The U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corp. has agreed to provide as much as $400 million in aid for a $700-million, 100-mw solar thermal power project in South Africa.
The first of the 4,764-MW Medupi coal-fired powerplant's six units commenced commercial operations in South Africa in September, almost six months after it was synchronized to the national grid and three years after it initially was set to be operational.
Dutch engineers have successfully placed a 50-meter-long, 20-m-wide tidal-power device into one of the openings of the North Sea-facing Eastern Scheld storm barrier.
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority (PRASA) has reached a settlement with the U.S. Dept. of Justice and the Environmental Protection Agency to carry out $1.5 billion in infrastructure improvements and resolve allegations of Clean Water Act violations.
Canada's National Energy Board is evaluating Kinder Morgan's application to expand its Trans Mountain pipeline, but Burnaby, British Columbia, has asked that the environmental permitting and review process — meant to set the stage for the $5.4-billion project — be scrapped completely because of the recent appointment of Steven Kelly, a former Kinder consultant, to the NEB.
Two major transmission projects to boost renewable-energy delivery in the West and New England moved forward this month, as one market analyst forecast a steady market ahead, albeit with some obstacles.
London-based international architect Foster + Partners has launched a building kit for landing sites needed for a fleet of drones proposed to deliver medical and other supplies to remote African locations.
Nearly five years late and with about $50 million in cost overruns, the Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center opened in Silver Spring, Md., a Washington, D.C., suburb, on Sept. 20.
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