A US patent has been granted on a novel invention that simplifies the way that gas turbine blades and vanes are secured into their supporting structures In spring 2007, Siemens’s SGT-400 industrial gas turbine fleet exceeded 500000 hours of commercial operation. Individual lead packages have completed more than 54000 hours, equivalent to more than six years of continuous operation. High growth potential for the Central and Eastern European steam and gas turbines market. DML, the company known for the maintenance and refitting of Britain’s nuclear submarines and now part of the Babcock International Group, has been awarded a contract by UKAEA for the design, build, and commission of a remote manipulator arm – an illustration of the company’s diversification into the civil nuclear industry. All around the world, shockwaves from constantly high oil and gas prices and electricity rates are being felt in the budgets of power producers and customers. Researchers have successfully tested an ultra-low emissions combustion technology that produces almost no nitrogen oxides at all Siemens has recently announced a new rating for its SGT-800 gas turbine, the largest of its industrial gas turbines. The new rating is the result of a two megawatt (MW) increase which will reduce life cycle cost for open cycle, CHP and combined cycle plants. Hydro generators are turning water power into electrical energy in the largest hydropower project ever built, the Three Gorges in China. Donna Guinivan reports. With the cost of energy skyrocketing, the highly reliable ST75 Flow Meter from Fluid Components International is a solution for the measurement and monitoring of fuel gases. Suzlon Energy is now fitting James Walker RotaBolts on all its 1.25 megawatt and 2.1 megawatt wind turbines. The tension monitoring fasteners have now become standard fit on the wind turbine blade connections. Labyrinth-piston compressors (Laby) manufactured by Burckhardt Compression AG are successfully employed for the recovery of boil-off gas, which occurs during transport and storage of liquefied natural gas. The world will continue to make extensive use of fossil fuels, such as natural gas and coal, for power generation for the foreseeable future. Into this largely synthetic world comes synthetic gas, syngas – primarily of carbon monoxide and hydrogen – as the latest answer to clean power generation Cogeneration or Combined Heat and Power is an efficient way to deliver the maximum benefits of heat, power and cooling to industry and commerce An anticipated 1500 exhibitors and 50 000 visitors from 85 countries will gather in Calgary, Canada for the largest petroleum show in the world – the Global Petroleum Show (13th–15th June 2006). next