Press Releases

Project at Azito Power Plant in Abidjan Marks GE’s First GT13E2 MXL2 Gas Turbine Upgrade in Sub-Saharan Africa Plant’s Output Will Increase by up to 30 Megawatts, Helping the Country to Meet Its Electricity Needs Upgrade Includes GE’s Predix*-Based Operations Optimization Solution to Improve Overall Plant Performance ABIDJAN, IVORY COAST—November 15, 2017—To improve performance and […]

ROCKLIN, Calif., November 14, 2017—SMA today announced that 13 Sunny Central Storage inverters are being used in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s (LADWP) Beacon Energy Storage System, a 20 MW battery storage project at the Beacon Solar Plant in the Mojave Desert. The new storage project will be owned and operated by […]

The Digital Solar Plant testbed evaluates solutions to accurately predict energy generation, improve utilization and reduce maintenance costs NEEDHAM, MA – NOVEMBER 8, 2017 The Industrial Internet Consortium® (IIC™), the world’s leading organization transforming business and society by accelerating the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), today announced the Digital Solar Plant testbed. The testbed is […]

Two H-class gas turbines and long-term service for the Hickory Run Energy Center Capacity to power approximately 1,000,000 homes in Pennsylvania Siemens Financial Services to invest equity Tyr Energy, Inc. has chosen Siemens as the technology partner for the Hickory Run Energy Center – a new 1,000 megawatt natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant (CCPP) […]

In June this year, Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction (DHIC) completed the acquisition of U.S. company ACT Independent Turbo Services, Inc. ACT, now operating under the new name of Doosan Turbomachinery Services, was founded in 1996, and its head office is in Houston, Texas, USA. The company presents itself on the market as one of […]

MAN Diesel & Turbo has been ordered to deliver a total of 15 18V48/60 gensets to Bangladesh by its new customer Confidence Power Holdings Ltd. The gensets will have a capacity of 18.55 MW each and supply three new power plants in the south Asian country. Two of the plants will generate 113 MW each […]

In the continuing expansion of its digital power plant solution offerings, Siemens has signed an agreement with China Resources Power Holdings Company Co. Ltd. (CR Power) to implement the setup of an integrated and connected Remote Operation Center (ROC) for CR Power’s fleet. Digitally connecting its power generation assets will give CR Power real-time insights […]

The Zollern Group’s Plain Bearing Technology division has entered into an exclusive technology license agreement with Pioneer Motor Bearing Company of the U.S. to strengthen its after-sale customer support.  The agreement empowers Pioneer to use Zollern proprietary information to provide a range of technical support services to North American end-users of Zollern hydrodynamic plain bearings. […]

With the new SONOCHEK ultrasonic testing device, PRUFTECHNIK, the Bavarian specialist for condition monitoring systems, is entering a new field of preventive maintenance. Thanks to the new SONOCHEK, it is possible to localize specific leaks on high pressure pipes and to evaluate the total loss volume. Its broad bandwidth of 20 to 100 kHz allows […]

The technology group Wärtsilä has signed a contract in Arizona, USA to provide smart power generation equipment for a new natural gas power plant with up to 200 megawatts (MW) of capacity. Tucson Electric Power (TEP), a subsidiary of Fortis Inc., is building the plant on the site of an existing generating station that currently […]