(IN BRIEF) A major turbine island modernisation project is underway at the Loviisa nuclear power plant in Finland as part of Fortum’s lifetime extension investment programme. The project will be implemented during annual outages between 2026 and 2028 and is … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Czech Republic, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Technology
Tagged 177 terawatt-hours, 38 MW increase, 7 terawatt-hours, Andritz, Andritz Austria, annual outages, condensers, cooling process, Doosan Škoda Power, Doosan Škoda Power Czech Republic, electrical output, energy infrastructure, EUR 1 billion investment, EUR 70 million upgrades and maintenance, Finland, Fortum, Fortum Advances Lifetime Extension Programme at Loviisa Power Plant, Fortum Begins Major Turbine Modernisation at Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant, fossil-free electricity, generator auxiliary systems, inspection work, lifetime extension programme, Loviisa, Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant, Loviisa power plant, Loviisa Power Plant Upgrade to Increase Electricity Output by 38 MW, low-pressure turbines, main control room, main seawater pumps, modern technologies, nuclear expertise, nuclear power plant, nuclear safety, plant availability, power plant maintenance, production capacity, reactor thermal power, Real-time monitoring, rotor cleaning, safe electricity production, spare-part availability, stable electricity production, turbine automation, turbine control systems, turbine island modernisation, Turbine Island Modernisation to Support Safe Operation of Loviisa Until 2050, Turbine Modernisation, turbine protection systems, Valmet, Valmet Finland
(IN BRIEF) Bilfinger has been awarded a contract by Ennskraftwerke AG to overhaul the two generator units at the Garsten–St. Ulrich hydropower plant in Upper Austria. The work includes prefabrication, refurbishment, installation and commissioning of rotating and static equipment, with … Read the full press release
Posted in Austria, Business, Construction, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged 000 households, 157 gigawatt-hours, 40, 50 to 100 years service life, asset life, Austria, Bilfinger, Bilfinger Extends Long-Standing Hydropower Partnership With Ennskraftwerke AG, Bilfinger to Support Efficiency and Availability at Garsten–St. Ulrich Hydropower Plant, commissioning, Critical Infrastructure, electricity generation, energy supply, Enns River, Ennskraftwerke AG, Ennskraftwerke AG Selects Bilfinger for Major Generator Overhaul in Upper Austria, fans, Garsten, Garsten-St. Ulrich hydropower plant, generator overhaul, generator units, Germany, hydroelectric power plants, hydropower, hydropower maintenance, industrial services, installation, long-term reliability, Mannheim, March 2028 completion, Michaela Steinparz, plant availability, power plant efficiency, prefabrication, Refurbishment, renewable energy, rotating equipment, rotor poles, St. Ulrich, static equipment, stators, Steyr, Steyr River, sustainable electricity, Thierry Burki, Upper Austria
(IN BRIEF) Metso has signed two filtration Life Cycle Services contracts worth around EUR 60 million with mining customers in South America and Asia Pacific. The five-year agreement supports a copper producer, while the four-year contract covers a lead and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Metals and Minerals, Technology
Tagged 'Metso Plus', asset management, base metals, beneficiation, component repairs, component reuse, condition tracking, copper processing, cost per tonne, dewatering, Digital Monitoring, embedded carbon, equipment upgrades, filtration services, Frank Araneda, hydrometallurgy, Larox PF filters, LCS, lead processing, Life Cycle Services, Maintenance and Reconditioning for Mining Filtration Assets, Metso, Metso Agreements Combine Digital Monitoring, Metso Strengthens Global Aftermarket Position With Major Filtration Life Cycle Services Orders, Miika Tirkkonen, mining aftermarket services, Mining Industry, operational reliability, plant availability, plant maintenance, Plate Pack Management Service, plate packs, PPMS, proactive maintenance, resource efficiency, Spare parts, zinc processing
(IN BRIEF) Fortum’s Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant produced 7.9 TWh of electricity in 2025, covering roughly 10% of Finland’s electricity consumption and achieving an overall availability rate of 89.4%. While production remained at a strong level, output was slightly impacted … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Finland, Industrial, Investment, Management, News
Tagged electricity generation, energy security, Finland electricity production, Fortum, Fortum’s Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant Supplies 10% of Finland’s Electricity in 2025, infrastructure investment, long term operating license, Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant, modernisation programme, nuclear energy, plant availability, regional employment, Sasu Valkamo, turbine upgrades, Westinghouse nuclear fuel
(IN BRIEF) Voith has rolled out a compact Prevo retrofit for press‑to‑dryer tail threading, tailored to paper machines with constrained space. Already installed on PM 5 at Metsä Greaseproof Papers in Düren, the system automates the two‑step transfer—using blowpipe technology and … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Financial, Germany, Government, Industrial, Investment, Management, Marketing, News, Technology
Tagged blowpipe technology, compact solution, deflection arm, dryer section, Düren, global service, maintenance, Metsä Greaseproof Papers, operational safety, paper machine, papermaking, plant availability, PM 5, press section, Prevo retrofit, retrofit, Sebastian Meuthen, tail threading, Tim Godesberg, Voith
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