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February 22, 2010
The world’s first solid oxide fuel cell unit, running on landfill gas, has successfully concluded the first phase of its validation programme. The power generating unit, which is developed and run by Wärtsilä, has been operating for more than 1500 hours producing electricity with extremely low emissions to households in Vaasa, Finland.
Operation of the Wärtsilä FC20 fuel cell power unit at Wärtsilä’s New Energy validation site in Vaasa, Finland, has been extremely successful. The WFC20, which is developed and operated by Wärtsilä, is the first of its kind in the world. The unit is run on methane rich gas, originating from a nearby landfill. Methane is a strong greenhouse gas that would otherwise be harmful to the environment. The WFC20 is based on planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology, which is supplied by the Danish company Topsoe Fuel Cell A/S. Wärtsilä is one of the world’s leading companies in the development of fuel cell products based on SOFC technology.
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February 16, 2010
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading ship power system integrator, has received the first order for its new Wärtsilä RT-flex35 two-stroke engine. The Wärtsilä licensee, Yichang Marine Diesel Engine Co. (YMD), manufacturing low-speed marine engines in China, has signed a contract with Ningbo Donghai Shipping Co. Ltd to deliver five Wärtsilä RT-flex35 engines for a series of five chemical tankers.
“Among low-speed engines with smaller bores, the biggest advantages of Wärtsilä RT-flex35 are its low fuel consumption and its compliance with environmental regulations, both of which fully meet our customer’s expectations. Operational flexibility and the improved fuel efficiency offered by the RT-flex35 engine were important considerations when YMD decided to offer this engine type,” says Andrew Stump, Sales Director, two-stroke engines, Wärtsilä in China. “Wärtsilä will continue to provide support during the project implementation process to ensure the highest levels of quality and on-time delivery,” Mr Stump continues.
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February 16, 2010
Maintaining momentum in its renewable energy investing, GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE, announced today it had made an equity investment in a wind farm CPV Renewable Energy Company is developing in Oklahoma.
GE Energy Financial Services is making a $65 million preferred equity investment to fund construction of the CPV Keenan II wind farm, with an option to invest $100 million more in partnership equity upon commencement of commercial operations. CPV Renewable Energy Company -- an affiliate of Competitive Power Ventures, Inc. -- plans to begin construction this month of the 152-megawatt wind farm, 12 miles southwest of Woodward, Oklahoma. The project is scheduled for completion by year’s end.
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February 15, 2010
Hong Kong-based CLP Group company CLP Power India Pvt Ltd will invest $800 million (over Rs 3,700 crore)to augment its power generation capacity from renewable resources to 650 Mw by the end of this year. CLP Power has identified locations in Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu for setting up these renewable energy projects.
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February 14, 2010
The state Public Service Commission has approved net metering of small-scale residential renewable energy systems in the service territories of Central Hudson Gas and Electric, Orange and Rockland Utilities and New York State Electric and Gas.
Net metering allows homeowners to generate their own electricity and receive credit from, or sell it to, the utility.
Eligible sources may be micro-combined heat and power and fuel cell electric generating systems. Those systems must not exceed 10 kilowatts, and the installation must be located and used at the applicant’s premises. A bill that would allow net metering for businesses, not-for-profits, local governments and schools, meanwhile, has been passed in the Assembly.
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February 12, 2010
A new €1.2 million heat and power biogas plant, to be fed with manure, maize and grass silage, has been taken into use in the Czech Republic.
German biogas plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower reported the construction in the town of Liberec, in northern Bohemia. The plant has two fermenters with about 2,5 million litres each and two final storage units with a volume of 4 million litre. At the combined heat and power plant, a 536-kW gas-engine genset generates green energy sufficient for the equivalent of 1,000 three-person households.
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February 11, 2010
GE announced today it has received a contract to provide continuous emissions monitoring systems (CEMS) and data acquisition and handling systems (DAHS) for Conectiv Mid-Merit, LLC’s new, state-of-the-art, environmentally friendly power generating facility in Delta, Pa. “The Delta combined-cycle plant is a great example of Conectiv’s innovation and commitment to doing business in a way that’s environmentally responsible,” says David Divito, product line leader for GE Energy Services. “We’re thrilled to be able to help with this exciting project.”
GE is one of the most experienced CEMS integrators and DAHS suppliers in North America, offering full service, turn-key solutions for environmental monitoring. GE’s NetDAHS system is the industry’s only Web-based data collection system for emissions monitoring and environmental data reporting.
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February 09, 2010
GE was recently awarded a contract by Enel SpA to complete phase 6 of an 8-phase project at Enel Maritza East 3 (EME3) Thermal Power Plant in Bulgaria. During this phase, GE will convert two electrostatic precipitators (ESP) from tumbling hammer to GE’s advanced top rap technology, helping to increase reliability of the unit, lower maintenance costs and achieve lower emissions. GE commenced work on the four units at this power station in 2003, in a phased approach, during the now completed rehabilitation project of the power plant.
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February 08, 2010
Nexen Inc. and OPTI Canada Inc. received approval from the Alberta Utilities Commission to build a new cogeneration power plant at their Long Lake South Phase I oilsands project about 40 kilometres southeast of Fort McMurray.
The companies will construct and operate a plant consisting of one gas turbine generator and one heat recovery steam generator.
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February 03, 2010
Metso has received an order to deliver a biomass boiler to RWE npower renewables for a co-generation plant to be located at Tullis Russell Papermakers at Markinch, Fife in the UK. The commercial operation is scheduled for begin 2013. The value of the order is approximately EUR 75 million, which will be included in the Energy and Environmental TechnologyZs Q1 orders received.
MetsoZs delivery includes a circulating fluidized bed (CFB) boiler with a capacity of 155 MW(th) and a flue gas treatment plant. The new power boiler will be part of a co-generation plant that will supply the paper mill of Tullis Russell with heat and electricity from biomass, mainly recycled wood. The plant will have an installed capacity of 50 megawatts (MW(e)) and will replace the existing coal-fired power plant at Tullis Russell, and thereby reducing the CO(2)emissions from the plant significantly.
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