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Caterpillar has followed up its recent international power project (IPP) deals with APR Energy and Energy International Inc by announcing a further IPP partnership with Energyst Cat Rental Power, the Netherlands-based power rental company jointly owned by a number of European Caterpillar dealers.

Aggreko is to convert its 145 MW diesel temporary power plant in Ghorashal, Bangladesh into a natural gas plant. The change, agreed with client Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), will extend the contract period to 2015 and increase its value by US$100 million.

When a 190-foot-tall power plant cooling tower needed immediate work, Acme Lift Company's phone started ringing - and it came from United Rentals.

Speedy has won a three-year contract with the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to supply lifting consumables to the nuclear processing sites at Sellafield, the 11 Magnox reactors, Dounreay and other locations.

APR Energy (APR) has won a rental contract with Électricité de France (EDF) to supply 20 MW of power to the Caribbean island of Martinique.

APR Energy (APR) has entered into a partnership with Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS) that will give APR exclusive access to Pratt & Whitney’s 25 MW mobile gas turbines for rental applications.

Caterpillar, Cat dealer Ring Power and APR Energy have signed a five year agreement to cooperate on international power rental projects, particularly in emerging markets.

Dubai-based Rental Solutions & Services (RSS) has installed 80 MVA of rental power for two power utility companies in Oman, its first power project in the country.

Manlift, the Dubai-based company that rents aerial platforms and power in the Middle East, is expanding its power division by targeting new markets outside the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

UK private equity company Horizon Acquisition has bought the US-based power rental company APR Energy for US$855 and said it will provide around $275 million to fund expansion.

Two days after issuing a positive trading statement Aggreko has announced a further major contract win, to provide 100 MW of emergency power in Tanzania for 12 months.

Aggreko said it is ready to help Japan in the aftermath of last Friday’s earthquake and tsunami.

Aggreko has won a US$180 million contract to supply a 150 MW gas-fired power plant – its largest yet - for the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB).

German tunnelling contractor Baresel Gmbh is using a mix of owned and rented ABS pumps on a tunnel dewatering application as part of a major project to build a 1400 MW hydroelectric power station in the Black Forest, close to the border with Switzerland.

Bredenoord’s Purity fuel cell powered generator made a working appearance at the Glastonbury Festival last week and is to embark on a tour of other festivals in the UK over the summer.

This JCB JS145 excavator is dragging a pipeline uphill as part of the construction of a hydro electric power scheme near Kinloch Rannoch, in Perthshire, Scotland.

GAM has won a €6 million contract with Suzlom Wind Energy Spain to transport and assemble 49 wind turbines in four new wind farms in Almeria, Spain.

Cummins Power Generation rented more than 25 MW of temporary power to 18 companies in Ceder Rapids, Iowa in June after record flood levels in the Cedar River.

Energyst CAT Rental Power has installed 50 MW of temporary power in Cyprus to cope with the influx of 2.5 million tourists to the island over the summer months.