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Alfa Laval wins energy-efficiency order in Russia
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lfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has won an order for compact heat exchangers from a refinery in Russia. The order value is approximately SEK 70 million, it was booked late September and delivery is scheduled for 2013. The Alfa Laval compact heat exchangers will be used in the vacuum section of the crude oil distillation, where they will preheat the feed stream re-using heat from other parts of the process, thereby resulting in an energy-efficient process solution. “It is our second large order this year, from the same Russian refinery,” says Lars Renström, president and CEO of the Alfa Laval Group. “It proves our ability to supply energy-efficient solutions for these demanding refinery applications.” Visit: www.alfalaval.com
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NCC to construct wind farms for SEK 460 million
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CC Construction Sweden has been commissioned to construct a total of 123 base plates, with associated roads, for two wind farms on the borders between the Swedish counties of Västernorrland and Jämtland. The client is Statkraft SCA Vind AB and the total
ABB wins order for next generation icebreaker in Russia’s Arctic
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BB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth $35 million from the Baltic Shipyard Ltd to supply powerful propulsion and energy efficient electrical systems for a new icebreaker vessel under construction for Russia’s state shipping company Rosmorport FSUE. 16 Industry Europe
Orange official technical supplier for Vendée Globe round-the-world yacht race
order value is SEK 460 million, which will be registered in the fourth quarter. One of the wind farms is called Björkhöjden and is located in the municipalities of Sollefteå and Ragunda. It will comprise 90 turbines. The second farm, Ögonfägnaden, is located in the municipalities of Sollefteå, Ragunda and Strömsund and will comprise 33 turbines. The order also includes construction of 103km of roads. When the wind farms are completed, they will produce 1090 GWh of electricity per year, corresponding to annual consumption of household electricity for 550,000 apartments. Work will commence in October 2012 and is scheduled to be completed in November 2014. A total of 50 individuals will be employed during the project. Visit: www.ncc.se The 25 megawatt (MW) line diesel-electric icebreaker is the next-generation multifunctional diesel-electric icebreaker. The navigation area of the icebreaker is the Northern Sea Route, the Arctic seas and estuaries of rivers discharging into the Arctic Ocean. The icebreaker is able to proceed continuously both ahead and astern at the speed of 2 knots in compact ice field up to 2m thick.
range is supplying all of the telecommunications solutions for the Vendée Globe 2012, one of the world’s most extreme yacht races where competitors sail around the world single handed, non-stop, and without assistance. The partnership with Orange will help ensure the event’s smooth operation and will support global media coverage via an extensive technological deployment. For the 2012–2013 Vendée Globe race, which began on 10 November, Orange Event Solutions, the event specialists, will deploy all of the secure telecoms solutions for each of the sites and areas used for the Vendée Globe event: the race and media computers, equipment for the floating docks, the crew area and exhibitors’ and hospitality villages. A full time team of technicians will be taking care of the operational aspects, including: telephone services (analogue and digital); high speed cabling to meet the needs of TV production and broadcasting; specific high speed links for photographers; LAN (cable) and Wi-Fi access for the press; independent and secure Wi-Fi areas; and mobile telephone services. Visit: www.orange.com
ABB will provide integrated power generation and distribution systems, thruster motors, fire-fighting pump motors as well as 25 MW propulsion systems. The propulsion system of the vessel features two Azipod® thruster units (power output 2 x 7.5 MW) and one centreline arranged shafting with a fixed pitch propeller generating additional 10MW output. Visit: www.abb.com
