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Natural-Gas-Fired Plants Still Dominate

New technologies and low prices fuel steady stream of work

September 29, 2016

As the U.S. power industry evolves toward cleaner energy sources, the construction industry is following the trend by diversifying into new markets and, in some cases, getting out of traditional ones.

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Low Prices Keep Lid on LNG, Pipeline Work

Many projects under construction, but new plans are limited

Bruce Buckley

September 29, 2016

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With limited prospects for a rebound in oil and gas prices in the near future, contractors in the sector say many clients are reducing capital expenditures and keeping budgets tight.

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Builders Picked for East Coast Pipeline as Foes Fight Project

Mary B. Powers

September 28, 2016

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Despite adversaries’ strong opposition to a proposed 600-mile mid-Atlantic natural-gas pipeline on environmental, eminent domain and conflict-of-interest grounds, project developers late last month hired a four-firm team to build the estimated $5-billion project.

Energy

Macquarie Proposes 1,400-MW Power Project in Virginia

Mid-Atlantic market is active as coal-fired capacity is retired

Peter Maloney

September 20, 2016

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Developers are looking to replace aging, coal-fired unit with efficient, cleaner gas-fired plants. In a market in which many plants are built on spec, each new project threatens the economics of all plants.

Energy

After Teresa May Review, UK Clears Path To Finish Hinkley Nuclear Plant

Peter Reina

September 16, 2016

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The deal opens the door to China to own and build the Bradwell B plant using its own reactor design.

Award of Merit Power/Industrial - Etileno XXI

September 15, 2016

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Believed to be the largest greenfield job in Latin America as well as the biggest private-sector investment in Mexico, the $5.2-billion Etileno XXI petrochemical complex was designed to produce more than 1 million tons per year of polyethylene resins to boost Mexico’s global trade balance and its tax revenue from thermoplastics.

Best Power/Industrial - Curtis Island LNG Program

September 15, 2016

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Even for a contractor known for tackling complex megaprojects, the Curtis Island LNG program in Australia set a new standard for Bechtel Corp.

DOE To Invest up to $107 Million in Solar PV

Thomas F. Armistead

September 15, 2016

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A total of $42 million will be invested to improve solar photovoltaic performance, reliability and manufacturabilit, and enable greater market penetration for solar technologies.

DOE Continues Push To End MOX Project’s Construction

Scott Judy

September 14, 2016

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The Dept. of Energy continued its campaign to halt construction of the multibillion-dollar Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project, often referred to as MOX, this time by pointing out construction errors and defects during a Sept. 8 media tour of the Savannah River Site facility.

DOE Award Advances Maine Tidal Energy Project Program

Johanna Knapschaefer

September 14, 2016

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At the mouth of the Bay of Fundy on the border between easternmost Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, Ocean Renewable Power Co. has been testing huge undersea turbines that the company claims eventually will generate low-cost tidal power from the tidal flow in Cobscook Bay for all of Downeast Maine.