Drax Power Station is poised to complete what it claims is the largest steam turbine modernisation programme in UK history.

Alstom S.A. (ENX:ALO) has announced that it has won a contract worth approximately €65m ($84m) with GDF Suez Energia Polska S.A. to perform the modernization of six units at Poland's Polaniec power plant plant.

Siemens Energy has received a first order from North America for the supply of its SGT-750 industrial gas turbine.

Irish utility ESB plans to invest £750m (US$1.2bn) to build a new 1500-MW gas-fired power plant in Britain.

The World Bank has signed an agreement with Egypt for the third phase of the North Giza power project.

Gamesa has announced the launch of a new wind turbine: the G114-2.0 MW Class IIIA, designed to achieve maximum returns from low wind sites.

A controversial wind farm has been given the all clear despite local opposition, and should produce enough energy to power 175 000 homes.

Three or four times bigger than the current largest effort, the world's biggest wind farm is being planned off England's south coast.

Dutch renewable energy company 2-B Energy has signed a deal with Scottish Enterprise to develop a unique two-bladed offshore wind turbine in Scotland that could reduce the cost of offshore turbines by as much as 45 per cent.

Centrax Limited has won another significant order in the highly competitive German district heating market.

It gives me great pleasure to present the second edition of Power Engineering International's special Gas & Steam Turbine Directory issue, which as the name suggests focuses on the workhorses of the conventional power industry, namely gas and steam turbines.

PEi: There are a number of associations in Europe that are dedicated to the conventional turbine (gas and steam) sector. What makes the European Turbine Network [ETN] different?

Shaw Group has been cleared to commence construction of a new dual fuel combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant at Ninemile Point Steam Electric Station located in New Orleans, Louisiana, US.

Gas turbine driven power solutions manufacturer, OPRA Turbines B.V., has announced it will be opening its first office in Moscow, Russia.

DIV Wind OOD has unveiled plans to build 74 wind turbines near Balchik in northeastern Bulgaria.

Danish wind utility, Vestas, has received an order from Chinese wind energy developer Longyuan to supply 25 turbines which have a total capacity of 50MW.

Iraq’s cabinet has approved the award of a $363m contract to build a 1,014 MW gas power plant at Baiji in Salah al-Din governorate to Egypt’s Orascom Construction Industries (OCI).

To meet tourism demand in the autonomous region of Tibet, the Chinese government is launching a project to build a new airport for which Himoinsa has supplied three generators suited to the high altitude and extreme climatic conditions.

Siemens Energy has received an order for a steam turbine generator to be used in a waste-to-energy plant equipped with combined power and heat generation in Plymouth, England.