Press Releases

FilterSense – Beverly, MA USA The company’s B-PAC series of Baghouse Performance Analyzers & Controllers feature a combination of features to help dust collector operators reducing operating costs, improving the process and meet EPA or OSHA compliance simultaneously. The controllers tightly integrate control, sensing and signal analysis to provide time and money saving diagnostics including: […]

FilterSense – Beverly, MA USA  FilterWare™ for baghouses and other types of fabric filter dust collection systems such as pulse jet cartridge collectors enables improved process control, maintenance planning and automated EPA reporting turn-key compliant to 40 CFR 63 while simultaneously providing plants with other return on investment capabilities such as reduced operating costs and […]

Chicago, Illinois/Jonesboro, Arkansas, October 29, 2010.  Nordex USA celebrated the official opening of its flagship wind turbine manufacturing plant in the US today. Representing a $40 million investment, the 150,000 square foot plant is one of the most modern production facilities in the wind industry, optimized for lean flow and reduced lead times for customers. […]

SAN ANTONIO, Texas —  October 27, 2010 — CCC Group, Inc., an industrial contractor and specialty engineering provider with headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, announces successful design and replacement of a 6,000 tph PRB coal transfer chute with new passive dust control technology, the Smart Chute® Transfer System with Air Restrictors (Patent Pending). Due to […]

Westbury, New York (October 21, 2010) – Electro Industries/GaugeTech announced that a new version of its Energy Management Software Suite, Communicator EXT 3.0, is now compatible with Microsoft’s Vista® and Windows® 7 platforms. Communicator EXT 3.0 has long set the standard for energy management software. This application solution is designed to monitor, control and analyze […]

Paris, October 14, 2010 Alstom Grid has signed a €12 million contract with Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for the supply and delivery of an Energy Management System (EMS) replacing the existing National Control Centre in Giza and its back up in Abassia. The project also aims to replace and expand EETC’s telecommunications network, connecting […]

– Industry’s First Optimized Utility-Scale PV Interconnection System Introduced at Solar Power International 2010
– Provides Centralized Control of Real and Reactive Power at the Point of Interconnection 
– Enables Developers to Meet the Most Stringent Grid Interconnection Requirements With Proven, Cost-Effective Technology

RBG, the leading provider of fabric maintenance and construction support to the global energy industry, has successfully completed their part in the Cross Site Upgrade Project (CSUP) for TOTAL E&P UK Limited (‘TOTAL’). RBG has held the TOTAL fabric maintenance contract since December 2006, covering the Elgin/Franklin, Alwyn and Dunbar offshore assets and the onshore […]

OMAHA, Neb. – Two Tenaska projects aimed at substantially reducing carbon emissions from power generating plants have received international recognition in the form of grants from the Global Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Institute, based in Australia. Receiving the grants underscores Tenaska’s position among the leading developers worldwide of technologies to limit emissions of carbon […]

ST.LOUIS (Oct. 7, 2010) – Emerson (NYSE: EMR) has been awarded a contract to supply power inverters and plant-wide controls for what will be California’s largest photovoltaic power generation facility and one of the largest in the world.  Quanta Services (NYSE: PWR) awarded the contract to Emerson for the zero-emission solar projects in Kings County, […]

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (October 7, 2010) Enercon <http://www.enercon.com> Services, Inc (ENERCON), a nationwide engineering services company, recently expanded their engineering design capabilities to include fossil and industrial, with the addition of over 40 experienced professionals in their Birmingham, Ala. engineering center. The newly formed Fossil & Industrial Engineering group is a part of the Power Generation […]

Washington DC – 05 October, 2010 — Officials of Alstom Grid, a world leader in the field of electricity transmission and electric grids for over a century, announced that Dr. Lawrence E. Jones, Ph.Dd (EE), has been appointed by the United States Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to a three-year […]

MWM Container ‒ The One-Stop Solution Mannheim, April 29, 2010 In addition to the recent expansion of the product range with the new genset TCG 2020 K, MWM from Mannheim, Germany, now wants to increase its presence in the field of complete turnkey systems. In this context, the company has introduced the new MWM container, […]

Bochum, October 04, 2010 – GEA Mechanical Equipment has received 2 major orders for the delivery of fuel systems for a gas turbine power plant in Morocco and of decanters for the municipal waste water clarification plant of the mega-zone Hong Kong. For the expansion of the gas turbine power plant “Kenitra” to the north […]

SAN FRANCISCO, CA – October 1, 2010 – A demonstration plant that creates biodiesel fuel from restaurant trap grease (commonly called brown grease), located at the Oceanside Wastewater Treatment Plant in San Francisco, has begun operation.   Developed by URS Corporation, it is the first municipal wastewater program in the United States to create biodiesel from […]

Washington — The Utilities Telecom Council (UTC) today released a landmark study, “Utility Communications Needs: Key Factors That Impact Utility Communications Networks,” that articulates for the first time in a comprehensive manner the key requirements that utilities and communications service providers must meet in order to provide the reliable, robust, secure and ubiquitous communications that […]

KANSAS CITY, Mo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Burns & McDonnell and Tres Amigas, LLC today announced that Burns & McDonnell has been selected to provide engineering design and development support services for the Tres Amigas SuperStation, a first-of-its-kind power transmission hub that will link America’s three primary electric transmission grids – the Eastern (Southwest Power Pool), Western (Western Electricity […]

IBM Accelerates Smart Grid Adoption; Helps Utilities Modernize Communications Networks Company first to Offer Complete Smart Grid Communications Services for Utilities ARMONK, NY – Sept 21, 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it will help utilities modernize the underlying communications networks that enable them to deliver energy resources. By providing complete consulting, design and implementation […]

Blythewood, SC – September 15, 2010 – Spirax Sarco, Inc. announces the release of its control valve range, SPIRA-TROL, in 6 and 8 inch sizes and with more control options. Launched in 2006, SPIRA-TROL has quickly established itself as the first choice general service control valve, in a wide range of industries.  Its popularity with […]

Loop powered particulate transmitter and filter leak/emissions detector for baghouses, cartridge dust collectors and cyclones provides simple 2-wire installation and single piece mounting. Heavy process duty construction, advanced induction sensing and a protected probe provide high reliability even in harsh applications such as fly ash from coal, carbon black, chemical processing, smelters, foundries, cement kilns […]

Exclusive cooperation agreement for advanced nanoceramic technology used in power plants Partnership to span major European markets Significant initial revenues expected already in 2011 Frankfurt / Saarbruecken – September 29, 2010 – ItN Nanovation AG (ISIN DE000A0JL461), a Nanostart portfolio company, has signed an exclusive cooperation agreement with ThyssenKrupp Xervon Energy GmbH covering the marketing […]

September 28, 2010 (Dayton, Ohio) — SCHOTT Solar PV, Inc. and Dayton-based Kastle Solar & Wind were joined by Montgomery County Commissioner Dan Foley to announce the completion of a 120-kilowatt solar installation on the roof of the Dayton Daily News distribution center. It is the largest commercial solar installation in Southwest Ohio and will […]

In December 2008, Sao Paolo-based CBC Indústrias Pesadas S.A., a group company of Japan’s  Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) since 1963, was awarded an EPC contract from Brazilian energy major Petrobras to provide oil-fired boilers for its Presidente Getulio Vargas Refinery in Arucaria, Parana State. The contract, valued at USD140 million, called for supply of […]

A close collaboration with major transformer manufacturers has lead to the new Tettex 2796 Transformer Turns Ratio Meter. It combines mobility and user friendly handling with unmatched accuracy of up to 0.03%. The higher test voltage of 250 V together with the high precision assures authentic results especially on large power transformers. Advanced analysis features […]

According to Bill McMahon, CEO of CoaLogix, "This is the second long-term agreement that a major utility company has entered into with SCR-Tech in less than a year. To be selected by a utility such as AEP to perform such a critical environmental service is truly an honor. We expect almost all utilities to include […]

Haldor Topsoe Inc. (HTI) and CoaLogix Inc. have developed a closer collaboration since 2009, which has now been executed into a signed agreement to provide additional value in connection with SCR catalyst supply to the Power generation Industry. HTI will utilize CoaLogix Inc. services exclusively to regenerate spent HTI SCR catalyst to be re-used in […]

CoaLogix, Inc. and Cormetech, Inc. announced today that they have signed an agreement that combines their technical, service and marketing experience to provide innovative long-term emissions reduction solutions to fossil power plants. The agreement is effective immediately and both companies expect that by combining the best of their respective capabilities and resources, they will be […]

The new generation of the Optidew Hygrometer from Michell Instruments was designed especially for applications in anti-icing systems for stationary gas turbines. In power generation plants located in environments with low temperatures and high relative humidity, there is a risk of ice forming in the air intake systems, leading to many potential problems. Firstly the […]

CTRL Systems’ Beijing-based office (Beijing Jiahua SiChuang Technology Ltd.) plans to increase its sales force on the heels of a successful, 2-year, energy savings pilot program conducted in China for the power generation industry. CTRL has effectively implemented proprietary technologies into 70+ power plants using its UL-HQ turnkey system; jointly developed by CTRL and its […]