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to 36 000 hours) and a better mechanical design to reduce life-cycle costs are all included in the Avon 200 package.

Performance improvements have been introduced by exploiting aspects of latest technologies from the company’s Trent and EJ200 aero engine designs and from rig programs currently under way to develop future technologies.

First orders for the Avon 200 conversion have been received from offshore operators in Brazil and Trinidad while a demonstrator Avon 200 has seen operational service with TransCanada Corp. at their Clarkson Valley natural gas compressor station where it performed a closely monitored endurance run. a

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ROLLS-ROYCE MARINE

Rolls-Royce Marine

P.O. Box 3, Filton

Bristol, BS34 7QE, United Kingdom

Tel: + 44(0)117-979-1242 Fax: + 44(0)117-979-6722 E-mail: marineinfo@rolls-royce.com Website: www.rolls-royce.com

Gas Turbine Power Range Mechanical Drive 14.0 to 40.0 MW Electric Generator Drive 3.0 to 40.0 MW

New Orders

Rolls-Royce said it has enjoyed success in bringing gas turbines to the market in the last year. The company, whose range covers everything from bearings to ship design and integrated power, propulsion and motion control systems, is now involved in two U.S. Naval program.

Earlier this year its 36 MW, MT30, the world’s most powerful marine gas turbine currently available, was selected for the DDG-1000 program. This follows the previous selection by Lockheed Martin for the MT30 to power its version of the U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship. The first LCS,

An MT30 marine gas turbine from Rolls-Royce.

USS Freedom, which features two MT30s, will undergo sea trials later this year.

Four MT30 gas turbine generator sets will be supplied for two DDG- 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers. An MT30 generator set currently provides power to the U.S. Navy’s DDG-1000 Land-Based Test Site in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., and the MT30.