Photo Courtesy of SDLG Volvo is now producing four models of SDLG excavators in Brazil. Related Links: Volvo Imports Chinese Wheel Loaders to North America Volvo Opens $100-Million Factory Expansion Volvo Construction Equipment has started production of excavators under its Chinese brand at a $10-million assembly plant in Brazil. Excavators from China-based Shandong Lingong Construction Machinery Co. Ltd. (SDLG) are being built in Volvo's facility in Pederneiras, Brazil, for sale in the Brazilian market.The first production run will include four SDLG crawler-excavator models: the LG6150E, LG6210E, LG225E and LG6250E. These machines fall in the 13.8-metric-ton to 24.3-metric-ton weight classes. The
This week we look at a crane video camera from Pacific System Solutions and hydraulic drill rig available from Kelly Tractor. Click to begin the slide show.
Related Links: California Plant To Double U.S. Solar Thermal Power Production Solar Industry Races Subsidy Sunset Solar Energy Industries Association It has been a good year for solar so far. The Ivanpah project is only a part of the 900 MW of concentrating-solar power capacity expected to be commissioned in the U.S. in 2013, according to the "U.S. Solar Market Insight Q1 Report" published by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), a solar advocacy organization. But the rise in concentrating-solar and photovoltaic (PV) projects may represent a rush to secure a crucial federal tax credit before it expires in 2016.Introduced
Rendering Courtesy of Broad Group At 838 meters, Sky City would be the world's tallest building. Photo Copyright tobyphillipsphotography Broad Group Chairman Zhang Yue (right) gave a presentation on Sky City at the 2013 London conference of the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. Video by Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat Full video of Zhang Yue's presentation to CTBUH's London conference in June 2013. Related Links: CTBUH's Antony Wood's Report on His Visit to Broad Group World's Tallest Building Halted Over Missing Permit (Global Times, 7-26-13) Broad Sustainable Building Website (english version) On July 20, a groundbreaking
Photo by Jeff Rubenstone for ENR A weakness in global mining has hurt Cat's equipment sales. Construction equipment makers Caterpillar and Terex reported mixed earnings results in the second quarter, with slow global construction sales expected to continue through the second half of 2013. Caterpillar's most profitable segment was its power-systems business, but that was overshadowed by slow sales in its global mining and construction units. Cat's 2013 sales and revenue outlook is now in the range of $56 billion to $58 billion, a decline from an earlier outlook of $57 billion to $61 billion.Terex reported a 5.1% drop in
Related Links: Delaware Utility's Road From Bloom Box to Grid Bloom Energy Delware State Assembly Bill SB 124 Row after row of glossy black boxes hum away on an acre of land between a cornfield and the banks of Delaware's Red Lion Creek. "It's basically a fuel-cell farm," says George Gottuso, senior project manager with Hill International. "Right now, it's delivering 5.8 megawatts to the utility."These refrigerator-sized cabinets are Bloom Energy Servers, natural-gas-powered fuel cells manufactured and owned by Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, Calif. Each energy server contains a stack of solid-oxide fuel cells, made with Bloom's patented process and design.One
