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Wärtsilä’s flexible power solution also includes state-of-the-art and cost efficient emissions cleaning technology to meet the strict quality and environmental standards and the readiness to convert the engines to run on gas.
Wärtsilä, a leading provider of flexible decentralised power generation solutions, has been contracted to supply the equipment and engineering for a new power plant being [...]
Posted in Diesel Engine power plant
| Tagged cost efficient emissions cleaning technology, Engines, environmental standards, flexible power solution, power plant order, Wärtsilä
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Bombardier And Trenitalia Sign Locomotive Contract
Trenitalia (Italian Railways) awarded Bombardier Transportation a new order, valued at US$383 million to supply an additional 100 of its E464 electric locomotives. This order follows previous orders for a total of 638 of the E464 locomotives, 480 of which are already in commercial service. The contract includes an option [...]
Posted in News, locomotives
| Tagged Bombardier, Engines, Locomotive Contract, locomotives, Trenitalia
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Power Sector Changes in China
China’s ambitions to create cleaner energy sources and to improve air and water quality are starting to have an impact on the entire power sector. Driven by the Chinese government’s hopes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to secure energy independence, the energy equipment supply scenario is more diverse and dynamic than [...]
Posted in Diesel Engine power plant
| Tagged cleaner energy sources, coal power, energy equipment, Engines, Power Sector, Power Sector Changes in China
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Tier 2 to Tier 4 — In One Step (Source: WWW.DIESELGASTURBINE.COM)
Anyone building a ferryboat to operate in the state of California, U.S.A., had better be prepared to make low emissions the leading design criteria. And for a series of ferryboats for the San Francisco, California bay area Water Emergency Transportation Authority (WETA), add low draft, [...]
Posted in Marine/Propullsion
| Tagged Emissions, Engines, MTU 16V2000 M71 diesels, NOx emissions, propulsion, SCR system, Water Emergency Transportation Authority
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MAN Diesel Expands CP Propeller Portfolio
MAN Diesel is expanding their propeller portfolio to add two new propeller hub-sizes – VBS2080 and VBS2240, 2080 mm and 2240 mm diameters respectively. The propeller sizes are typically applied to ConRo vessels, shuttle tankers and special vessels with high ice classes, and are powered by MAN B&W two-stroke MC-C or [...]
Posted in Marine/Propullsion
| Tagged Diesel engine, Engines, MAN Diesel, propeller portfolio, VBS2080, VBS2240
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No longer is a vessel’s performance a question of its installed propulsion system alone. Today, the trend points in the direction of taking the total grip of a ship’s design including the hull, engines, propulsion system and many other components. The new Rolls-Royce UT 790 CD vessel design is proof of this. Its wavepiercing technology [...]
Posted in Marine/Propullsion
| Tagged Engines, general electric power, hull, installed propulsion system, marine diesel engine, Piercing the Waves, propulsion system, Rolls-Royce UT 790 CD, ship’s design, single-screw CPP, three screw propulsion system, vessel design
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers operates two hopper dredges on the United States West Coast and also contractswith private companies to keep shipping channels open. The largest and most modern vessel of the two is the recently repowered 107 m Essayons, built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, U.S.A., in 1982. It is [...]
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| Tagged Army Corps of Engineers, Caterpillar engines, design and engineering contractor, Engines, Essayons, Hopper Dredge Vessel, hopper dredges, hybrid propulsion system technologies
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Tognum’s business unit “Engines“ has been awarded an order for the delivery of “powerpacks” in the amount of US$15.8 million by Korean railcar manufacturer Rotem. Beginning in 2011, these rail drive units will be utilized in railcars to be used for operation in Irish local and regional rail traffic. Final customer is the railway operator [...]
Posted in Diesel engines
| Tagged Engines, Korean railcar manufacturer, powerpacks, rail drive systems
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Tognum will be supporting the Malaysian naval forces over the next five years with a package of specially tailored after-sales solutions. A contract with a volume of approx. 111 million euros (more than 146 million US dollars) has recently been signed between the Tognum Malaysian Distributor and the Navy.
For more than 30 years, the Royal Malaysian [...]
Posted in Diesel engines
| Tagged Engines, engines and propulsion, propulsion plants, propulsion systems, Vessels
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MTU announced that it will debut its newest Series 2000 marine engine at the Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. this month. The latest version of the engine – the M94 – includes an improved power-to-weight ratio. Power has been increased by 8% and the output range is now 1193 up to 1939 kW at [...]
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| Tagged 2000 marine engine, engine control, Engines, Marine Engine
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