Construction sector firms are helping corporations and utilities navigate low-cost clean-energy sources and distributed generation in a changing electricity marketplace.
The regional operator of the MidAtlantic power grid has said the closure of three nuclear units totaling 4,048 MW in Ohio and Pennsylvania will not threaten electric reliability, though some transmission projects may need to be accelerated to connect new supply.
While wind energy may still seem like a relatively new technology, it has matured to the point that consultants expect owners will invest about $2 billion a year to partially repower older turbines and make them more efficient.
The windswept fields and gusty greens of Ireland’s County Mayo are perfect places for a kite or a glider, or, in the case of energy partners E.ON and Ampyx Power, a large flying wing tethered to a drum, which will drive an experimental, portable power-generating turbine.
Efforts to nix South Carolina’s nuclear construction fee to ratepayers could imperil Dominion Energy’s pending offer to purchase one of the utility owners of the canceled V.C. Summer nuclear expansion project.
The long-delayed Kitimat liquefied natural gas project in British Columbia got a boost in late April when LNG Canada selected Fluor Corp. and partner Yokohama-based JGC Corp. as the EPC contractor for the natural gas export-plant portion of the $40-billion development. Industry analysts expect Fluor’s portion of the award could be as much as $7 billion.
The Michigan Public Service Commission gave final approval recently to a nearly $1-billion natural gas-fired plant along the St. Clair River near the Canadian border.
US engineer's board rejects the London-based giant's bid, which would require halting a planned buy of CB&I, but the offer may rise. One analyst is not keen on the counter offer.
The Eugene Water & Electric Board has awarded WorleyParsons a $1-million EPC contract to install a 500-kW/1,000-kWh battery energy storage system at the Howard Elementary School in Eugene, Ore.
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