One year after Ukraine invasion upended energy supply and costs, more natural gas projects are in motion in the US and globally, but concern grows over greenhouse gas impacts as industry seeks design, construction and operations solutions.
Executives discussed building big with limited resources at the Western Winter Workshop infrastructure project delivery event in California earlier this month.
State regulators approved construction of a 1-GW onshore wind project, set to double current capacity, while the US Interior Dept. will allow development of a floating offshore wind turbine array in the deep-water Gulf of Maine.
Firms, GE Hitachi and Ontario Power will build the 300-MW plant under a single collaborative agreement to
avoid potential delays and cost overruns, said Ken Hartwick, utility
president and CEO.
Purchase of Asia-Pacific assets of Perth contractor Clough “guarantees the continuity" of firm projects and employment for 1,100 employees, says the Italy-based buyer.
Proposed state program would invest $4 billion in surplus funds to leverage added billions oficials said would expedite 20 projects set to relieve road congestion.
But even with emerging cost risks, New York's latest wind procurement that seeks up to 4.6 GW attracted a record 100 proposals from six wind developers, including one that awarded Skanska USA on Feb. 7 a CM contract for a planned $250M assembly hub at a Brooklyn marine terminal.
Protracted work on already late rail link could stretch project completion seven months beyond a fall 2026 target for its new design-build team and for just named state Transportation Secretary Paul Wiedefeld, a sector veteran.