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Editor:Aidan Turnbullpowereditorial@gmp.uk.comSales Director:Neb Saricnsaric@gmp.uk.comPublisher:Richard Teasdalerteasdale@gmp.uk.comJournal Assistant:Zoë Taylorztaylor@gmp.uk.comAccounts Division:Sally Gassonaccounts@gmp.uk.comFar East Sales:C H Park,Far East Marketing Incfemchp@unitec.co.krGerman/Danish/Swedish Sales:Mario Dobreskomdobresko@gmp.uk.comRussia Sales:Sergy Stanovkinstanovkin@dars.ruUS Sales & Subscriptions:Alex Carteracarter@gmp.uk.comAsia-Pacific Correspondent:John Gossjohn.goss@ceejay.com.hkContributorsChristopher Hopkins; Wartsila; GEEnergy Centrax; Man-Diesel; CumminsPower Generation; Siemens; BWE;Rolls Royce; ElectrawindsPublished by:Global Media Publishing LtdGlobal House, 13 Market Square,Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1EU,UK. Tel: +44 (0)1403 220750Fax: +44 (0)1403 220751Website: www.gmp.uk.com© Worldwide Independent Power(ISSN 1468-7100).Subscription price £120 (UK),£180 (overseas) per year.Please send address changes toWorldwide Independent Power,Global House, 13 Market Square,Horsham, RH12 1EU, UK.Printed by Manor Creative, UKAuditors: ABC applicationapproved October 2006In the next issue• CHP & Cogeneration• Diesel/Gas Engine• Renewables Round Up• Gen-Sets & Loadbanks• Silencers/Insulation• UPS Systems/MaintenanceGMPGlobal Media Publishing LtdJ u l y 2 0 0 9C O N T E N T SAlternators 14Essentially, you want the greatest performance from analternator for the least cost, reports Steve Wells.CHP Systems 16Asko Vuorinen explains how modelling can help municipal CHPsystems to be optimised in terms of profit and efficiency.Gen-Set controls 18Roger Watterson looks at how generators and their controlsplay a vital role in network maintenance.Controls for Gen-Sets 20Larry Fetting and Lee Ann Duval unveil a new gen-set withPowerCommand software controls.Gas Turbines 22Malmo’s latest gas turbine driven plant has been completed byHitachi Power Europe, Olaf Lipinski reports.Heat Exchangers 24GEA Iberica has won an order for heat-exchange surfacecondensers for a new solar thermal power plant in Spain.Filtration 25US-based Westar Energy has saved US$231,000 over the lastthree years thanks to improved filtration from Pall.Blading 26There’s a new kind of abrasive tip material available forturbine blades, report Scott Wilson and Thomas Peters.Switchgear 27Linde Engineering’s project in Abu Dhabi depends on Siemens’gas-insulated 220-kV high voltage switchgear.Power Plant Review 28Profile of the Monsenergo Turnkey Project - PLUS we look atAustria’s Walsum 10 coal power plant in Westphalia [page30].R E G U L A R SPower news from around the world 6Sharewatch 12New Products, Contracts & Applications 32www.gmp.uk.com/powerPROMOTING ON-SITE POWER AND COGENERATIONWORLDWIDE INDEPENDENT POWERSwitchgear - the faceof the future?Heat exchangers destined for Spain.See Page 24.Our power portfolio includes:W O R L D W I D E I N D E P E N D E N T P O W E RJULY 2009Switchgearthe face ofthe futureSiemens Energy has produced advancedgas-insulated 220-kV switchgear for thepower supply to an air separation plantfor The Linde Group and ADNOC. [Pic:Linde’s Burghausen facility, Germany]More power for Malmo, Sweden.See Page 22.8-10 June - NEC - BirminghamIP&EE2010Independent Power & Energy EuropeM I D D L E E A S T P O W E R