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Press Releases
Georgia Power issues Request for Proposals for beneficial-reuse of stored coal ash from closed ash ponds
Company already recycles more than 75 percent of currently-produced ash NEWS PROVIDED BY Georgia Power Jan 08, 2020, 12:21 ET ATLANTA, Jan. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Georgia Power today announced it is requesting proposals for the beneficial reuse of coal ash stored at active and retired coal-fired power plants across the state. While Georgia Power […]
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Press Releases
U.S. Department of Energy Launches Energy Storage Grand Challenge
WASHINGTON D.C. – Today, U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette announced the launch of the Energy Storage Grand Challenge, a comprehensive program to accelerate the development, commercialization, and utilization of next-generation energy storage technologies and sustain American global leadership in energy storage. The Grand Challenge builds on the $158 million Advanced Energy Storage Initiative announced in […]
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Press Releases
Rockwell Automation to Acquire Avnet to Expand Cybersecurity Expertise
Acquisition will enhance Rockwell Automation’s ability to deliver IT/OT cybersecurity services globally January 08, 2020 07:00 AM Eastern Standard Time MILWAUKEE–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Rockwell Automation, Inc. (NYSE: ROK) today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire privately held Avnet Data Security, LTD, an Israeli-based cybersecurity provider with over 20 years of experience providing cybersecurity services. […]
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Press Releases
ACWA Power expands its geographic footprint by entering the Azerbaijan market
Azerbaijan, Baku, 09 January 2020: ACWA Power signed today an implementation agreement with the Ministry of Energy of Azerbaijan for developing, building and operating a 240 MW wind power project. The power purchase agreement (PPA) of the project spans over a period of 20 years on a Build Own Operate (BOO) basis. The ceremony was […]
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O&M
Xylem introduces industrial-strength product lines to handle critical challenges in the power generation industry
Large capacity vertical turbine, multistage ring section and double suction centrifugal pumps solve for power generation applications RYE BROOK, N.Y., (Dec. 12, 2019) – Xylem is helping the power generation industry manage process optimization and unreliable water supply with the expansion of its leading pump portfolio to include: the rugged and efficient e-MP multistage ring […]
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Hydro
Voith is a leading member of the XFLEX HYDRO project, a new initiative to build a resilient, renewable power system with flexible hydropower technology
The XFLEX HYDRO project demonstrates how modern hydropower plants can provide the vital power grid services required by variable renewables such as wind and solar power The project is a four-year initiative by leading utilities, equipment manufacturers, universities, research centres and consultancies Voith Hydro is in the lead of the development and implementation of additional […]
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Renewables
Dominion Energy and Vanguard Renewables Form Strategic Partnership to Develop First Nationwide Network of Dairy Waste-to-Energy Projects
More than $200 million strategic partnership will capture methane from U.S. dairy farms and convert it into clean, renewable energy for U.S. consumers Strategic partnership will substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions from U.S. dairy farms, equivalent to taking nearly 100,000 cars off the road or planting 7.5 million new trees each year Companies expand strategic […]
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Fuel
FEED Study Commissioned on New Gas-to-Gasoline Plant
December 11, 2019 01:10 PM Eastern Standard Time HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Primus Green Energy Inc. announces that along with a global petrochemical company as a joint venture partner, it has commissioned a Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) study with IHI E&C International Corporation (“IHI E&C”) for a first of its kind natural gas-to-gasoline plant in Texas. […]
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News
GE Renewable Energy to supply turbines for Sweden’s latest Cypress-equipped wind farm
Dec 12, 2019 GE Renewable Energy has been selected to supply 26 of its Cypress platform onshore wind turbines to the 143 MW Blåbergsliden wind farm The project is GE Renewable Energy’s second Cypress deal in Sweden Paris, December 12th, 2019 – GE Renewable Energy announced today that it has been selected by Holmen […]
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Press Releases
Building a resilient, renewable power system with innovative hydropower technology
December 10, 2019 — A major new energy innovation project to demonstrate how smart hydropower technologies can deliver a low-carbon, reliable and resilient power system was launched today. The €18 million initiative was announced by the European Commission and a consortium of 19 partners, including the International Hydropower Association, at the United Nations climate change conference […]
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Coal
Veteran Material Handling Specialists Expand Benetech, Inc.’s Capabilities
Benetech, Inc. has announced the addition of two highly seasoned material handling experts who will further enhance the company’s service and solutions for bulk material handlers. AURORA, Ill., Dec. 10, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Benetech, Inc. has announced the addition of two highly seasoned material handling experts who will further enhance the company’s service and solutions […]
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Gas
Siemens supplies gas turbines for peaking power plants in Belarus
Siemens industrial gas turbines will provide peaking power to help improve the reliability and flexibility of the Belarusian power grid Siemens will deliver the power generation equipment for two new peaking power plants in the Republic of Belarus. The customer is the state-owned utility company RUE Vitebskenergo. The new plants will be operated in conjunction […]
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News
PW Power Systems Delivers Brighter Holidays for Puerto Rico
Mobile power generation assets will also secure the electric grid and complement renewables GLASTONBURY, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–PW Power Systems (PWPS), the leading provider of aero-derivative power generation energy solutions, announces that PREPA (Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority) has three, PWPS FT8® MOBILEPAC® gas turbines ready for operation. The 30-megawatt mobile gas turbine units are now available […]
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Press Releases
U.S. Department of Energy Awards $3.5 Million to New Gas Reactor Design
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 5, 2019) — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $3.5 million to X-energy today to further the development of its advanced nuclear reactor. The project will examine ways to reduce construction and maintenance costs of the developer’s Xe-100 reactor design. X-energy, located just outside the nation’s capital in Rockville, Maryland, […]
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Press Releases
Geronimo Energy Announces Commercial Operation of 200 MW South Dakota Wind Farm
MINNEAPOLIS, Dec. 5, 2019 — Geronimo Energy (Geronimo), a wholly owned subsidiary of National Grid Plc (NYSE: NGG), announced today the start of commercial operations for its Crocker Wind Farm (Crocker), a 200 megawatt (MW) wind energy project located in Clark County, South Dakota. Crocker has Virtual Power Purchase Agreements (VPPAs) in place with leading corporations, […]
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Press Releases
Rosatom subsidiary awards contract for construction of BREST-OD-300 fast reactor facility and power unit
Siberian Chemical Plant (a subsidiary of TVEL Fuel Company of Rosatom in Seversk, Tomsk region, West Siberia) has signed the contract with Concern Titan-2 engineering company for construction and installation works within the project of BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor facility. The total contract value is 26.3 billion rubles. The contractor will accomplish construction of […]
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Renewables
Energy Toolbase Implements SolarEdge’s Residential Energy Storage Solution onto the Platform
Users can quickly determine utility bill savings and project economics for residential applications DECEMBER 3, 2019 – Stuart, FL – Energy Toolbase has implemented SolarEdge’s StorEdge© inverter onto its platform to enable users to run residential storage dispatch simulations and savings analysis that are representative of how StorEdge, coupled with an LG RESU10H battery, would […]
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News
KraftPowercon Acquires Marsulex Environmental Technologies
GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN – December 3, 2019 – KraftPowercon Sweden AB (https://kraftpowercon.com/) announces the acquisition of 100 percent ownership of Marsulex Environmental Technologies Corporation (MET). U.S.-based MET is a technology leader in Air Quality Control Systems (AQCS), specifically in the control of particulate (dust) and gaseous emissions from power plants and industrial boilers. For more than […]
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Business
Industrial supplier Clyde Bergemann to successfully sell pulp & paper segment while focusing on core business of emission reduction for the power industry
Clyde Bergemann Power Group (CBPG), a globally operating developer of components and systems for the optimization of processes in power and energy plants has sold its paper & pulp segment to Wynnchurch Capital, a US-based private equity firm with a focus on small and mid-sized businesses. The parties have agreed to not disclose any details about […]
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Connected Plant
Siemens to equip Bajaj Energy plant in India with digitalization solutions
Siemens will equip Lalitpur Power Generation Company Limited (LPGCL), a Bajaj Group company, with advanced digital solutions for its power plant located in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. Siemens will provide a complete thermal twin for the LPGCL coal-fired power plant, enabling improvements in the plant’s performance. Siemens experts, in close collaboration with plant operations team, […]
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Press Releases
Renewed Wärtsilä maintenance agreement provides reliability for Madrid’s Barajas airport
December 3, 2019 — The technology group Wärtsilä has for the fourth time renewed its long-term maintenance agreement for the power plant located at Madrid’s Barajas airport. The 5-year agreement renewal provides a tailored and optimised scope that takes into consideration the operational changes that have taken place since the plant’s installation 14 years ago. The […]
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Press Releases
Foreign companies eyeing opportunities in Japan’s offshore wind market, says GlobalData
Japan has been witnessing an upsurge in the number of companies showing interest in its fledgling offshore wind sector, says GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s research reveals that the Japanese offshore market presently stands at a miniscule 68 megawatt (MW). However, 770 MW of capacity is in the pipeline across four projects, […]
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Press Releases
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy Awarded Contract to Support Decommissioning of Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station
WILMINGTON, North Carolina—December 3, 2019—GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Comprehensive Decommissioning International, LLC (CDI) to decommission the reactor internals and reactor pressure vessel at the Pilgrim Nuclear Power Station in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Employing cutting-edge technology, GEH will dismantle, segment and pack reactor internals and the […]
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Press Releases
Wärtsilä to provide full energy storage solution for one of the largest power hybrid projects at an off-grid mine in Mali
Dec. 2, 2019 — The technology group Wärtsilä will optimise the energy system of the Fekola Mine, located in a remote region in southwest Mali. This is needed to improve the mine’s operations, reduce fuel consumption, and lessen the carbon emissions. Wärtsilä has been contracted to design and engineer a cutting-edge 17MW/15MWh energy storage system […]
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Gas
EDISON INVESTS 370 MILLION EUROS IN CAMPANIA IN SUPPORT OF THE COUNTRY’S ENERGY TRANSITION AND SUSTAINABILITY
The investment is targeted at the construction of a natural gas-powered thermoelectric power plant in Presenzano (CE) and has a total value of 370 million euros. The project involves the partnership between Edison and Ansaldo Energia, as the assignee of the contract for the construction of the power plant, two of Italy’s leading industrial companies […]
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Press Releases
Siemens Gamesa celebrates ‘Strength of the Wind’ with firm 448-MW Scottish offshore order
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has announced the firm order to supply wind turbines for the 448-MW Neart na Gaoithe (NnG) offshore wind power project, being developed by the utility EDF Renewables in Scotland. The contract further cements SGRE’s market-leading position. The company will install 54 of its SG 8.0-167 DD offshore turbines, with a […]
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Hydro
ABB wins contract to upgrade Copel hydroelectric power plant in Brazil
ABB’s digital solutions and engineering services will improve availability and reliability of power in the State of Paraná, with ABB winning a $US2.5 million contract to upgrade Copel’s Governador José Richa hydro power plant. ABB will provide excitation systems and speed regulation for four generator units at the 20-year-old Governador José Richa[i] hydro power plant […]
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Press Releases
New Siemens Gamesa DD Flex concept increases capacity on its largest offshore wind turbine to 11 MW
Offshore wind industry leader Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) expanded its product portfolio today at the WindEurope Offshore 2019 Conference & Exhibition with the launch of the new Siemens Gamesa DD Flex concept and the SG 11.0-193 DD Flex offshore wind turbine. Built on the current largest offshore wind turbine in the SGRE fleet, the […]
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Press Releases
Siemens Gamesa now able to actively dictate wind flow at offshore wind locations
Actively dictating the wind flow in any offshore wind power plant has likely been the dream of developers and engineers since the first turbines were installed in Danish waters in 1991. Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) is therefore proud to launch the Wake Adapt feature today at the WindEurope Offshore 2019 Conference & Exhibition in […]
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Press Releases
Convergent Announces the Completion of 21 MWh of Energy Storage Projects at Two Shell Facilities
(Sarnia, ON) November 25, 2019– Convergent Energy + Power (Convergent), a leading independent developer of energy storage solutions in North America, today announced that the 21 MWh of industrial battery storage systems under construction at two Shell Canada Products facilities in Ontario are now operational. Convergent is the largest operator of energy storage solutions in […]