Press Releases

Duke Energy Renewables purchases large-scale avian protection system for Top of the World Windpower Project in Wyoming It is the first commercial installation of this technology CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke Energy Renewables today announced it has ordered 24 IdentiFlight® units to be installed at its Top of the World Windpower Project in Wyoming as part of its […]

FAGERSTA/SOLLETEA, Sweden (January 23, 2018) — There are a large number of hydropower plants in Europe and North America that are more than 100 years old. Voith installed new technology in two of these plants in Sweden, Semla and Graninge, making them not only much more efficient but also more environmentally compatible. As a result […]

Entergy Louisiana breaks ground on combined-cycle power plant WESTLAKE, La. – Entergy Louisiana took another important step toward modernizing its generating fleet, enhancing reliability and securing a long-term supply of lower cost energy for customers with today’s ceremony formally kicking off construction of the Lake Charles Power Station. State and local officials joined Entergy executives […]

THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Jan. 22, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — CB&I (NYSE: CBI) today announced it has broken ground for the Lake Charles Power Station, a new natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant for Entergy Corporation subsidiary Entergy Louisiana, LLC in Lake Charles, Louisiana. CB&I’s scope of work on the project includes the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning for […]

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina (January 18, 2018) — Framatome today announced an agreement with Schneider Electric to acquire Schneider’s nuclear automation business. The two companies recently signed an asset purchase agreement that outlines the terms of the sale, which is expected to close before the end of the first quarter of 2018. The acquisition expands Framatome’s […]

The company will supply 47 units of G132-3.465 MW wind turbines to Sammons Renewable Energy for the Midway wind project and an additional 48 units of the same turbine type to an undisclosed customer for another project. In total, Siemens Gamesa will provide 95 units of its G132-3.465 MW wind turbines. First orders for G132-3.465 […]

SANTIAGO, CHILE (January 18, 2018) — Building Energy SpA, a multinational company operating as a global integrated IPP in the Renewable Energy Industry, announces the constitution of Building Energy Andes SpA, a Joint Venture with Scotta Group aimed to the development, construction and operation of renewable energy assets in Chile. Scotta Group is an Italian […]

FoxGuard Solutions and Security Matters partner to provide a new cyber secure industrial computing solution to the energy industry. CHRISTIANSBURG, Va. (January 18, 2018) — FoxGuard Solutions, Inc. announced the release of GRID-FS1, a new fanless rugged industrial computer for substation application. Designed to meet IEC 61850-3 and certified for IEEE 1613,  the GRID-FS1 is […]

Wärtsilä and Schneider Electric have signed a global cooperation agreement to bring together their individual products and services, along with those of third parties, for the purpose of cooperating on data center projects. The deal focuses on hyperscale data center projects with at least a 10-MW electrical load. The objective of the cooperation is to […]

EGEC Reaction to the European Parliament plenary vote on the first half of the Clean Energy Package Brussels, 17th January 2018 – The European Parliament proved ambitious and consistent with the objectives of the Paris agreement while voting on the Renewable Energy Directive, the Energy Efficiency Directive and the Governance Regulation this Wednesday. The vote sets […]