Press Releases

Gas-fired Combined Cycle Power Plant is the Third in the State Owned by the Firm WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fortistar announced today that it has closed on its purchase of Castleton Power, LLC, a 72 megawatt (MW) gas-fired combined cycle power plant located in Castleton-on-Hudson, NY. The General Electric (GE) Frame 6 turbine power plant dispatches […]

Three projects to advance turbine systems for gas-fired power plants SAN ANTONIO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) is a member of three teams awarded funding by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory to develop technologies to advance the state-of-the-art in power generation. The three projects total about $18.2 million in DOE and private […]

ABB transformers and other key equipment to enable Changji-Guquan link to transmit 12,000 megawatts of electricity over 3,000 kilometers at 1.1 million volts, setting new world records on voltage level, transmission capacity and distance Zurich, Switzerland, July 19, 2016 – ABB has won orders worth over $300 million to supply breakthrough technologies for the world’s […]

Fourteen companies from the wind, oil & gas and maritime sector have launched the Joint Industry Project “Coupled Analysis of Floating Wind Turbines“ led by DNV GL Goal of the project is the development of a Recommended Practice for the coupled analysis for the design of floating offshore wind turbines Standardisation aims to minimise risks […]

As was to be expected, the number of new offshore wind installations in Germany was relatively moderate in the first six months of the year, with a total capacity of 258 megawatts going on line. The industry estimates an overall offshore expansion to the tune of 700 megawatts by the end of the year. The […]

San Francisco, CA (July 15, 2016) Conco Services Corporation, NALCO Water, Plastocor and RetubeCo, all leaders in the field of condenser technology, will be hosting the 2016 Condenser Life Cycle Seminar (CLCS) in San Francisco, California, from September 7-9, 2016, at the Sheraton Fisherman’s Wharf. The Seminar is a technical forum educating power plant managers, […]

Myanmar Electric Power Enterprise (MEPE) recently awarded EthosEnergy a key contract worth over US$8m for the major overhaul of one 701D unit with all new parts and upgrade of two MHI 701D units inclusive of upgraded controls at the Ywama power plant in Yangon, Myanmar. EthosEnergy’s package included a full set of capital parts – […]

HOLLAND, Mich. & PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Evoqua Water Technologies has been chosen to provide its Vantage®Series membrane-based boiler feedwater makeup system as well as water screens and stop gates for the new Holland Board of Public Works (BPW) combined cycle natural gas power plant. This new state-of-the-art facility is being constructed on a partial brownfield site, known […]

The Chisholm View II project will expand the existing 235 MW Chisholm View wind facility in Oklahoma and once completed will increase the overall site’s installed capacity to 300 MW Construction of the Chisholm View II wind farm will require an overall investment of approximately 90 million US dollars Rome, July 12th, 2016 – Enel […]

The Majority of ICS Components Connected to the Internet Are Located in the United States and Europe WOBURN, Mass.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Kaspersky Lab released its report on the Industrial Control Systems (ICS) threat landscape, which revealed that large organizations likely have ICS components connected to the internet that could allow cybercriminals to attack critical infrastructure systems. The […]