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Wärtsilä Organizes Ship Design

Wärtsilä Organizes Ship Design

“The new Wärtsilä Ship Design entity is basically a sales organization doing sales support and project management,” said Jaakko Eskola, group vice president, Wärtsilä Ship Power. “It will be a real global design company, currently with 14 operating units across the world.”

Wärtsilä has combined its various ship design units into a single entity called Wärtsilä Ship [...]

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New OCVs Raise the Bar

According to Voith Turbo Schneider, the 145 m long,30 m wide offshore construction vessel being built for North Sea Invest AS, is the largest and most powerful ship to be equipped with Voith Schneider Propellers as main propulsion.
A new ship for Norway-based North Sea Invest AS will be built in Vigo, Spain, by Astilleros [...]

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U.S. Navy to Add Three LCS Ships in Fiscal 2010

It was recently reported by the U.S. Navy that it would amend an ongoing competition between Lockheed Martin Corp. and General Dynamics Corp. to add three shore-hugging littoral combat ships in fiscal year 2010.
The Navy said it would delete a ship it had hoped to buy with fiscal 2008 funds from the competition, in line with [...]

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Venezuela's Power System on Brink of Collapse March 1, 2010
Venezuela, a country that relies on hydropower for almost three-quarters of its electricity, has been battling a deepening electricity crisis since a drought in 2009 and a sudden 7% surge in demand brought the country’s power system to the brink of collapse.... […]
Peru: The Potential to Become a Regional Energy Hub March 1, 2010
Water and gas provide the energy for Peru’s power generation sector, and the country could generate considerably more, especially from hydro and wind. While the nation strives to extend electricity service to all its citizens, it’s also looking beyond its borders for potential future customers.... […]
Ethiopia's New Hydro Plant Boosts Region's Generating Capacity March 1, 2010
Ethiopia in mid-January officially inaugurated the 420-MW Gilgel Gibe II hydropower project, the second hydropower plant to be opened since November 2009, when the 300-MW Tekezé project began operations.... […]
Plant Efficiency: Begin with the Right Definitions February 1, 2010
The race is on to claim the title of "most efficient coal-fired power plant" on the planet. However, it’s tricky identifying finalists because of the widespread misuse of the term "efficiency" and all those nagging assumptions. Let’s first establish clear definitions and then identify the title contenders.... […]