Global energy demand will grow by 39% by 2030, driven almost entirely by the increased use of energy in all forms in China, India, the Middle East and other areas of the developing world, according the latest Energy Outlook, released on Jan. 18 by the London-based oil giant BP.
DGA Consulting, a subsidiary of a Pittsburgh-area company that opened a Tempe, Ariz., office in January, immediately booked a regional piece of business: a contract to handle the civil engineering work for a $350-million transmission project in northern New Mexico.
A new push to use energy independence to reduce Africa's poverty levels, sustain the continent’s economic growth and expand clean technologies is gaining momentum, with a number of new alternative energy projects under way in the region.
Vermont had not yet decided by afternoon Jan. 20 whether to appeal a U.S. District Court ruling issued the previous day that Vermont cannot force Entergy to shut its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in March.
Progress Energy will be encouraged to repair the multi-million dollar damage at its Crystal River nuclear unit 3 as soon as possible, and terminate its engineering, procurement and construction contract with Shaw and Westinghouse for a new nuclear plant under a global settlement reached by the Florida’s office of Public Counsel, Progress Energy and other parties on Jan. 20.
The controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline has suffered a major setback, with President Obama's Jan. 18 announcement that the State Dept. denied a permit for the $7-billion project.
Seismic monitoring continues around a deep fracking wastewater well in Ohio after a magnitude-4.0 earthquake and 10 other earthquakes were tentatively linked to activity at the well.
France must spend billions of dollars improving the safety of its huge fleet of nuclear plants following stress tests prompted by the destruction last March of Japan’s Fukushima reactors.
During the China International Sustainable Economy Industrialization Expo, held on Nov. 19-20 in Chengdu, government officials adhered to the party line.
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