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LAKE MARY, Fla., June 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Mitsubishi Power Systems Americas, Inc. (MPSA) received an order from Abengoa, through its U.S. subsidiary, to supply a natural gas powered Combined Cycle Power Train for installation at the Carty Generating Station, a new gas turbine combined cycle power plant being built for Portland General Electric (PGE) near Boardman, Oregon. The power train includes Mitsubishi's state-of-the-art M501GAC gas turbine, SRT-50 reheat steam turbine, and...
Mitch Cohen of TTS is scheduled to present on fuel nozzle flow testing and its importance to optimal DLN-2.6 operation in the power generation industry. Orlando, FL (PRWEB) May 20, 2013 Turbine Technology Services Corporation (TTS), a full-service gas turbine engineering services firm based in Orlando, Florida continues to make a positive impact in the power generation industry as Senior Systems Engineer Mitch Cohen is scheduled to deliver a presentation on guidelines for DLN-2.6 fuel...
LAFAYETTE, La., April 17, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Field Energy Services, Inc. (CUSIP Nos.: 39304K AA4; U39065 AA2; and 39304K AB2) today announced that it has successfully completed more than 60 fracturing stages using pumps that were powered exclusively by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The hydraulic fracturing was conducted on a series of wells located in the Eagle Ford Shale play in South Texas, and is the first time in history that 100% liquefied natural gas was utilized as the...
FALMOUTH, Mass., April 8, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The battle tomorrow night over the fate of two industrial wind turbines in Falmouth puts a spotlight on the harmful impact of poorly sited wind turbines throughout Massachusetts, according to a leading environmental advocacy group, Wind Wise-Massachusetts (WWMA). "Peer-reviewed scientific studies have proven that living near wind turbines makes people sick, as evidenced by 21 wind turbine locations in Massachusetts from the...
A new approach is available for real-time monitoring of the structural health of wind turbine components during exposure to turbulences Physicists have now developed a new method for analyzing the elastic characteristics of mechanical structures subjected to disturbances, akin to the turbulences affecting wind turbines. These results are about to be published in EPJ B by Philip Rinn and his colleagues at the ForWind Center for Wind Energy Research at the University of Oldenburg, Germany....
Mitsui Seiki has opened the doors of a new Turbine Technology Center located in the company’s Franklin Lakes, NJ facility. Franklin Lakes, N.J. (PRWEB) February 11, 2013 Mitsui Seiki has officially opened the doors of a new Turbine Technology Center located in the company’s Franklin Lakes, NJ facility. “Our existing and potential OEM and supply chain customers in the turbo machinery industry are able to conduct test cuts, apply different processes, experiment with cutting tool...
LOVELAND, Colo., Jan. 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Wood Group GTS and Rockwell Automation have formed a strategic partnership to facilitate the joint development of a fully integrated, open architecture controls platform for power generation applications. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20130104/DA36745) This progressive relationship enables Wood Group GTS to deliver services beyond a typical system integrator, working collaboratively with Rockwell Automation to provide...
- Continuing to Pursue Financing Alternatives - CHANTILLY, VA, Jan. 3, 2013 /CNW/ - BlueScout Technologies TSXV: SCT, providers of the BlueScout OCS-210 for optimized wind energy generation, announced today a reduction in headcount of 9 employees resulting in the reduction of normal day-to-day operations to conserve cash. To date, even though the Company has not paid out any damages relative to legal disputes, the increasing cost of defending against multiple legal actions by...
LAFAYETTE, La., Jan. 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Green Field Energy Services (GFES), in conjunction with Apache Corporation, performed the first-ever operation of a Frac Pump utilizing field gas as its sole fuel source. The GFES Turbine Frac Pump was rigged up to a production well in the Granite Wash Field located in the Texas Panhandle and powered 100% by natural gas produced in the field. Typical North American fracturing rates and pressures were achieved in a simulated frac job,...
FARMINGTON, Conn., Dec. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- The global wind power market witnessed tremendous growth in 2011, as annual wind power capacity installations recovered after a slight dip in 2010. In fact, Global wind energy installed capacity increased at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 26.5% from 74,122 Megawatts (MW) in 2006 to 240,000 MW in 2011. The wind turbine industry provides employment to over 450,000 people worldwide. Annual turbine installations are expected to...
