Press Releases

Boulder, Colo., Nov. 5, 2010 ― The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) has elected three new members to its Board of Directors. Mary Guzowski, associate professor of architecture at the University of Minnesota, represents the Solar Buildings Division. She works on Minnesota’s Initiative for Renewable Energy in Architecture (reARCH), and is the author of the […]

ATLANTA, GA —November 9, 2010— Tremendous growth over the past decade has created a massive demand for energy to support China’s business and consumer lifestyles. Today, GE (NYSE: GE) and State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), China’s top power distributor and one of the world’s largest utilities, announce plans for several joint ventures to address […]

Washington, D.C. – November 9, 2010 – In response to action by leading U.S. environmental groups, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking action to keep pollution from coal plant smokestacks out of America’s waterways. EPA will issue these new rules, which would protect Americans from millions of pounds of heavy metals and other […]

Akron, Ohio – Paying electric bills just got even easier for customers of FirstEnergy’s (NYSE: FE) seven electric utility companies – Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, Toledo Edison, Pennsylvania Electric, Pennsylvania Power, Metropolitan Edison and Jersey Central Power & Light. The companies now offer electronic bill payment through banks and financial institutions. Using this new […]

WILMINGTON, N.C.—November 10, 2010— As utilities seek to increase the efficiency, reliability and safety of their nuclear power stations, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) today announced the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) approval of a new methodology that operators can use to more accurately evaluate the condition of steam dryers in current and future boiling […]

LIMA, Peru (November 3, 2010) – PIC Group, Inc. and its subsidiary, PIC del Peru S.A.C., have been chosen to provide operations and site performed maintenance services for nine hydro power plants in Peru.  Owned by Volcan Compania Minera S.A.A., a Peruvian mining company and the fourth largest producer of zinc and silver in the […]

4-Nov-2010 Wood Group has been reappointed for three years as the prime contractor by Hess Limited and co-venturers to provide operations & maintenance services to the Triton FPSO operating in the Bittern, and Greater Guillemot Area, located 140 miles east of Aberdeen. The contract also has three further one-year extension options and is estimated to […]

Smart metering is a not a cure-all for the utilities industry’s woes and there is a strong risk it will not deliver on some of its promises, Ovum finds.   In a new report*, the independent technology analyst states that smart meter and smart grid investments help to address a number of issues utilities companies […]

Paris – 3 November 2010 On November 3, Alstom Grid has signed a contract with Svenska Kraftnät, the Swedish electrical Transmission System Operator (TSO), to provide a new Energy Management System (EMS) for Sweden’s national power grid. At the contract signing ceremony held at Alstom Corporate Headquarters in Paris, Patrick Kron, Alstom’s Chairman and CEO […]

Hamburg/Germany, Bristol/UK, 5 November 2010 – SMart Wind, the consortium lead by Mainstream Renewable Power and Siemens Project Ventures, has appointed GL Garrad Hassan to act as Independent Engineer for the first two 500MW projects in the 4GW ‘Hornsea’ zone located off the coast of Yorkshire. Last month the consortium announced it has secured grid […]

A UK office has become the first public-sector organisation anywhere in the world to be certified carbon neutral under an internationally-recognised framework.The British Trade and Cultural Office, Taipei (BTCO) in Taiwan is the first government-sector office in the world to be certified as carbon neutral under the PAS 2060 framework developed by the British Standards […]

ISELIN, NJ, November 5, 2010 – The Research and Development Council of New Jersey has awarded a team of BASF catalyst inventors with the prestigious “2010 Thomas Alva Edison Patent Award” for outstanding environmental contributions at a ceremony held last evening at the Liberty Science Center in Jersey City, New Jersey. The BASF inventors honored […]

Blue Springs, MO, October 27, 2010 – The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) recently hosted the 2010 NFPA Dust Explosion Hazard Recognition and Control Symposium in Kansas City, Missouri, focusing on updates in industry best practices for the management of dust explosion hazards. In association with the Symposium, Fike offered an on-site facility tour of […]

Jodoigne, Belgium, October 26, 2010 The FDT Group, AISBL announced today that Emerson Process Management, a leader in global process automation, joined the organization on its Executive Committee and Board of Directors. With its membership, Emerson will be in a better position to support field device users that deploy FDT/DTM technology. “We are delighted to […]

TWINSBURG, OH – Pepperl+Fuchs introduces the 5000Q Purge and Pressurization System – the latest addition to the company’s extensive family of purge and pressurization products.  With a robust display screen and intuitive menus, the field-configurable 5000Q system facilitates simple installation and safe, seamless operation of general purpose equipment, mounted in certified enclosures, within Zone 2, […]

Akron, Ohio – FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), announced its Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station Unit 1, located in Shippingport, Pa., returned to service today following an October 2 shutdown for refueling and maintenance. The 911-megawatt plant is currently operating at 24 percent power and is expected to […]

Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (MPSA) announced this week that development of the new manufacturing facility in Pooler, Georgia has reached its first major milestone. Construction of the Gas Turbine Component Manufacturing center has been completed and initial operations have commenced. With the transition of employees and equipment already underway, the company anticipates reaching full […]

FilterSense – Beverly, MA USA The company’s B-PAC series of Baghouse Performance Analyzers & Controllers feature a combination of features to help dust collector operators reducing operating costs, improving the process and meet EPA or OSHA compliance simultaneously. The controllers tightly integrate control, sensing and signal analysis to provide time and money saving diagnostics including: […]

FilterSense – Beverly, MA USA  FilterWare™ for baghouses and other types of fabric filter dust collection systems such as pulse jet cartridge collectors enables improved process control, maintenance planning and automated EPA reporting turn-key compliant to 40 CFR 63 while simultaneously providing plants with other return on investment capabilities such as reduced operating costs and […]

Chicago, Illinois/Jonesboro, Arkansas, October 29, 2010.  Nordex USA celebrated the official opening of its flagship wind turbine manufacturing plant in the US today. Representing a $40 million investment, the 150,000 square foot plant is one of the most modern production facilities in the wind industry, optimized for lean flow and reduced lead times for customers. […]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas —  October 27, 2010 — CCC Group, Inc., an industrial contractor and specialty engineering provider with headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, announces successful design and replacement of a 6,000 tph PRB coal transfer chute with new passive dust control technology, the Smart Chute® Transfer System with Air Restrictors (Patent Pending). Due to […]

Westbury, New York (October 21, 2010) – Electro Industries/GaugeTech announced that a new version of its Energy Management Software Suite, Communicator EXT 3.0, is now compatible with Microsoft’s Vista® and Windows® 7 platforms. Communicator EXT 3.0 has long set the standard for energy management software. This application solution is designed to monitor, control and analyze […]

Paris, October 14, 2010 Alstom Grid has signed a €12 million contract with Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for the supply and delivery of an Energy Management System (EMS) replacing the existing National Control Centre in Giza and its back up in Abassia. The project also aims to replace and expand EETC’s telecommunications network, connecting […]

– Industry’s First Optimized Utility-Scale PV Interconnection System Introduced at Solar Power International 2010
– Provides Centralized Control of Real and Reactive Power at the Point of Interconnection 
– Enables Developers to Meet the Most Stringent Grid Interconnection Requirements With Proven, Cost-Effective Technology

RBG, the leading provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, has successfully completed their part in the Cross Site Upgrade Project (CSUP) for TOTAL E&P UK Limited (‘TOTAL’). RBG has held the TOTAL fabric maintenance contract since December 2006, covering the Elgin/Franklin, Alwyn and Dunbar offshore assets and the onshore […]

OMAHA, Neb. – Two Tenaska projects aimed at substantially reducing carbon emissions from power generating plants have received international recognition in the form of grants from the Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute, based in Australia. Receiving the grants underscores Tenaska’s position among the leading developers worldwide of technologies to limit emissions of carbon […]

ST.LOUIS (Oct. 7, 2010) – Emerson (NYSE: EMR) has been awarded a contract to supply power inverters and plant-wide controls for what will be California’s largest photovoltaic power generation facility and one of the largest in the world.  Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) awarded the contract to Emerson for the zero-emission solar projects in Kings County, […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (October 7, 2010) Enercon <http://www.enercon.com> Services, Inc (ENERCON), a nationwide engineering services company, recently expanded their engineering design capabilities to include fossil and industrial, with the addition of over 40 experienced professionals in their Birmingham, Ala. engineering center. The newly formed Fossil & Industrial Engineering group is a part of the Power Generation […]

Washington DC – 05 October, 2010 — Officials of Alstom Grid, a world leader in the field of electricity transmission and electric grids for over a century, announced that Dr. Lawrence E. Jones, Ph.Dd (EE), has been appointed by the United States Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to a three-year […]

MWM Container ‒ The One-Stop Solution Mannheim, April 29, 2010 In addition to the recent expansion of the product range with the new genset TCG 2020 K, MWM from Mannheim, Germany, now wants to increase its presence in the field of complete turnkey systems. In this context, the company has introduced the new MWM container, […]