O&M

New hydrophobic thermal and acoustic insulation blankets reduce energy loss and/or mitigate harmful noise levels from equipment. NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y., April 28, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — Shannon Global Energy Solutions, which engineers and manufactures reusable solutions for a sustainable planet, has developed a new, hydrophobic thermal and acoustic insulation blanket to reduce energy loss and/or mitigate […]

2020 was a catastrophic year for wildfires across the U.S. The National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) reported that almost 60,000 fires ran rampant across more than 9 million acres in the U.S. last year, nearly 1.5 times the 10-year average of 6.6 million acres. Not only this, California saw its first-ever “gigafire,” a devastating single […]

Innovation and power generation have always gone hand in hand. For almost 140 years, the industry has evolved through a steady stream of emerging technologies, shifting policies, infrastructure investments, and an assortment of crises. The power industry has weathered a lot over this time and been forced to adapt. The latest example: COVID-19. Over the […]

The first SAE 30 stationary gas engine oil to receive MAN M 3271-5 and M 3271-2 approvals HollyFrontier Lubricants & Specialties has launched Petro-Canada Lubricants SENTRONTM SP 30, an advanced-performance SAE 30 stationary gas engine oil and the first of its category approved to meet MAN Truck & Bus AG’s latest M 3271-5 and M […]

Additional 3-Year Extension Will Provide Landfill and Ash Pond Management and Material Handling Operations to Miami Fort and Zimmer Power Plants in Ohio of Approximately 180,000 Tons of Ash Annually Approximately 400,000 Tons of Fly Ash Per Year from Both Sites Will be Recycled and Sold for Beneficial Use in Portland Cement LOUISVILLE, KY (April […]

PITTSBURGH, April 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Conco Services LLC, with its headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA, and offices in La Porte, TX, Gonzales, LA, and Antioch, CA, has achieved a Total Recordable Incident Rate of zero, two years in a row.  In addition to this hard-earned success, Timothy Meyer of Lake Charles, LA has been named Conco’s […]

MENOMONEE FALLS, Wis. (April 20, 2021) – Enerpac introduces the Safe T™ Torque Checker, the company’s first mobile torque wrench testing unit. The new portable tool offers a simple and accurate measurement of torque output wherever and whenever operators need it. A correctly calibrated torque system will deliver the right output to fasten bolts accurately […]

Flexible plant operations are highly desirable in today’s power generation industry. Every plant owner desires increased ramp rates and the ability to operate at lower loads so their plants will remain “in the money” longer in today’s competitive power markets. This goal, while laudable, remains elusive. The ADEX self-tuning artificial intelligence (AI) system allows plants […]

April 6, 2021—CLEVELAND—The Heat Exchange Institute (HEI) will now offer the sale of all nine HEI standards on their own updated (2020) website. Each standard is available for purchase at https://www.heatexchange.org/products/hei-standards. No login or membership is required to purchase materials. Users from anywhere in the world can simply add the desired standard(s) to the cart […]