Press Releases

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, […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C., Oct. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Duke Energy has completed its acquisition of Piedmont Natural Gas, closing the transaction effective today. Piedmont will retain its name and operate as a business unit of Duke Energy. Both companies are headquartered in Charlotte. The acquisition will add Piedmont’s 1 million natural gas customers to Duke Energy’s […]

GREENBELT, Maryland – September 29, 2016 – X Energy, LLC (X-energy) and Burns & McDonnell Engineering Company, Inc., have entered into a memorandum of understanding as a step toward deployment of X-energy’s High Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR): the Xe-100. Burns & McDonnell, a full-service engineering, construction and environmental solutions firm, will work with X-energy as […]

Key markets include Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and China, report finds September 27, 2016 05:15 AM Eastern Daylight Time BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A recent report from Navigant Research examines the major offshore wind markets, with wind power capacity forecasts and global and country-level analyses, through 2020. “From a policy perspective, Europe is showing the way in […]

September 27, 2016 06:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time DULUTH, Minn. & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Minnesota Power and Smart Wires announced today their partnership to deploy an innovative solution for optimizing the flow of power on the grid. Smart Wires is a leading provider of power flow control technology for transmission systems. “The Minnesota Power deployment represents […]

NRG Reaches Renewable Energy Agreements with Flagship National Business Customers NRG has broken ground on its first community solar sites in Minnesota. Pictured here: one of the company’s existing sites in Freetown, Mass. (Photo: Business Wire) September 27, 2016 08:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time PRINCETON, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NRG Energy, Inc. (NYSE:NRG) today announced that its renewables business […]

September 27, 2016 08:33 AM Eastern Daylight Time WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–WGL Energy Systems (WGL Energy), a WGL company (NYSE:WGL), today announced the completion of a 3.2 megawatt (MW) solar facility in Devens, a 4,400-acre community in north-central Massachusetts. The fully installed photovoltaic (PV) solar system is designed to provide power to the residential, commercial and industrial customers […]

September 27, 2016 04:03 PM Eastern Daylight Time LONDON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–According to the latest market study released by Technavio, the global aeroderivative gas turbine market is expected to grow at a CAGR of almost 5% during the forecast period. Global aeroderivative gas turbine market is expected to grow at a CAGR of almost 5% during the period 2016-2020. Tweet this […]

The innovative solutions by the US company will include full turbine monitoring, testing, life prediction and life extension actions for the critical failure components. September 28, 2016 11:45 AM Eastern Daylight Time HAMBURG, Germany–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ACCIONA Energía, a leading renewable energy company, and the U.S. industrial software firm Sentient Science have reached an agreement with the […]

  • Extended portfolio for low wind, medium wind, and noise sensitive sites • Short time-to-market Siemens has launched an extended portfolio of its successful Onshore direct drive wind turbines. At the WindEnergy Hamburg trade show, the company’s Onshore CEO Thomas Richterich launched three new turbine models for optimum performance at low wind, medium wind, […]

DULUTH, Minn. and SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Minnesota Power and Smart Wires announced today their partnership to deploy an innovative solution for optimizing the flow of power on the grid. Smart Wires is a leading provider of power flow control technology for transmission systems. This first deployment of Smart Wires at […]

Sensors help to monitor fluctuating voltages and reverse energy impacts RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 27, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — GRID2020, Inc., a leading distribution transformer monitoring solutions provider, announced today that Maui Electric Company is strategically deploying its sensors throughout key areas of its electrical grid to help identify and monitor fluctuating voltages and reverse power […]

Siemens and Hangzhou Steam Turbine Co., Ltd. (HTC) have secured a long term service program (LTP) order from Kunshan GCL Blue Sky Distributed Energy Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Golden Concord Power Group Limited (GCL). Siemens and HTC will provide service and maintenance for two Siemens SGT-800 gas turbines located at the Kunshan GCL Blue […]

Decommissioning of former fast reactor research and development centre, UK Design and construction of new effluent plant Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has won a contract to provide a new effluent treatment plant for the Dounreay nuclear site in the UK. The contract, valued at £7m, was awarded by Dounreay Site Restoration Limited […]

When complete, 600 MW Rush Creek will be one of the largest wind farms in Colorado and the most economical Vaisala, a global leader in environmental and industrial measurement and provider of industry-leading renewable energy consulting services, has partnered with Xcel Energy, Colorado’s largest utility, to provide due diligence services on its 600 MW Rush […]

St. Michael, MN (September 23, 2016) – U.S. Water, the leading national provider of integrated solutions for water treatment, has been selected as a finalist by the R&D 100 Award Program for PhosZero, its unique antiscalant and corrosion inhibitor, cooling water chemistry. PhosZero’s patent pending, sustainable technology provides both scale and corrosion protection while exhibiting […]