The Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR™ reactor project in Finland met a major milestone this autumn with the installation of the fourth and last pump of the primary cooling system and its connection to the auxiliary piping and onsite power...

KBR (NYSE:KBR) today announced it was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Philadelphia District to serve as a contingency electrical power generation contractor in Afghanistan. KBR will provide...

Siemens Energy presented its new steam turbine for geothermal power plants at the GEA Geothermal Energy Expo in San Diego. With a rating of up to 60 megawatts, the new SST-400 GEO steam turbine for geothermal applications...

The dome installation on the reactor building of unit 1 of the EPR nuclear power plant of Taishan in China was realized with success yesterday.

To ensure the successful execution of the final phases of the Olkiluoto 3 EPRTM reactor (OL3) project, the AREVA-Siemens consortium and its Finnish customer TVO jointly endorsed in August 2011 the establishment of a shared...

AREVA announces FACES, the operational roll-out of the Europe-wide agreement on Professions and Competences Forecast and Management (GPEC) signed with the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) in April of this year.

Siemens Energy has received an order for the supply of a new compressor train for expansion of the Ibn Rushd PTA (purified terephthalic acid) plant in Saudi-Arabia.

In late September 2011, the 100th SGT-300 industrial gas turbine left the Siemens manufacturing plant in Lincoln, UK, en route to Iraq. The turbine is one of a total of three ordered in early 2011 by Petrochina Company Limited...

On September 30, RusTurboMash LLC, a joint venture of Siemens Energy and Iskra-Avigaz, inaugurated a new compressor manufacturing plant in the Russian city of Perm.

Following its international call for bids launched in 2010, EDF today selected AREVA to supply 32 of the 44 steam generators to be installed in France’s 1300 MW power plants. The future order will be worth around 1.1 billion...

Siemens Energy has received a multiple order from Bluewater Industries, an EPCM company focused on deepwater facilities, for the supply of integrated mechanical and electrical solutions to ATP Oil & Gas Corp. based in Houston,...

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $71 million from Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to supply a substation package for its Bhilai Steel Plant located in the central Indian state...

Power link through the Mediterranean provides annual power supply for 2.5 million tourists.

Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world's largest solar companies, announced it has been awarded a contract to provide solar panels for a new 2.1 megawatt solar power installation at St. Peter's University Hospital in New...

Siemens Energy and Sun To Market Solutions are to develop a full-scope integrated test, commissioning and training simulator for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants. The objective of the full-scope integrated control room...

AREVA will serve as a key member of the team of contract partners helping the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) complete the partially finished Bellefonte 1 nuclear power plant in northern Alabama, USA.

AREVA announced the adoption of a common set of principles of conduct with the world’s other leading nuclear plant vendors.

Crafted over the last three years and facilitated by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,...

ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, targets substantial market growth in the next five years following availability to purchase of its megawatt station.The ABB megawatt station, launched at last year’s...

Statoil is farming down 10% and 15%, respectively, of its participating interests in the exploration licences BM-CAL-7 and BM-CAL-10 in the Camamu-Almada basin offshore Brazil to Canadian company Gran Tierra Energy.

BP announced that it has agreed to increase its share in Brazilian biofuel company Tropical BioEnergia S.A. to 100 per cent, by acquiring the remaining 50 per cent of the company from its current joint venture partners for a...

Canadian Solar, one of the world's largest solar companies, announced the expansion of its U.S. operations with the opening of a second warehouse facility in Port Elizabeth, New Jersey to provide additional photovoltaic (PV)...

AREVA and the industrial boiler supplier Leroux & Lotz Technologies (LLT) have been awarded a 45-million euro turnkey contract by Coriance, local district heating network operator, to build a cogeneration biomass plant on the...

BP has now completed the sale to Puma Energy of its fuels marketing businesses in Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Malawi and Tanzania. The sale of the final business in Tanzania completed on September 1.

Siemens Energy has received another order for the supply of a solar field for a concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Spain.

On September 19-21, 2011, SGS will be attending the China International Nuclear Power Equipment Exhibition 2011 (CINE) in Beijing, China. Throughout the entire event, SGS will exhibit a wide portfolio of services for the nuclear...