Presse-Mitteilung Voith is to modernize one of the generators at one of the most important pumped storage power plants in Germany. The recently awarded contract from E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH involves the replacement, assembly and commissioning of the stator and rotor of machine 6 at the Waldeck 2 pumped storage power plant in North Hesse, Germany. As well as extend- ing the life time, the project will also ensu ...

US-based Trilliant is further expanding its smart-grid projects with leading Southeast Asian utilities Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) in Thailand, Tenaga Nasional (TNB) in Malaysia and Manila Electric Company (Meralco) in the Philippines. This plan was made public at Asian Utility Week, Asia's premier annual smart grid/smart energy conference. Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines are all members o ...

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Ltd. (MHPS) and Hitachi Ltd. (HCH), a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. in China, have jointly received an order for an H-25 gas turbine for Ningbo Kefeng Thermal Power Co. Ltd. (NKTP) in China. The H-25 will replace an existing gas turbine currently in service in Unit No.1 of NKTP's thermal power plant in Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. The 50 MW H-25 will be a key component of a ...

Following the acquisition of Portugal two years ago, after the grid operator of the shares, at the end of the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC) has finalized the Italian grid shareholders shares trading, after the debt crisis in Europe to seize the energy companies and the privatization of state-owned assets shrink opportunities smoothly into the European conflict on foreign utility sector, an importan ...

The deal by Siemens to buy Rolls-Royce’s gas turbine and compressor business for $1.32bn is a win-win for both parties, according to an analyst with research firm GlobalData. Mamta Saharan, GlobalData’s senior power analyst, said that a joint portfolio “will allow Siemens to pursue significant growth opportunities in the decentralized power generation and oil and gas sectors, while Rolls-Royce will be able ...

Armstrong Asset Management (AAM; Singapore, Malaysia) has committed to provide USD 29 million to fund the construction of a pipeline of bilateral solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the Philippines being developed by the development company, nv vogt (Singapore). The first project is a 6.25 MW ground-mounted and grid-connected solar PV plant in South Cotabato in the southern region of Mindanao, with construc ...

The year 2013 saw record-breaking growth for solar electricity generation as the photovoltaic (PV) and concentrated solar thermal power (CSP) markets continued to grow. With over 39 gigawatts installed worldwide, the PV solar market represented one third of all newly-added renewable energy capacity, write Worldwatch's Max Lander and Climate and Energy Intern Xiangyu Wu in the Worldwatch Institute's latest V ...

Over the next decade, the world will need to invest between $140.2bn to $170.5bn per year on traditional transmission and distribution (T&D) infrastructure in order to keep pace with growth in electricity demand. An additional $8.0bn to $27.3bn will be invested annually in smart grid infrastructure to improve the efficiency and reliability of T&D grids, according to a new dataset published today by ...

Trilliant, a leading U.S.-based smart grid platform company, today announced further expansions of its smart grid projects with leading Southeast Asian utilities Tenaga Nasional Berhad ("TNB") in Malaysia, Manila Electric Company ("Meralco") in the Philippines and Provincial Electricity Authority ("PEA") in Thailand. This announcement is made at the Asian Utility Week, Asia's premier annual Smart Grid/Smart ...

With clean water becoming increasingly scarce and precious, the perceived and inherent value of water increases, driving investment in more sophisticated monitoring and controls. According to a new ARC Advisory Group report, “Advanced SCADA Systems for the Water & Wastewater Industry Global Market Research Study”, barring any new economic slowdowns, the SCADA market for water & wastewater is poised ...