Keeping Calif. facility open until 2035 would cut state carbon emissions and save $2.6 billion in power costs, researchers say.

By installing a pilot pile for the settling Millennium Tower's troubled foundation repair, Shimmick Construction hopes to prove the efficacy of revised construction methods so that work can continue without triggering accelerated building settlement.

A pilot pile program to prove the efficacy of a less-disruptive method for the paused foundation fix at the ailing Millennium Tower in San Francisco could begin the week of Oct. 4.

The AES Alamitos BESS facility is a stand-alone energy-storage unit for local capacity and grid-scale battery energy storage.

The plant refines waste rice straw fibers, which have the same properties as typical wood-based MDF fibers but without added chemicals