PARIS (May 2, 2013) – GE's Power Conversion business will help India face its ever increasing electricity demand through the use of its highly efficient variable-speed drive technology, which offers greater output control, for THDC India Ltd.’s (Tehri Hydro Development Corporation), 1,000 Megawatt (MW) pumped-storage hydro power plant. The new facility is located on the Bhagirathi River in the state of Uttarakhand.
PARIS (May 2, 2013) – GE’s Power Conversion business has signed a multi-million dollar contract with shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of Ulsan, South Korea. GE will supply electric power, propulsion systems and drilling drives for a new semi-submersible drilling platform HHI is building for Seadrill Ltd., which is expected to work in either the North Sea or offshore Canada.
ERLANGEN, Germany (May 3, 2013) – Siemens Energy has been awarded an order for three of its model SGT-500 gas turbines, marking the first deliveries of such units to Nigeria. Customer is Edo Cement, a company belonging to the Nigerian BUA Group. These industrial turbines will be deployed for electric power generation for the Okpella Cement Factory in Okpella, a city located in the Nigerian state of Edo, providing the added benefit of low emissions.
BADEN, Switzerland (May 7, 2013) – ABB’s Turbocharging business unit received an order to upgrade a series of power plants within the context of its business collaboration with Wärtsilä. The order is the first of three, which together will amount to substantial annual fuel savings for the power plants being upgraded.
ZURICH (May 15, 2013) – ABB signed a long-term Preventive Service™ agreement with China LNG Shipping International Co. Ltd (CLSICO) to provide maintenance services to all ABB equipment onboard of its six LNG vessels in the next five years. The contract commenced January 1, 2013.
NUREMBERG (May 16, 2013) – The Siemens Drive Technologies Division has developed a new drive system for a cement mill as part of a joint project with Gebr. Pfeiffer SE, a company with a long and successful tradition in the manufacture of processing systems for the cement, lime, gypsum and ceramics industries. Siemens will supply six drive modules.
STOCKHOLM (May 17, 2013) – Xylem Inc. has been awarded a $2.9 million contract from the Beijing Drainage Group (BDG) to install Xylem’s Flygt® pumps in 19 pumping stations in downtown Beijing.
The new Flygt submersible centrifugal sewage pumps will improve the stations’ water storage capability and prevent overflow by providing more efficient drainage and flood control.
HOUSTON (May 2, 2013) – Underscoring its commitment to the small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) industry, GE Oil & Gas announced that it has agreed to acquire substantially all of the assets of Schertz, Texas-based Salof Companies, a designer of small–scale LNG technologies.
RALEIGH, N.C., and ISLANDIA, N.Y. (May 15, 2013) – Diversified industrial manufacturer Eaton and CA Technologies announced an agreement to deliver a robust data center monitoring, management and control solution in North America.
OAK BROOK TERRACE, Ill. (May 2, 2013) – Pump Solutions Group (PSG®) announced the acquisition of Ebsray Pumps Pty. Limited, located in Brookvale, Australia. Ebsray will become part of PSG’s Blackmer operation.