Studies have resumed for the $5.6-billion Susitna-Watana Hydroelectric Project in Alaska, following clarification in July of an executive order by Gov. Bill Walker (D) limiting government spending.
The Tennessee Valley Authority’s board of directors on Aug. 21 unanimously approved its 2015 plan for regional energy that reflects less dependence on coal-fired generation, more focus on natural-gas generation and renewable resources, and plans to use energy efficiency as a supply resource.
video platformvideo managementvideo solutionsvideo player World Bank Related Links: World Bank release World Bank fact sheet on project World Bank project appraisal (127 pp.) The World Bank has agreed to provide $700 million in loan guarantees to help finance a major natural-gas project in Ghana.The bank said its board’s July 30 approval of the guarantees, which it says is a record amount for such aid, will spur billions of dollars in additional investment for the Sankofa natural-gas project and lead to final contracts.The World Bank also said its financial aid should stimulate substantial private spending for the project, which is
SolarReserve The 96-MW Jasper solar-energy project, near Kimberly, South Africa, came on line in October 2014. South Africa Photovoltaic Association Although Africa's rapid growth of residential solar installations is nourishing a nascent PV manufacturing base in Egypt, more mature offshore competitors from China and Canada (pictured) hold comfortably dominant market shares. Related Links: Google Invests In Solar Africa Sub-Saharan Africa's Energy Sector on Growth Trajectory in 2015 Despite Hiccups Egypt has prequalified 110 bidders for the construction of 2,000 MW of solar-photovoltaic and wind energy projects under the country’s first round of its new feed-in-tariff (FiT) program, launched in September
Image courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey New York is redeveloping its airports, as shown in a rendering of LaGuardias new terminals. Photo courtesy of LPCiminelli The state is also seeding new technologies such as SolarCitys solar panel factory in Buffalo. Related Links: Lightfair 2015: Blue LED Inventor Showcases His Latest Innovation The Empire State was once a manufacturing powerhouse. Those days faded long ago, stranding large swaths of real estate, particularly upstate, and leaving behind the aging artifacts of industrial infrastructure.In the past several years, Empire State Development and other state agencies have funded
Photo Courtesy of Deepwater Wind Officials observe the July 27 installation of the first of five jacket foundations for turbines on the Deepwater Wind offshore Rhode Island project. Related Links: Utilities Pull Out of Cape Wind In Major Blow to Offshore Wind Project Offshore N.J. Wind-Farm Developer Will Challenge State Rejection The 30-MW Deepwater Wind offshore wind farm—for which the first of five 400-ton turbine jacket foundations was installed three miles off the coast of Rhode Island on July 27—has now progressed beyond similar ventures in Northeast U.S. waters that remain mired in court battles or regulatory red tape.A joint
Image courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey A public-private partnership with New York State is remaking LaGuardia Airport in Queens, N.Y. Photo courtesy of LPCiminelli The SolarCity solar panel facility is being built on the former site of a Republic Steel factory. Related Links: Historic Navy Yard Site Brought into New Century Here Comes the Sun: Solar Panel Factory Rises in Buffalo The Empire State was once a manufacturing powerhouse. Those days faded long ago, stranding large swaths real estate, particularly upstate, and leaving behind the aging artifacts of industrial infrastructure. In the past several
California Energy Commission Two Chevrolet EVs, a Volt (foreground) and Spark, charge up at a Level 2 station on campus at Cal State Fresno. Related Links: Plug-In Car Infrastructure Gives Training a Big Charge Tomorrow's Energy Grid A late July solicitation for proposals issued by the California Energy Commission will help complete the state’s portion of the West Coast Electric Highway from the Oregon border to Baja California.By 2020, up to 1 million zero-emission vehicles will be able to travel the entire length of the state on electricity from fast-charging stations including those to be installed on nine highway corridors
SNC-Lavalin said PSEG Power awarded it an EPC contract for a 755-MW combined-cycle natural gas power project in Prince George’s County, Md., near Washington, D.C. The plant will connect to the Potomac Electric Power Co.’s 500 kV transmission line and will feature two gas turbines and one steam turbine.The firm did not disclose the contract value, but Montreal-based analyst Yuri Lynk of Canaccord Genuity, estimates it to be between $800 million and $900 million."The U.S. power market continues to have a bright outlook, as cheap gas and a move away from coal have been driving the increase in award volume
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