About us

SPG Dry Cooling is an engineering company headquartered in Belgium and specializing in air-cooled heat rejection systems for power generation, industrial applications, and data centers. Our dry cooling solutions eliminate or significantly reduce water consumption while ensuring reliable and efficient thermal performance. Operating worldwide, SPG Dry Cooling supports critical infrastructure where cooling is essential for continuous operation, energy efficiency, and long-term sustainability.

Since 2016, SPG Dry Cooling is member of Paharpur, a leader in industrial cooling solutions. Together, we combine more than 140 years of expertise across multiple continents to offer a comprehensive portfolio in dry, hybrid, and wet cooling technologies. With specialisation in both fields. 

Our expertise, tailored to your project

  • Engineering Excellence and design of customized dry and hybrid cooling systems
  • Manufacturing and project execution for large-scale installations
  • Construction and installation integrated within complex plant environments
  • Aftermarket services including performance optimization, upgrades, and maintenance

Rich experience in cooling solutions

Since 1948, you can find Paharpur and SPG Dry Cooling’s unrivalled installations in wet cooling towers, dry coolers and condensers on all continents in all climates and conditions. More than 62,000 installations have been completed so far and the SPG Dry Cooling team promises you excellence and works every day to be your global partner.

SPG Dry Cooling designs, manufactures, constructs and maintains cooling solutions worldwide.

Choose from the innovative dry cooling products

SPG Dry Cooling takes great pride in being the market leader in dry cooling solutions such as air cooled condensers, air coolers or cooling towers and holds numerous patents. Discover more about the technology that provides true operating value as a foundation and the commitment to innovate and introduce cutting-edge products and systems.

Our manufacturing plants

You deserve top quality products, excellent engineering, top-notch design and outstanding manufacturing quality. SPG Dry Coolings state-of-the-art SRC manufacturing facility, located in Zhangjiakou (China), is are the largest and most modern ACC fin tube bundle manufacturing plant in the world.

Together with our fully operational SRC manufacturing plants in Savli, this results in an annual production capacity of up to 16,000 bundles, depending on configuration and project mix.

Manufacturing Plant of SPG Dry Cooling

Company milestones

Our journey starts 140 years back in time, with founding the German company Dürr in 1883. After founding the industry, SPG Dry Cooling spent decades bringing exceptional quality equipment and service to the energy sector.

1883

Founding Dürr

Our origins go back to 1883 with the founding of Dürr, marking nearly 140 years of engineering experience. Dürr supplied one of the first cooling systems for power plants in the chemical industry, setting the stage for our long-standing role in industrial cooling solutions.

1883

1894

Founding Balcke

Founding of the company Balcke in 1894. Supplier of cooling towers and other solutions.

1894

1972

Merger Balcke-Dürr

In 1972, Balcke and Dürr merged, forming Balcke-Dürr, headquartered in Ratingen, Germany.

1972

2002

Acquisition of Balcke-Dürr by SPX

In 2002, SPX Corporation acquired Balcke-Dürr.

2002

2003

Acquisition of Hamon Dry Cooling by SPX

In 2003, SPG Corporation acquired Hamon Dry Cooling

2003

2016

SPG DC member of Paharpur Group

In 2016, Paharpur Group acquired SPX’s dry cooling division, renaming it SPG Dry Cooling. Together, SPG Dry Cooling and Paharpur have a global installed base of over 260 GW in wet, hybrid, and dry cooling solutions.

2016

Global footprint

With over 260 MW of installed capacity worldwide, SPG Dry Cooling has built one of the largest installed bases in dry cooling technology. This broad project portfolio covers diverse industries and operating environments across multiple continents, enabling a high level of engineering maturity and application knowledge.

Dedicated regional teams ensure that each solution is specifically engineered to local conditions, including ambient temperature profiles, site constraints, and regulatory requirements. This approach allows SPG Dry Cooling to deliver consistent performance and reliability across all markets.

CANADA 2.720 MW
MEXICO 10.268 MW
USA 26.145 MW
ARGENTINA 1.840 MW
PERU 1.630 MW
VENEZUELA 1.000 MW
COLOMBIA 560 MW
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AMERICAS 44.163 MW
BELGIUM 1.150 MW
FRANCE 450 MW
GREECE 1.210 MW
IRELAND 790 MW
ITALY 7.332 MW
LUXEMBURG 360 MW
NETHERLANDS 570 MW
RUSSIA 300 MW
SPAIN 1.100 MW
UK 5.037 MW
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EUROPE 18.299 MW
ALGERIA 6.150 MW
BARHAIN 2.592 MW
IRAQ 2.700 MW
ISRAEL 1.720 MW
JORDAN 1.827 MW
MOROCCO 470 MW
OMAN 1.503 MW
SOUTH AFRICA 8.980 MW
SYRIA 660 MW
TURKEY 1.540 MW
SAUDI ARABIA 12.860 MW
U.A. EMIRATES 900 MW
GHANA 200 MW
IVORY COAST 280 MW
SENEGAL 300 MW
MOZAMBIQUE 450 MW
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AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST 43.132 MW
GANSU3.010MW
HEBEI2.460MW
HENAN2.010MW
INNER MONGOLIA22.600MW
JILIN2.400MW
NINGXIA2.400MW
SHAANXI14.580MW
SHANXI26.445MW
SHANDONG2.800MW
XINJIANG16.470MW
QINGHAI300MW
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CHINA95.475MW
BANGLADESH 1.800 MW
KAZAKHSTAN 1.000 MW
UZBEKISTAN 2.050 MW
INDIA 5.051 MW
INDONESIA 420 MW
IRAN 600 MW
JAPAN 2.680 MW
KOREA 105 MW
MALAYSIA 300 MW
PAKISTAN 130 MW
TAIWAN 3.105 MW
VIETNAM 250 MW
THAILAND 240 MW
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India/APAC 17.731 MW
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AUSTRALIA 705 MW

Member of Paharpur

Only Paharpur covers the entire spectrum of process cooling technology. This drives our ability to meet future challenges. Paharpur’s presence can be felt in industries and commercial spaces around the world. The world’s best industry and business giants depend on Paharpur for their reliable cooling solutions.

PAHARPUR

Common questions

How does an air cooled condenser work?

An air cooled condenser (ACC) is a type of direct dry cooling system that condenses steam inside air-cooled finned tubes. As ambient air flows across the fins, it removes heat from the steam inside, enabling the condensation process. In thermal power plants, steam from the turbine exhaust enters the ACC, where it condenses. Afterward, the condensate flows back to the boiler, completing the closed loop.

What is dry cooling?

Dry cooling groups a series of technologies that cool or condense a fluid in a heat exchanger without consuming water. The heat exchangers are externally cooled by a cold air flow.

What are the benefits of dry cooling in data centers?

The data center landscape is changing faster than ever. 

As demand for AI, cloud computing and machine learning grows, so does the need for scalable and sustainable infrastructure for it. Data center cooling equipment plays a critical role in ensuring performance, redundancy and uptime, while also being one of the largest energy consumers. This is where a proper and reliable cooling system design comes into play. At SPG Dry Cooling, we deliver superior expertise to perform this job.
With a strong background in power generation, we design cooling solutions for high-load and continuous operations.

Discover our product designed for data centers. 

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