Praj Industries announced a breakthrough in scale-up of its second generation ethanol technology with successful completion and start-up of smart bio-refinery. India’s first integrated bio-refinery is built on the company’s proprietary platform technology – “enfinity’’ for manufacturing ethanol from agri-waste. Pramod Chaudhari, Executive Chairman, Praj Industries said, “The menace caused […]

Power Minister Piyush Goyal at the launch of ‘Urja Mitra App’ and inauguration of the ‘Rural Feeder Monitoring Scheme’ said the government is engaged in preparing the nation to truly get 24×7 affordable, quality and uninterrupted adequate power. He said, “Power comes from information sharing and not by withholding it. […]

The ABB Group announced the acquisition of B&R, the largest independent provider focused on product- and software-based, open-architecture solutions for machine and factory automation worldwide. B&R operates across 70 countries, generating sales of more than $600 million (2015/16) in the $20 billion machine and factory automation market segment. The combination […]

All signs point to continued growth for the Lapp Group. In the previous financial year 2015/2016 (1 October to 30 September), the global market leader for integrated solutions for cable and connection technology from Stuttgart was able to increase its performance considerably. The net sales increased to EUR 901.5 million. […]

The Power Ministry said that it has achieved the milestone of electrifying 13,000 un-electrified villages against a target of providing electricity to 18,452 such settlements by 2018 as envisaged by PM Narendra Modi. “Out of 18,452 villages, over 13,000 villages have been electrified as on date,” the Power Ministry said […]

The Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA) addressed the media to discuss wind power development in Rajasthan. In 2015-16, Rajasthan installed 688 MW and the current total installation is 4237 MW till January 2017. There is a paradigm shift to competitive bidding instead of Feed In Tariff (FIT) on the […]

Expanding its presence in Eastern India, Philips Lighting inaugurated its fourth Light Lounge in Kolkata. This is the company’s sixth exclusive branded showroom in West Bengal and 22nd in the eastern region. Philips Light Lounges are exclusive showrooms displaying a wide range of home decorative products and solutions from Philips […]

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will supply equipment for a 55 MW combined heat and power plant to Solikamsk, Russia, in order to modernise the Solikamsk thermal power station. Wärtsilä’s scope covers an extended engineering and equipment delivery (EEQ), and includes Wärtsilä 50SG engines running on natural gas. The equipment will […]

The order includes supply and commissioning of the wind turbines along with a VestasOnline® Business SCADA solution. The turbines will be installed in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Wind turbine delivery and commissioning is expected to begin in the second half of 2017. The project demonstrates the versatility of Vestas’ product […]

Building on the strategic alliance between Siemens and Bentley Systems that was made public in November 2016, Siemens’ Energy Management Division and Bentley Systems have announced an agreement to jointly develop solutions to accelerate digitalisation of planning, design, and operations for power utilities and industrial power customers. Bentley Systems is […]