Uncertain economic returns and duration of federal tax credits could delay or cancel project proposed by six oil firm majors, set to be the world’s largest, says energy sector research firm Wood Mackenzie.
A consortium led by France-based Suez Group, with Razel-Bec and VINCI subsidiary Triverio Construction has been awarded a civil engineering contract for the Haliotis 2 wastewater treatment facility in Nice, by Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur and Eau d’Azur.
In just unsealed whistleblower complaint, former site construction manager says utility owner of over-budget Kemper project in Mississippi defrauded the U.S. Energy Dept. of hundreds of millions in funding.
Funding from the 2021 infrastructure law will expedite 12 projects targeting carbon emissions from power generation and other industrial operations, said US Energy Dept. officials.
Proposal is Biden administration’s take on reducing carbon
emissions from power generation sources and would replace the Trump
administration less-stringent Affordable Clean Energy Rule enacted in
2019.
Estimated $750-million to $950-million project set to be built on an Occidental Petroleum site in Texas would remove 860,000 tons of carbon dioxide a year by capturing it and storing it underground.
Agency hopes to spur private capital investment in carbon capture and storage projects to help reduce harmful emissions, with funds authoried by the 2021 federal infrastructure law.
Mario Rodriguez likes to talk about the word “sawubona”—the Zulu greeting that translates to “I see you.” Engineers, he asserts, just want to be seen for the good work they do.
Researchers at Arizona State University have partnered with an Ireland-based startup to cultivate a new species of tree—one that is fabricated instead of grown.