Press Releases

Amec Foster Wheeler to lead study into dismantling of ITER fusion machine ·             Key role in end-of-life planning for the world’s largest energy experiment ·             One of five new awards at ITER covering concept design, engineering and technical specifications     Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a contract by the ITER organisation […]

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–With a shared vision of an economically strong and healthy region following the retirement of Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), labor and leading environmental groups, the County of San Luis Obispo, the Coalition of Cities (Arroyo Grande, Atascadero, Morro Bay, Paso Robles, Pismo Beach and […]

ENEXIO strengthens its After Sales & Service division for Wet Cooling towers and becomes Germany’s largest provider for maintenance, inspection, conversion, and repair for wet cooling towers. Decades of experience in Germany and abroad through our own assembly teams, construction managers and engineers at Herne and Leipzig. Herne, Germany – November 23, 2016 – ENEXIO, […]

Lausanne – In mid-November, Stadtwerke Kiel gave the go-ahead for the construction of a pioneering gas engine cogeneration plant and commissioned the general contractor Kraftanlagen München (KAM) with the implementation. The cooperation contracts were signed back in August 2015. The power station is scheduled to be connected to the grid in the autumn of 2018. […]

The scope of supply is a complete equipment of an machine hall including a modular Doosan Škoda Power steam turbine DST-S10, a generator, heat exchangers, an oil system, a feed water tank, steam and heating piping, power and signal cabling, steel structures, a bridge crane, a fire protection system and lighting of the machine hall. […]

More than 1,500 workers performed maintenance and replaced one-third of nuclear fuel in 550 megawatt unit Red Wing, Minn.—Nov. 21, 2016—The Prairie Island Nuclear Plant’s Unit 1 is refueled and ready to provide enough carbon-free electricity to serve about 500,000 Upper Midwest customers after completing its recent refueling and maintenance activities. More than 1,600 Xcel […]

St. Michael, Minnesota – U.S. Water, an ALLETE Company (NYSE: ALE), today announced the acquisition Water & Energy Systems Technology, Inc. (WEST) WEST, a strong regional company in the Southwestern United States, provides specialty chemicals and engineering service for water treatment in a variety of industries including commercial & institutional facilities, light industry, oil fields, […]

Videos illustrate progress and activity at Georgia’s largest job-producing construction project ATLANTA, Nov. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The latest Vogtle Timeline video is now available from Georgia Power, showcasing progress and recent events at the Vogtle nuclear expansion during the third quarter of 2016.  The construction of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 is state’s largest […]

Updated Digital Power Plant Solutions Protect Against More Failure Modes in Gas, Nuclear and Steam Plants; Give Electricity Traders Better Visibility into Generating Capacity to Increase Profitability  GE Introduces Digital Hydro Plant, Digital Substation and Energy Management System Software to Portfolio of Digital Solutions for Power Producers, Utilities and Energy Managers.   SAN FRANCISCO – November 15, 2016 – GE today announced a significant expansion of its suite of Predix-based software for power producers, grid operators and energy managers.   GE’s latest release […]

·         Partnership is part of Exelon’s strategy to identify and test innovative technologies to solve complex energy challenges  ·         Exelon will deploy GE’s full suite of Predix software applications across its entire generation fleet, which delivers 32,700 megawatts of nuclear, wind, solar, hydroelectric and natural gas power to increase performance and reliability.  ·         Exelon and GE will also co-develop Predix-based software […]

– LTSA and O&M contracts for “Soma Port Natural Gas Power Station” also concluded – YOKOHAMA, Japan, Nov 14, 2016 – (JCN Newswire) – Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS) has received an order for two trains of high efficiency power generation systems, including M701F gas turbines and steam turbines, from Fukushima Gas Power Co., […]

To realize new growth opportunities in industry and infrastructure through integration of complementary digital engineering models EXTON, Pa., U.S.A. – November 10, 2016 – Siemens and Bentley Systems announced today that they have formalized a strategic alliance agreement to drive new business value by accelerating digitalization to advance infrastructure project delivery and asset performance in […]

Featuring Over 1,500 Lots, Most Equipment 2010 or Newer CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Branford Group, a global industrial auction company, will conduct a 2-day online auction arranged by GE Capital, Industrial Finance, to sell the surplus assets of GE Power- Alstom Power, Inc. located at 1201 Riverfront Parkway, Chattanooga, Tennessee. GE Power- Alstom Power, Inc. manufactured […]

-Fourth order win will support Laos in achieving sustainable power supply- TOKYO— Toshiba Corporation today announced that Toshiba Hydro Power (Hangzhou) Co., Ltd. (THPC), its Chinese subsidiary for the manufacture, sales and maintenance of hydroelectric equipment, has won a major order to supply three sets of 44-megawatts hydroelectric generating equipment for the Nam Ou 4 […]

Adoption of distributed energy storage systems, flow batteries, and hybrid battery systems is also growing, report finds November 09, 2016 05:15 AM Eastern Standard Time BOULDER, Colo.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–A new report from Navigant Research examines global energy storage projects, providing a database of more than 1,200 projects encompassing more than 43,000 individual systems, with an analysis of regional […]

LOUISVILLE, KY (November 10, 2016) – Charah®, Inc., a total solutions company providing unparalleled service and innovation for the coal-fired power generation industry, today announced that it launched a joint venture in early 2016 with VHSC Holdings, LLC to market fly ash from the NRG Limestone production facility in Jewett, Texas. The NRG plant currently […]

Dubai, UAE, 9 November 2016: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has confirmed that the ACWA Power and Harbin Electric consortium has begun construction of the 2,400 megawatt (MW) Hassyan clean coal power station, based on the Independent Power Producer (IPP) procurement model. The plant will be the first-of-its-kind in the region and is fully-compliant […]

Steam Turbine Retrofits Will Modernize the Plomin Coal-Fired Power Plant GE’s Power Services Showcasing Its Expanded Total Plant Solutions with Its New Fleet360* Services Platform Upgrades Will Help Improve Power Plant’s Heat Rate, Increase Output and Lower Costs BADEN, SWITZERLAND—November 9, 2016—GE’s Power Services (NYSE: GE) today announced it will modernize Hrvatska Elektroprivreda d.d.’s power […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — APR Energy, a global leader in fast-track power solutions, announces today that it has signed a contract for a 12-month project by the Ministry of Energy, Water and Mines in Benin to provide 50MW of power generation using its fuel-flexible aeroderivative turbines. The turbines will be fuelled by natural gas, with the […]

Sira-Kvina kraftselskap DA awarded main contract for upgrading control systems at Tonstad and Solhom to Voith Hydro AS The two power plants meet the energy demand of roughly 230,000 households Project completion is expected in 2022 Heidenheim/Oslo. Norwegian energy supplier Sira-Kvina kraftselskap DA awarded the main contract for the upgrade of the control systems at […]

• New Technical Support Alliance extends role beyond EDF Energy’s UK nuclear fleet Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has secured a framework agreement to provide engineering consultancy services to EDF Energy’s Coal, Gas and Renewables (CGR) division, to support its fleet of coal plants, gas-fired (CCGT) power station and gas storage sites. Under […]

EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (Nov. 3, 2016) – With the sun shining brightly above, Xcel Energy broke ground on the first Solar*Connect Community project in Eau Claire today. Mark Stoering, president, Xcel Energy, Wisconsin; Kerry Kincaid, president, Eau Claire City Council; Dale Peters, Eau Claire city manager; and Troy Helming, CEO, Pristine Sun, addressed a large […]

    Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 3 November 2016 at 10:00 am EET A consortium consisting of Wärtsilä and an Indonesian construction company PT PP (Persero) Tbk has been selected to supply a 135 MW Flexicycle (combined cycle) power plant to PT PLN, the Indonesian state utility. The consortium will deliver a full EPC (Engineering, […]

Doosan Škoda Power will supply a turbine set of the output of 183MW for the purposes of expansion of the combined cycle power plant Hussein Thermal Power Station (also called Zarqa), located near the capital city of the Kingdom of Jordan, Amman, with the total output of 485 MW. EPC contractor and direct customer of […]

Acquisition enhances user experience for work scheduling, task execution and data conversion LAKE FOREST, Calif. – Oct. 31, 2016 – Schneider Electric, the global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced the acquisition of MaxEAM, a software company with complementary applications that extend Avantis.PRO Enterprise Asset Management. The acquisition further solidifies the portfolio and […]

NEW YORK – Four years after Hurricane Sandy caused more customer outages than any storm in Con Edison’s long history, the energy company is on schedule to complete $1 billion in upgrades to protect its systems from severe weather events. The company has installed submersible equipment that can withstand flooding, redesigned underground electrical networks, installed […]

GE’s Power Services Showcases Its Expanded Total Plant Solutions with Fleet360 Services Platform GE Highlights Enhanced Capabilities to Modernize Other Manufacturers’ Power Generation Equipment with Cross-Fleet Solutions Offering Power Plant Operators with One-Stop Services Shopping Fleet360 Built on the Integration of Alstom’s Expertise within GE’s Portfolio over the Last Year BADEN, SWITZERLAND—October 27, 2016—GE’s Power […]

26 October 2016 Mexico’s wide-ranging energy reform, which began in 2013, is expected to reverse the country’s declining oil production, increase the share of renewables in the power sector, and slow the growth in carbon emissions, providing a solid foundation for robust economic growth in the coming decades, according to the International Energy Agency. Mexico’s […]

New Colombia Resources in Negotiations to Build a 300 MW Thermal Coal Power Plant Near their Coal Property in Colombia in Association with a Foreign Entity that Secured a US$ 200 Million L.O.I. from a Major Construction Company in China NEWS PROVIDED BY New Colombia Resources Inc.  Oct 19, 2016, 10:32 ET BARRANQUILLA, Colombia, October 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ […]

Link between Energy Storage, Renewable Power Takes on Water-Energy Nexus, Lowers Costs NEWS PROVIDED BY Advanced Microgrid Solutions  Oct 20, 2016, 16:09 ET CHINO, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Clean tech energy storage leader Advanced Microgrid Solutions(AMS) and the Inland Empire Utilities Agency (IEUA) today launched a landmark water-energy project using advanced energy storage systems to better integrate […]