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
Photo courtesy of Hoberman's Associates Chuck Hoberman's kinetic creation for 360 Tour for the band U2 in 2009 used aperture-like motion to open and close. For a large-scale operable roof, sliding is better than rotating, he says. Related Links: Main Story: New Atlanta Falcons Stadium Design More Than a Box With a Lid Hoberman Associates Adaptive Building Initiative All of Chuck Hoberman's work is about transformation, which is why Bill Johnson, the New Atlanta Stadium's architect, was so eager to have him on his team when vying for the stadium job."Chuck helped us craft an approach that eliminated the rotation
At last year's high-stakes interview for a lead architect to shape a $1.2-billion retractable-roof stadium for the National Football League's Atlanta Falcons, 360 Architecture's Bill Johnson staged quite a show.
Related Links: Huge Swimming Pool, Possibly World's Largest, Takes Shape in Egypt A Closer Look at Record-Sized Pools That Resemble Oases The manufacturer of the world's largest artificial swimming pools, Santiago, Chile-based Crystal Lagoons, has announced plans to build its massive recreational lagoons in the United States.In a deal announced on June 25, Tampa, Fla.-based Metro Development Group will oversee construction of four artificial lagoons in Florida using Crystal Lagoons' technology. "In terms of final size, we're trying to make them each a minimum of 5.5 acres, maybe over eight acres in size on some sites," says Greg Singleton, Metro
Related Links: Record-Size Swimming Pools Come to the U.S. for the First Time Since 2006, pools designed by Crystal Lagoons Corp. have held records for the world's largest pools. Today, 300 are operating or in the process of development in 60 countries, the company reports. Typically, the pools anchor resort communities. Click to begin the slide show.
Photos Courtesy of Port of Long Beach History of oil extraction left behind benzene in aquifers and soil prone to subsidence. Related Links: Long Beach, Calif., Port Program Hits Stormy Waters Old Oil Field Hikes Price Tag for Long Beach Port Upgrades Unforeseen soil conditions surrounding foundations on a new $1.2- billion cable-stayed bridge have added as much as 18 months to the construction schedule, say officials at the Port of Long Beach, Calif."The soil has turned out to be more complicated than the engineers originally thought," says John Pope, port spokesman. The 1.2-mile-long Gerald Desmond Bridge is being constructed
+ Image Elevation Courtesy of Sewell and Sewell architects Crews installed 30 micro piles around the perimeter of the cavern that opened in February and swallowed eight vintage automobiles. That sinkhole that swallowed eight cars at the National Corvette Museum in Bowling Green, Ky., will continue to be on view to visitors, along with a couple of the vehicles.Scott, Murphy & Daniel LLC, Bowling Green, will start work in September to construct a 35-ft wall on one side of the sinkhole and foundation slab near the bottom, then partially refill the hole, leaving the other side open to the remaining
Related Links: Red River Flood-Control Scheme Moves One Step Closer to Implementation Army Corps Plan Would Tame Red River, Prevent 100-Year Flood The Fargo-Moorhead Diversion Board Authority wasted no time starting work after President Obama signed the Water Reform and Resources Development Act on June 10. The authority is using the federal approval to proceed with construction on a controversial segment of its proposed $2-billion flood-mitigation project.Opponents say a levee downstream of the Fargo, N.D.-Moorhead, Minn., metro area would sacrifice the natural floodplain around the cities for commercial development. They sued in federal and state courts to stop the project.In
The U.S. Energy Dept. announced on July 1 a conditional commitment for a $150-million loan guarantee to support construction of the 360-MW Cape Wind offshore wind project in Massachusetts.If built, the planned project would be the first commercial-scale offshore U.S. wind facility. It would use 130 offshore wind turbines, each 3.6 MW, to provide up to 75% of the power needed for Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard and would create about 400 construction jobs. Under the project's proposed financing structure, DOE would be part of a group of public and private lenders.
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
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