History Of Solar Turbines

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Andy Guerrero
(Caterpillar)
Solar Turbines
211 Economics
Amy Nungesser

Solar Airplane Company (1929-1960). A wholly owned

Company of Caterpillar Inc. which designs and manufactures gas turbines for on and

Off-shore electrical generation systems and gearboxes, for propulsion and producing

Natural gas and oil. Solar Turbines is one of the world's

Oil and Gas Production and Transmission, established as Prudden-San Diego Airplane

The company is leading producer of industrial gas turbines up to 30,000 horsepower.

With

More than 14,000 turbine gas engines installed in over 100 countries, they’re the

Worldwide leaders that have collectively logged more than 2.0 billion hours of

Usage. The Solar Division of International Harvester exited the aerospace industry in 1973

To focus solely on industrial turbines. In 1975

Solar Division's Radial engines were moved into a newly formed Radial Engines corps,

They renamed that department to Turbomach Division in 1980. Soon after, Solar Turbines became owned by Caterpillar

After Caterpillar bought Solar Division and the Turbomach division

From International Harvester on May 31, 1981. In 1985, Solar sold the Turbo Mach

Division to Sundstrand Corporation. Solar Turbines designed, manufactured,

And serviced industrial gas turbines. Its products are used in oil and gas production,

Crude oil pumping systems, electrical and

Thermal power generation. In addition to gas turbine engines, gas Compressors, and gas

Gas-powered compressors, Solar Turbines has mechanical-drive packages and

Electrical as well as hydraulic generator sets. Some of their various services include financing, installation, and aftermarket parts ...

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...for years to come. Continued weak growth will make it harder
For businesses to maintain existing operations and growth
Our outlook assumes that China's economy will grow near 7.5-8.0 percent in 2014, similar to
The past two years. That rate of growth should improve the rate in which the machine
Industry and increase commodity require. However, Chinese leaders are in the middle of
Major reforms to transform the world’s second largest economy to a more controllable
Growth model while keeping the stability of the social class in good terms. In short these efforts could highly
Impact the economy and the industries we serve.
Political and labor problems could slow growth in the Africa/Middle East region,
But more particularly in mining and oil- producing countries. Also, 2014 growth could slow.Further in the CIS region due to higher interest rates and political unrest.

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