Also the first live installation of 3M ACCR in Scotland 3M, the science-based technology company, and Scottish Power Energy Networks, have announced the successful installation and energisation of the first new live electricity conductor in Scotland in almost three decades.  Using a 3M Aluminium Conductor Composite Reinforced (ACCR), the 275kV single conductor doubles the available […]

Product platform with cumulative operating time of more than 100 years Prototype for both mechanical and electrical testing installed Final type certificate expected for 2018 Siemens Wind Power has installed the latest version of its offshore direct drive wind turbine at the national test center in Østerild, Denmark – according to plan. The SWT-8.0-154 is […]

A crane boom collapsed under heavy winds at the Takahama nuclear power plant in Japan, landing on the Unit 2 reactor building and fuel handling building at around 9:50 p.m. local time on January 20. Plant operator, Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO), reported that no injuries and no adverse environmental effects resulted from the accident. […]

While admitting no wrongdoing or liability, Duke Energy reached an agreement with the U.S. government to resolve a lawsuit related to its acquisition of a Florida gas-fired power plant. The plant in question—Osprey Energy Center (Figure 1)—is a 537-MW two-unit combined cycle facility located in Auburndale, Fla., that Duke Energy purchased from Calpine Construction Finance […]

Critical equipment for a project to improve the Indonesian transmission grid Transformers to be manufactured in CG’s world-class facility in Indonesia To be installed at more than 100 substations and power plants all over Indonesia Mumbai, January 17, 2017: Avantha Group Company CG has won a significant order of USD 105 million (INR 720 crore […]

DNV GL supports Siemens to prepare optimised turbine for the offshore market with a rated power increase of 14% compared to the previously certified turbine variant. Certification confirms new turbine is built according to latest safety and performance standards With the SWT-8.0-154, Siemens takes important third step in industrialising their offshore direct drive platform  Hamburg, […]

Wärtsilä will supply a 150 MW Smart Power Generation plant to Ace Alliance Power Limited, a special purpose company owned by the Summit Group of Companies in Bangladesh. The order comprises eight Wärtsilä 50 and one Wärtsilä 32 engines. The contract includes the engineering and equipment (EEQ) with additional advisory services for the plant’s installation, […]

Homer City Generation, operator of a three-unit, 1,884-MW coal-fired generating station about 45 miles northeast of Pittsburgh, Pa., has initiated a voluntary, pre-packaged Chapter 11 case in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The financial restructuring process is expected to eliminate more than $600 million in existing secured debt from Homer City’s […]

AREVA NP signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to provide fleet-wide refuel equipment upgrades. Under this contract, AREVA NP will upgrade existing refueling platforms, manipulator cranes, fuel transfer systems and used fuel bridge components. This modern equipment will help operators increase efficiency, strengthen performance and reduce time when receiving, moving and […]

The only body acting internationally on behalf of coal, the World Coal Association (WCA), announced today that Indonesian coal mining company, Berau Coal Energy, has joined its membership. Berau Coal is Indonesia’s fifth-largest coal producer with an estimated 509 million tonnes of coal reserves . Berau was established in 1983 and now operates three mines […]