Voting reps from nearly 200 nations at Dubai event ending Dec. 13 agreed to “transition away” from fossil fuels—boosting renewables, nuclear energy and climate investment—but did not mandate specific actions to cut back traditional energy use.
Co-founder and former CEO of Thornton-Tomasetti and founder of the ACE Mentor program invested effort in project design and delivery and workforce skillbuilding
Left in place is a lower court ruling that the state law is unconstitutional because it bars outside
developers of federally approved regional transmission lines, which were
termed “classic instruments of interstate commerce.”
Traditional contractor-owner relationships “are being
rocked” by decision in long-running case related to death of pedestrian struck by road grader on municipal project, says industry group.
Host UAE, now completing its first nuclear plant at 5.6 GW, is one of 22 countries that agreed to triple capacity by 2050—but construction cost, supply chain and permit realities are hurdles, sector experts say.
Grants from the Federal Railroad Administration will fund high-speed passenger rail projects from North Carolina and Virginia to California and Nevada.
First installed turbine at the 132-GW South Fork project off the New York coast has now sent wind energy to the state grid, with first power flow also imminent at the 800-MW Vineyard Wind project off Massachusetts and other state projects pushing past ongoing constraints.