Denmark-based wind-power pioneer DONG Energy—the world’s largest offshore developer—has opened a Boston office, planning to build what could be North America’s largest offshore wind farm, located 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard.
Two Florida state representatives have filed legislation aimed at ending the state’s practice of authorizing advanced cost recovery related to nuclear and integrated gasification combined-cycle powerplants.
A recent U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission report noted that safety-related structural welds at the Savannah River site’s Mixed-Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility, or MOX, failed to meet industry specifications, according to The Augusta Chronicle.
President Obama’s Nov. 6 announcement that the State Dept. would not allow the Keystone XL pipeline to be built is a blow to contractors and construction unions that had strongly advocated for the project.
Block Island Wind Farm crews on Nov. 2 completed the installation of five 400-ton steel-jacket foundations and the first deck for the 30-MW demo project, located about three miles west of the island.
The Oct. 23 publication of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations to reduce greenhousegas emissions from new and existing powerplants has opened the floodgates to a barrage of lawsuits.
In a huge deal that Wall Steet analysts said posed both rewards and risks for its key participants, Chicago Bridge & Iron on Oct. 27 said it would sell its nuclear construction business in the U.S. and China to Westinhouse Electric.
French state-controlled utility EDF Energy, Paris, signed a “strategic investment agreement” on Oct. 21 transferring 33.5% of its 100% ownership of the U.K.’s planned nuclear power plant to Beijing-based China General Nuclear Corp.
Energy storage is a hot topic in California, where lawmakers are mandating that the state’s three biggest utility companies provide 33% of their electrical energy from renewable sources by 2020. Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric are mandated to buy a total of at least 1300 MW of energy storage to help make the plan work.
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