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery in Finspang, were […]
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ESCO acquires Renewable NRG Systems
ST. LOUIS, May 8, 2017 – ESCO Technologies Inc. (NYSE: ESE) today announced that it has acquired NRG Systems, Inc. (NRG), doing business as Renewable NRG Systems, located in Hinesburg, Vermont. NRG, founded in 1982, is the global market leader in the design and manufacture of decision support tools for the renewable energy industry, primarily […]
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Wärtsilä introduces new hybrid and energy storage solutions
The technology group Wärtsilä today announced new hybrid power plants, engines+storage and energy storage solutions to power markets globally. These new and innovative solutions provide Wärtsilä’s existing and future customers added value by utilizing energy storage technology together with traditional engine based power generation. Wärtsilä also announced it would be offering stand-alone energy storage solutions. […]
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GE’s Powering Efficiency COE Solutions Help Aluminium Company Hindalco Reduce Power Generation Costs
BADEN, SWITZERLAND—May 9, 2017—Following on the heels of its Powering Efficiency Center of Excellence (COE) launch in March, GE (NYSE: GE) has announced an agreement with the world’s largest aluminium rolling company Hindalco Industries Ltd. (Hindalco) to upgrade generation equipment at its Renusagar Captive Power Plant located in Uttar Pradesh, India. The steam turbine modernizations […]
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New Ansaldo Energia GT36: validation accomplished
The first GT36 Unit, Ansaldo Energia’s H-Class gas turbine model, has successfully completed the first phase of the comprehensive validation program at the Birr Test Power Plant in Switzerland. The test power plant is a full scale simple cycle power station, built in 2015/2016, that can be used for the operation and validation of the […]
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Renewables
Battery Storage Goes Mainstream
Grid-connected batteries have long been touted as a tantalizing prospect that could help balance electricity supply and demand as the amount of installed variable renewable generation ramps up. New
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Legal & Regulatory
Should Investor-Owned Utilities Be Worried About Community Choice Aggregation?
Community choice aggregation (CCA) is only allowed in seven states currently, but recent developments in California have investor-owned utilities there worried. They fear losing up to 80% of their retail load