Press Releases

Sira-Kvina kraftselskap DA awarded main contract for upgrading control systems at Tonstad and Solhom to Voith Hydro AS The two power plants meet the energy demand of roughly 230,000 households Project completion is expected in 2022 Heidenheim/Oslo. Norwegian energy supplier Sira-Kvina kraftselskap DA awarded the main contract for the upgrade of the control systems at […]

• New Technical Support Alliance extends role beyond EDF Energy’s UK nuclear fleet Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has secured a framework agreement to provide engineering consultancy services to EDF Energy’s Coal, Gas and Renewables (CGR) division, to support its fleet of coal plants, gas-fired (CCGT) power station and gas storage sites. Under […]

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Nov. 3, 2016) – With the sun shining brightly above, Xcel Energy broke ground on the first Solar*Connect Community project in Eau Claire today. Mark Stoering, president, Xcel Energy, Wisconsin; Kerry Kincaid, president, Eau Claire City Council; Dale Peters, Eau Claire city manager; and Troy Helming, CEO, Pristine Sun, addressed a large […]

    Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 3 November 2016 at 10:00 am EET A consortium consisting of Wärtsilä and an Indonesian construction company PT PP (Persero) Tbk has been selected to supply a 135 MW Flexicycle (combined cycle) power plant to PT PLN, the Indonesian state utility. The consortium will deliver a full EPC (Engineering, […]

Doosan Škoda Power will supply a turbine set of the output of 183MW for the purposes of expansion of the combined cycle power plant Hussein Thermal Power Station (also called Zarqa), located near the capital city of the Kingdom of Jordan, Amman, with the total output of 485 MW. EPC contractor and direct customer of […]

Acquisition enhances user experience for work scheduling, task execution and data conversion LAKE FOREST, Calif. – Oct. 31, 2016 – Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced the acquisition of MaxEAM, a software company with complementary applications that extend Avantis.PRO Enterprise Asset Management. The acquisition further solidifies the portfolio and […]

NEW YORK – Four years after Hurricane Sandy caused more customer outages than any storm in Con Edison’s long history, the energy company is on schedule to complete $1 billion in upgrades to protect its systems from severe weather events. The company has installed submersible equipment that can withstand flooding, redesigned underground electrical networks, installed […]

GE’s Power Services Showcases Its Expanded Total Plant Solutions with Fleet360 Services Platform GE Highlights Enhanced Capabilities to Modernize Other Manufacturers’ Power Generation Equipment with Cross-Fleet Solutions Offering Power Plant Operators with One-Stop Services Shopping Fleet360 Built on the Integration of Alstom’s Expertise within GE’s Portfolio over the Last Year BADEN, SWITZERLAND—October 27, 2016—GE’s Power […]

26 October 2016 Mexico’s wide-ranging energy reform, which began in 2013, is expected to reverse the country’s declining oil production, increase the share of renewables in the power sector, and slow the growth in carbon emissions, providing a solid foundation for robust economic growth in the coming decades, according to the International Energy Agency. Mexico’s […]

New Colombia Resources in Negotiations to Build a 300 MW Thermal Coal Power Plant Near their Coal Property in Colombia in Association with a Foreign Entity that Secured a US$ 200 Million L.O.I. from a Major Construction Company in China NEWS PROVIDED BY New Colombia Resources Inc.  Oct 19, 2016, 10:32 ET BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, October 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ […]

Link between Energy Storage, Renewable Power Takes on Water-Energy Nexus, Lowers Costs NEWS PROVIDED BY Advanced Microgrid Solutions  Oct 20, 2016, 16:09 ET CHINO, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Clean tech energy storage leader Advanced Microgrid Solutions(AMS) and the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) today launched a landmark water-energy project using advanced energy storage systems to better integrate […]

October 24, 2016 09:39 AM Eastern Daylight Time SEOUL, Korea–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Today, Westinghouse Electric Company and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Co. Ltd. signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to form a technological exchange committee to promote a discussion and exchange of engineering capabilities between both organizations. The bilateral MOU will fully engage the partners’ capabilities in […]

Siemens received an order to deliver the main components for installation at SaskPower’s planned Chinook Power Station – a 350 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired power plant to be located near Swift Current, Saskatchewan in Canada. Customer is the Canadian engineering and construction company Burns & McDonnell. The thermal power project, scheduled for operation in the […]

Continuous contributions in hydroelectric generating equipment for over forty years TOKYO—Toshiba Corporation (TOKYO: 6502) today announced that Toshiba Group has won major orders to supply hydroelectric generating equipment for the Malea Hydro Power Plant Project in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. The orders were received from PT Malea Energy, the subsidiary of Kalla Group that generates and […]

The alternative investment manager secures long-term cooperation with Google and OX2 Aquila Capital has extended its portfolio in the renewable energy sector with the acquisition of a large wind power project in Lehtirova in the North of Sweden. The wind park will have 41 Vestas V 126 3.6 MW turbines with an installed capacity of […]

The Danish engineering and contracting company Aalborg Energie Technik (AET) has selected a Brüel & Kjær Vibro online condition monitoring solution for machine condition monitoring of the 40MW Tilbury Green Power biomass power plant in the London area. AET and its consortium partner are responsible for the design, supply, construction, and commissioning of the plant. […]

Holyoke residents to benefit from Holyoke Gas & Electric Power Purchase Agreement Holyoke, MA – October 13, 2016 – Mt. Tom Solar, LLC, a subsidiary of ENGIE North America, held a groundbreaking ceremony today for a 5.76 megawatt solar farm on the property of the former coal-fired Mt. Tom Power Station in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Beginning […]

IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Vasari Energy, Inc. a California based solar energy provider, signed a contract to purchase 450 acres of land in Maricopa County, Arizona for the development of a project with up to 68 MW of solar power. The project will be developed through Sonoran Solar Development Partners, LLC, a wholly […]

E.ON to Provide Asset Management and Balance of Plant Management at the Amazon Wind Farm in Texas AUSTIN, Texas, Oct. 13, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Lincoln Clean Energy (LCE) has selected E.ON Energy Services to provide asset management and balance of plant services for its Amazon Wind Farm Texas near Snyder, TX. The 253 megawatt facility […]

October 11, 2016 12:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time SAN DIEGO & NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) and a consortium led by Axium Infrastructure (Axium) announced the closing of the Slate Creek Wind acquisition, by which Axium acquired a 50% ownership interest in the 150 megawatt (MW) Slate Creek Wind Project. The Slate Creek Wind Project, which is located in […]

Will launch voltage-sourced converter (VSC) based high voltage direct current (HVDC) systems business globally October 11, 2016 10:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) announced today that it will enter the global market for voltage-sourced converters (VSC) based high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems with a new HVDC verification facility to be built at […]

Modernizing Town’s Grid Infrastructure Will Deliver Resiliency and Energy Cost Savings In an official groundbreaking ceremony today in Sterling, MA, Town officials, Massachusetts State officials, U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, Clean Energy States Alliance, and NEC Energy Solutions representatives commemorated the Sterling Energy Storage project, the Largest Battery Grid Energy Storage Installation in […]

PV power plant accounts for approximately 1% of Jordan’s total power generation capacity October 09, 2016 08:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time TEMPE, Ariz. & AMMAN, Jordan–(BUSINESS WIRE)–First Solar, Inc. (Nasdaq: FSLR) today announced that it has commissioned the 52.5 megawatt (MW)AC Shams Ma’an project in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, on schedule. “First Solar has delivered […]

Strategic and Financial Highlights: Best-in-class commercial and industrial retail electricity provider in the U.S. Complements Calpine’s existing wholesale power generation footprint Approx. $700 million net cash deployed represents approx. 5x Adjusted EBITDA Highly free cash flow and credit accretive transaction October 09, 2016 07:10 PM Eastern Daylight Time HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Calpine Corporation (NYSE:CPN) announced today that […]

Paris, October 6th 2016 AREVA has been awarded several significant contracts following an EDF tender for support activities associated with electricity generation. These services include handling of casks, low-level radioactive waste management, radiation protection and assembly of scaffolding and insulating protections. The contracts won by AREVA represent a total of several tens of millions of […]

A $38 million transmission line CLOVIS, N.M. (Oct. 6, 2016) – Xcel Energy has energized a new high-voltage transmission line across the New Mexico-Texas state line that is supporting a growing economy in eastern New Mexico and West Texas. The new Curry-to-Bailey 115-kilovolt transmission line cost approximately $38 million and spans more than 37 miles between the Curry […]

Software represents the largest revenue opportunity across all virtual power plant types, while energy storage dominates in the mixed asset segment, report finds October 05, 2016 05:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report from Navigant Research examines the global market for virtual power plants (VPPs) and enabling technologies, providing an analysis of the market […]

October 05, 2016 02:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Energy oversupply in Peru has reached about 50%, significantly pressuring the prices and profitability of suppliers and likely creating a challenging environment for new investment, according to a new Fitch Ratings report. “Capacity has outpaced demand due to the economic slowdown, with low metal prices […]

Valmet Oyj’s trade press release on October 5, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. EET Valmet’s advanced boiler control application for optimized combustion has been successfully commissioned at Catalyst Paper’s Rumford Mill in Maine, USA. The new combustion management application optimizes the performance of the paper mill’s fluidized bed boiler units 6 and 7. “Valmet’s experts have […]

HAILEY, Idaho (October 5, 2016) — POWER Engineers Incorporated (POWER) was awarded a contract from Gemma Power Systems to provide detailed engineering and design services for Competitive Power Venture’s (CPV) Towantic Energy Center project located on a secluded 26-acre site in Woodruff Hill Industrial Park in Oxford, Connecticut. Ronald Polaske, Gemma’s Senior Vice President stated, […]