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Nuclear Energy: The perfect alignment
Measuring nuclear fuel rod assemblies is a difficult task because the environment is hazardous.
Repowering: Turning up the Power
In the jewel of Austria, Vienna, power demand is steadily rising at between two and three per cent annually and demand for heat is also at the upper end of this range.
Online Training: Learning through the Web
A major issue for many power companies is locating, hiring and training a well-qualified workforce.
Network Inspection: Heating up network inspections
The network is clearly an electricity supplier’s most valuable asset, and therefore it is vital that this asset is properly maintained.
Gas Turpines: The Black Art of Abradable Coatings
Suck, squeeze, bang, blow! The four-stage process of a gas turbine engine relies on the ability of the engine to maintain high-pressure ratios, and minimise gas leakage.
Russian Power: Buying the rumour and selling the fact
It is a truism, universally acknowledged, that a prerequisite for stable economies is a sound electricity sector.
International
Iran’s Energy Minister Parviz Fattah has announced plans to sell shares in seven state-owned power plants.
Europe
E.ON UK has signed a deal with National Grid’s Grain liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that will turn its £500m ($1bn) 1275 MW power station into one of the world’s largest combined heat and power (CHP) plants.
Asia-Pacific
State-run Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) of India plans to build a 10 000 MW nuclear plant in the western state of Maharashtra using European pressurized reactors (EPR), from France, Germany and Finland.
Americas
TransCanada has announced it is close to reaching agreements with enough utilities in the southwest of the United States to enable it to move ahead with detailed permitting and siting of two 500 kV power lines running from Montana and Wyoming to southern Nevada.
Companies
After a 14-month battle to acquire Spanish power company Endesa, E.ON has accepted an alternative deal, which will see the German multi-utility increase its position in both the Spanish and Italian electricity markets.
Power sector’s Russian Roulette
Russian gas giant Gazprom has ambitious plans to become one of the world’s largest energy companies and it is looking to Europe to help it achieve this.
What now for cross-border deals?
After more than 14 months the E.ON-Endesa saga finally reached its climax, but not necessarily the one many envisaged.
Genset Roundup
Volvo Penta is to introduce a new industrial engine for power generation with a class-leading 250 kVA prime 50 Hz and 227 kW standby 60 Hz and dual speed switching between 50 Hz and 60 Hz as standard.
Equipment Roundup
An energy harvesting micro-generator that converts machine and plant vibration into useful electricity, enabling wireless sensors to transmit large amounts of critical data, has been unveiled by Perpetuum.
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