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The Highlands region is a major corridor for goods shipment to the Port Newark-Elizabeth terminal, but a key regional regulator last month issued a new warehouse construction policy that sets new limits on how the complexes are located and built.

One project component, a biochar plant, is set for completion in 2024, with the rolling mill to be finished in the first quarter of 2025.

Even as small nuclear reactor designs gain traction, with Westinghouse announcing in early May a new 300-MW version of its larger AP1000 model now in use in Georgia and elsewher, construction hurdles need attention to speed deployment of advanced technology, says a new National Academies analysis.

Bosch is planning the plant work as part of its acquisition of California-based TSI Semiconductors.

The action is the first  taken by US Environmental Protection Agency under the Clean Water Act to address levels of potentially harmful perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

Semiconductor company, which produces technology used in electric vehicles, 5G networks and renewable energy and storage, is building a new plant in its home state and a research facility with North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.

Bechtel Energy is EPC contractor for the Rio Grande LNG project, with its $11.5B price agreement for the first three trains extended to June 15 and a final investment decision by developer Next Decade to be made by June 30.

Entek plans to produce lithium-ion battery separators for electric vehicles at the Terre Haute plant, which is expected to open in two to four years.

Holcim's plan to move toward 100% renewable power at its plants is part of its pledge as a member of the U.S. Dept. of Energy's Better Climate Challenge.

Cambridge, Mass., is working to overcome challenges associated with transitioning residential buildings from fossil fuels to electrification.