Siemens Energy has received an order for a steam turbine generator to be used in a waste-to-energy plant equipped with combined power and heat generation in Plymouth, England. The customer is Imtech Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG, a...

Siemens has acquired the majority stake in Marine Current Turbines Ltd., the UK company based in Bristol, which develops and builds tidal power systems. "The acquisition of Marine Current Turbines is an important step forward for...

AREVA has achieved major milestones for EPR construction projects in the UK signing new agreements at the Franco-British summit in Paris.

Major order for low-loss HVDC technology

Siemens has launched a six-megawatt (MW) direct-drive wind turbine for use in offshore wind farms. Direct-drive wind turbines combine robust engineering with a low system weight.

PV System to Provide Clean, Renewable Solar Energy to One of Nation's Leading Table Grape Growers, Fulfilling the Company's Key Clean Energy Initiative

ATMEA received the final report and findings of the review of TMEA1 reactor safety objectives and options by the French nuclear safety authority (ASN).

Siemens has developed the world's first circuit breaker capable of operating at 1.2 million volts. Ultra-high voltages increase the capacity of power cables, thereby making it possible to transport large amounts of electricity...

Siemens will supply key components for the IPP Qurayyah combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. With an installed capacity of 4 gigawatts (GW) it will be one of the world’s largest CCPPs, and will supply...

The 540-strong crew of Schwelgern blast furnace plant is getting ready to celebrate a further milestone in what is still the first campaign of blast furnace Schwelgern 2 of ThyssenKrupp Steel Europe in Duisburg: The furnace,...

The solar company Semprius, in which Siemens has invested as a strategic partner in June 2011, achieved a world record for photovoltaic module efficiency of 33.9 percent. This result was externally certified after measurement...

Rockwell Collins has launched work on Phase 2 of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) research contract valued at $5.3 million. The effort is expected to increase the capability of digital software defined radios...

Siemens wants to use “snapshots” of the power grid to help make it more stable. Power snapshots from smart meters by Siemens provide synchronous grid information with maximum precision from the low-voltage grid, data that can...

Siemens Energy has been awarded three orders by different customers to supply a total of four steam turbine generator units for solar thermal power plants in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The steam turbines of type SST-700 are...

Since the global increase in energy use is showing few signs of slowing down, sustainable energy solutions have to be developed. For this reason, the energy of biomass has to be used more widely and more efficiently. In forests...

The Lebrija solar thermal power plant located in southern Andalucía in Spain is now feeding electricity into the power grid. On December 27, 2011, the plant, erected as an EPC project by Siemens and Valoriza through a joint...

Global energy demand will continue to grow over the next twenty years, albeit at a slowing annual rate, fuelled by economic and population growth in non-OECD countries. Increased energy efficiency and strong growth for renewable...

Siemens Energy and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology in the UAE have signed a one-year agreement for cooperation in solar energy technology research and development to enhance the use of photovoltaic (PV) panels in the...

A flexible OLED from Osram has set a new efficiency record. Like their LED cousins, OLEDs are semiconductors that convert electricity into light. However, whereas LEDs create points of light from a tiny luminescent chip, OLEDs...

KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced that it was awarded a contract by Matix Fertilizers and Chemicals, Ltd., to perform a dynamic simulation study for the complete steam system at its grassroots Panagarh Fertilizer Complex in West Bengal,...

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", "we" or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), one of the world's largest solar companies, and the Ningxia Electric Power Group (the "Ningxia Power Group") today announced the successful completion...

The Finnish high-tech company Real Time Systems has recently developed an advanced electrode control system that compared with conventional systems offers substantially higher productivity and reduced specific energy consumption...

Siemens Energy, Inc., along with its consortium partner, Kvaerner North American Construction, Inc. (a subsidiary of Kvaerner ASA), achieved substantial completion of the 695 megawatt (net) supercritical pulverized coal-fired...

KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced that it was awarded a contract by Tecnimont S.p.A. for the License and Basic Engineering Design (BED) of a new ammonia plant to be built by Chemical Industries Holding Co. (Kima) in Aswan, Egypt.

AREVA announces it has delivered a batch of fuel assembly components to its partner CNNC Fuel Assembly Corporation*, comprising 700 assemblies and 800 control rod clusters**. This delivery is the biggest completed to date by the...