Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems A/S announced a 174-MW order for MidAmerican Energy Co's 2-GW Wind XI project in Iowa.
Vestas unveiled a conditional deal to supply the turbines for the 2-GW complex in June last year. It now said the utility has placed a firm and unconditional order for 100 units of the V110-2.0 MW turbine for the project.
Siemens is to equip several Chinese aluminum factories with medium and low voltage drives. The value of the order is in the low tens of millions of euros. Commissioning will be completed in several stages between November 2018 and April 2019. The objective is to safeguard the productivity in the rolling mills with powerful, reliable drive systems.
Last week, India’s Prime Minister Modi and Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe formally kicked off a plan to build the 316-mile bullet train line from Ahmedabad to Mumbai. The 750-seat train is scheduled to run from August 2022. The Japanese government has also agreed to fund (as a soft loan) about 80 percent of the $17 billion needed for the project that will become part of Asia's oldest railway network. Financing by Japan also means business farmed out to companies such as Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd., Hitachi Ltd. and East Japan Railway Co.
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, announced that it has signed a global agreement with Showa Shell Sekiyu to implement SimSci Spiral Suite, the company’s Unified Supply Chain Management solution.
Customer Profile: Primus Green Energy is a gas-to-liquids (GTL) solution company located in Hillsborough, New Jersey. The vertically integrated headquarters has facilities for design, engineering, operator training and remote operation, as well as research and development, and catalyst development. The company delivers solutions for gas monetization based on its proprietary STG+ technology; this is a highly integrated process using a single loop approach, and has been optimized for many applications.
Client Profile: UK-based Graham Hart (Process Technology) Limited is a privately held supplier of engineered process systems, supplying heat exchangers and high-pressure equipment to clients worldwide. Specialists in the fields of heat and mass transfer, the company has built up a comprehensive, technology based, design and manufacturing facility enabling them to provide end-to-end service from process data to completed equipment for the chemical, petrochemical, food, and energy industries.
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced the improvements achieved at Namibia Breweries Limited, one of the leading beverage companies in the region. Namibia implemented a Schneider Electric Information Management solution to consolidate data collection and better optimize operational visibility across brewing operations.
About the Client: Process improvements are initiated within an organization with the aim of streamlining an existing process to reduce the cycle time, errors, and overhead costs, and thus improve the overall productivity. LTTS undertook a process improvement initiative for one of India's largest petroleum and refinery companies for their laboratory information management system (LIMS).
Schneider Electric, a global specialist in energy management and automation, today announced JFE Engineering has standardized its engineering process design workflow with Schneider Electric. As an existing SimSci user, JFE Engineering chose to upgrade to SimCentral to utilize its unified platform-based solution, which is designed to help improve efficiency, collaboration and the re-use of simulation assets.
Wind power group Siemens Gamesa has set a new record in Asia by installing the tallest wind turbines in the continent this year. The turbines are equipped with 153-meter tall towers, and with the 56-meter blades, they reach a total height of 210 meters (230 yards). The project, owned by Thai engineering company Gunkul and being built by developer PowerChina ZhongNan, has total capacity of 67.5 MW; i.e. 33 units of the G114-2.0 and G114-2.1 MW models.