Natural Gas FERC OKs Cross-Border Gas Pipeline Despite US LNG Export Pause Mary B. Powers Debra K. Rubin February 20, 2024 No Comments Regulator approves Saguaro Connector, set to send 2.8 billion cu ft of gas per day from Pecos County, Texas into Mexico for overseas LNG shipment.Read More
Manufacturing US Offers $1.5B to GlobalFoundries for Semiconductor Chip Projects James Leggate February 20, 2024 No Comments The CHIPS and Science Act money would go toward work to expand a New York chip plant and build another nearby, and to modernize a plant in Vermont.Read More
Transportation Italy Advances Design for World's Longest Suspension Bridge Over Messina Strait Peter Reina February 20, 2024 One Comment The long-planned 10,800-ft-long bridge would connect Sicily to mainland Italy.Read More
Experts: Best Bet in $300M Osage Nation Wind Farm Dispute Is Negotiation Daniel Tyson February 19, 2024 2 Comments Court order to take down 150-MW Oklahoma project could be 'yellow flag' to other firms building on Native American sites without full rights above ground—and below.Read More
Infrastructure Act Coalition Seeks Revamp of OMB Oversight of Buy America Policies Tom Ichniowski February 15, 2024 One Comment Construction industry groups want OMB to focus on general policy and give individual agencies more authority over the specifics.Read More
Artificial Intelligence AI-based Tool Optimizes Construction Schedules Straight From P6 ALICE Technologies schedule optimizer no longer requires a full BIM Jeff Rubenstone February 15, 2024 No Comments ALICE Technologies' schedule analysis and re-sequencing AI algorithm no longer requires a full BIM to generate possible alternate schedules.Read More
Aviation Infrastructure FAA Picks Winners for $970M in Airport Terminal Grants Tom Ichniowski February 15, 2024 No Comments Application requests for support far exceed the funds FAA has available.Read More
Nuclear Power Deal Set for First Privately Funded Small Nuclear Reactors in Europe Mary B. Powers Debra K. Rubin February 14, 2024 One Comment At construction completion, four projects in England would be Britain's first SMR deployment and its first use of the Westinghouse AP300 design.Read More
Corruption Ohio's Former Top Utility Regulator, Two Former FirstEnergy Execs Charged in Bribery Case All three have pleaded not guilty in the state prosecution Annemarie Mannion February 13, 2024 No Comments Two former FirstEnergy Corp. executives and a former chairman of the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio have pleaded not guilty in a bribery scheme. Read More
Renewable Energy Orsted Cuts Offshore Wind Target, Exits Some Non-US Markets Peter Reina February 12, 2024 No Comments The Danish offshore wind developer reduced its 2030 renewable energy capacity goal from 50 GW to 35-38 GW.Read More