Press Releases

HOUSTON, September 4, 2012 – Each year, POWER magazine selects the most noteworthy gas-fired power plants worldwide to be designated Top Plants. Winning plants are profiled in the September issue, and awards are presented at a banquet the following May at the ELECTRIC POWER Conference & Exhibition. This year’s award-winning gas-fired Top Plants are: •    […]

Milford, NH- Hendrix/Kerite Cable (Marmon Utility, LLC.), a premier provider of high-quality underground power distribution products, announces its offering of 34.5 kV TRXLP-insulated medium voltage cable for applications in the wind power industry.  Hendrix manufactures all cable in the USA, which is made and tested to ICEA/AEIC Standards and is dry-cure, triple-extruded. The 34.5 kV […]

ROCKVILLE, MD, August 24, 2012 – To significantly improve its field operations work processes, one of North America’s largest utilities is deploying the Tensing Integrated Work Management Suite (IWMS), a next-generation, comprehensive mobile solution that Tensing developed in partnership with the utility. Completed in the first phase of the utility’s multi-phase, mobile workflow project, the […]

Littleton, Colorado, August 20, 2012 – ADA Carbon Solutions, LLC, announced today that its new, patent pending FastPAC™ series of activated carbon products is now commercially available for coal-fired mercury control customers. FastPAC™ and FastPAC Premium™ are next-generation sorbents that are designed to provide rapid responsiveness of the mercury control system, improved mercury capture, lower […]

PULLMAN, WA — August 16, 2012 — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) today announced the signing of a multiyear substation automation contract valued at $71.5 million with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP). SEL will supply project management, engineering services, software, and hardware to enhance the performance of the electric power grid […]

Atlanta, GA – August 15, 2012- Clyde Bergemann Power Group Americas (CBAM), part of global Clyde Bergemann Power Group (CBPG), announced that it has recently been awarded a $180M contract for air pollution control equipment from a major U.S. Utility. CBAM will engineer, supply and commission a total of twelve (12) Pulse Jet Fabric Filters […]

PULLMAN, WA — August 1, 2012 — Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories, Inc. (SEL) today announced the addition of several new features to SYNCHROWAVE® Central Software that improve information extraction and increase security. “Synchrophasor systems contain large amounts of data,” said Bill Flerchinger, SEL senior marketing engineer. “The new features further enhance the user experience of SYNCHROWAVE […]

HOUSTON, August 1– POWER magazine today officially announced winners of its 2012 Plant of the Year Award, Marmaduke Award, and Smart Grid Award. AES Gener’s Angamos Power Plant Wins POWER’s Plant of the Year Award. Independent power producer AES Gener recently completed construction of twin, 260-MW coal-fired units next to the ocean in the electricity-starved […]

(CHARLOTTE, N.C. – July 18, 2012) –The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE:BWC) announced today that its B&W mPower™ reactor Integrated System Test (IST) facility has achieved full operating conditions. The IST is the world’s only operational, design-specific test facility for a small modular reactor design. Christofer M. Mowry, President of Babcock & Wilcox mPower, […]

•758-megawatt facility will add needed capacity for Texas
•Plant expected to contribute up to $1.6 billion to area economy; create 700-800 jobs