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EBARA Bombas América do Sul Ltda. (EBAS), an overseas group company of EBARA CORPORATION (EBARA) received an order for a vertical pump from Companhia Siderurgica Nacional. This makes the first order received for a vertical pump in almost 50 years in Brazil.

Harnessing the power of water is one of the most efficient and environmentally friendly ways to produce electricity. For a hydropower installation of any size, it is imperative to keep turbines and generators running to maximise output and return on investment.

GEMÜ is supporting the development of a new system, which will double existing ventilation capacities by enabling two patients to use the same ventilator, with a pragmatic solution.

In 2016, the Zeeland Clean Water Plant in Michigan moved forward with plans to double its capacity from 1.6 million gallons per day (MGD) to over 3 million MGD. The utility saw the expansion as an opportunity to upgrade aging equipment with innovative, more sustainable approaches, including solutions from Xylem’s Sanitaire, Flygt and YSI brands.

Packaged wastewater treatment plant provider WPL installed a below-ground system in Klimkovice, in the country’s Moravian-Silesian region, as part of a municipality-led project to construct a first-time sewerage network to serve 340 of the town’s residents.

In 2018, the Brazilian government tightened the regulations for the proportion of oil and grease residue in production-related waste water on oil platforms. As a result, an international energy company was looking for a way to reduce the share of TOG (total oil and grease) in its production facilities off the Brazilian coast.

A recent move to further reduce emissions caused by excessive energy consumption has seen the Norwegian government offering funding to companies that lessen their contribution to CO2 and NOx figures.

Rovatti Pompe has recently completed a supply of pumps for deep installations for primary irrigation and water supply systems in South America.

AUMA electric actuators are increasingly being deployed on offshore converter platforms providing high voltage direct current transmission (HVDC) for wind farms. Approximately 150 AUMA SQ part-turn actuators with intelligent AC actuator controls ensure reliable valve automation on the BorWin gamma converter platform in the North Sea, for example.

At its research and development center, the Brunnenmühle in Heidenheim, the Voith technology group successfully completed three fully homogeneous model acceptance tests for the Swiss pumped storage power plant Ritom.

CURRENTA is managing and providing services to CHEMPARK in Leverkusen, Germany. All of its hazardous waste incineration plants were using conventional filter presses to separate solids from waste water generated by flue-gas scrubbing.