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Power Transmission Line Gets New Lease on Life

July 6, 2016

The developer of the Grain Belt Express—a 780-mile, $2-billion high-voltage direct-current transmission line to deliver renewable energy from Kansas to Indiana—has applied to the Missouri Public Service Commission for approval to cross the state.

Solar Power Pilot Projects Set for Northeast Utilities

Johanna Knapschaefer

July 6, 2016

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This summer, two northeastern utilities have launched residential solar and energy-storage pilot projects, designed to reduce ratepayers’ electricity costs while improving the grid’s reliability.

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Low Oil Prices Shift Focus to Smaller Jobs

Tweaks by the oil & gas industry seek to improve yields and reduce cost

Nicholas Zeman

Pam Hunter McFarland

July 6, 2016

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Major oil-and-gas companies are dispatching battalions of scientists, engineers and marketers to squeeze profits from the tightest project margins, often against fierce competition.

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Designers Are Seeing Shifts in Power Markets, Regulations

Nicholas Zeman

Pam Hunter McFarland

June 30, 2016

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Block Andrews, an environmental engineer with Burns & McDonnell, says the firm’s power-sector clients need services across a wide range of applications, including transmission, new planning, research, environment, decommissioning and more, as utility operations become more diverse.

Quebec Readies for Tighter Public Contracting Ethics

Legislators will weigh creation of an independent watchdog agency

Scott Van Voorhis

June 24, 2016

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Tough rules follow a four-year provincial probe of widespread contracting infractions.

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The 10 Largest Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants in the World

Solar power generation is on a roll, partly propelled from plummeting costs

Scott Lewis

June 17, 2016

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Solar power generation is on a roll, propelled by the plummeting costs of photovoltaic panels and a wide array of incentive programs.

TVA’s Cumberland power plant coal-ash impoundment

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Opponents Set To Battle TVA On Coal Ash Cap-and-Close Plan

Opponents want wastes removed, noting a disastrous 2008 site spill.

Mary B. Powers

June 15, 2016

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The Tennessee Valley Authority's plan to cap, cover and monitor legacy power plant waste in three states is being challenged in court by environmental opponents.

Study Claims Solar, Wind Power Will Lead Future Energy Markets

June 15, 2016

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Power generation with fossil fuels is nearing the end of its dominance and cannot be saved by low prices for coal and natural gas.

Jacobs Set to Build Delayed $5-Billion Mongolia Copper Mine Expansion

Nicholas Zeman

Debra K. Rubin

June 15, 2016

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The June 8 award to Jacobs Engineering of an engineer-procure-construct contract for the $5.3-billion next phase of the giant Oyo Togoi underground copper-and-gold mine in Mongolia gave industry-sector investors and analysts some hope that the sluggish mining sector might be rallying.

With Future Extended, Wind Energy Reaches for Sky

Thomas F. Armistead

June 15, 2016

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Following congressional passage in December of a multiyear extension of the wind-energy production tax credit and investment tax credit, the wind industry is breezing ahead with a new lease on life.