Reciprocating Engines

Wärtsilä to supply RICE engines for New Mexico plant expansion

The city of Farmington aims to replace the generation lost from the retirement of the coal-fired San Juan Generation Station.

Hydrogen test begins at power plant with reciprocating engines

WEC Energy Group (WEC), Wärtsilä, the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Burns & McDonnell will partner to carry out hydrogen fuel testing in reciprocating engines at the A.J. Mihm power plant in Baroga Township, Michigan.

Mexico-based manufacturing site taps Rolls-Royce mtu gen-sets for cogeneration plant

Rolls-Royce Power Systems will deliver its Minnesota-based mtu Series 500 generator set to provide combined heat and power (CHP) for a lubricant manufacturing plant in Mexico. Automotive OEM supplier Raloy Lubricantes selected the mtu Series 500 gen-sets for powering operations at the Santiago Tianquistenco facility. In addition to the electricity used at the plant, heat from exhaust will warm up

Lakeland Electric selects S&L to lead EPCM work on 120-MW RICE project to replace coal-fired plant in Florida

Sargent & Lundy will handle engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) management of a planned 120-MW gas-fired reciprocating internal combustion engine (RICE) power plant in Lakeland, Florida. Lakeland Electric awarded the EPCM contract for the project to be built on the existing McIntosh Power Plant site. Sargent & Lundy has led several RICE projects in the region. MAN Energy Solutions

Backup plan: Diesel-fueled generators grow 22 percent in California since 2020

The state of California, which is trying to eliminate carbon emissions in its power sector but had to allow new gas-fired generation to make up for weather impacts on the grid this summer, is also seeing a proliferation of backup diesel-fueled generators, according to a new report. Research by consulting group M.Cubed indicates that the generator population in the Golden

Zachry Group hired to build Omaha utility’s hydrogen-capable, gas-fired peaker plants

Omaha Public Power District has awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its two new planned gas-fired power stations which will support its future solar energy goals. Zachry Group will lead the building of both the Standing Bear Lake and Turtle Creek stations. The Nebraska municipal utility hopes to get both gas-fired power plants, totaling 600 MW in

Gas-fired gen-sets supporting resiliency to summer-slammed California grid

Four gas-fired flexible gen-sets approved to help California through a brutal summer are still online and available to support the state’s grid, according to the latest Department of Water Resources statement. The California DWR noted that the gen-sets, first approved earlier this summer, are temporary and spread out across several locations in the state. California has been impacted by high

Wärtsilä to deliver 120-MW gas power plant in Gabon

By Pamela Largue, Power Engineering International Technology group Wärtsilä and Gabon Power Company (GPC) have signed a Concession Agreement with the government of Gabon for a 120MW gas power plant. The project represents one of the largest of its kind in Sub-Sahara Africa and a sizeable energy infrastructure project for Gabon. The plant will be located at the industrial site

Reciprocating Engines

Four gas-fired flexible gen-sets approved to help California through a brutal summer are still online and available to support the state’s grid, according to …

By Pamela Largue, Power Engineering International Technology group Wärtsilä and Gabon Power Company (GPC) have signed a Concession Agreement with the governme…

Wärtsilä secures CHP upgrade and maintenance contract in Argentina

Technology firm Wärtsilä has signed a contract to upgrade and maintain a combined heat and power plant in Argentina. Boortmalt, a malting company, has tasked …

Florida municipal utility contracts MAN to supply gas-fired RICE engines for 120-MW plant

MAN Energy Solutions is providing equipment and building a quick-response, gas-fired power station to replace a recently retired coal-fired plant in a Florida c…

Electricity-deprived California seeking emergency gas-fired gen-sets to meet summer demand

California, in the midst of an energy crisis due to high temperatures, wildfires and drought, is seeking relief with the import of five 30-MW gas-fired emergenc…

Omaha Public Power securing Wartsila’s gas-fired engines to balance solar PV

Omaha Public Power District, a municipal power provider in Nebraska, has contracted Wärtsilä to supply natural gas-fired engines for a grid balancing plant. T…

Wärtsilä to deliver six gas engine power plants in Italy

Finnish energy technology company Wartsila has signed contracts with Italian utility Metaenergiaproduzione for the construction of six power plants. The natura…

Montana engine-genset project taps Burns & McDonnell for EPC lead

High Plains utility NorthWestern Energy is building a 175-MW natural gas-fired power station to support its renewables growth and provide resiliency for the sys…

MAN supplying 225 MW of on-site power to four power plants in Africa

German power generation equipment supplier MAN Energy Solutions is keeping busy planning and completing plants in Africa. MAN announced it will supply power gen…

Rolls-Royce gen-sets to power Madrid data center during outages

Power Engineering International Rolls-Royce has installed and commissioned eight mtu emergency gensets with 9.2MWe power output at a major bank in the vicinity …

MAN installs dual fuel engines for 200-MW Cambodian power plant

German power generation equipment firm MAN Energy Solutions is working with China National Machinery Corp. on a 200-MW facility in Cambodia. The two energy comp…

Wärtsilä converts Taiwanese cogeneration plant to natural gas

Taiwanese power generation company Ta-Yuan Cogen has selected technology firm Wärtsilä to reduce its reliance on heavy fuel oil for power generation. Wärtsil…