Tag: steam turbines

Steam turbines are used across the world as a source of power for many different industries. Even with the best maintenance procedures and preventative maintenance techniques, problems can still arise. Resolving one of the more serious issues, that of stress corrosion cracking, can often be achieved in a straightforward manner by accurately identifying the causes.

Alstom has been awarded a contract to enhance four steam turbines in blocks 1 & 2 of the Beznau Nuclear Power Station in Switzerland.

Foster Wheeler Ltd has announced that its subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Power Group Inc., has been awarded a contract valued at approximately USD 200 million by LMB Funding Limited Partnership, to engineer, procure and construct a nominal 600 MW capacity combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant.

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd and Mitsui & Co. have won a JIY 50 billion joint order from Malaysia's top power company Tenaga Nasional Berhad to build a natural-gas-powered thermal power plant.