Press Releases

The Bigge125D – 7500 Ton Capacity Super Crane Bigge Crane and Rigging Co. is manufacturing the world’s largest capacity crane at radius that will forever change large scale modular construction. Bigge’s Super Heavy Lift Cranes are set to be deployed at multiple nuclear power plant construction sites in 2011 and will revolutionize new plant construction. […]

A leading Russian EPC company and Intergraph have agreed to create a new technology to be based on SmartPlant® Enterprise for nuclear power facilities

IRVINE, Calif. (January 19, 2010) – Emerson Process Management has released the Rosemount® Analytical Model 3900 general purpose pH/ORP sensor, designed to meet the broadest range of applications in the industry. It has the widest temperature operating range of any general purpose sensor and is the first to function at sub-zero temperatures, providing accurate measurements […]

(AUSTIN, Texas) Jan. 19, 2011 – SAIC Energy, Environment, & Infrastructure LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), welcomes Steven Root as an assistant vice president in its smart grid division. Root has more than two decades of management, consulting, and business development experience in all facets of the electric and […]

(CHARLOTTE, NC – January 18, 2011) – The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) applauds today’s signing of the U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center (CERC) consortium work plan for advancing clean coal technologies. B&W is one of five U.S. companies involved in this CERC consortium, led by West Virginia University (WVU), which will work with […]

SPARTANBURG, SC — Tindall Corporation has received Certification from Germanischer Lloyd for the Atlas CTB™ Concrete Tower Base. The certification is an important milestone in the development of advanced wind tower technology that will allow the wind industry to extend hub heights above 100 meters to generate more power.    The Atlas CTB has met […]

ATLANTA – January 17, 2010 — Six new members of the Smart Grid Consumer Collaborative (SGCC) put the nonprofit over its goal of fifty members in its first year.  The group, which last week announced its first permanent executive director in Patty Durand, continues to gain momentum with these new members: • San Diego Gas […]

EXTON, Pa. – Jan. 21, 2011 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that it has taken top honors at EPC World Awards 2010 in the “IT in Infrastructure and Construction” category. Presented by EPC World magazine, the awards recognize […]

PHOENIX, AZ – January 16, 2011 – Gina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Air and Radiation , will be the keynote speaker during the plenary session of EUEC 2011, the USA’s largest energy, utility and environment conference being held at the Phoenix Convention Center from January 31 through February […]

PHOENIX, AZ – January 9, 2011 – Representatives from the nation’s top energy agencies and organizations including EPA, DOE, EPRI and leading energy companies will make presentations at EUEC 2011, the USA’s largest energy, utility, and environment conference, to be held at the Phoenix Convention Center from January 31 through February 2, 2011. EUEC 2011 […]

Elkridge, MD. January 19, 2011 – Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), formally recognized Kansas City Power & Light’s (KCP&L) Hawthorn Generating Station, Unit 5, for achieving a 3 percent heat rate improvement, exceeding its budgeted generation goals for 2010. Through teamwork and […]

(LAKE MARY, FL   01/18/11)   Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (MPSA) has received an order from Virginia Electric and Power Company (VEPCO) to supply three M501GAC gas turbines and one steam turbine to be installed at the company’s Warren County power plant near Front Royal, Virginia. The new gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power islands will […]

ATLANTA (January 14, 2011) – PIC Group, Inc. is pleased to announce that it has entered into a full service maintenance management agreement with InterGen for the 271 megawatt Chihuahua Combined Cycle Power Station located near Juarez, Mexico.  PIC’s scope of work for this project includes outage planning, technical direction and labor, monitoring and diagnostics, […]

Washington, DC – December 23 – The Solar Electric Light Fund (SELF) today announced the successful installation of three Solar Water Wells (SWWs) in the villages of Bessassi and Dunkassa, Benin, West Africa. Each well will provide families in these communities with access to clean, safe drinking water year round. Dr. Mamoudou Setamou, a Ph.D. […]

(December 29, 2010) – Telvent (NASDAQ: TLVT), the leading real-time IT solutions and information provider for a sustainable world, announced today that it has been selected by Shanxi Electric Power Company to implement a new data acquisition system that will allow the company to address service outages more quickly and provide a more reliable network. […]

2G – CENERGY received an order for a biogas CHP cogeneration plant to be installed in Oshkosh,
Wisconsin, supplying the University Campus with electricity and thermal energy.

New York-based Verdant Power has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) that would allow the company to install up to 30 new tidal power turbines in the East Channel of the East River in New York, NY. If approved, the project would be the first tidal power plant in the US […]

Denver (CO), 21 December 2010— (Business Wire) – Abengoa Solar announced today that it has finalized $1.45 billion financing to build Solana, the world’s largest parabolic trough concentrating solar plant. This plant, with a total investment of around $2 Billion, will generate 250 net megawatts (MW). Santiago Seage, CEO of Abengoa Solar stated “Solana is […]

In-house development shows off its performance capabilities

GreenDash™ software now features GridLock technology to give homeowners unparalleled protection of sensitive home energy information and quarantee privacy

The Wisconsin-based 4.8 MW landfill gas-to-energy project will support the state’s renewable energy goals by generating enough clean electricity to power 2,800 homes

Outotec has commissioned a new CO2 removal pilot plant at its R&D center in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It complements Outotec’s circulating fluidized bed (CFB) pilot plant allowing for the cleaning of process gas from iron ore direct reduction as well as from coal and biomass gasification. "Not only is the new plant a big […]

EXTON, Pa. – Dec. 15, 2010 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today announced that it has been selected to join the consortium, led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, for a U.S.-China Clean Energy Research Center […]

Calgary, AB – December 14, 2010 – EmberClear (TSXV: EMB) applauds Huaneng Power Group (NYSE: HNP) for the formation of their new corporation called the Clean Energy Research Institute (CERI). Dr. Shisen Xu, CTO of Huaneng Power will be the CEO of CERI. CERI will consolidate and control the development and direction of all clean […]

DEVENS, Mass. – December 20, 2010 – American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, today announced that it has received a turnkey order for the company’s proprietary D-VAR STATCOM reactive compensation solution from Ergon Energy Corporation Limited (Ergon Energy), an electricity distribution company serving Queensland, Australia.  AMSC will install the D-VAR STATCOM […]

Elkridge, MD. December 15, 2010 –Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), the operating subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced today that its Energy Services group achieved approved provider status from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Education Program. NERC requires Electric Transmission System Operators to maintain and expand their […]

Coeur d’Alene, Idaho USA, December 2010 – Energy Products of Idaho (EPI), a leading provider of solid fuel fired renewable energy systems, has been selected to provide a state-of-the-art green energy system for the Klamath Falls Bioenergy project in Klamath Falls, Oregon.  The EPI advanced staged gasification system is designed to convert biomass materials into […]

Combination of strengths and know-how Joint development strategy on multiple topics, including renewable energy and smart grids Joint contribution to energy and climate objectives Elia Group and Alstom Grid signed in Brussels a three year cooperation agreement setting out the general framework for long-term joint development strategy including Smart Grid initiatives, renewable energy integration, and […]

Boston, MA—December 9, 2010—First Wind, an independent U.S.-based wind energy company, today announced that applications will be open and available online for the 2011 First Wind Scholars program beginning on December 15.   The extension and expansion of the program will provide new scholarship opportunities for high school seniors attending school in communities where the company […]

Paris – 9 December, 2010 As part of their ongoing cooperation, Alstom Grid and FGC UES have today signed an agreement for cooperation in research and development aimed at the modernization of the Russian electrical grid through the introduction of advanced “Smart Grid” technologies. Under this agreement, the parties will establish an Alstom Grid – […]