Yokogawa Electric Corporation announces that its subsidiary, P.T. Yokogawa Indonesia, has received an order from PT. PLN, a government-owned utility in Indonesia, to supply the control system for a project that will renovate the first of four 20 MW power generation units at the Lahendong geothermal power plant, which is located in the Lahendong district on Sulawesi Island.

As part of this renovation project, the system used to monitor and control the steam turbine auxiliary facilities in unit No. 1 will be replaced with the CENTUM® VP integrated production control system. Yokogawa Indonesia will be responsible for engineering, installing, and commissioning the new system. This project is scheduled to be completed by February 2014, whereupon unit No. 1 will be returned to service.

Geothermal energy can generate a stable supply of electricity day and night, and in all weather conditions. Since no carbon dioxide is emitted, it is regarded as an attractive alternative to fossil fuels. However, the systems and instruments used in geothermal power plants must be robust and capable of operating in the presence of corrosive substances and gases. For such applications, Yokogawa provides highly reliable systems that support the remote monitoring, diagnosis, and adjustment of devices in the field as well as a range of products that are suitable for use in corrosive gas environments.

CENTUM VP systems have already been operating for some time in units No. 3 and 4. The solid performance of these systems, combined with Yokogawa's superior technical expertise in geothermal power generation, the quality of its products, and its extensive engineering and service network in Indonesia, were primary considerations in PT. PLN's decision to go with the CENTUM VP solution in unit No.1.

To further grow its industrial automation and control business and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society, Yokogawa is targeting renewable energy fields such as geothermal power. As such, the company will be seeking to expand the provision of its solutions in Indonesia and other geothermal resource-rich countries.

Siemens has won major orders for three air separation plants in India and Inner Mongolia. The customer for all three orders is Linde Engineering. A total of ten compressor trains for one plant as well as three compressors for air and two for nitrogen for a second plant are to be installed in India. Linde Engineering Hangzhou has also ordered three identical compressor trains from Siemens for an air separation plant in Inner Mongolia. The total volume for all three orders comes about EUR 180 million.

The ten compressor trains for the air separation plant in India each comprise an integrally geared compressor for main air, a high-pressure

integrally geared compressor serving as booster air compressor and a common steamturbine drive. The scope of supply also includes mechanical and performance testing. These tests will be performed at the Mega Testcenter in Duisburg, Germany. The additional three air compressors and the two nitrogen compressor are also integrally geared type compressors but driven by electric motors.

The air separation plant in Inner Mongolia will supply oxygen to a coal liquefaction plant of the Yitai Group. Serving as air compressor in each train is an STC-SR series axial-radial compressor that features an intake volume of over 720,000 cubic meters of air per hour.

Each train is equipped with a six-stage integrally geared turbocompressor as high-pressure compressor, and a Model SST-600 steam turbine as drive unit. The compressor trains will be handed over to the customer starting in summer 2014.

"These major orders demonstrate that we rank among the leading vendors worldwide in the compressor business," notes Lennart Nilsson, CEO of the Compression Business Unit at Siemens' Energy Sector. "Siemens has succeeded in expanding its leading position, particularly in the field of large scale air separation units. The order from India for ten compressor trains counts among the largest individual orders of its kind in this market. Once the machines in Inner Mongolia have been commissioned, these units will rank amongst the largest air compressors in operation in the world."

Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq:FWLT) has announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a technical services agreement with OJSC Khabarovsk Oil Processing Refinery to provide construction management services for the hydroprocessing project at the refinery in Russia’s Far East.

The terms of the agreement were not disclosed and bookings will be recorded as work is released by OJSC.  The objective of the project is to produce more higher-value, lighter products. The complex includes a hydrocracker, hydrotreater, hydrogen unit, amine regeneration unit, sour water stripper, sulfur recovery unit, vapor recovery unit, waste water treatment unit, ground flare, tank farm and pump houses. The hydrogen plant is based on Foster Wheeler’s proprietary Terrace WallTM steam methane reforming technology.

“Foster Wheeler has been working at this refinery for ten years,” said Umberto della Sala, President and Chief Operating Officer of Foster Wheeler AG. “We executed the front-end engineering design for the entire hydroprocessing complex, basic design for the hydrogen production facility, design and supply of the steam reformers for the hydrogen plant, and have been providing on-going project management consultancy services as the project progressed into the engineering, procurement and construction phases. We are very pleased to extend our role on this project, which is now in the construction phase.”

Endress+Hauser is manufacturing more and more flowmeters in Suzhou, China, with the principal growth drivers being water and wastewater industry. Endress+Hauser Flowtec, global leader in flow measurement technology, has reacted by enlarging its plant in the east of the People's Republic.

The extension work was recently completed after getting underway in March 2012. "With respect to production logistics, the new building allows us to respond even more quickly and flexibly to our customers' demands," says Gerhard Jost, Managing Director of Endress+Hauser Flowtec. An extra 3,600 square meters – increasing the total floor space to 18,000 square meters – is earmarked mainly for the production of measuring tubes as main components of magnetic flowmeters.

Water, the growth driver:

Klaus Endress, CEO of the Endress+Hauser Group, sees the new expansion as part of a sustained growth strategy: "We develop our production sites around the globe to be close to our customers wherever they are in the world." The expansion in Suzhou is designed to meet the growing demands of the Chinese market.

One of the most important targets adopted in China's 2010 five-year plan was the nationwide upgrading of the water infrastructure. "This gives us the unique chance to get established in this growth market with high quality measuring instruments," explains Managing Director Gerhard Jost. "Whether in water treatment, sewage plants or water distribution, the exact measurement of water flows is a critical factor in process control."

In the presence of Klaus Endress and Gerhard Jost, the extension in Suzhou was formally inaugurated on 8 August 2013. Among the guests of honor were many representatives from politics and business: Kilian Widmer, Head of the Swiss Business Hub in Shanghai; Andreas Luchsinger, President of the Swiss-Chinese Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai; high-ranking representatives of the state quality authority from Central Beijing, from Jiangsu Province and the City of Suzhou. Other guests of honor came as representatives of the local city authority, the China-Singapore Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) and customers and suppliers from the Suzhou region.