International
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Press Releases
Q8Oils and INNIO engage in long-term partnership for lubricating Jenbacher gas engines
ANTWERP (Belgium), JENBACH (Austria) (Nov. 25, 2020) — Q8Oils has signed a long-term global partnership agreement with INNIO Jenbacher to supply lubricants for all Jenbacher gas engines that operate on non-natural gas, including biogas, sewage gas and landfill gas. Combining the technical expertise and knowledge of INNIO Jenbacher and Q8Oils will further enhance the durability […]
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Siemens Energy awarded major service contract to strengthen Kuwait’s power grid reliability
Contract covers maintenance of 116 high-voltage substations Largest power transmission service agreement for Siemens Energy in Middle East Strengthens power supply security in Kuwait Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW) awarded Siemens Energy a contract to provide maintenance of 116 high-voltage substations. The five-year service contract represents Siemens Energy’s largest service agreement in the […]
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UK Undergoing ‘Remarkable Shift’ in Power Generation
Natural gas-fired generation continues to provide much of the electricity in the UK, but renewable power in total at times has taken the lead spot in the country’s generation mix over the past several months. The country has moved almost entirely away from coal, which a decade ago teamed with natural gas to provide three-quarters […]
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New Cologne-Merheim Gas-Fired Combined Heat and Power Plant for RheinEnergie AG Proves Successful in Commercial Operation
Advanced Combined Heat and Power plant operating with three Jenbacher J920 FleXtra gas engines New plant operations will reduce 110 million pounds (50,000 metric tons) of CO2 each year as compared to previous operations COLOGNE (Germany), JENBACH (Austria), November 18, 2020 – The new Combined Heat and Power (CHP) facility at the Cologne-Merheim thermal power plant […]
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Bloom Energy and SK E&C Win Competitive Bid for Korea’s Changwon RE100 Project to Supply 100% Hydrogen-Powered Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells and Electrolyzers
SAN JOSE, Calif. (Nov. 18, 2020) — Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) and SK Engineering and Construction (SK E&C) today announced they have won a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) under the RE100 program to supply solid-oxide fuel cells (SOFC) powered by 100 percent hydrogen and electrolyzers to an industrial complex in Changwon, Korea. The RE100 […]
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FLIR Systems Announces Industry-First Thermal and Visible Videoscope for Underground Utility Vaults
New FLIR VS290-32 Offers a Dual-Sensor, Electrical Safety-Rated Videoscope for Safer and More Efficient Industrial Inspection ARLINGTON, Va., November 17, 2020 – FLIR Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: FLIR) today announced the FLIR VS290-32™, an industry-first, videoscope that combines thermal imaging and a visible camera specifically designed for safer and more efficient inspections of hard-to-reach underground utility […]
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Framatome joins Sizewell C Consortium to deliver low-carbon energy to the UK
November 17, 2020 – Framatome today announced that it joined the Sizewell C Consortium, a group of more than 100 companies and organisations from across the U.K. working to design, supply and construct the proposed nuclear power station in Suffolk, England. “Working with the passionate and expert members of the Sizewell C Consortium, we are […]
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Fabric Structure Company Announces Launch of Two New Product Lines – Side Entry and Gable
Tara, Ontario: Calhoun Super Structure today announced the launch of two new product lines – its Side Entry (SE) line of building profiles and its Gable (GB) line of building profiles – to be made available globally. The new Side Entry line consists of five profiles ranging in size from 20’ wide to 30’ wide […]
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IEA: Renewables Will Lead Global Generation in 2025
The world’s power generation is about to become even more green, according to a new publication from the International Energy Agency (IEA). The group on Nov. 10 published its “Renewables 2020″ report, and highlighted how generation capacity from both wind and solar will double across the next five years and surpass global generation from both […]
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Belarus Brings Country’s First Nuclear Plant Online
The first reactor of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus was connected to the grid on Nov. 3. The Belarusian Nuclear Power Plant, also known as the Astravets plant, will have two operating reactors with a total 2.4 GW of generation capacity when completed in 2022, according to its current timeline. The plant has […]