Emerson

The Salto Grande Mixed Technical Commission has awarded Emerson a contract to modernize operations at the 1,890MW Salto Grande Hydroelectric Complex.

Emerson and Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Americas are joining forces to enhance the performance and reliability of power plants operating with MHPS gas or steam turbines.

TransAlta Corporation has selected Emerson as the main automation contractor in its planned conversions of coal-fired units to natural gas. The project is part of TransAlta's $2b Clean Energy Investment Plan that will convert...

Emerson has won a contract to retrofit controls on two Alstom turbines at Engie's DK6 combined-cycle power plant in France. 

Emerson has been selected to retrofit outdated controls at the Elektrik Uretim Ambarli A combined-cycle power plant in Istanbul, Turkey.

Emerson has completed its acquisition of Pentair Valves & Controls in a deal worth $3.15bn.

AMETEK Land launches near infrared borescope UK-based temperature measurement specialist AMETEK Land has released a new Near Infrared Borescope (NIR-B) 3XR for industrial gas applications. AMETEK says the NIR-B 3XR "delivers continuous reformer tube wall temperature...

Heat rate is a measure of plant efficiency and is calculated by measuring the combined performance of all auxiliaries, specifically the measure of energy (fuel) put into a system, divided by the electricity generated.

US company Emerson is to buy the Valves & Controls business of Pentair for $3.15bn.

Emerson has launched the Rosemount CT5400 continuous gas analyser, which it says is in response to "the worldwide need for highly accurate, easy-to-use and cost-effective process gas analysis and emissions monitoring systems".