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South Texas Refinery To Use Geothermal Energy, Clean Technologies

March 29, 2017

The refinery will be powered by renewable geothermal energy. The geothermal energy will be augmented by the refinery’s own carbon-dioxide emissions, which will be recycled to drive the geothermal power plant’s turbines.

Energy Viewpoint

Killing Clean-Energy Regulations Won't Restore Fossil Fuels

Thomas F. Armistead

March 29, 2017

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The fossil-fuel industry can’t be restored by rolling back the Clean Power Plan or other clean-energy programs. That train has left the station. Trump would do better to catch it and try to direct where it goes.

Europe Wind Power Plans Are Soaring, But Costs Are Not

Peter Reina

March 29, 2017

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From water depth to turbine sizes, everything about European offshore-wind power is getting larger, except cost.

Steel in The Water

Startup of First U.S. Offshore Wind Farm Propels Domestic Market

The ambitious Cape Wind project hit a wall after 15 years, but developers see water-based wind boost in the U.S. power mix.

Debra K. Rubin

Mary B. Powers

March 29, 2017

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The over-ambitious Cape Wind offshore farm in Massachusetts hit a wall after 15 years, but developers now see new ways to boost water-based wind in the U.S. power mix.

Hanford’s Plutonium Reclamation Facility

Plutonium Processing Facility Demolition Proceeds at Hanford Site

Tim Newcomb

March 29, 2017

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As crews from CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Co. tear down the four main buildings that make up the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) at the Dept. of Energy’s Hanford Nuclear Waste Site in southeastern Washington state, removal of contaminated buildings at one of the nation’s most radioactive sites nears key milestones en route to a full demolition later this year.

Trump Administration's Keystone XL Approval Sets Off Next Fight

Pam Radtke Russell

March 29, 2017

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On March 24, after years of delays and an earlier rejection by the Obama administration, the Trump administration approved TransCanada’s application to build the 1,200-mile cross-border Keystone pipeline.

UK Cancels $7.7 Billion Nuclear Decommissioning Contract, Will Rebid Work

Disputed 2014 contract was subject of legal challenge

Peter Reina

March 28, 2017

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The U.K. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will cancel a 14-year contract worth about $7.7 billion awarded in 2014 and pay over $122 million compensation to the U.S.-based consortium that failed to win the contract.

Kiewit to Build Israel's Huge Offshore Gas Field

Leviathan field platform project will cost $500-700 million.

Neal Sandler

March 22, 2017

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Leviathan field platform project will cost $500-700 million.

Industrial Projects

Pay Dispute at Australian LNG Project Sends 800 Workers Packing

Laing O'Rourke demobilzes 800, citing several months of nonpayment by KHI

Chris Webb

March 21, 2017

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Work on the $35-billion project in Darwin was in final stage, with four cryogenic tanks at 91% completion.

Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project

As MOX Funding Hopes Rise, Owner Dings Contractor Over Performance

Scott Judy

March 16, 2017

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The National Nuclear Security Administration’s harshly worded rejection of up to $2.7 million in performance bonuses for 2016 construction progress at the Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project in Aiken, S.C., has prompted a fiery rebuttal from contractor CB&I Areva MOX Services.