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GE increases power output of J920 FleXtra gas engine by nearly 10 per cent

  • 7 years ago (2017-04-28)
  • David Flin

GE’s Distributed Power has announced it has worked with pilot customer Stadtwerke Rosenheim to develop a modification and upgrade for its Jenbacher J920 FleXtra gas engine.

GE announces power plant deal in Cambodia

  • 7 years ago (2017-04-28)
  • David Flin

GE has announced that it has been awarded a contract with Toshiba Plant Systems and Services Corporation (TPSC) to supply major equipment for the CEL II 135 MW coal-fired power plant in Stung Hav, Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

Canada plans to install dozens of small modular nuclear reactors

  • 7 years ago (2017-04-27)
  • David Flin

Nicolle Butcher, Vice President of Strategy and Acquisitions for Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has said that OPG plans to fill a predicted supply gap in the 2030s with new nuclear capacity, and the utility is collaborating with Saskatchewan on the potential for a Pan-Canadian fleet of small modular reactors (SMRs).

Rosatom agree on nuclear safety in newcomer countries

  • 7 years ago (2017-04-26)
  • David Flin

Russian state-owned nuclear group Rosatom has said that it has signed an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help fund programmes to assist countries planning to introduce or expand nuclear energy generation in terms of safety and regulatory systems.

GE seals €1.5 billion LM Wind Power turbine blade deal

  • 7 years ago (2017-04-25)
  • David Flin

GE has completed its €1.5 billion purchase of LM Wind Power, the Danish wind turbine technology company.

GE Power signs $3 billion contract with Algeria

  • 7 years ago (2017-04-25)
  • David Flin

GE Power has signed a services contract worth over $3 billion with Sonelgaz SPE, an Algerian utility.

First day of coal-free power generation in UK since Industrial Revolution

  • 7 years ago (2017-04-24)
  • David Flin

On 21 April, Britain marked its first full day without using coal-fired power since the world’s first centralised public coal-fired power plant opened in 1882 at Holborn Viaduct in London.

Study into increasing Tasmanian hydropower

  • 7 years ago (2017-04-21)
  • David Flin

Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s Prime Minister, has said that Hydro Tasmania will work with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) to study how to increase energy output from Tasmania’s existing hydropower system.

MAN Diesel & Turbo 3D prints gas turbine components

  • 7 years ago (2017-04-20)
  • David Flin

MAN Diesel & Turbo has announced that it now incorporates 3D-printed components for serial production as well as test runs.

Siemens expands Kuwait open cycle power with steam turbine

  • 7 years ago (2017-04-20)
  • David Flin

Siemens has received an order to deliver an industrial steam turbine package to expand the Az Zour South 3 open cycle gas turbine power plant to combined cycle.