Press Releases
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Gas
Powering Iraq During COVID-19: GE Executes Operations & Maintenance Works at Besmaya Power Plant, Securing 3 GW for Peak Summer Demand
Baghdad, Iraq; 30th June, 2020: GE Gas Power successfully completed services on four 9F.03 gas turbines, two steam turbines and six generators at Iraq’s Besmaya Power Plant safely and on time, while continuing to execute wider operations and maintenance (O&M) works at the site despite the many challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. These service […]
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Waste to Energy
The Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility, an Energy-from-Waste plant in the UK, chose a turbine with equipment from Pilsen-based Doosan Škoda Power
Pilsen (30/6/2020) – Pilsen-based steam turbine manufacturer Doosan Škoda Power is producing and installing a turbine set for the Rookery South Energy Recovery Facility in the British county of Bedfordshire. The turbine, which has an output of 67 MW including auxiliary equipment, will be operated by the Covanta and Veolia consortium. The turbine is scheduled […]
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Hydro
Small hydropower plant Verkhnebalkarskaya in Russia put into commercial operation
Voith delivered the main equipment for the hydropower plant The commissioning was carried out by Voith with remote assistance due to travel restrictions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic The new power plant will ensure stable production of clean electric-ity in the Republic Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia KABARDINO-BALKARIA, RUSSIA. On June 25, 2020, all three units of the […]
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O&M
Potomac Testing Acquires Electrical Maintenance & Testing, Inc.
POTOMAC TESTING, a TechPro Power Group company, today announced the recent acquisition of Electrical Maintenance & Testing, Inc. (“EMT”), a NETA Accredited independent third party electrical testing firm based in Carmel, Indiana. CROFTON, Md., June 29, 2020 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ — POTOMAC TESTING, a TechPro Power Group company, today announced the recent acquisition of Electrical Maintenance & […]
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Research and Development
MOVA Technologies Announces Successful Pollutant Capture Testing in Partnership with Virginia Tech
~ Will Launch National Search for Commercial Development of Technology ~ Pulaski, VA — MOVA Technologies Inc., a Pulaski-based emerging technology company researching pollution control strategies for industrial emissions, today announced the successful completion of initial proof-of-concept (POC) testing of gaseous contaminants (CO2, SO2, NO) through the Advanced Propulsion and Power Laboratory at Virginia Tech. […]
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Safety
TapRooT® Doubles Down on Improving Human Performance with New Complete TapRooT® RCA Book Set
Why do industry leaders choose TapRooT® Root Cause Analysis to train their teams to be the best problem-solvers? At System Improvements Inc., we teach organizations to recognize and fix smaller issues in order to prevent repeat incidents or major accidents. Today, System Improvements offers its latest training tool—the new Complete TapRooT® RCA Book Set. KNOXVILLE, […]
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Coal
Coal Community Leaders Release Historic Platform for National Economic Transition
Built on Community-Driven Solutions by Local, Tribal, and Labor Leaders, NET Platform Pushes For Bold Investments in National Transition Program For Those Hit Hardest by Changing Coal Economy READ THE PLATFORM HERE NATIONWIDE – Today, 80 local, regional, and national organizations and leaders unveiled their National Economic Transition (NET) platform to give federal and national leaders […]
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Press Releases
Rosatom Announces Four New Nuclear Power Units Will Be Built in Russia
Moscow (June 26, 2020) – Preparations are now underway in Russia to build new power units in the Leningrad and Smolensk regions. The corresponding decision was signed by Alexey Likhachev, Rosatom State Atomic Corporation Director General. Сommenting on this decision, Likhachev said: “The Russian nuclear power industry has approached this stage with newly developed types […]
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Gas
GE Integrating AI to Enable Performance-Informed Gas Turbine Inverse Design
GE researchers developing an artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)- enabled inverse design framework that allows performance metrics to create more optimized designs for industrial gas turbine (IGT) aerodynamic components Project aims to achieve a 30-50% reduction in design cycle times, or from 1 year to a few months Partnered with University of […]
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Press Releases
Caterpillar Supports NorthWestern Energy’s Sustainability Goals by Supplying 58 MW Power Solution for New Plant in Huron, S.D.
DEERFIELD, IL (June 23, 2020) — Caterpillar Inc. today announced an agreement with NorthWestern Energy (NYSE: NWE) to supply an integrated power solution that includes six Cat® G20CM34 gas generator sets for a new 58 MW power plant near Huron, S.D. The Cat G20CM34 gas generator sets will replace combustion turbines currently operating at the […]
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