Press Releases

Earlier in 2010, Parkson installed 304 HiOx® UltraFlex aeration panels at a wastewater treatment facility located in Hidalgo, Mexico, 40 miles northwest of Mexico City.

 The cleaned wastewater is subsequently used by a regional power generation station as well as a local oil refinery. The existing wastewater plant was no longer able to produce the […]

The new Hawkeye Video Borescopes are the perfect choice for visual inspection when portability, and easy image capture, are key factors. These scope deliver 5X higher image quality than fiber optic borescopes, and are much more durable. Fully portable, they are either 2- or 4-way articulating, and come complete with video monitor and light source, […]

Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (MPS) announced today that it has been awarded the contract to provide its Combined Heat & Power (CHP) Plant System to the University of Central Florida (UCF). The CHP system, powered by Mitsubishi’s 18KU30GSI clean burning natural gas powered reciprocating engine will generate approximately 5.5MW of electrical power to the […]

EXTON, Pa. – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for the infrastructure that sustains our world, today released the V8i (SELECTseries 3) version of Bentley Substation, the first intra-operable software for intelligent electrical and physical substation design. Bentley Substation empowers project teams to design substations 30 percent faster than […]

Advanced Combustion Technology, Inc. (“ACT”) announced today that it has promoted Brian McKenzie to President and Chief Executive Officer and has partnered with Platte River Ventures to support the immediate growth of the Company. Brian McKenzie has nearly thirty years of experience in the turbomachinery repair industry, including more than twenty years with Sulzer Turbo […]

DIRANA, the DIelectric Response ANAlyzer from OMICRON, determines in a simple and efficient way the moisture content of liquid filled transformers.  Accurate knowledge of the moisture content is a crucial factor in the condition assessment of power transformers. High moisture levels accelerate insulation decomposition, decrease dielectric strength and may cause bubbles to form at elevated […]

LUDECA, INC. introduces VIBXPERT II, the latest addition to the PRUEFTECHNIK family of portable route-based vibration data collectors. VIBXPERT II is rugged and lightweight and combines the advantages of a rapid processor with a brilliant energy-efficient color VGA display. Enhanced with an Fmax of 51KHz and up to 102,400 Lines of Resolution, all machinery problems […]

The European Union recently announced concern that more than 55% of its energy still comes from outside of its jurisdiction. Therefore new legislations have been passed to force large utilities to promote to their customers a more frugal approach to energy usage, backed by massive investment in the renewable sector. The end goal is to […]

Ice Energy, a leading provider of advanced energy storage solutions to the electric utility industry, today announced the appointment of David Nemtzow as executive vice president and chief policy officer. With more than twenty-five years of experience in utility regulation, energy policy and management, leading government, business, and non-profit organizations, adding Nemtzow to Ice Energy’s […]

Alternate Energy Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: AEHI) – today announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with New Mexico-based Hyperion Power Generation, Inc.  The MOU is the beginning of a joint venture between the two companies to license, build and market Hyperion’s refrigerator-sized modular nuclear reactors on a world-wide basis.   "I am extremely excited […]

LUDECA, INC., a leading provider of laser alignment and condition monitoring solutions, presents “Laser Align” a free reference tool for shaft alignment of rotating equipment. With this app you can access important reference material and learn about key laser shaft alignment concepts. “Laser Align” features the following tools with helpful reference guides: – Short Flex […]

Circadian Solar, one of the Europe’s leading developers of concentrated photovoltaic technology (CPV), has established a new test facility for its CPV solar energy system at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon. This takes advantage both of the high direct normal solar insolation (DNI) in this part of Portugal and of the […]

Washington, DC — Alstom Power Inc. acquired the business and facilities of Amstar Surface Technology Ltd. and Amstar International Ltd., headquartered in Houston, Texas. Amstar specializes in thermal spray coatings that protect surfaces against corrosion, erosion and wear. The company had sales of approximately 11 million USD in 2009 and employs around 50 people. This […]

Kiewit Corporation, one of the largest construction and engineering firms in North America, has selected Alstom equipment that will add 100 MW of steam generated power to a new natural-gas-fired combined cycle power plant being built in Saskatchewan, central Canada. The equipment will be used in a new power plant developed and owned by Northland […]

SERVIDYNE, INC. (Nasdaq: SERV), an energy efficiency and demand response company, today announced that it has secured an exclusive two-year demand response services contract with San Antonio, Texas-based CPS Energy, the largest municipally-owned electric utility in the United States. 
Servidyne’s Fifth Fuel Management™ team will partner with CPS Energy’s account executives and program managers to […]

Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), announced that it has crossed the 30,000 “seat” threshold with power plant customers using the GPiLEARN™ web-based training portal serving both domestic and 62 international power industry clients in 39 countries. GPiLEARN™ is now used by more than […]

ABB Automation & Power World 2010, held in Houston, Texas last week (May 18-21), exceeded event attendance expectations and prior year event attendance by more than 30 percent. The conference attracted a record number of participants for any ABB event worldwide, totaling more than 4,000 attendees. ABB also announced the dates and venue for ABB […]

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, and Beijing-based Sinovel Wind Group Co., Ltd. (Sinovel) today announced at the American Wind Energy Association’s WINDPOWER 2010 Conference & Exhibition in Dallas, Texas that they have expanded their strategic partnership to include additional wind turbine designs for both the onshore and offshore markets.  Under […]

American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, today announced that it has received a new multi-year order worth approximately US$445 million (excluding value added tax) from Sinovel Wind Group Co., Ltd., the world’s third largest wind turbine manufacturer.  Under the terms of the agreement, AMSC will begin shipping core electrical components for […]

The LIGHTNIN Brand On-line Store provides a fast and convenient way for customers to select, configure and purchase standard mixer products on a secure website. In addition to the current product offering, the clamp mount Nettco i-Series is now also available on the store.  Additional products will be introduced on the store front in the […]

Expanding from a 17,500-square-foot repair shop, Allied Power Group’s new 75,000-square-foot Houston facility centralizes the company headquarters, sales, repairs and warehousing in one location. Capabilities include an engineering team to determine the best method of repair, grit blasting, a complete NDT line, heat treatment and coatings, welding and machining areas, a clean room for CMM […]

Access Intelligence, LLC (AI) announced today it has completed the purchase of RETECH, the world’s premier event for the renewable energy technology industry, and will continue its strategic partnership with the event’s founder, The American Council On Renewable Energy (ACORE). The next event will be held Sept. 20-22, 2011, at the Walter E. Washington Convention […]

Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium—The Carmeuse Group, a global company that manufactures and distributes lime, limestone and industrial sand products is joining its employees, customers, and associates in celebrating 150 years of service and success. Carmeuse manufactures a range of products that have, in one way or another, affected the lives of millions of people every day throughout […]

Rental Solutions & Services (RSS), a global provider of rental power & cooling has recently launched its latest product offering, temporary desalination or mobile water. Coinciding with the launch of new mobile desalination water, RSS has also opened a new office in Cyprus to serve the Mediterranean market. According to Milan Balac, Managing Director of […]

ThermalSoul, a wholesale clean energy services provider of renewable thermal power, announced today that it is in the process of selecting land for a site to develop Austin’s first solar thermal power generation facility. The new facility will be the first for the company in the United States. Solar thermal energy is a technology that […]

Global performance improvement solutions provider General Physics Corporation (GP), a subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation (NYSE: GPX), has recently won international contracts to provide EtaPRO™ Performance and Condition Monitoring Systems for 104 electric generating units owned and operated  by Eskom Holdings Ltd.; Gas Natural SDG, S.A.; Électricité de France (EDF); and International Power plc. The […]

A new firmware, with Profinet functions such as isochronous mode, I Device, Shared Device and Media Redundancy Protocol, and an integrated web server expand the functionality and application fields of the controllers significantly. In addition, the S7-400 controller family has been supplemented by the new CPU 412-2 PN/DP for the lower performance segment. On the […]

Non-Clogging pressure transmitters are for all types of dust collectors, baghouses and powder processes. Designed as a reliable alternative to typical tube style gauges that clog, FilterSense’s non-clogging pressure transmitters feature a large, ceramic diaphragm that is durable and resists clogging. Both differential and static configurations are available in ranges to as low as 0-10”WC. […]

DEVENS, MA – American Superconductor Corporation (NASDAQ: AMSC), a global power technologies company, announced today that it has received an initial order for full wind turbine electrical control systems from China’s largest wind turbine manufacturer, Beijing-based Sinovel Wind Group Co., Ltd. (Sinovel). The systems will be deployed in Sinovel’s first 5 megawatt (MW) doubly fed […]

Trina Solar Limited (NYSE:  TSL "Trina Solar" or the "Company"), a leading integrated manufacturer of solar photovoltaic (PV) products from the production of ingots, wafers and cells to the assembly of PV modules, today announced that its subsidiary, Changzhou Trina Solar Energy Co., Ltd., has signed a sales agreement with Essco Wholesale Electric, Inc. ("Essco"), […]