Drew Robb

How to cope with increasing cycling, start and ramp-up issues plaguing heat recovery steam generators.

Key concerns: plant flexibility, loss of technological expertise, deficient R&D investment and more stringent emission laws.

State-of-the-art tools for turbomachinery advance and simplify engine design, field service, training and maintenance.

New opportunities arise in the face of growing challenges at PowerGen.

Siemens has completed an extensive modernization and upgrade project in Barranquilla, Colombia. This was done for Zona Franca Celsia (formerly Termof lores S.A. E.S.P.), an energy company that provides generation, transmission and distribution via thermoelectric hydroelectric, and solar plants.

Distributed generation, combined heat & power and hydrogen are driving the market for smaller and mid-sized turbines.