Press Releases

MAN Diesel & Turbo successfully commissioned eight type 18V48/60 engines in the new “Planta MAN 140” power plant in Los Brasiles, Nicaragua and handed them over to the operator, ALBA Generación S.A. Based in Augsburg, the company is also responsible for engineering and delivery of the engines and equipment, steel structure, piping and electrics. With […]

Lightbridge Corporation (NASDAQ:LTBR), a U.S. nuclear energy company, today announced that it has received a Notice of Allowance from the Korean Intellectual Property Office (“KIPO”) for a key divisional patent covering two major inventions: (1) Lightbridge’s innovative metallic fuel assembly design for Western-type pressurized water reactors incorporating four-lobe, helically twisted metallic fuel rods, and (2) […]

CyberX, provider of the most widely-deployed industrial cybersecurity platform for continuously reducing ICS risk, today announced new breach and attack vector simulation technology that incorporates proprietary analytics to predict and help prevent targeted attacks on critical Operational Technology (OT) assets. An industry first, CyberX’s new ICS Attack Vector Prediction technology generates a visual representation of […]

As part of the addition of two new high efficiency units to the Tanjung Jati B coal-fired power plant in Central Java, Indonesia, Clyde Bergemann was entrusted with the delivery of the bottom ash handling systems. Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS), supplier of the ultra-supercritical pressure boilers, opted for DRYCONTM, Clyde Bergemann’s class leading […]

GE’s record-setting 9HA gas turbine technology will be heart of new 780 megawatt (MW) Tambak Lorok facility GE Power Services to provide multi-year service agreement for 15 years GE Capital to work with PT Perusahan Listrik Negara (PLN) to secure debt financing for the power plant project PT Pembangkitan Jawa Bali (PJB) deploys Predix*-based Asset […]

MAN Diesel & Turbo has concluded a contract with Walter Tosto S.p.A. for the delivery of essential parts for the worldwide renowned ITER project. The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor currently being built in Cadarache (France) aims to demonstrate the feasibility of fusion as a future energy source. With this most recent order to MAN Diesel […]

Black & Veatch, a leader in the design and deployment of clean energy-producing microgrids, has been selected by Shell International Exploration & Production Company, Inc. to perform engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) on a new microgrid system at Shell’s Technology Center in Houston. The microgrid will incorporate solar photovoltaic and a natural gas fueled reciprocating […]

Aquila Capital is increasing the installed capacity of its Midtfjellet wind farm in Norway by 40 MW to a total of 150 MW. Eleven Nordex N117 turbines are to be installed, each of which has a 3.6 MW-rated output. Midtfjellet has been in operation since 2013 and currently consists of 44 Nordex N100 and N90 […]

Siemens has received another order from the German-Dutch grid operator, TenneT TSO, for a grid connection for offshore wind power plants in the German waters of the North Sea. The company will supply the entire technology for efficient direct-current transmission for the “DolWin6” grid connection. The Spanish partner, Dragados Offshore S.A., is a leading general […]

Full Spectrum Inc., a leading supplier of private licensed broadband cellular data networks, elaborated today on the new IEEE 802.16s wireless standard for the industrial internet.  The new standard enables secure wireless connectivity for critical applications such as electric grids, nuclear facilities, water, gas and hazardous pipelines, transportation (including rail and autonomous vehicles), and homeland […]

Renewable*Connect® to provide solar and wind energy for convention center and City’s drinking water facility Minneapolis (July 18, 2017) –  The Minneapolis Convention Center and one of the City’s two drinking water campuses will be powered, in part, by local solar and wind energy from Xcel Energy’s Renewable*Connect program. Hundreds of other Minnesota electric customers, […]

Strategic partnership to augment customers’ ability to stop breaches and proactively detect and mitigate security risks SUNNYVALE, Calif., July 18, 2017 – CrowdStrike® Inc., the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, today announced a joint Services go-to market partnership with Dragos, the renowned Industrial control system (ICS) cybersecurity experts. Today, CrowdStrike Services offers industry-leading cyber readiness assessments, […]

The announcement that the world’s largest lithium-ion battery will be installed in South Australia by the end of 2017, will transform and fast track reliable renewable energy in Australia, as well as globally, according to a leading energy industry authority Dr Alex Wonhas, Managing Director, Energy, Resources & Manufacturing of global engineering and infrastructure advisory […]

AMETEK Land, the leading specialist in the design and manufacture of monitors and analysers for industrial infrared temperature measurement, combustion efficiency and environmental pollutant emissions, will exhibit at the Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) Annual Conference, July 23-25 in Stowe, Vermont, USA. The conference highlights the various applications for densified biomass, as well as trends and […]

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply engineering and equipment deliveries for two baseload power plants to Iranian energy companies Baran Niroo Beshel Co. and Tamin Niroo Saam Co. This is a breakthrough project as Wärtsilä is supplying the first decentralised power plants of its kind to Iran, showing results from our efforts to support the Iranian […]

The technology group Wärtsilä signed its first Asset Management Agreement for a photovoltaic (PV) power plant in April 2017. Wärtsilä will assume full responsibility for the operation and maintenance of the Essakane solar plant in the Sahel region of Burkina Faso. The solar plant shares a control system with a thermal power plant. Operative co-ordination […]

Yesterday the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission approved Xcel Energy’s plan for the largest expansion of wind energy in the Upper Midwest. The North Dakota Public Service Commission will review the plan later this year. The new wind projects will save Xcel Energy customers billions of dollars in fuel and other costs, as compared to the […]

Voith has agreed to undertake a pioneering collaborative hydropower study with the National University of La Plata (UNLP), in Argentina, in an uprating and modernization research on the existing Argentinian large hydropower plants.  In early June, Voith President and CEO, Dr. Hubert Lienhard, signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Prof. Marcos Actis, Dean of the […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping and German Chancellor Angela Merkel together witnessed the signing of a joint cooperation agreement between Mr. Lu Chun (Chairman of China Three Gorges Corporation) and Dr. Hubert Lienhard (President and CEO of Voith Group) in Berlin. The agreement covers the delivery of two 350 MW units to Zhejiang Changlongshan pumped storage […]

SMA Sunbelt commissioned a 1.89 MW solar PV and 1 MW / 572 kWh Li-Ion battery energy storage system, in March 2016. The objective of the retrofitted renewable energy plant is to reduce the diesel consumption of existing diesel generators. THEnergy has performed a data analysis for the first year of operations. Large-scale hybrid systems […]

ABB today announced that it has completed its acquisition of B&R (Bernecker + Rainer Industrie-Elektronik GmbH), the largest independent provider focused on product- and software-based, open-architecture solutions for machine and factory automation worldwide. The transaction, which was announced on April 4, 2017, is financed in cash and expected to be operationally EPS accretive in the […]

MTU Maintenance, the world’s largest independent provider of maintenance services for LM series industrial gas turbines, has extended its exclusive contract with Sahacogen (Chonburi) Public Company Limited for the maintenance, repair and overhaul of its three LM6000PC gas turbines. The long-term service agreement is valued at over 35 million US dollars and runs until the […]

Siemens Gamesa and DONG Energy have signed an agreement for the supply of 94 8-MW turbines (752 MW) at the Borssele 1 and 2 offshore wind power plant being developed in Dutch waters. The contract additionally includes maintenance of the turbines. The wind power plant will be located 22km from the coast of the Dutch […]

The technology group Wärtsilä signed in January a contract with Babcock International Group plc to design and build a number of switchboards and distribution boards for the world’s first offshore reactive compensation station, a vital part of transmitting to shore the electricity produced sustainably by the offshore wind farm. The Hornsea Project One offshore wind […]

Siemens has won an order to supply the key power generation equipment for the Sabiya Extension 3 combined cycle power plant in Kuwait. The contract was awarded by the plant owner, the Ministry of Electricity and Water (MEW), to Alghanim International for execution of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC). The power train will provide an […]

As feed-in tariff (FiT) support is phased out in the key European solar markets, developers, operators and investors must prioritize investment in robust methods of long-term data collection and analysis. With the first subsidy-free projects now entering operation, project stakeholders can no longer rely on tariff support to provide revenue stability and must focus on the reliability […]

The Turkish energy company Karpowership has placed an order for a total of 38 engines of the type MAN 51/60. 18 of the units will be multi-fuel engines, which can be run on gas or liquid fuel. Another 20 are pure gas engines, including the MAN 18V51/60G TS, currently the most powerful and efficient gas […]

LogiLube, LLC, an industry leader in Big Data predictive analytic solutions for the wind energy and oil & gas industries, is proud to announce it has added former GE Wind Energy and Clipper Windpower executive Lawrence (Larry) Willey to its Strategic Advisory Board. “We are excited to add such an accomplished and experienced wind energy […]

From the deep fjord outside Stord on the west coast of Norway, the floating wind turbines will be towed to Scottish waters. The world´s largest floating wind project will be located 25 kilometers off the coast of Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, at water depths between 90 and 120 meters. “Siemens Gamesa views the floating wind […]

Combination creates a leading global industrial, commercial and infrastructure services company KENNESAW, GA and WAUKESHA, WI, June 22, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services (“BEIS”) and Safway Group (“Safway”) have completed their previously announced merger effective today. Brand Industrial Services, Inc. (“Brand”) will be the new name for the combined company. With […]