Doosan Lentjes and ARIKON have been awarded the contract for the turnkey delivery of the new waste-to-energy plant in Wiesbaden, Germany. The new power plant will comprise one process line, including grate, boiler, water-steam cycle and dry flue gas cleaning. After completion, the facility will thermally treat about 200,000 tonnes of municipal and commercial waste from... [Read More]

After a 19-month pandemic induced postponement the 2020/21 Pump Industry Awards ceremony took place on 23 September. The event was held at the Chesford Grange Hotel in Warwickshire, UK, and hosted by Philippa Forrester of Tomorrow’s World. Colin Simpson, business development director at Tomlinson Hall, said: “I was amazed at the quality of all this year’s entries,... [Read More]

Wärtsilä has signed a deal with the Government of Gabon for the development, construction and operation of a 120 MW gas power plant. Together with the Gabon Power Company (GPC) will build the plant under a full engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract and will then operate and maintain the plant under a long-term 15-year agreement. The plant will... [Read More]

Mubadala Petroleum and Eni signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at identifying cooperation opportunities in the energy transition sector. These include cooperation in the hydrogen and carbon capture sectors, utilisation as well as in storage facilities. The scope of the cooperation covers potential joint opportunities in the Middle East, North Africa, South... [Read More]

Fulcrum has been awarded a new £4.9 million (€5.8 million) multi-utility infrastructure contract by a large investor developer. A part of the contract, the group will design and install new water and gas infrastructure to energise and power the new development in the West Midlands. The multi-utility infrastructure will be delivered by Fulcrum over 14 months and will... [Read More]

Hydrogen fuel company Element 2 is planning to install up to 300 pumps in Aberdeenshire over the next decade. The firm will invest up to £2 million (€2.3 million) in a two-acre site in Bridge of Don, Scotland, that will support up to six pumps capable of dispensing up to three tonnes of hydrogen fuel per day. Element 2, based in North Yorkshire, has plans to invest... [Read More]

Gardner Denver High Pressure Solutions has expanded its suite of pump offerings for the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) market with its new GD 800HDD pump. The American-made pumpfeatures an extremely high flow rate of more than 1000 gpm, making it suitable for the most demanding horizontal drilling projects. Its light weight eases transportation between work... [Read More]

Pump supplier for the energy sector Hayward Tyler has announced an agreement with Ruhrpumpen, a leading manufacturer of pump systems, to better serve customers in the conventional power and industrial markets. Under a license agreement, Ruhrpumpen will exclusively manufacture, sell, and supply parts and services for Westinghouse and Babcock & Wilcox pumps, using Hayward... [Read More]

Aggreko is accelerating its investments in hydrogen technology. Together with cleantech partner CMB.TECH, a 50 kVA hydrogen combustion genset demonstrator has been developed. After successful testing, Aggreko is now investing in 10 additional units to support hydrogen readiness, working with lead customers and partners to test and validate hydrogen as an energy carrier... [Read More]

Valmet will supply an automation system to an energy-from-waste facility currently under construction at Newhurst in Leicestershire, UK. The order was placed by Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (HZI), the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the facility. This is the 16th time that HZI has chosen Valmet’s automation technology for its energy-from-waste... [Read More]

Pump manufacturer Kirloskar Brothers Limited (KBL) has opened a new manufacturing division at the company’s main plant in Kirloskarvadi. The Advanced Technology Product Division (ATPD) has primarily been built as a dedicated manufacturing division for high-end technology products. It is a state-of-the-art facility spread across 6,000 sq m and is fully equipped with... [Read More]

Oil Dynamics just recently installed and started-up two new Electric Submersible Pumps (ESP) systems near Hannover, Germany. The oilfield operator decided to renew und upgrade its pumping equipment including 10 production wells. Oil Dynamics said its modular technical concept will be able to cope with wide variations of reservoir pressure. The tailor-designed equipment... [Read More]

The technology group Wärtsilä will supply the LPG fuel supply systems for two new large gas carrier vessels (VLGC) being built for China-based Oriental Energy. This company mainly focuses on operating propane dehydrogenation (PDH) factories and LPG trading. The ships are under construction at the Jiangnan yard in China. The order with Wärtsilä was placed last month. The... [Read More]

The UK Government has revealed that it will set a target to reduce carbon emissions by 78% by 2035. George Webb, CEO of Liquid Gas UK, broadly welcomed this news, but added that new heat pumps alone were not the answer. He said introducing LPG and renewable bioLPG were part of the solution Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “We want to continue to raise the bar... [Read More]

FourPhase has successful deployed its DualFlow solids removal technology for an independent E&P company on the Danish Continental Shelf in the North Sea. The two-month project saw the solids and production performance specialist for the oil and gas sector deliver an initial diagnostic intervention to identify the source of sand from wells on the platform. The solution... [Read More]

NIKKISO centrifugal canned motor pumps are mainly used for transfer and circulation tasks involving highly flammable, explosive or toxic fluids in the chemical and petrochemical industry. To further improve their operational safety and reliability while carrying out these demanding tasks, all non-seal models are equipped with an E-monitor that indicates the wear condition... [Read More]