One characteristic common to many electric utility companies is the mix of sizes and technologies at the utility’s various plants. This means efforts to improve performance and reduce costs can vary from plant to plant.

SPX Flow opened two bolting rental service centers in Louisiana. SPX Flow Bolting Systems’ products are used in the energy sector for downstream oil and gas applications including reactors, valves, vessels and all flanged connections; and power generation applications including turbine generators and crossover piping.

Power generation is still heavily dependent on the steam turbine. Even gas turbine power stations usually are provided with a waste heat boiler and steam turbine to maximize the efficiency with which fuel is converted into electricity.

ElectraTherm shipped a Power+ Generator to the United Kingdom to generate fuel-free power from biomass.

ElectraTherm completed its 50,000 ft² manufacturing plant and research and development test center in Flowery Branch, Ga.

ElectraTherm commissioned six Power+ generators in the United Kingdom in 2016, with 10 machines scheduled for commissioning in the first half of 2018.

The Castolin Eutectic Group, a division of the Messer Eutectic Castolin GmbH Holding with headquarters in Bad Soden, Germany, acquired Furnace Mineral Products (FMP).

SPX Corp. will sell its European Power Generation business — also known as the Balcke-Dürr group — to mutares AG.

ElectraTherm, Reno, Nev., shipped its Power+ Generator 4400 to a chicken farm in the UK to utilize biomass to generate emission-free electricity.

Primary construction of the first-ever 2 MW power oxidizer from Ener-Core Inc., Irvine, Calif., was completed in December.