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Chile has its first floating solar farm installed and on a brand-new type of site: a tailings pond, owned by the mining giant AngloAmerican. Located at Los Bronces mines, north of Santiago, the 84 kWp pilot should generate 153 MWh per year for the company’s energy needs. The project, developed by Lenergie and for which […]

Depending on the deployment location and competing energy prices, photovoltaic solar panels are among the most cost-effective power solutions being added to the grid today, often without subsidies and other incentives. The revelation came during a panel discussion—which included several CEOs from the power sector—that took place at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) Summit […]

Grid synchronization fast-tracked in only 27 months after notice to proceed New plant will provide 1,320 megawatts (MW) to help Pakistan address its growing energy needs and build energy independence SWITZERLAND, Baden: 27 March 2019 – The first of two supercritical turbines from GE Steam Power has successfully synchronized to Pakistan’s national grid at China Power […]

Strategic Partnership Agreement signed Technology collaboration agreement in heavy-duty gas turbines Siemens AG and State Power Investment Corporation Limited (SPIC) signed a comprehensive Strategic Partnership Framework Agreement (SPFA). This follows a Technology Collaboration agreement on heavy-duty gas turbines between Siemens AG and China United Heavy-duty Gas Turbine Company (UGTC). The SPFA was signed by Qian […]

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, March 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — ROCKWOOL Technical Insulation, a subsidiary of ROCKWOOL Group, today announced it has been awarded the Materials Performance Corrosion Innovation of the Year Award for its patent-pending WR-Tech™ (Water Repellent Technology) by Materials Performance magazine, a publication of NACE International. The awards celebrate cutting-edge technologies that are at […]

Game-changing companies from around the world recognized for their leadership in transformative technologies New York, March 25, 2019 – Ten innovative companies that are revolutionizing the energy, transport, and industrial sectors have been named as the 2019 New Energy Pioneers by BloombergNEF (BNEF). The winners are pursuing new opportunities in areas as diverse as EV […]

GE introduced its GT26 HE (high efficiency) gas turbine upgrade on March 25 by announcing Uniper would be the first to install the new technology at the company’s Enfield Power Station in London, England. “We’re proud to launch our new GT26 HE upgrade with Uniper—it’s the most advanced solution we’ve ever introduced on a GT26 […]

Ansaldo Energia and China United Gas Turbine Company (UGTC) have signed an agreement for technology collaboration in the field of heavy duty gas turbines. This follows the Memorandum of Understanding with State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC), the majority shareholder of UGTC, which was already announced in July 2018. UGTC will complete the goal of developing […]

The United States Energy Association (USEA) is an association of public and private energy-related organizations, corporations, and government agencies that helps increase understanding of the world’s energy issues. Barry Worthington has been the executive director of the USEA for more than 30 years. During that time, he has seen the association grow from a two-person, […]

Rookery South Limited have awarded the contract to construct England’s latest EfW plant to the Swiss company Hitachi Zosen Inova, building on successful collaboration forged in earlier projects. In the future, the Rookery South plant will process 545,000 metric tons of solid municipal and commercial waste a year to generate more than 60 MW of […]