Rendering courtesy of Alaska Gasline Development Corp. BP, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, TransCanada and the State of Alaska are working together to progress the Alaska LNG project, shown here in a conceptual rendering. Rendering courtesy of Alaska Gasline Development Corp. The 800-mile pipeline would eventually deliver up to 3.5 billion cubic feet of gas per day. At peak of construction, the project is expected to create some 15,000 jobs, with 1,000 expected for pipeline operations. Design and engineering of a major new pipeline to deliver natural gas from Alaska’s North Slope to Alaskans and the export market is set to begin following
Early-stage construction of an incinerator and powerplant project near Baltimore is at a standstill after the Maryland Dept. of the Environment issued a stop-work order over emissions reductions credits (ERC) needed to comply with restrictions on its air-quality permit.The plant owner, Energy Answers International, had received an air-quality permit to construct a 120-MW generating station that would combust an average of 4,000 tons per day of processed municipal solid waste at the brownfield site in Curtis Bay, Md., according to the Maryland DOE. The company first had to show, however, that it had offset credits for approximately 1,500 tons of
A Maryland environmental agency and the state's Public Service Commission staff have recommended the once problem-plagued 755-MW Keys Energy Center be built near Brandywine in Prince George’s County.The natural-gas-fired plant was first proposed in 2012 as a 735-MW unit that would use recycled water for cooling. Problems siting the water line and the natural-gas pipeline delayed the project.Developer Genesis Power resolved the pipeline issues last spring in an agreement with Pepco to follow Pepco's right-of-way for most of the route. The firm also fixed the cooling issues by changing the unit to include an air-cooled system, says President Robert Place.In
Source: Status of Non-Price Retirements Requiests; December 20, 2013 *Megawatts based on relevant forward capacity auction (FCA) summer qualified capacity (Note: total increases include full and partial generator and demand response non-price retirement (NPR) requests for capacity commitment period (CCP) 2013-2014 through CCP 2017-2018) Related Links: Power Line Faces A Rocky Route New Hampshire Town Signs Deal for Landfill Solar Power A New England governors' plan to finance new projects for mega-scale gas pipelines and electric power lines to deliver more power to the region has further fueled a four-year-long battle, bringing stiff opposition from environmentalists, landowners and others who
Courtesy Potencial Engenharia After traveling on roads, the disassembled pieces rode on barges that took the unit up the Amazon River. Courtesy Potencial Engenharia The unit, which went on line in May, was reassembled in the Amazon Basin. Related Links: Booming Natural Gas Market Pressures Green Economy Tools of the Trade for Heavy Lifting and Hauling Contractors in charge of Petrobras’ fourth natural-gas processing unit in Brazil pulled off a feat of epic proportions: From a gas compound in Pojuca, the project team moved the unit through an intricate logistical operation that involved a 5,000-kilometer-long haul on roads and rivers
Related Links: South Africa's Sasol Moves on New Petrochemical Project in Louisiana Gas-Fired Projects Are Gaining Momentum Egypt’s Carbon Holdings Ltd. has signed a $600-million agreement with Abu Dhabi-based Drake & Scull International (DSI) for the engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning of utilities and off-site facilities at the $6-billion Tahrir Petrochemical Project, 40 kilometers south of the city of Suez, at the head of the Suez Canal.DSI joins several other companies that already have secured contracts with Carbon Holdings for the construction of the petrochemicals complex, expected to break ground in 2015 following a financial close by the end of
Related Links: EPA's information on New Source Performance Standards for New Powerplants Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute List of CCS projects being planned, under developoment, or completed Two recent projects to capture and store carbon emissions from large coal-fired powerplants have had very different outcomes: One was completed this spring and is undergoing testing and commissioning; the other is months behind schedule and way over budget.The Boundary Dam project in Saskatchewan went up relatively smoothly, although there were challenges during the construction phase, says SaskPower President and CEO Robert Watson. But the Kemper County carbon capture and storage (CCS)
Photo Courtesy Black and Veatch Utilities, which based storage sites on national repository plan, are now adding capacity. Related Links: U.S. Nuclear Plants Provide Market Niche for Waste Disposal System Providers Cask Storage For Spent Fuel As the 21st century dawned, "nuclear renaissance" was a popular catchphrase. But current trends suggest that renaissance, if it occurs, will be in the market for engineers and contractors providing services to decommission nuclear powerplants and build storage for their spent fuel. In 2000, 104 power reactors were operating in the U.S., and new growth beckoned. In 2013, four of that fleet were retired,
Image Courtesy of Deepwater Horizon Study Group The blowout preventer's blind shear ram, intended as a fail-safe component, instead sliced through pipe and triggered oil spill. Related Links: U.S. Chemical Safety Board: Macondo Blowout and Explosion CSB Video: BOP Failure Scenario U.S. CSB Report: Explosion and Fire at the Macondo Well: Volume 1 U.S. CSB Report: Explosion and Fire at the Macondo Well: Volume 2 A new Deepwater Horizon disaster report, released on June 5, found that the blowout preventer (BOP), designed to shut off the flow of oil and gas from the Macondo well, "failed to seal the well
Image Courtesy of Florida Power & Light Co. New Units Turkey Point 6 and 7, in the foreground of the rendering, would add 2200 MW of capacity by 2022 or 2023. Related Links: Pricetag for Florida Power & Light's Upgrades Rising 27 Percent Turkey Point spec sheet (FPL) With the unanimous approval of the state's Siting Board, a project to add two nuclear reactors to a South Florida powerplant has passed a major milestone. Since the project was proposed in 2006, it has survived the 2007-08 financial crisis, the flight from nukes after the 2011 Fukushima disaster, intense environmental scrutiny,
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