Press Releases

Critical equipment for a project to improve the Indonesian transmission grid Transformers to be manufactured in CG’s world-class facility in Indonesia To be installed at more than 100 substations and power plants all over Indonesia Mumbai, January 17, 2017: Avantha Group Company CG has won a significant order of USD 105 million (INR 720 crore […]

DNV GL supports Siemens to prepare optimised turbine for the offshore market with a rated power increase of 14% compared to the previously certified turbine variant. Certification confirms new turbine is built according to latest safety and performance standards With the SWT-8.0-154, Siemens takes important third step in industrialising their offshore direct drive platform  Hamburg, […]

Wärtsilä will supply a 150 MW Smart Power Generation plant to Ace Alliance Power Limited, a special purpose company owned by the Summit Group of Companies in Bangladesh. The order comprises eight Wärtsilä 50 and one Wärtsilä 32 engines. The contract includes the engineering and equipment (EEQ) with additional advisory services for the plant’s installation, […]

— Completed on time and under budget, the three new 74.5-MW universal solar power plants officially began generating power for all FPL customers on Dec. 31, 2016 — In 2017, FPL plans to build four more universal solar plants that cost-effectively deliver clean power to the energy grid that serves millions of Floridians — FPL […]

AREVA NP signed a multimillion-dollar agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to provide fleet-wide refuel equipment upgrades. Under this contract, AREVA NP will upgrade existing refueling platforms, manipulator cranes, fuel transfer systems and used fuel bridge components. This modern equipment will help operators increase efficiency, strengthen performance and reduce time when receiving, moving and […]

The only body acting internationally on behalf of coal, the World Coal Association (WCA), announced today that Indonesian coal mining company, Berau Coal Energy, has joined its membership. Berau Coal is Indonesia’s fifth-largest coal producer with an estimated 509 million tonnes of coal reserves . Berau was established in 1983 and now operates three mines […]

J-POWER Westmoreland, LLC, a subsidiary of J-POWER USA Investment Co., Ltd.(“J-POWER USA”), has secured an equity stake from Tenaska in the Tenaska Westmoreland Generating Station, a 925-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fueled power plant project near Pittsburgh. The transaction closed on Jan. 11. “This acquisition is consistent with our strategy of investing in and developing high-quality power […]

Advancion® deployment will solve critical infrastructure challenges on Delhi electric grid NEW DELHI, India, January 12, 2017 – AES India, a subsidiary of The AES Corporation (NYSE:AES) and Mitsubishi Corporation, today announced a joint partnership agreement to deliver India’s first grid-scale energy storage array to the electric grid operated by Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited (Tata […]

Enel, via renewables subsidiary EGPNA, has acquired a 100 percent stake in Demand Energy, an intelligent control software provider, project developer and operator specialising in battery storage optimisation  Enel will work with Demand Energy to expand the use of the company’s DEN.OS energy management software, which enables real-time optimisation of storage systems  Rome, Andover, January […]

January 10, 2017 05:50 PM Eastern Standard Time SAN RAMON, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–GE Digital (NYSE: GE) today announced it has completed the acquisition of ServiceMax, a leader in cloud-based field service management (FSM) solutions, for $915 million. The acquisition provides GE Digital with new capabilities in the $1 trillion market for industrial service, enabling customers to […]

January 10, 2017 01:34 PM Eastern Standard Time BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–AES Distributed Energy, Inc. (AES DE), a subsidiary of The AES Corporation (AES), and Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) announced today the execution of a power purchase agreement (PPA) for an innovative plant that will provide solar energy together with the benefits of battery-based energy […]

January 10, 2017 02:21 PM Eastern Standard Time MAPLE GROVE, Minn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Great River Energy, a wholesale energy provider to 28 member distribution cooperatives across Minnesota, recently signed a purchase power agreement with an affiliate of NextEra Energy Resources LLC for a new 300-megawatt (MW) wind project to be built in south-central North Dakota. “We are […]

January 06, 2017 08:30 AM Eastern Standard Time CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (NYSE:BW) announced today that its subsidiary, The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W), has been awarded a contract to supply and install a replacement boiler for ArcelorMittal Dofasco’s Hamilton, Ontario, steel manufacturing plant. B&W Awarded Contract to Replace Boiler at Ontario […]

Zurich, Switzerland, January 10, 2017 – New link across over 1,800 km will be capable of bringing electricity to more than 80 million people ABB has teamed up with India’s national electricity grid operator Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (POWERGRID) in a mega project worth over $640 million for ABB to deliver a transmission […]

04 January 2017, Ratingen, Germany (3686 signs) What does an environmentally-sound power generation depend on? It depends on a reliable flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) system that reduces emissions. Consequently, a state-of-the-art FGD facility must feature full compliance with the most stringent emissions standards. With this in mind, the German energy generation specialist Doosan Lentjes is […]

Homes, Businesses Can Participate in New Programs, Services  TWEET ME: .@ConsumersEnergy to enable customers to track #energy usage, save money with new meters http://bit.ly/2iJ83TT #sustainability MULTIMEDIA FROM THIS RELEASE Tuesday, January 3, 2017 – 8:00am NEWSROOM: Consumers Energy CONTENT: Press Release JACKSON, Mich., Jan. 3, 2017 /3BL Media/ – From Mackinaw City to Monroe, Consumers Energy […]

For release: January 3, 2017 JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – APR Energy, a global leader in fast-track power solutions, and GE (NYSE: GE) announced today they have renewed their strategic alliance to provide mobile turbine technology into the fast-track power rental market. The strategic alliance grants APR Energy exclusivity around the globe as the rental provider of […]

January 03, 2017 AREVA NP supplied Rosatom with its safety instrumentation and control (I&C) system for its installation within unit 1 of the Novovoronezh-2*Russian nuclear power plant, which has been connected to the grid recently. AREVA NP supplied the digital reactor protection system based on the company’s proven I&C platform TELEPERM XS. The system helps […]

  Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 4 January 2017 at 10:00 am EET Wärtsilä will supply a 40 MW Smart Power Generation plant to Mendoza, Argentina, for Methax S.A., a special purpose company owned by Grupo Galileo. The value of the order is approximately EUR 25 million. The turn-key engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order includes Wärtsilä 34SG engines running on […]

December 20, 2016 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Greensmith Energy, the leader in energy storage software and integration, announced 130 megawatts of new energy storage systems in 2016, all powered by the company’s industry-leading software platform, GEMS5. The multi-project year includes the design and delivery of the largest energy storage system in the […]

December 20, 2016 10:00 AM Eastern Standard Time EMERYVILLE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Greensmith Energy, the leader in energy storage software and integration, announced 130 megawatts of new energy storage systems in 2016, all powered by the company’s industry-leading software platform, GEMS5. The multi-project year includes the design and delivery of the largest energy storage system in the […]

December 20, 2016 02:11 PM Eastern Standard Time WALL, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), the unregulated clean energy subsidiary of New Jersey Resources (NJR), today announced the completion of the Ringer Hill Wind Farm located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, approximately 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. The project consists of 14 GE turbines with a […]

December 21, 2016 08:30 AM Eastern Standard Time CHARLOTTE, N.C.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W) (NYSE:BW) announced today that its Denmark-based subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S (B&W Vølund), has been awarded a contract for approximately $35 million to design, supply and construct a waste-to-energy boiler for a combined heat and power plant in […]

December 22, 2016 02:15 PM Eastern Standard Time OAKVILLE, Ontario & JOPLIN, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. (“APUC”) (TSX: AQN, NYSE: AQN) and The Empire District Electric Company (“Empire”) (NYSE: EDE) announced today that the Kansas Corporation Commission (the “KCC”) has approved the unanimous settlement agreement among Empire, Liberty Sub Corp., and Liberty Utilities […]

Gummersbach, 22. 12. 2016:   Lift-off for the rebuilding of the steam generator of Unit 3, Power Station Duvha, South Africa! Steinmüller Engineering has signed a master enabling agreement with Eskom, the state-owned South African energy utility, and has thus laid the foundation for an order intake of a high, double-digit million (EUR). Duvha is a coal-fired […]

Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 22 December 2016 at 3.00 pm EET A consortium between Wärtsilä and an Indonesian construction company, PT PP (Persero) Tbk, has signed a contract to supply two 57 MW modular power plants, totalling 114 MW to PT PLN, the Indonesian state utility. The consortium will be responsible for the complete Engineering, […]

HONEYWELL AND DOVER ENERGY AUTOMATION COLLABORATE TO OFFER ASSET INTEGRITY MANAGEMENT Dover to Add Condition Monitoring and Asset Optimization Expertise to Honeywell’s Connected Plant Program HOUSTON, Dec. 21, 2016  ̶  Honeywell (NYSE: HON) and Dover Energy Automation today announced they will collaborate as part of the Honeywell INspire™ program, Honeywell’s joint customer development program for […]

PRINCETON, NJ — December 19, 2016 — NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NRG) announced today the achievement of an important milestone in its fleet optimization strategy, completing coal-to-gas projects at four power plants across NRG’s fleet. The successful introduction of natural gas replacing coal as the primary fuel allows these units to continue meeting customer needs […]

London, UK, 19 December 2016 Penspen, a leading provider of engineering and project management services to the energy industry, announces that it has signed a strategic alliance agreement with Nigerian engineeringfirm Crestech. The partnership will enable the two businesses to provide engineering, project management and asset integrity services and operation and maintenance services for oil, […]

GAHANNA, Ohio, Dec. 16, 2016 – AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electric Power (NYSE: AEP), today issued two separate Requests for Proposal (RFPs) for wind and solar energy generation resources in Ohio. AEP Ohio is seeking proposals for up to 250 megawatts (MW) of wind energy resources and separate proposals for up to 100 […]