Tag: power generation

Brazilian power plant

Skanska BOT AB has acquired a 35% interest in a newly formed company that will build, own and operate the Breitener Energetica power plant in Brazil.

Shell launches Norwegian fuel cell project

Shell has signed an agreement with Aker Kvaerner and Statkraft to launch a project in Norway to explore possible large-scale applications of new zero-emission solid oxide fuel cell technology driven by natural gas.

Greece to modernise energy networks

Greece will spend USD 14.5 billion to modernise its energy networks and become the "energy hub of the Balkans," Premier Costas Simitis said.

Long Island fuel cells

The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) will begin the installation of 17 Plug Power Inc. fuel cells at several locations on Long Island this summer.

New welding consumables for nuclear industry

Sandvik Steel has launched a new range of welding wire, covered and strip electrodes and fluxes for welding nuclear steam generator tubing.

Power at Hanging Rock

Duke/Fluor Daniel has been awarded a contract by Duke Energy North America to provide turn-key engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for the 1240mw Hanging Rock Energy Facility in Lawrence County, Ohio, USA.

Peaking plant in Georgia

LG&E Power Incorporated (Fairfax, Virginia), a subsidiary of PowerGen Plc, has awarded Black & Veatch the engineering and construction contract for an 850mw peaking plant in Georgia, USA.

Alstom wins Brazilian contract

The Brazilian subsidiary of France's Alstom Power will supply all the equipment for three small-scale hydroelectric projects that the Brazilian subsidiary of Canada's Brascan will build in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul and Parana states under the terms of a USD 17.4 million contract.

Shanxi to expand power capacity

Shanxi Province, China’s largest coal-producing province, plans to invest RMB 30 billion to expand its power generation capacity in order to transmit the surplus to the power-thirsty north China and Shandong Province.

UK waste-to-energy plant

Earth Tech, a business unit of Tyco International Ltd, has been selected to provide design and construction services to a new renewable energy plant in Grimsby, England.