Power Engineering International articles from November 2004

Power Engineering International archives from November 2004

A brave new world?(Up Front)(Conference on Electric Power Supply Industry)
November 1, 2004... With pen at the ready to make notes at this year's biannual CEPSI conference in Shanghai, I found I had nothing to write on. Fortunately, a colleague was on hand to spare a few sheets of paper so I could bring you a few words of wisdom from the...

A wind Bonus for Siemens: Siemens' purchase of Bonus Energy marks the German company's entry into the global wind power market and is a further signal of the growing importance of the wind power industry. Sian Green reports.(Analysis)
November 1, 2004... German power equipment manufacturer Siemens Power Generation has entered into an agreement to acquire Bonus Energy A/S, Denmark's second largest wind turbine manufacturer. The move marks Siemens' entry into the growing global wind energy...

IP preferred bidder status.(international)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Qatar General Electricity & Water Corporation (Kahramaa) has awarded UK power developer International Power preferred bidder status for a 40 per cent interest in the Ras Laffan independent water and power plant (IWPP). If successful,...

Russia gives backing to Kyoto.(international)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Russian government has given its approval to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change, paving the way for the treaty to become international law. The treaty, which sets targets for greenhouse gas emissions, has been passed to the Russian...

SNC Lavalin to consult on GCC project.(international)(GCC Interconnection Authority)(SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.)(contracts)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The GCC Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) has appointed SNC Lavalin to provide consultancy services for the first phase of the GCC power grid project. It has also approved the list of prequalifiers for the first phase, which will link the power...

RAO UES to modernize EMS.(international)(Unified Energy Systems of Russia)(energy management systems)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Russian electric utility RAO UES has signed a memoran-dum of understanding with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) acknowledging the importance of using EPRI's Common Information Model (CIM) when modernizing its central and regional...

Geothermal order.(international)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... A consortium of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Balcke Durr has won a turnkey order from Reykjavik Energy to build two 40 MWe geothermal power plants near Reykjavik. This takes the total number of geothermal units ordered from MHI by...

Albania.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Albania: Albanian electric supply company Korporata Elektroenerg-jetike Shqiptare (KESH) has awarded VA Tech Transmission & Distribution a [euro]3m ($3.8m) contract for conduction technology, communication systems and 110 kV line feeders. The...

Hungary.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Hungary: Wartsila Corporation has received contracts to supply gas fuelled generating sets and associated equipment for two CHP plants in Budapest, Hungary, Wartsila will supply three 18V34SG units to Zuglo-Therm Energiaszolgaltato, and three...

Iran.(News digest)(The Iran Mines and Mineral Industries Development)(Iran Mines and Mineral Industries Development and Renovation Organization)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Iran: The Iran Mines and Mineral Industries Development and Renovation Organization has announced that a proposed 1500 MW power plant development will be split into two phases with differing financial models. Bids for the 500 MW buyback phase...

Oman.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Oman: The Omani Ministry of National Economy has invited bids for a $495m, 450 MWe independent water and power project to be built at a brownfield site at Rusayl in the Sharqiyah region. The project will involve the acquisition of the existing...

Russia.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Russia: Russian natural gas monopoly Gazprom has announced its intention to become a vertically integrated energy company modelled on German energy group E.On. Gazprom already owns a 10.6 per cent stake in Russian electricity group RAO UES and...

Saudi Arabia.(News digest)(Saudi Power and Water Utility Co.)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Saudi Arabia: The Saudi Power and Water Utility Co. for Jubail and Yanbu has received a favourable investor response to its $2.5bn bid for a new power and water project. The first phase of the project envisages installing 2400 MW, with 2000 MW...

Turkey.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Turkey: Wartsila Corporation has been awarded a contract for an 84.8 MWe replacement and extension of an existing diesel power plant at Manisa in western Turkey. Wartsila will supply three 50DF generating sets plus four 34SG sets for the...

UAE.(News digest)(Abu Dhabi Electricity and Water Authority )(South Korean Ministry of Science and Technology )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... UAE: The Abu Dhabi Electricity and Water Authority (ADWEA) has contracted the South Korean Ministry of Science and Technology to carry out a feasibility study for a $1200m, 1000 MWe nuclear power plant in Abu Dhabi. The study is due to be...

French choose EPR site.(europe)(European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR))(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Electricite de France (EDF) has agreed to build a forerunner European Pressurized Water Reactor (EPR) nuclear reactor at Flamanville in northern France. Framatome ANP will supply the EPR technology, which marks the second sales success for this...

Vattenfall targets Elsam.(europe)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Swedish utility Vattenfall has made an approach to a group of 21 Danish grid companies who currently hold 54 per cent of the Danish power group Elsam. Vattenfall's bid is complicated by ongoing discussions between Elsam and Danish oil and gas...

EDF selects LogicaCMG.(europe)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... EDF Energy, the arm of Electricite de France that supplies electricity distribution services to over a quarter of the UK's population, has signed a contract with LogicaCMG for the provision of IT services, consultancy and support worth [pounds...

Nexans heads European HTS project.(europe)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The European Union is to support a project to develop High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) energy cable, to be coordinated by Nexans. Along with Nexans, the 'Super3C' (Super Coated Conductor Cable) European project includes partners from...

Belgium starts Belpex PX.(europe)(power exchange)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Belgium's transmission system operator Elia has signed an agreement to establish a power exchange for the country with APX and Powernext, the Dutch and French power exchanges. The exchange, to be called Belpex, will be established under Belgian...

UK biomass boost.(europe)(Bio-Energy Infrastructure Scheme)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The UK government has established a task force to stimulate biomass supply and demand in furtherance of the country's renewable energy target of 15 per cent of electricity from renewable sources by 2015. It believes biomass has great potential...

Austria.(News digest)(Parndorf II wind park)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Austria: The first of eight GE Energy 1.5 MW wind turbines has been installed at the Parndorf II wind park, south east of Vienna in Austria. This is the first GE 1.5 MW machine in the country.

Finland.(News digest)(Association of Finnish Energy Industries)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Finland: Finnish energy sector companies have formed a new industrial policy and labour market policy association, the Association of Finnish Energy Industries.

Germany.(News digest)(methanol fuelled HotModule fuel cell )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Germany: The first methanol fuelled HotModule fuel cell has been installed in the Treptow CHP station and linked to the German national grid. The demonstration project is aimed at showing that methanol produced from organic waste and biomass...

Ireland.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Ireland: Irish wind company Airtricity has won the 'Entrepreneurial Developer of the Year' and 'Renewable Energy Supplier of the Year' categories at the inaugural Euromoney and Ernst & Young Energy Awards.

Italian government.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Italy: The Italian government is undertaking the sale of a further 20 per cent of dominant electricity group Enel, reducing its stake from 50.6 per cent to 30 per cent.

SET.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Italy: SET has awarded Foster Wheeler with the EPC contract and GE Power with the turbine supply contract for a 400 MW gas fired combined cycle power plant to be located at Teverola in Italy's Campania region.

Norway.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Norway: E.ON AG has agreed with the Norwegian utility Statkraft to sell 1.6bn kWh of hydraulic production capacity from its Sydkraft subsidiary to Statkraft for around [euro]500m ($639m). This is equivalent to five per cent of Sydkraft's total...

Spain.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Spain: ESB International has sold a 50 per cent interest in its Amorebieta power plant in the Basque region of northern Spain to Japanese gas company Osaka Gas for [euro]75m ($95.9m). The plant will be fully commissioned next year.

Sweden.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Sweden: The Swedish government has abandoned talks with Fortum, Sydkraft and Vattenfall over the future of the nation's nuclear power industry. Nuclear power is due to be phased out by 2010 but many now feel this is not a feasible proposition.

Sweden-Finland.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Sweden-Finland: The Swedish government is to invest SEK26bn ($3.7bn) in a new subsea power line to Finland. The electricity to be imported will be generated by the new nuclear unit that Finland is building.

UK.(News digest)(Canatxx Energy Ventures)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... UK: Canatxx Energy Ventures is undertaking a feasibility study for the development of a [pounds sterling]375m ($690m) 1200 MW gas fired CCGT plant to be located on Anglesey in Wales.

Mihama panel reports.(asia-pacific)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... A government panel in Japan investigating the 9 August nuclear accident at Kepco's light water reactor plant in Mihama has blamed a pattern of loose safety management for the accident. The panel's interim report concludes that the accident--the...

PSALM backtracks on Transco sale.(asia-pacific)(Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp.)(National Transmission Corp. (Transco).)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Philippines' Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corp. (PSALM) announced in October that it had decided to end the negotiated bidding process for the sale of the country's high voltage power transmission network. The sale of the...

Solar tower taken to China.(asia-pacific)(SolarMission Technologies Inc.)(Solar tower power stations)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... SolarMission Technologies has secured investment from China that will allow it to develop solar tower power stations in China. Under an agreement executed with Sunshine Energy (Aust) Pty. Ltd., SolarMission has been granted the technology...

Shanghai orders first wind farms.(asia-pacific)(The Shanghai Wind Power Company)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Shanghai Wind Power Company, a subsidiary of Shanghai Power Industrial & Commercial Co., has placed an order with GE Energy for the supply of 14 wind turbines for the first two utility-scale wind projects to be built in Shanghai, China. ...

Hitachi orders captive plants.(asia-pacific)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Japan's Hitachi Zosen Corp. has placed an order with Finland's Wartsila for 20 gas engine generation units for a series of power plants that it is constructing across Japan. The engines will mostly be used in captive industrial locations, and...

China pumped storage order.(asia-pacific)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Alstom has signed four contracts with a combined value of [euro]357m ($451m) to provide power generating equipment for three pumped storage projects in China and transfer the related technology. Under the contracts, Alstom will design,...

China.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... China: Siemens Power Generation group has received two orders for operating plant service agreements in China. The first order is for the Fuhuade gas turbine power plant in Shenzhen province, and the second if for the Coloane B combined cycle...

Reliance Energy Inc.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... India: Reliance Energy Inc. has been awarded a Rs20 970m ($459m) engineering, procurement and construction contract for a 600 MW thermal power plant for Haryana Power Generation Corp. Ltd. The first 300 MW unit at the plant will be commissioned...

Torrent Power Generation Ltd.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... India: Torrent Power Generation Ltd.'s proposed 1095 MW combined cycle power project in Surat, Gujurat, has achieved financial close. Project debt will be provided by IDFC, Power Finance Corporation, IDBI, Carana Bank, UCO Bank and Punjab...

Indonesia.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Indonesia: Korea Electric Power Corp. is to construct a $350m, 740 MW gas fired power plant in Cilegon, West Java, according to Indonesian utility PLN. The plant will be located adjacent to a planned LNG terminal, and will be completed by 2009....

Philippines.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Philippines: The National Transmission Corp. has broken ground on the PHP2bn ($35.5m) Cebu-Mactan interconnection project. The interconnection will boost the transmission capacity of the link to 200 MW from the current 48 MW, and will be...

VA Tech Transmission and Distribution.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Thailand: VA Tech Transmission and Distribution has been awarded a contract by the Metropolitan Electricity Authority (MEA) in Bangkok for the supply of four 115/24 kV substations. The contract involves the supply of VA Tech's latest gas...

Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Thailand: The management of the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has set up a ten-member committee to seek the most suitable privatization model for the utility. The committee will evaluate four or five different models...

Vietnam.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Vietnam: The Industry Ministry has approved a project to upgrade the power transmission system in the northwestern mountainous region at a cost of $560m. The investment will involve expanding the 500 kV, 220 kV and 110 kV network by a total of...

Wind tax credit extended.(americas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The US Congress has reinstated the wind energy Production Tax Credit (PTC) for 2005, paving the way for around $3bn in wind energy investment in the country to go ahead. The PTC provides a c1.8/kWh tax credit for electricity generated from...

Peabody demonstrates multi-pollutant control.(americas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... A Peabody Energy project in New Mexico, USA, has been selected to receive a grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) under the Clean Coal Power Initiative (CCPI) programme. The Mustang clean coal project will receive $19.7m to help develop...

Hydro-Quebec places largest wind order.(americas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Two Canadian consortia have selected GE Energy to supply up to 660 wind turbines with a total capacity of 990 MW for eight projects in Quebec to be placed on-line between 2006 and 2012. The order is the largest single award for new wind...

Ballard demonstrates backup power.(americas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Ballard Power Systems has announced that its fuel cells are to be used to demonstrate backup power applications as part of the government of Canada's h2 Early Adopters (h2EA) programme. The fuel cells will demonstrate three distinct...

Biomass first.(americas)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The University of North Dakota's Energy and Environmental Research Center (EERC) has successfully generated electricity from biomass using a gasifier and diesel engine. The organization believes the demonstration project to be the first of its...

Argentina.(News digest)
November 1, 2004... Argentina: Endesa of Spain, Union Fenosa, Santander and the Dolphin investment fund are among the companies reported to be interested in buying Argentina's state owned power company, Edeersa. The sale is expected to take place by 15 December.

Industria, Comercio e Administracao Ltda and Koblitz S.A.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Brazil: Industria, Comercio e Administracao Ltda and Koblitz S.A. (ICAL) has awarded Alstom several orders to supply hydroelectrical equipment for three small hydropower plants in Mato Grosso state, Brazil. The orders are worth [euro]13m...

Eternegy.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Brazil: German wind power company Eternegy is to build the Shangri-La and Imbe wind projects in Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, even though the projects were not selected to be part of the Brazilian government's Proinfa renewable energy...

Canada.(News digest)(US Gen New England Inc)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Canada: TransCanada Corp. has struck a C$641m ($505m) deal to buy 41 hydropower stations from insolvent American power company US Gen New England Inc. TransCanada will pay cash for the plants, which have a combined capacity of 567 MW.

Mexico.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Mexico: Wartsila has won two new combined heat and power projects in Mexico, bringing the total capacity for the company's power plants and ship power in the country to more than 400 MW. Wartsila will install a 19 MW CHP system at Cartones...

Goldman Sachs.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... USA: Goldman Sachs has signed an agreement for its subsidiary, GS Power Holdings II LLC to acquire National Energy and Gas Transmission Inc.'s equity interests in 12 power plants and a natural gas pipeline for $656m. The power plants are...

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... USA: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation is seeking government approval for a $750m, 500 MWe coal fired power plant, using clean coal technology, for a site in Wisconsin. Construction is expected to start in mid-2005, with Babcock & Wilcox...

Hitachi America.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... USA: We Energies is planning a $2150m, 1345 MWe expansion project at the Elm Road station in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The project would consist of two 677 MW coal fired supercritical units supplied by Hitachi America. Start up of the first unit is...

GE-Bechtel alliance for clean coal.(companies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... GE Energy and Bechtel Corporation are to establish an alliance to develop a standard commercial offering for integrated combined cycle gasification (IGCC) projects in North America. The alliance will integrate the development, marketing,...

VA Tech and NxtPhase join forces.(companies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... NxtPhase T & D Corporation and VA Technologie AG (VA Tech) have signed a joint product development and marketing agreement covering their gas insulated switchgear (GIS) technology. The agreement builds on an existing relationship between the...

BTU Power buys Meiya interest.(companies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... PSEG and BTU Power have signed an agreement for BTU to purchase PSEG Global's 50 per cent equity interest in Meiya Power Company Limited (MPC). BTU Power will pay approximately $220m for the shares in MPC, an Asia-based power producer. MPC...

GFI acquires SPL WorldGroup.(companies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... GFI Energy Ventures, an equity investor in the energy industry, has signed an agreement to acquire the outstanding shares of SPL WorldGroup, the customer relationship management (CRM) system specialist. GFI will merge its subsidiary, Synergen...

Sulzer pumps up its assets.(companies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Sulzer is to acquire the US pump assets of Precision Castparts Corp. as well as all the shares of its Chinese pump company in a deal worth $36m. The acquisition complements the existing Sulzer Pumps product portfolio and strengthens Sulzer's...

New alternative to UPS batteries.(companies)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Active Power is claiming to be the first company to market a series of battery-replacement products for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS) based on flywheel technology. It says that it will soon be introducing a new design that connects to a...

Alstom award.(News digest )(Alstom's Power Service Sector )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Alstom award: Frost & Sullivan has presented Alstom's Power Service Sector with its Growth Strategy Leadership Award for exhibiting an outstanding growth strategy in the Asian power plant services market. The award is based on criteria such as...

Areva reports.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Areva reports: Areva has reported a strong first half to the year with sales up by 29 per cent over H1 2003, reflecting the integration of the transmission and distribution business. Its nuclear operations reported a slight decrease in sales,...

Capstone debut.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Capstone debut: Capstone Turbine has established an international subsidiary and has opened its first overseas office in Tokyo, Japan, Japan has the largest installed base of Capstone microturbines outside of the USA, and the company is keen to...

Centre for Fuel Cells.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Centre for Fuel Cells: US-based Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has announced the formation of a new Centre for Fuel Cell and Hydrogen Research, which, under the leadership of Glenn Eisman, former chief technology officer at Plug Power, will...

Centrica acquires.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Centrica acquires: Centrica has announced that Direct Energy, its North American subsidiary, has acquired Residential Services Group Inc. a US-based home services business, for $150m. RSG is a provider of plumbing and HVAC installations and of...

TXU pulls out.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... TXU pulls out: TXU Energy Company and Credit Suisse First Boston have mutually agreed to not pursue a joint energy marketing and trading venture initially agreed in May 2004. After a detailed review of the proposed venture, the two companies...

Von Roll rename.(News digest)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Von Roll rename: Von Roll Inc., a manufacturer of waste-to-energy plants has been renamed AE & E-Von Roll Inc. The new name reflects the purchase of Von Roll's Swiss parent company by Austrian Energy & Environment.

US utilities see the light: with US utility companies receiving conflicting signals with regard to deregulation, many are moving to rationalise business processes in order to generate the cash needed for investment.(REPORT)
November 1, 2004... In June 2004, Capgemini's third survey of global utility executives revealed that there was a very clear need for utility companies to pay significant attention to investments needed for electricity reliability. Since then, little has changed...

Change in Chile: with Argentina suffering a natural gas crisis, Chile has been forced to reevaluate and diversify its energy planning in order to maintain its growing reputation as the place to do business.(REPORT)
November 1, 2004... The World Bank reports that Chile's conditions are good enough to rank it as the best country to do business in Latin America, and second best among economies in a similar state of development worldwide, only outperformed by Malaysia. ...

Bright future for Sliver cell technology: photovoltaic technology has been growing steadily for the last ten years, but a new breakthrough is preparing to unleash a whole range of economic, environmental and social benefits for the general market.(Solar Technology)
November 1, 2004... The photovoltaic or solar cell industry is 15 times larger than it was a decade ago and the industry is likely to have a turnover of $100 billion per year within a decade. The potential of the photovoltaic (PV) industry is sometimes compared...

Diary dates.(Calendar)
November 1, 2004... November Electricity Distribution-Strategies and Business Implications, 9th November 2004, Brussels, Belgium. Details From: Union of the Electricity Industry-Eurelectric, 66 Blvd. De l'Imperatrice BE, 1000 Brussels, Belgium Tel:...

Tisza sets new standards: built in the 1970s using an interesting technological mix of East European equipment based on Western technologies, the Tisza power plant is unique. So there were high expectations when a refurbishment was ordered to prolong its life until 2016.(Refurbishment & Repowering)
November 1, 2004... In 2002 AES Corporation issued a tender for the refurbishment of Tisza II, its 860 MW conventional steam power plant in Hungary. Located in Tiszaujvaros, 180 km east of Budapest, the 4 X 215 MW reheat steam cycle plant operates on heavy oil and...

Be sure the fuel cells are coming: fuel cell technology may not have matched the early market promise predicted but, based on lessons learned from the microelecronics industry, now appears to be the time to grow demand for a maturing and versatile product.(Distributed Generation)
November 1, 2004... The technology holds vast promise, but the hype has far outstripped the reality. Mass-market viability will not occur until costs come down and product life goes up. Early adopter numbers are in the dozens instead of the thousands. Research has...

Pole position: as Europe prepares for the start of the emissions trading system, it is clear that success is by no means guaranteed. Poland, the largest of the new member states, is geared up to play the waiting game.(Emissions Trading)
November 1, 2004... The European Union (EU)-wide emissions trading system is scheduled to begin operation on January 1, 2005. Until then, both governments and companies in the energy sector, in old and new member states of the EU, are under great pressure to...

Kazakh network revamp: Kazakhstan's Electricity Grid Operating Company (KEGOC) has engaged Siemens PTD to undertake a major modernization of the country's transmission and distribution network. The project is aimed at increasing system reliability and will provide better protection against blackouts.(Energy Management)(Kazakhstan Electricity Grid Operating Company )
November 1, 2004... As part of the modernization of its power supply network, Kazakhstan, the ninth biggest country in the world in terms of area, is planning to increase the reliability of power transmission and the availability of electrical systems in its...

The NAS solution: NAS battery technology may offer utilities a viable solution to the challenges of load-levelling and power quality through energy storage. US Utility AEP is conducting the first USA-based grid-connected demonstration.(Energy Storage)
November 1, 2004... Following the well documented problems of recent years, US energy providers are currently focused on controlling costs and conserving capital. At the same time power suppliers need to be meeting customer service and reliability performance...

The gasification man cometh: the acquisition by GE Energy of ChevronTexaco's gasification technology has raised the prospect of IGCC power production finally becoming a viable alternative technology, able to use low cost coal fuel and achieve acceptable emission levels.(Gasification Technology)(Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle ()
November 1, 2004... In June of this year, GE Energy announced the completion of its deal to acquire the assets of ChevronTexaco's gasification technology business and in doing so, combined the world's two leading participants in the field of Integrated...

Cummins launches new spark-ignited genset.(GensetRoundup)
November 1, 2004... The new 150 kW model GGLB spark-ignited natural gas generator set from Cummins Power Generation is designed to provide full-rated standby power for backup and emergency power applications. In addition, every alternator option offers full-rated...

Volvo Penta provides power down under.(GensetRoundup)(Seapower Australia)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... A total of 24 power generation diesel engines in multiple parallel operations are now running in Western Australia. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Seapower Australia is the Western Australian importer/distributor for Volvo Penta marine and...