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Emerson will provide an Ovation expert control system, Rosemount wireless measurement and analytical equipment, AMS Suite predictive maintenance software, and CSI Monitor for turbine vibration analysis.

The Kudgi plant, which is being constructed in the Bijapur district in Karnataka state, will have a total output of 2,400 MW from three 800 MW units.

Metso will supply automation for the Dangjin 4 Biomass Power Plant, currently under construction in Dangjin City, about 70 km southwest of Seoul in South Korea.

KAMO will replace a legacy Siemens TG control system with the OSI transmission and distribution management system.

By Paul Hodge & Joe Bastone, Honeywell The advantages of optimized project workflow can be realized at both ends of the project schedule. The benefits are essential to ensuring control systems pose the least risk to project schedule and allow for safe, efficient and reliable plant startup and operation.

Yokogawa will supply the control system that will renovate the first of four 20 MW power generation units at the Lahendong geothermal power plant, which is located in the Lahendong district on Sulawesi Island.

The symposium will be held 1-6 June 2014 at the Hilton Scottsdale Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA.

Centroprojekt, an engineering company, uses AVEVA PDMS software for basic engineering and detailed design on major projects including a large pulp & paper plant, and a thermal power station.

Vaskiluodon Voima is replacing an automation system installed in 1989 with modern technology that further improves plant availability and safety.

How much radiation exposure do workers at nuclear plants get? Fiatech released the final report from a joint project with the EPRI.

OSI delivered a SCADA/GMS system to Basin Electric, one of the largest electric generation and transmission (G&T) cooperatives in the United States.

Three factors are hindering the sales of full-conversion products in the converter market: high rare earth material prices, lagging offshore wind development and China’s high demand for doubly-fed converters.

ABB has been awarded a $2.765 million Department of Energy (DOE) Grant to develop technology to help the energy sector enhance its cybersecurity.

Metso will supply a complete control system retrofit for steam turbine and generator line 1 at Varme's Fana combined heating and power plant on the western coast of Norway.

Metso will supply a complete power plant, including BioGrate combustion technology, installation, training and commissioning.

By Bill Lydon, Editor The ability to improve manufacturing operations is growing with the application of software that can leverage lower cost computing. More than 30 years ago, ULTRAMAX Corporation commercialized an interesting software product to optimize the operating performance of industrial processes. I recently caught up with the Founder and CEO to learn more about the product and their philosophy and perspective of industrial process optimization.

Endress+Hauser invests 40 million dollars in new plants in expanding its plants for flow, level and pressure measurement engineering in Greenwood, Indiana.

The system will be used for grid simulation in the test and certification of PV (photovoltaic) inverters.

By Bill Lydon, Editor Duke Energy, the largest electric power company in the United States, has deployed National Instruments (NI) technology for monitoring, analytics, and diagnostics in their electric utilities in an effort to improve operations and optimize workforce activities.

By Patty Solberg, Powerit Solutions Utilities are increasingly adopting advanced demand response (DR) programs—and that represents a growing opportunity for energy-intensive businesses to reduce their overall electricity costs while contributing to corporate sustainability efforts. To participate successfully in these programs, energy-intensive businesses must have DR-ready automation.