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25 years after the MWM Service-Center Nord in Berlin first launched operations, the new company building was officially opened on January 16. The new building addresses the greater challenges the company is currently faced with. Apart from a much higher capacity, the building also provides a more efficient and modern workplace.
Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH is proud of the achievements of its MWM brand in 2024. Highlights of the year include the expansion of the genuine MWM spare parts campaign, the rollout of energy projects around the globe, the launch of the Latin American website mwmenergy.lat, and new product and service offerings.
On November 13, the top management of RSE s.r.o and MWM met to sign an agreement defining the framework for close cooperation. Building on the achievements to date, both sides have decided to increase their joint efforts and resources to ensure the highest quality products, outstanding services, and an excellent customer experience.
The multinational energy group and MWM distributor TEDOM is set to take over the Italian CHP manufacturer Intergen, thereby further expanding its market position.
For many years, Central Asia has been one of the world’s fastest growing regions. This is also reflected in the ongoing high demand for independent, distributed energy solutions with MWM gas engines. For this reason, an MWM office was opened in Almaty, Kazakhstan, in order to facilitate the exchange of information with existing and future customers and to expand activities in the region.
The new QR codes on the MWM gas engines take customers and distributors to an online platform that provides relevant service documents. Existing plants with MWM gas engines can be retrofitted with the QR codes.
MWM solutions provider İltekno has implemented another cogeneration project with MWM gas engines in Uzbekistan. To supply heat and power to the district of Chilanzar, İltekno has installed two MWM TCG 3020 V20 gas engines for the energy company JSC Thermal Power Plants.
MWM has expanded its offering in the market segment of gas engines with a 60 Hz variant of the TCG 3020 V20 gas generator set, thereby providing customers with further application options in distributed energy generation.
In a district heating power plant in Szydłowiec, Poland, an MWM TCG 3016 V16 gas engine generates heat and electricity, which is fed into the public grid.
MWM gas engines have been running in Ukraine for more than 20 years. During the “ReBuild Ukraine” exhibition held in Warsaw in November 2023, we were able to discuss the current opportunities and difficulties of the Ukrainian energy market with Dmytro Isachenko, General Manager of the MWM service provider Interenergo, which has been rolling out energy projects in Ukraine since 2005.
MWM looks back on the financial year 2023. The year’s highlights included the celebration of “100 years MWM brand”, the introduction MWM engine series for hydrogen operation with an admixture of up to 25 vol%, and the global implementation of projects for distributed energy generation with MWM gas engines.
In 2021, company TEDOM installed a packaged TCG 3016 V12 as part of a modernization program of the district heating system in the city of Brandýs nad Labem-Stará Boleslav, Czech Republic. Since then, the generator set has been operating successfully for 12 to 16 hours a day in winter and about 6 hours a day in summer.
New engines of the MWM TCG 3020 series can now be operated with a hydrogen admixture of up to 25 vol%. Existing plants with TCG 3020 gas engines can be upgraded with the MWM 25H2 kit for operation with a hydrogen admixture of up to 25 vol%.
Turkish EPC contractor and MWM distributor İltekno has been active in Uzbekistan for many years and is known especially for the construction and commissioning of Uzbekistan’s first cogeneration power plant with gas engines in 2019. On July 26, 2023, delegates of CES, MWM, and İltekno met at their headquarters in Istanbul to sign an MWM Solutions Provider agreement for Uzbekistan, expanding and deepening the successful partnership that started 21 years ago.
In 2021, the Rúbanisko II power plant went live in Lučenec, Slovakia, supplying heat and electricity to the local population. Since then, the TCG 3016 V16 has generated more than 10,000 MWh of power.
MWM has introduced new TCG 3016 gas engines that support hydrogen admixture of up to 25 vol%. Existing plants with TCG 3016 gas engines can be upgraded with the MWM retrofit kit for operation with a hydrogen admixture of up to 25 vol%.
The newly installed biogas plant in Lozovo, North Macedonia, with its two TCG 2020 V12 gas engines is able to supply approximately 4,000 households with electrical energy. The MWM gas engines used for this project were delivered in their highly efficient 1-MW variant. Fueled exclusively with renewables and organic waste, the engines also deliver 2.1 MW of thermal energy.
The website www.mwm.at has been launched to present customers of the MWM brand with an optimized platform for the Eastern European and Central Asian energy market. The launch was rolled out together with the team of MWM Austria GmbH, which is responsible for the markets in Eastern Europe and Central Asia (CIS).
In 2019, specialists from the Turkish EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) contractor İltekno successfully commissioned a power plant for FT Textile Group LLC. This is the first cogeneration power plant based on gas engines in the country and provides secure power supply and low energy costs for the production facility near Namangan.
Despite global crises and the stress the employees were subject to due to the coronavirus pandemic, MWM was able to continue to deliver a fine business performance. For the brand, 2022 thus proved to be a productive financial year. Apart from the rollout of numerous energy projects around the globe, the main focus was on hydrogen as a clean fuel for MWM gas engines and cogeneration power plants and on the start of the 100th MWM brand anniversary celebrations.
This is the 100th year of the renowned engineering brand MWM, which has successfully secured a leading edge over its competitors and gained high recognition value. Caterpillar Energy Solutions celebrates this special brand anniversary with a dedicated MWM anniversary website, interviews conducted with brand experts, background information on the MWM brand, and a quiz about the past 100 years.
With its versatile MWM TCG 3020 V20 2MW gas engine, MWM expands its lineup of generator sets, offering customers a unit that delivers high efficiency under maximum performance in the 2 MWel segment.
The new online status monitoring system MWM Remote Asset Monitoring (RAM) is now also available for MWM gas engines with the digital power plant control TPEM (Total Plant & Energy Management). Newly shipped gas engines with TPEM control are now delivered ready for MWM RAM activation. Existing plants can easily be upgraded with a retrofit kit.
In February 2022, two service teams of the MWM distributor TEDOM a.s. completed the general overhaul of two TCG 2032 V16 gas engines in just 15 working days. The customer appreciated the exemplary cooperation of the teams from five countries, which reduced the maintenance downtime to a minimum.
Commissioned in July 2021, the 10-MW biogas plant supplied to the Timokhovo landfill by Electrosystems Co. Ltd. generates electricity for the landfill and the local grid, while providing the heat required for the digestion process. The biogas plant uses the available methane for sustainable energy production instead of allowing uncontrolled decomposition of the waste and release of gases into the atmosphere.
In August 2021, Valdex Energetica LLC, one of Russia’s leading companies in the field of engineering, design, and maintenance of power generation plants, successfully commissioned the first stage of the new power plant for the Sukhonsky Cardboard and Paper Mill LLC. Since the go-live, the genset has reliably provided 4.3 MW of electrical energy.
Russia was already a very important market for MWM at the beginning of the 20th century. Learn more about this and the 150-year anniversary of MWM in a localized version of the highly acclaimed video about the brand’s eventful history and the people behind it, created exclusively for our customers and partners in Russia and the surrounding countries.
Despite the stress that the employees were subject to due to the coronavirus pandemic, MWM was able to perpetuate its successful business performance. For the brand, 2021 thus proved to be a productive financial year. Apart from the rollout of numerous energy projects, the product launch of the TCG 3020 V12 and V16 gas engines and the RAM and AGRGS systems, the year was marked by the 150th anniversary of MWM.
MWM will launch commercially available power generation solutions from 400 kW to 4.5 MW that can be configured to operate on natural gas blended with up to 25% hydrogen.
The MWM Automatic Generator Bearing Re-Greasing System (AGRGS) reduces costs and effort.
On the occasion of MWM’s 150th anniversary, a tram has been decorated with a design in MWM blue, and posters have been put up in several street-facing windows, e.g. on Carl-Benz-Strasse in Mannheim. The MWM tram travels through the entire rnv network in Mannheim and surrounding areas.
The MWM TCG 3020 gas engines are now also available as V12 and V16. Thanks to the compact design, the new MWM gas engines deliver up to 18 percent more performance than the predecessor models, though their dimensions are almost identical.
The relaunched website of MWM appears in a new, fresh design. The graphical modifications and technical fine-tuning of the online presence have been implemented as part of the digital campaign on the occasion of the 150th anniversary under the motto “150 years of continuous innovation”.
By upgrading the engines of its biogas plant locations with eight containerized MWM cogeneration power plants and MWM TCG 3016 gas engines, the agricultural company Gebrüder Nooren GbR has doubled the installed electrical output of the existing plants. The generated power is fed into the public grid.
MWM Austria GmbH has received the international “Golden Lightning” award in Moscow at the VIII Distributed Power Generation — Great Achievements International Award in recognition of an energy project in Austria. The biogas CHP plant uses the by-products that accumulate at the textile pulp manufacturer AustroCel Hallein GmbH for eco-friendly, inexpensive combined heat and power (CHP) generation.
With MWM Remote Asset Monitoring (RAM), you can monitor your CHP plant all around the clock from any location worldwide. It allows you to directly and proactively react to any issues on site. By using MWM RAM, potential damage can be identified at an early stage before it causes a shutdown of your site.
In 1871, automotive pioneer Carl Benz founded the “Mechanische Werkstätte” in Mannheim, laying the company’s cornerstone. Now, in this year of 2021, MWM is proud of its 150 years of innovation, development, and progress, which have yielded powerful and reliable gas engines and CHP plants that are still being marketed from Mannheim to the entire world.
The relaunched corporate website of Caterpillar Energy Solutions dons a new design. The website now features even more information on career opportunities, services, products, and training offerings.
MWM looks back on 12 trend-setting, successful months. Throughout the year, MWM rolled out numerous energy projects for clean and sustainable energy generation and created new digital platforms for customer communication. With its EmiBox, MWM offers a reliable emission monitoring solution.
The launch of the “MWM Energy Blog” on mwm-energyblog.com represents the next step in the expansion of the range of digital information on cogeneration power plants and gas engines. In the MWM Energy Blog, MWM presents information on energy policy topics, technical innovations, and opportunities of distributed energy production with cogeneration and gas engines.
With the new MWM Service Portal, MWM takes the next step on the path to digitization in the fields of service, marketing, and sales of innovative energy solutions. Smart production processes enable MWM partners to create individualized product catalogs with services for their customers on the basis of standardized print templates. The flyers can be designed and produced both for web and for print purposes.
MWM is further expanding its service offering by launching its own brand channel in the social networks Facebook and LinkedIn. On these digital platforms, MWM provides interesting information on MWM products, the latest industry news, and fascinating background stories.
MWM distributor MKS Group of Companies is setting up production facilities for modular power plants for distributed energy supply in the Malaya Sosnovka Industrial Innovation Park in the Russian region of Chelyabinsk. Additionally, a modular power plant will supply the residents of the industrial park with heat and power. The plans for the construction of another production site for modular power plants in the Moscow region are already in the pipeline.
MWM distributor MKS Group of Companies has commissioned a highly efficient energy center in the Chelyabinsk region of Russia. The modular power plant is equipped with an MWM TCG 2020 V20 gas engine and ensures uninterrupted energy supply for sensitive natural stone production and processing workflows. Additionally, the efficient, distributed energy generation concept enables the industrial enterprise to save two thirds of its previous energy costs.
A customer satisfaction survey conducted by MWM Service from April 2019 to February 2020 has delivered positive results and a satisfaction index of 98 percent. In total, more than 800 responses have been received from MWM customers in Europe concerning their experiences with MWM maintenance activities and MWM Service in general.
Last year, a new cogeneration power plant was opened for the Nadezhda smelting plant of UMMC-Steel Corp. in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russian Federation. The new cogeneration plant is one of the most technologically advanced and energy-efficient power plants in the Ural Mountains. Powered by four MWM TCG 2032B V16 gas engines, the cogeneration power plant ensures reliable energy generation and emergency power supply for increased profitability and eco-friendliness of the company.
The digital “TCG Portal” gives MWM partners a concise overview and secure, convenient access to all applications and services for MWM TCG gas engines. With its innovative, customer-friendly platform, MWM successfully takes on the challenges of distributed energy generation in this age of digitization.
For the first two episodes of the MWM service tutorial video series “Do it the smart way”, the independent international expert jury of the WorldMediaFestival 2020 honors Caterpillar Energy Solutions with the intermedia-globe Silver Award in the category “Training: Learning Programmes”. The German-language videos have been translated and dubbed in several languages.
When the cogeneration power plant was first set up in 2007, Dräger opted for reliable, efficient MWM engine technology in the form of a TCG 2020 V12. After 13 years of smooth operation, the core of the cogeneration power plant is now being replaced with an MWM TCG 2020 V12 gas genset with improved efficiency.
In 2019, official MWM distributor MKS Group of Companies successfully completed commissioning of the generating equipment at the power plant for the NLMK Ural (NLMK Group) enterprise in Russia. The new energy complex becomes the most powerful gas engine power plant in the district, reduces the enterprise’s production costs, and decreases the greenhouse gas emissions of the enterprise by 4,000 tons per year.
In the last phase of a three-phased project MWM completes the renewal of the Spanish wastewater treatment plant Viveros de la Villa in Madrid. For a higher efficiency of the cogeneration plant an MWM TCG 3016 V08 genset will be installed.
With its positive business performance and numerous trend-setting, award-winning innovations, 2019 was an outstanding year for MWM. The year was especially marked by the topics of energy security and sustainable energy generation as well as growing flexibilization of CHP plants.
Every two years company TEDOM invites their international business partners to inform about future developments of their products, to exchange experience in sales and service and to update business relations with their partners all over the world. This year’s event in Prague, which has been the 10th anniversary of the TEDOM Partners´ Meeting, offered the opportunity of celebrating the milestone of purchasing the 300th MWM genset.
As of October 1, 2019, Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH, headquartered in Mannheim, Germany, will be headed by Johan Masse, Uwe Sternstein and Peter Körner. The company represents the MWM and Cat brands. The new management team comprises three experienced managers with long-standing expertise.
During summer heat waves, trigeneration is an attractive alternative especially for industrial cooling processes in the manufacturing industry. The distributed energy generation with cogeneration power plants makes it possible for enterprises to ensure smooth operations through efficient, uninterrupted energy supply even under difficult conditions.
MWM distributor “Electrosystems” Technical Holding in Russia has invited MWM to their workshop facility in order to inspect three of the recently manufactured 1,5 MW CHP containers.
In May 2019 the MWM distributor MKS Group of Companies has achieved a new milestone in the sector of the distributed energy supply within the Russian Federation by setting the first fully locally produced 4,5MW Modular-Power-Plant, based on the MWM TCG 2032B V16 genset, into operation.
On March 15, 2019, the new pellet plant of WUN Pellets GmbH went live in Wunsiedel, Upper Franconia. The 30-million-euro investment was officially inaugurated by Dr. Markus Söder, Bavaria’s Minister-President. The pellet plant’s control energy power plant, which runs with three MWM TCG 2032B V16 gas engines, is considered to be an outstanding example of eco-friendly, distributed energy generation.
At the WorldMediaFestival, Caterpillar Energy Solutions again received the Intermedia-Globe Silver award, this time for its product video about the newly developed MWM TCG 3020 gas engine. Especially the sophisticated 3D animations and the soundtrack, which was composed especially for the video, earned the praise of the international expert jury.
MWM has published a product film about the newly developed TCG 3020 gas engine, a multi-talent that delivers improved performance and profitability in a compact design and effectively balances efficiency and reliability.
The MWM TCG 2020 V16 power genset installed by the Munich City Utilities for the cogeneration power plant of the Munich Exhibition Grounds delivers improved efficiency, more flexibility, and better eco-compatibility for distributed energy generation. In addition to the ICM building, the CHP plant also supplies the offices in the administration building with heat and power.
On August 14, 2018 at the MWM energy generation seminar in Jakarta, Indonesia, PT. Kaltimex Energy was officially certified as authorized service partner of MWM Asia-Pacific in Indonesia. The seminar was attended by industry representatives as well as customers of PT. Kaltimex Energy.
A new model of the MWM gas engines is now available on the market: TCG 3020 V20. Apart from delivering improved performance and profitability, this gas engine effectively balances efficiency and reliability.
Newly installed cogeneration power plants, engine replacement of cogeneration power plants with MWM gas engines, transition to flexible operation of many CHP plants, and increasing digitization—as a whole, MWM is very pleased with its business performance and trend-setting innovations in the past 12 months and makes a robust forecast for 2019.
Due to the characteristics of renewable energies, many operators of gas-fired plants depend on flexible operation. To avoid supply fluctuations, it must be possible to start up power plants speedily. A special mode of operation allows the MWM TCG 2032B V16 to flexibly switch between a normal and a shorter start time.
The power outage at Hamburg’s Helmut Schmidt airport underlines the importance of precisely planned, installed, and maintained cogeneration power plants and emergency power systems. Uninterrupted power supply helps avoid economic losses and ensures the security of the passengers and the personnel.
Another MWM product film has qualified for a renowned international media award: The WorldMediaFestival honored the product film entitled “TCG 3016. Efficiency Goes Digital” with the Intermedia-Globe silver award 2018 in the Sales Promotion category.
With its high energy efficiency and flexibility, the TCG 2020 gas engine is MWM’s most successful power genset around the globe and is also very popular in India. A party was held in recognition of the superb ecological and economic performance of the MWM gas engine series.
A short while after the successful market launch of the newly developed TCG 3016 gas engine, the product video is now available on YouTube. The video bundles all important information, new features, and advantages of the newly developed gas engine series.
The MWM TCG 3016 gas engine represents an entirely new development in MWM’s CHP plant portfolio. The integrated digital plant control TPEM facilitates the installation and enables more flexible operation. In the field of natural gas and biogas operation, the TCG 3016 is the most efficient gas engine in its output class. In combination with a period of 80,000 operating hours (natural gas) or 64,000 operating hours (biogas) until the general overhaul, this makes the TCG 3016 a premium choice in terms of efficiency and cost savings.
For more than 50 years, the BBC Television Centre was the site of British TV history. The installation of a cogeneration power plant with an MWM gas engine in the former TV studios demonstrates the eco-friendly, sustainable conversion of a historic site.
Enterprises in Hamburg have suffered severe losses – losses that could easily have been prevented through independent distributed energy generation with stand-alone CHP plants.
MWM extends its distribution network and announces MKS Group as new official dealer for MWM cogeneration units and gas engines in the Russian Federation.
With a total capacity of 28 MWel, the Rawa Minyak CHP plant ensures reliable energy supply of Siak and surrounding villages in Riau Province, Indonesia.
Four MWM gas engines type TCG2020 V20 reached significant energy savings, increased production whilst reducing emission footprint at the Wonderplant CHP.
The Russian company and MWM Partner Electrosystems, located in St. Petersburg, has delivered two TCG 2020 V20 medium voltage CHP containers to its client in Novorossiysk. The 4 MW power plant will be implemented at the KSK Grain Terminal at the Novorossiysk harbour.
So far, the greenhouse complex of about 60 ha has been supplied with power and heat energy from 16 MWM gas engines. Now, another two MWM gas engines of the TCG 2032 are being installed in the CHP plant.
In line with the ongoing trend in the Italian industry, chemicals manufacturer Lamberti has opted for CHP plants with MWM gas engines.
6,4 MW MWM power supply extension for company UGC “The Gold Mining Company” goes online
A team of the MWM Representation in Moscow played a proactive role at the exhibition, which is known as one of the major events for the Russian sector of greenhouse plants.
The scale model of the MWM TCG 2032 V16 gas engine is available in the MWM online shop (limited number).
The optimized lubricant consumption of some MWM gas engines enables plant operators to save money.
In December 2015, an MWM CHP plant with six TCG 2020 V16 gas engines went live in the Russian cement plant OOO Atakaycement in Novorossiysk.
Henceforth, the Pokrovskaya gas processing plant will no longer depend on the public power grid, but will benefit in numerous ways from two MWM TCG 2032 V16 gas engines.
In February 2016, “Energie & Management” magazine designated the combined heat and power plant in the Frankfurt Nordwest hospital, which runs with an MWM TCG 2016 V16C gas engine, as the CHP plant of the month.
The new performance-boosted MWM TCG 2032B V16 offers customers additional efficiency. With its tried-and-tested, durable technology, the upgrade of the MWM gas engine delivers higher availability and leverages additional efficiency potential.
The YUGAGRO International Agricultural Exhibition was held at the Expograd Yug Exhibition and Congress Center (Krasnodar) with the support of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Russian Federation
The All-Russian Forum for managers and specialists of engineering services of greenhouse businesses was held on November 17-18, 2015.
On November 9-11 on the premises of the Omsk Lubricants Plant the representatives of Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH took part in the conference held by Gazpromneft-Lubricants Company where the company’s results and recent achievements were presented.
The gas engines of the first cogeneration power plant for independent energy production in one of Russia’s key mining regions come from Mannheim.
On the 30th of September the employees of Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH and Motorwerk-SGU visited one of the biggest Russian minor power generation facilities – Mayskiy power plant.
The Ist Business Platform of the Volga Region ‘On-site power generation for enterprise: focus on energy efficiency, continuity and cost reduction’, Kazan, Tatarstan
The 3rd Eurasian forum of vegetable farmers took place at premises of the agricultural enterprise Zhdanovichy on 2-3 September.
MWM CHP plant in Bitburg receives recognition from the trade journal Energy & Management as the CHP Plant of the Month 11/2014
The Werder biomethane cogeneration plant received the accolade “CHP Plant of the Month 09/2014” from the German trade journal “Energie und Management” (Energy & Management).
The US Environmental Protection Agency confers the ENERGY STAR CHP Award for CHP plant with MWM gas engine.
MWM stands out with its “Lego modular approach to power plants.”
Munich Airport covers 56 percent of its electricity, heat and cooling demand via its own CHP plant.
Japanese energy experts are interested in gas-powered cogeneration systems for decentralized power production.
Energy turnaround with decentralized, combined generation of electricity.
The MWM film “60 MW Around the World” won the 2010 silver medal at the Intermedia Globe Awards.
Own production of electricity – a profitable alternative for the future? A presentation by Jörg Richter, Business Development Manager at Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH
The European association is the new mouthpiece to represent the interests of the engine power plant industry.
Three MWM container cogeneration plants planned for landfill gas system in Northern Portugal.
Remote access to plant control systems of cogeneration plants (CHP plants) with VPN router.
Calculate the profitability of investments in MWM cogeneration power plants and gas engines online.
Russian Minister President Dmitry Medvedev visits the Luchky biogas plant in Belgorod.
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