Wärtsilä received full notice to proceed for delivering engines for two new natural gas power plants in Michigan owned by UMERC, a WEC Energy Group subsidiary. The plants in Negaunee and Baraga townships will have a combined output of 188 MW from ten Wärtsilä 50SG engines.

Wärtsilä will supply engineering, equipment and delivery for two natural gas power plants with a total gross capacity of 188 MW to an unnamed Investor Owned Utility in the USA, valued at about EUR 80 million. The contract is contingent on regulatory approvals and equipment delivery is planned for 2018.

Wärtsilä will supply engines and equipment for two natural-gas power plants of 19 MW and 75 MW for the city of Tallahassee, Florida, under an engineering and equipment delivery contract valued at about EUR 45 million. The plants are due to be operational in the second half of 2018.

Power Services Group of Anderson, SC added Orbital Energy Services and Turbine Generator Maintenance as wholly-owned subsidiaries alongside three existing Airco companies, creating a combined maintenance, repair and overhaul provider for rotating equipment in power generation and industrial markets.

Vestas received a firm, unconditional order for 174 V110-2.0 MW turbines totalling 348 MW in the USA from an undisclosed customer. Nacelles, blades and towers will be produced in Vestas' Colorado factories, with delivery expected from Q1 2018.

BITZER, the refrigeration compressor maker, announced the acquisition of ElectraTherm, a Reno, Nevada company making Organic Rankine Cycle waste heat to power generators. The deal gives BITZER a US subsidiary entry into the waste heat to power market.

The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awarded Andritz Hydro a contract worth $6.82 million to modernize and overhaul three original pressure relief valves at the Hoover Dam, with work starting in October and lasting about three years.

Siemens received an order from Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation to supply two Industrial Trent 60 gas turbines and generators for the Bayonne Energy Center, which supplies power to New York City. The order also extends Siemens' long-term service contract.

Ormat Technologies signed a $36 million EPC contract with a subsidiary of Cyrq Energy to supply one air-cooled Ormat Energy Converter for the Soda Lake 3 geothermal project in northern Nevada, expected online in the first half of 2018.