Press Releases

ABB Ability Symphony® Plus technology connects ABB’s legacy of power generation leadership with its digital future at ABB Customer World Houston, Texas, March 14, 2017 – ABB will present its portfolio of technology solutions for the power, water and process industries at ABB Customer World this week in Houston, Texas on March 13-16. This year’s event […]

  -Southern MD Private Energy Project Completed Ahead of Schedule Now Supplying Efficient, Reliable Power on PJM Grid- SILVER SPRING, Md., March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Maryland-based Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) today announced that the 725-megawatt (MW) CPV St. Charles Energy Center in Waldorf, Charles County, Maryland achieved commercial operation. The milestone comes after 30 […]

  The firms will each build four of the eight new solar power plants FPL is planning for the next 12 months – Combined, the sites are expected to employ an estimated 1,600 people during peak construction – Solar projects are among the lowest-cost solar ever built in America – Savings on avoided fuel consumption and other generation […]

Following BGE’s completion of clean-up from winter storm Stella in Maryland, the company sent a contingent of electric crews to North East, Md, and to New Castle, Del., this morning to aid BGE’s Exelon sister utility Delmarva Power.  80 employees and contractors departed to help restore electric service to customers still impacted by winter storm […]

Ensures “Life is On” across Israel with early warning notification of equipment problems to reduce unscheduled downtime Monitoring and Diagnostics Services Center offers best practice advice and start up services for ease of rollout LAKE FOREST, Calif., March 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced the […]

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 38 MW power plant to a Saudi Arabian customer. The turn-key engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) order includes four Wärtsilä 32TS engines. The order is booked in the first quarter of 2017. The Wärtsilä 32TS engine, a two-stage turbocharged version of the Wärtsilä 32 series, is optimised for extreme […]

Advanced Reactors Must Address Cost, Safety, Waste & Proliferation Challenges WASHINGTON, March 8, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Today, Dr. Christina Back, Vice President of Nuclear Technologies and Materials for General Atomics and leader of the organization responsible for the Energy Multiplier Module (EM2), an advanced reactor concept, testified before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works […]

MOORESTOWN, N.J.- February 27, 2017 The Alliance Sensors Group PG Series LVDT linear position sensors are designed and engineered specifically for valve position sensing applications for steam turbine control systems in electric power generation plants. Previously, the LVDTs used in the power generation industry were either designed by OEMs over 40 years ago, or are […]

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–mPrest, a leading-edge provider of mission-critical monitoring, control and analytics software for utilities, and the New York Power Authority (NYPA), New York state’s largest public power organization, announced today the decision to deploy operationally a groundbreaking predictive health analytics application which enhances operational reliability and cost-effectiveness of NYPA’s critical assets network. mPrest’s […]

The Fluid Controls Institute (FCI) recently released Tech Sheet #108: Condensate Line Sizing for Gravity Returns from Steam Traps and Heat Recovery which is available as a free download from the FCI Web Site. Improperly sized condensate return lines can lead to steam system issues, including piping noise, waterhammer, and erosion, as well as erratic […]