It has been said that energy efficiency is the invisible fuel to “keep the world turned on.” Demonstrating a commitment to helping customers extract, generate, convert or transport energy more efficiently, GE’s Power Conversion business (NYSE: GE) is proud to unveil its new powerful MV7-Series, ultimate waveform, multilevel, high-power drive, the MV7-Series Drive with UWave technology.

How do you transfer liquids from drums and barrels safely and cleanly when you have no electrical or air supply available to drive the pump motor and manual, hand-operated pumps are not an option?

Construction activities at Wudongde hydropower station, the fourth largest of its kind in China, are now fully under way. Voith is supporting the Wudongde project with the supply of six hydroelectric turbine generator units and auxiliary parts with a total installed capacity of 5,100 megawatts.

Ebara Corporation shipped one of the world’s largest Boiler Feed Water pumps to supercritical power plants* in China. These are the first single pumps capable of supplying water to a boiler of a 1,000MW power plant.

The new SCC (Shaped Centrifugal Castings) technology enables components such as valve bodies and adaptors to be obtained via a centrifugal process, which improves performance by 70-80% resulting in more competitive prices.

Pfeiffer Vacuum introduces the new single-stage rotary vane vacuum pumps Uno 3 and Uno 6. These compact vacuum pumps distinguish themselves with very low energy consumption of no more than 150 watts. Their low weight makes them ideally suitable for integration into existing systems.

By 2019 coal-fired power generators in Asia will be spending $342 million for ultrapure water systems. This is up from $243 million in 2012. This includes the ion-exchange or electrodeionization modules, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis, degasification membranes, metering pumps, treatment chemicals, piping and all the associated valves. This does not include the valves in the steam cycle. These forecasts are displayed in McIlvaine publication, Ultrapure Water: World Market.

Voith has gained another success on the dynamic South East Asian hydropower market: Voith Fuji Hydro, a joint venture company of Voith Hydro and Fuji Electric Co. based in Japan, has been awarded a contract to supply major electro-mechanical equipment for the Rajamandala Hydroelectric Power Project in Indonesia.

Voith has been awarded a new contract to supply the complete electromechanical equipment for a pumped storage power plant in Thailand.

An extremely powerful Unison all-electric pipe bending machine is helping Frank Mohn Piping to improve the production accuracy and throughput of complex large-bore hydraulic piping systems. The machine is also designed to help the company improve manufacturing efficiency by reducing the number of steps required to fabricate piping parts.