Converteam was awarded a new contract for nine Variable Speed Drives Systems with PetroChina for the emblematic West-East Gas Pipeline Project (WEPP) which is one of the biggest infrastructure projects in China. With this new contract, Converteam reinforces its presence in the Chinese Oil & Gas market.
Converteam lands a major mine hoist project with one of the leading potash producers in the world, Mosaic Potash Esterhazy. The Esterhazy K3 mine expansion project in Esterhazy, Saskatchewan, is the largest new potash mining project in decades for Canada. The Esterhazy mine site is the largest potash mine in the world.
May 31, 2011
Converteam has shipped the first of two massive 75 tonne, 36 Megawatt generators designed specifically to match the electrical power requirement of the propulsion motors for the Royal Navy's Queen Elizabeth Class (QEC) aircraft carriers.
Converteam is to present a new generation of photovoltaic (PV) inverters at the Intersolar 2011 (hall B4, booth B4.370) in Munich, Germany. The new inverter works with a DC input voltage of up to 1,500V (DC) offering higher efficiency under partial load conditions and higher power. This results in significant cost savings for the infrastructure of photovoltaic power plants.
Converteam has been selected by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) as designer and supplier of high efficiency electrical systems for three newbuild ultra-deepwater drillships for Noble Corporation, one of the world’s largest offshore drilling contractors.