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Archive for February, 2012

SEOUL - 
South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction said Monday it has won a 1.5 trillion won ($ 1.3 billion) deal to build industrial boilers for India's state-run energy firm.

Under the agreement with India's National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), Doosan will build five boilers for two NTPC power plants in Karnataka and Chhattisgarh, Doosan said.

The boilers will be delivered by the end of 2016, it said in a statement, adding the firm since 2004 had won deals to bu…
GlobalEnergyWatch.com: Geothermal Energy

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - 
SPX Corporation today announced that SPX Heat Transfer Inc. has been awarded a contract to supply four advanced direct contact condensers (ADCC's) to what will eventually be the largest geothermal power plant ever constructed in Kenya.

SPX's ADCC's will serve four Toshiba 70 MW steam turbines at the new plant being constructed in the Rift Valley of Kenya, 100 kilometers northwest of Nairobi. SPX Heat Transfer was selected to provide the condensers by Hyundai Engineering, the …
GlobalEnergyWatch.com: Geothermal Energy

WASHINGTON, DC - 
Today, executives from the hydropower, geothermal and biomass power industries called on Congressional leaders to extend the production tax credit through 2016 for hydropower, geothermal and biomass. The three industries operate in parts of the country not often associated with renewable energy – particularly the Southeast and Mountain West – and company and trade association leaders expressed concern for a looming crisis that has put thousands of jobs in these states at risk. The…
GlobalEnergyWatch.com: Geothermal Energy

BOISE, Idaho - 
 U.S. Geothermal Inc., a leading renewable energy company focused on the development, production and sale of electricity from geothermal energy, announced that power plant commissioning at the new 8.6 net megawatt San Emidio power plant, which follows the mechanical completion announced in December, is proceeding.

Charging of the R134a motive fluid into the power plant has been completed, and is undergoing integration testing.  In preparation for starting the turbine, it was dis…
GlobalEnergyWatch.com: Geothermal Energy