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President Trump has signed an executive order (EO) to boost coordination for and national resilience against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) threats—both from nuclear warfare and natural events like solar superstorms. The action suggests new federal mandates to protect critical infrastructure against EMP events and attacks may be on the horizon.  Senior Trump administration officials from the National Security […]

Lebanon, Pennsylvania | Marsulex Environmental Technologies Corporation (MET) has been granted two new US patents, building upon MET’s commercially-proven ammonium sulfate flue gas desulfurization technology (AS FGD). These new developments, together with the patented and proprietary AS FGD, provide further recognition of MET’s commitment to the continual innovation of its flagship technology. The new patents represent […]

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 […]

Siemens, Three Mile Island, and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) made notable headlines over recent days. Here is this week’s POWER notebook.  Siemens Bags First Order for 41-MW Aeroderivative Gas Unit Siemens on March 25 said it received its first order for its newest aeroderivative gas turbine offering—the SGT-A45. The buyer, Bayat Power, a subsidiary […]

The maker of the PI System recognized by leading analyst firm for innovation and vision in the technology industry SAN LEANDRO, Calif., March 25, 2019 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — OSIsoft LLC, a leader in operational intelligence, today announced that it has received the 451 Firestarter award from leading technology research and advisory firm 451 Research, recognizing the company’s […]

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 […]

Energy Secretary Rick Perry on March 22 said his department will guarantee up to $3.7 billion in additional loans to finance continued construction of two new nuclear reactors at the Vogtle plant in Georgia. While Perry and other government officials stressed the importance of the project to the U.S. nuclear industry, critics called it a […]