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Big Deal: GE Signs First Contract for the World`s most Powerful Offshore Wind Turbine in Operation

John Lavelle has seen many powerful machines during his nearly four decades as a GE engineer. But none measure up to the Haliade-X, the world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine in operation. The turbine set a world record earlier this year when it generated 288 megawatt-hours of electrical energy in a single day. That’s enough to power 30,000 homes in Rotterdam, where the first prototype is located. Today the turbine hit another milestone: GE Renewable Energy signed the first contract for the...

Clarke Energy chosen by Alinta Energy to expand their Newman Power Station

Clarke Energy to Engineer, Procure and Construct an expansion and upgrade of Alinta Energy’s gas-fired Newman Power Station in Western Australia’s Pilbara region Fourteen high-efficiency INNIO Jenbacher J624 gas engine generators to provide 60MWe of capacity Clarke Energy to design and construct two separate power houses and supply a 66/11kV export transformer complete with brownfield integration with existing 66kV substation The expansion will support Alinta’s operations in the Pilbara Clar...

Array Technologies Announces SmarTrack Production Boost of up to 5%

Array Technologies, a market leader in single-axis solar tracking, have made its performance enhancing software SmarTrack even smarter – adding functionality to increase utility-scale energy harvest. Detailed research and projections from independent engineers at DNV GL spotlight the real-world and accurate energy gains now available to Array customers with SmarTrack. During extensive beta testing, SmarTrack was analyzed by solar specialists at DNV GL and refined for peak performance. After conducting...

TEP Plans Clean Energy Expansion, Carbon Reduction

Tucson Electric Power (TEP) plans to provide more than 70 percent of its power from wind and solar resources as part of a cleaner energy portfolio that will reduce carbon emissions 80 percent by 2035. TEP's 2020 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), filed last week with the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), outlines the company's energy portfolio over the next 15 years. It calls for a dramatic expansion of wind and solar power resources, supported by efficient natural gas fired generators and energy storage...

Northumberland-based offshore technology supplier Osbit is celebrating a decade in business. Osbit began operations at its Riding Mill headquarters 10 years ago with three owner-directors, now four, all engineers and soon established a powerful engineering team. Over the course of 10 years, Osbit has delivered a number of offshore technology firsts to support its global customer-base. This includes world-first well intervention technology for safer operations, cable laying technology which tripled operational...