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Fluor & B&W Form Alliance to Market Carbon Capture Technology
Fluor and Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. form strategic alliance with Fluor's Power Group to market and sell carbon dioxide (CO2) capture systems for existing coal-fired power plants in the United States and Canada.
09/03/2010
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Jacobs Receives Project Management Contract From Marafiq in Saudi Arabia
Jacobs Engineering receives contract from Marafiq to serve as project management contractor (PMC) for Marafiq's ongoing investment program in The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Jacobs is performing the work from its Reading, England, office with support from its personnel in Mumbai, India.
09/03/2010
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GE Oil & Gas Power Generation and Subsea Equipment Wins Bring Gorgon Project Awards to Over $1.1 Billion
GE Oil & Gas technology again selected to support the development of Gorgon, one of the world's largest untapped natural gas fields, which also features one of the world's largest ever carbon-dioxide (CO2) sequestration technology projects.
08/03/2010
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Foster Wheeler Awarded CFB Boiler Contract for CO2 Capture Development Plant in Spain
Foster Wheeler subsidiary awarded contract by Fundación Ciudad de la Energía (CIUDEN), an institution created by the Spanish Government, for the design and supply of a circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) unit for testing Foster Wheeler's Flexi-BurnTM carbon capturing CFB technology.
08/03/2010
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SNC-Lavalin Awarded Carbon Capture project in Saskatchewan
SNC-Lavalin awarded contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services for SaskPower's Boundary Dam Integrated Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CCS) Demonstration Project. Project involves transforming an aging unit at the coal-fired Boundary Dam Power Station near Estevan, Saskatchewan, into a source of clean electricity.
04/03/2010
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Kazakhstan Signs Cooperation Deal with Japan
Japan and Kazakhstan sign an agreement to cooperate in the peaceful uses of nuclear power. Meanwhile, Romania's president has said the country is open to cooperation with Kazakhstan, including in nuclear energy.
03/03/2010
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Russian's Construction of New Nuclear Power
Russian prime minister Vladimir Putin announces the allocation of 53 billion roubles ($1.77 billion) of federal money towards the construction of new nuclear power in 2010. Putin announced the funding for domestic new build in a meeting on investment in the Russian power industry.
02/03/2010
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Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract for Two Circulating Fluidized-Bed Steam Generators in China
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group awarded contract by Sinopec Jiujiang Company for the design and supply of two circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generators for the Sinopec Jiujiang Fuel Alteration Project located in Jiangxi province in south central China.
26/02/2010
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Westinghouse is Formally Qualified for the Completion of Temelin
Westinghouse Electric Company notified by CEZ that it has successfully complied with the qualification requirements stipulated in the Qualification Documentation for the public contract "Completion of the Temelin Nuclear Power Plant".
24/02/2010
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Merz and McLellan South Africa and Mott MacDonald Join Forces to Strengthen Power Engineering Capability in Africa
Merz and McLellan, the South Africa and Botswana power consultancy, joins Mott MacDonald as part of both companies' plans for expansion in Africa and to strengthen their positions in the African power consultancy market. Merz and McLellan has 45 staff based in Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa and in Gaborone, Botswana.
23/02/2010
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Shaw Achieves Substantial Completion of New 660-MW Power Plant in Louisiana
Shaw Group announces achieving substantial completion of the new Rodemacher 3 electric generating facility for Cleco Power LLC, a subsidiary of Cleco Corp. As part of substantial completion, the circulating fluidized bed (CFB) petcoke-fired power plant was operated at its rated capacity and efficiency and has been released to Cleco for commercial operation.
22/02/2010
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Foster Wheeler to Supply Condensers to Lilama for Thermal Power Plant in Vietnam
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by Lilama Corporation, a Vietnamese EPC contractor, for the design and supply of two steam surface condensers and auxiliary equipment for the Vung Ang Thermal Power Plant in Vietnam.
10/02/2010
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Aker Solutions Confirms GBP115M Power Project is Biomass Renewable Plant in Scotland
Aker Solutions confirms award of power plant project in Europe by RWE, is to provide design, supply, installation, construction and commissioning for new 50MW Biomass renewable energy plant at the Tullis Russell Papermakers plant near Fife in Scotland.
03/02/2010
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Xcel Energy Retains Burns & McDonnell to Design and Support Construction for Biomass Gasification Power Plant
Burns & McDonnell retained by Xcel Energy to perform engineering services and permitting, procurement and construction support services for design and installation of biomass gasification technology at Xcel's Bay Front Power Plant in Ashland, Wisconsin, USA.
01/02/2010
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Aker Solutions Awarded Power Plant Contract in Europe
Aker Solutions awarded contract to provide design, supply, installation, construction and commissioning for a new power plant facility in Europe.
01/02/2010
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Emerson Process Management to Digitally Automate Vital Power Plant in Central China
Emerson Process awarded contract from the China Power Investment Corp. to digitally automate new ultra-supercritical power plant in central China. The Pingdingshan Luyang power plant in the Henan Province.
28/01/2010
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Foster Wheeler Awarded Low NOx Burner in Spain
Foster Wheeler awarded contract to design and supply Low NOx Burner System for the Spanish utility company ENDESA. The Low NOx Burner System will be integrated in the Compostilla Power Plant, Unit 3 (330 MWe) located in Ponferrada, León, Spain.
27/01/2010
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PDVSA and Eni Sign Agreement to Develop Junin 5 Giant Heavy Oil Field in Venezuela
Rafael Ramírez, Venezuela's Minister of Energy and Petroleum and President of PDVSA, and Paolo Scaroni, Eni's CEO, today signed three strategic agreements: an agreement for the development of Junin 5, a Technology Agreement and an MoU for the construction of a power plant.
26/01/2010
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ABB Wins $48 million Substation Order for Saudi Power Plant
Foster Wheeler Global Power Group subsidiary awarded contract to design, supply and erect a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) by the Spanish company, REPSOL PETROLEO S.A. The HRSG and auxiliary equipment will be integrated in a cogeneration plant being built at the REPSOL Cartagena Refinery in Murcia, Spain. Foster Wheeler will also provide start-up supervision services.
07/01/2010
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Foster Wheeler to Supply Heat Recovery Steam Generator in Spain
Foster Wheeler Global Power Group subsidiary awarded contract to design, supply and erect a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) by the Spanish company, REPSOL PETROLEO S.A. The HRSG and auxiliary equipment will be integrated in a cogeneration plant being built at the REPSOL Cartagena Refinery in Murcia, Spain. Foster Wheeler will also provide start-up supervision services.
07/01/2010
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Wood Group GTS Awarded $27 Million Operations & Maintenance Contract
Wood Group GTS awarded five-year $27 million contract by Brick Power Holdings for operations and maintenance of the Rumford & Tiverton facilities located in Maine and Rhode Island, USA. The O&M contract includes complete care, custody, control and maintenance of both facilities, from mobilisation/transition stage, which began in October 2009, through to operational phase in 2010.
07/01/2010
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GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, Detroit Edison Team up with Site Planning Agreement for World's Most Advanced Nuclear Reactor
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Detroit Edison, Michigan's largest electric utility, today announced an agreement advancing the potential deployment of a next-generation nuclear reactor design. Agreement on site preparation work planning is a step forward in the federal license application process as GEH brings to market the ESBWR nuclear reactor to help energy companies meet rising electricity demand with clean-air energy.
17/12/2009
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Fortum, TVO and Maersk Join Forces to Develop Ground-breaking Carbon Capture and Storage Project
Finnish utilities Fortum and Teollisuuden Voima enter into co-operation with Maersk Oil and Maersk Tankers, part of the Danish A.P. Moller - Maersk Group, aiming to develop joint carbon emissions abatement project in the area of Carbon Capture and Storage.
15/12/2009
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Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract for Two Circulating Fluidized-Bed Steam Generators in Vietnam
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been awarded a contract by Wuhan Kaidi Electric Power Co., Ltd. for the design and supply of two circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generators for Vietnam National Coal-Mineral Industries Group's (Vinacomin) Mao Khe Thermal Power Plant Project located in northern Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam.
14/12/2009
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Scottish and Southern Energy Announces Marchwood Power Fully Operational
New 840MW combined cycle gas turbine power station at Marchwood, near Southampton, in which SSE has a 50% ownership interest, now available for full commercial operation. This is the UK's first large-scale new CCGT power station to enter commercial operation for five years.
11/12/2009
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Foster Wheeler Wins Two Contracts for Steam Generation Equipment in Saudi Arabia
Foster Wheeler awarded two separate contracts by Tecnicas Reunidas Power of Madrid, Spain. One contract award is for the design and supply of two heat recovery steam generators. The other contract award is for the design and supply of two package-type steam generators.
10/12/2009
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Wood Group Acquires Shanahan Engineering
Wood Group subsidiary acquires Shanahan Engineering, a provider of power plant installation, commissioning and maintenance services to the power and industrial sectors mainly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
10/12/2009
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Bechtel and Calera Announce Strategic Alliance
Calera Corporation and Bechtel Power Corporation today announced a strategic alliance to develop and construct facilities using carbon capture technology to reduce emissions and fight global warming.
10/12/2009
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Wood Group Acquires Shanahan Engineering
Wood Group subsidiary acquires Shanahan Engineering, a provider of power plant installation, commissioning and maintenance services to the power and industrial sectors mainly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
10/12/2009
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McDermott Plans to Separate Into Two Independent Companies: Babcock & Wilcox and J. Ray McDermott
McDermott International, Inc. ("McDermott" or "the Company") announced today that it plans to separate its operating subsidiaries, The Babcock & Wilcox Company ("B&W") and J. Ray McDermott, S.A. ("J. Ray"), into two independent, publicly traded companies.
07/12/2009
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ABB Wins $73 Million Power Order in Switzerland
ABB wins orders worth $73 million from Kernkraftwerk Leibstadt to refurbish and upgrade the non safety related operational control and automation system at their 1,220 megawatt Leibstadt nuclear power plant in Switzerland.
02/12/2009
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GE Oil & Gas and Rockson Engineering Awarded Contract for Nigeria Power Plant
GE Oil & Gas in consortium with Rockson Engineering Nigeria awarded $230 Million contract by the Federal Government of Nigeria for installation and commissioning of a dual fired (low pour fuel oil/gas) 150-200MW power plant in Kaduna, Nigeria.
01/12/2009
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ABB Wins $26 Million Order to Power Refinery in Greece
ABB wins order worth $26 million from Hellenic Petroleum SA to provide an integrated power and automation system for the upgrade of Hellenic Petroleum's Elefsina refinery, west of Athens. The environmentally friendly refinery will manufacture products in accordance with best in class technology and global standards to minimize environmental impact.
01/12/2009
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Abengoa Solar and E.ON Climate & Renewables Team Up to Build two 50MW Concentrating Solar Power Plants in Spain
Abengoa Solar and E.ON Climate & Renewables today formed a partnership that will see them jointly own and operate two 50MW Concentrating Solar Power plants. The plants which are already under construction are located in Ecija (Seville), Southern Spain, one of the best areas in Europe in terms of solar radiation.
25/11/2009
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AMEC Awarded US$93 Million Energy Efficiency Project
AMEC awarded US$93 million contract by Packaging Corporation of America (PCA) for energy efficiency upgrades at its linerboard mill in Valdosta, Georgia that will reduce energy consumption and electricity costs. During the specialised construction phase of the project, approximately 400 workers will be hired and more than 300 jobs at the mill will be preserved.
16/11/2009
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Aker Solutions Secures Major Power Project for TransCanada in North America
Aker Solutions awarded notice to proceed by TransCanada Corporation for construction of a 900 megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Under a joint venture, Aker Construction Canada Ltd, a subsidiary of Aker Solutions ASA, and HDR Corporation will execute engineering, procurement and construction work on the project in cooperation with TransCanada.
10/11/2009
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Wood Group GTS wins GE LMS100 Operation & Maintenance Contract for Greenfield Panoche Energy Centre in California
Wood Group GTS awarded US$6 million operation & maintenance contract by Energy Investors Funds for the Greenfield Panoche Energy Centre 400 MW Power Project in western Fresno County, California. Panoche Energy Center is a simple-cycle, natural-gas fired generating station that comprises four General Electric LMS100 gas turbine generators addressing the need for peaking energy in the San Francisco Bay and Fresno load center.
08/10/2009
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