The Fairmont Energy Station is a 25-MW project equipped with four Cat G16CM34 generator sets. The plant was commissioned in 2014. Photo courtesy: Caterpillar Inc. In southern Minnesota, where wind ...

The article stresses the critical importance of regular oil changes for reciprocating aircraft engines, referencing federal regulations and manufacturer guidelines as essential resources. It ...

Once merely a staple of backup and distributed generation, reciprocating engines are now challenging other resources for utility-scale generation—in addition to carving out some new niches. Grant ...

With applications that range from firming intermittent resources to providing combined heat and power solutions, reciprocating engine manufacturers have made strides to improve their machines’ ...

Reciprocating engines in sizes from a few kilowatts to several MW are used to generate electricity by utilities, hospitals, manufacturing plants and commercial buildings. For many years these engine ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala.--The engine of a tank is what keeps a combat vehicle running, whether in Iraq or Afghanistan. And, it's what depot employees do to it inside the Anniston Army Depot Nichols ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 1. Heber Light and Power, a public power provider based in Heber City, Utah, operates a reciprocating engine power plant featuring ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lakeland Electric is pushing forward with construction of its new McIntosh Reciprocating Engine Plant, seen in this video. Xi ...

With the rising costs of fossil fuels, many industries are looking for opportunities to save energy and money in their daily operations. Through its Advanced Reciprocating Engine Systems (ARES) ...

When you think of a large engine, you probably think of a heavy-duty truck V8. But the engines that actually power our world are bigger than your house.

Transforming the up-and-down movement of a piston into a rotational one means losing some power due to friction, and that's why many engineers tried to create a rotary engine. But only one made it ...

The reciprocating engine has been all the rage for at least three centuries. The first widely adopted engine of this type was the steam engine with a piston translating linear motion into rotational ...