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Developing geothermal power technology
Verdicorp is collaborating with The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia to develop next-generation geothermal turbine and power plant technology. The partners plan to develop supercritical turbines; heat exchangers and air-cooled condensers for geothermal, solar thermal and waste heat power generation applications. They will also develop and test new cycle fluids and fluid mixtures suitable for supercritical cycles. A cycle testing facility and high-pressure supercritical turbine will be constructed on the Pinjarra Hills campus of UQ later this year. |
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Cameron scores contract in South China Sea
Cameron is supplying subsea production systems for a deepwater and offshore gas processing and pipeline project in the South China Sea. The project includes providing the subsea equipment as well as additional services across the life of the field. Deliveries at water depths of nearly 5000 ft are scheduled to begin in late 2011 and continue through 2012. In order to support the project after completion, Cameron will construct a new facility in China to provide CAMSERV™ aftermarket services for this and future projects in the region. |
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Argentine-Brazilian hydro complex planned
A hydro complex is being considered between the southern state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil and the Argentine province of Corrientes. Called the Garabi-Panambi, it is to include two damns, the 1.15GW Garabi, and the 1.05GW Panambi, to be built on the Uruguay River. A feasibility study is being conducted and is expected to be complete in the first half of 2011. The presidents of both countries have asked their state utilities, Argentina’s Ebisa, and Brazil’s Eletrobras, to speed up the process to meet the energy demands of the rapidly growing South American nations. |
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Pöyry wins pulp mill contract
Pöyry's Industry Business Group has been awarded a EUR 8.4 million basic and detailed engineering contract by Eldorado Celulose e Papel Ltda for the Balance of Plant of the 1.5 million tns/yr bleached eucalyptus market pulp mill to be built in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil. The contract is a continuation of the pre-engineering and preparatory work for the mill infrastructure that Pöyry was awarded in early 2010. The technical-environmental criteria established are to make it possible for the mill to produce more with less use of natural resources, low production costs, progressive environmental impact reduction and minimum work accident risks. |
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AkzoNobel invests EUR 90 million in Brazilian plant
Dutch chemical group Akzo Nobel has said it will invest EUR 90 million in a new Brazilian plant to supply what is said to be the world’s largest pulp mill, to be operated by Eldorado Celulose e Papel. In a fifteen year agreement, AkzoNobel’s new facility will supply, store and handle all chemicals for the 1.5 million tns/yr greenfield mill. |
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