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Chillers market in India primed for growth reveals Frost & Sullivan Market Insight

With substantial growth in construction activities and industrial expansion, ensuring energy efficiency and sustainable economic growth is the need of the hour. Comfort cooling and Precision cooling are evolving in commercial segments in India. Keeping this in mind, it is particularly important to analyze the demand for chillers and how this segment is going to unfold in the Indian environment. ...

Mar. 4, 2013

By Frost & Sullivan

B&W Acquires Universal Acoustic & Emission Technologies, Inc.

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W) (NYSE:BW) has acquired Universal Acoustic & Emission Technologies, Inc. (UniversalAET), a Wisconsin-based provider of custom-engineered acoustic, emission and filtration solutions, effective today. UniversalAET is a bolt-on acquisition for B&W MEGTEC and will be included in B&W’s Industrial operating segment. The new ...

Jan. 11, 2017

By Babcock & Wilcox

ANDRITZ receives two orders for hydropower plants in Norway and DR Congo

ANDRITZ HYDRO, part of international technology Group ANDRITZ, has received an order from Eidsiva Vannkraft AS to supply electromechanical equipment for the new Nedre Otta hydropower plant in Norway and from the Government utility SNEL (Société Nationale d’Électricité) for rehabilitation of the existing Mwadingusha hydropower plant in the Democratic Republic of ...

Jan. 16, 2017

By ANDRITZ HYDRO Hammerfest (UK) Limited

DOE Selects Ten Projects to Conduct Advanced Turbine Technology Research

Ten university projects to conduct advanced turbine technology research under the Office of Fossil Energy’s University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program have been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for additional development. Developing gas turbines that run with greater cleanness and efficiency than current models is of great benefit both to the environment and the ...

Aug. 14, 2013

By US Department of Energy

Utilizing the Excess Coal-fired Boiler Talent in the U.S.

The U.S. is not building new coal-fired power plants and will be shutting down nearly 70,000 MW of existing power plants. There is uncertainty regarding the remaining 190,000 MW depending on clean power regulations. The result of this shrinkage is a large excess of coal-fired boiler talent in the country. Two options for beneficial use are to channel this talent into: Other types of power ...

Oct. 12, 2016

By The McIlvaine Company

$14 Trillion to be spent on Power Plant Equipment and Repairs in the Next 25 Years

Nuclear capacity is slated to increase from 392 GW in 2013 to more than 620 GW in 2040. But its share of global power generation will rise just one percentage point to 12 percent, because almost 200 reactors of the 434 operational at the end of 2013 will be retired, they will need to be offset by new power plants. Total investment will exceed $2 trillion over the next 25 years. The gas turbine ...

Apr. 5, 2016

By The McIlvaine Company

DOE selects projects to advance nanomanufacturing

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 20 project proposals for funding following its Nanomanufacturing for Energy Efficiency 2008 Research Call. The projects promise to make revolutionary improvements in a broad range of energy production, storage, and consumption applications that will reduce energy and carbon intensity in industrial processes. Nanotechnology, the understanding and ...

Oct. 16, 2008

By National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)