Related Links: New Hampshire Town Signs Deal for Landfill Solar Power Stafford Hill Solar Farm Project Fact Sheet Green Mountain Power has begun constructing a 2-MW solar microgrid on a city landfill in Vermont. The unit is designed to store power during storms for an emergency shelter at Rutland High School.The $10-million Stafford Hill Solar Farm, which broke ground on Aug. 10, is the first project in the nation to establish a micro-grid powered solely by solar and battery backup, with no other fuel source, the U.S. Dept. of Energy says.Stafford Hill includes 7,700 325-watt solar panels on a ballasted
Related Links: Pipeline Opponents Say Project Is No Longer Economically Justifiable PSB halts Vermont Gas pipeline project along VELCO route Vermont Gas's contentious natural-gas pipeline extension to connect service areas in Chittenden and Franklin counties is temporarily on hold. The Vermont Public Service Board (PSB) on July 25 ordered the utility to halt construction until it filed a soil management plan.Opponents allege construction in VELCO's transmission-line corridor could possibly release hazardous chemicals present in the soil. Pentachlorophenol (PCP), a wood preservative used to treat utility poles, has been detected near the pipeline route in a Monkton resident's well, according to
Related Links: Skanska Video: How Do You Move a Harvard Fresco? Global Best Office Project: The Place, London Global Best Projects Winner, Best Large Project: The Shard As Harvard University's estimated $247-million renovation and expansion of its art museums nears completion, project teams in the Boston area are breathing easy after some complex maneuvers to protect and move the art.The project integrates the Fogg, the Busch-Reisinger and the Arthur M. Sackler museums and their combined 250,000 works of art under one roof. The new building is targeting LEED Gold certification and will add 12,000 sq feet of gallery space to
Photo: iStockphoto/Dwight Nadig The project involved a 30-in.-dia natural gas pipeline, similar to the one at left, in Lycoming County, Pa., along with gas-gathering lines and compressor stations. Related Links: How to Resolve Construction Disputes Proactively Creating a Compliance Culture Lessens Risk of Fraud Faced with mounting interest payments after losing a $24-million jury verdict in Delaware County, Pa., a pipeline company has settled with contractor Utility Line Services, says the contractor's attorney.The jury in April had ordered the defendant, PVR Marcellus Gas Gathering Inc., recently acquired by Dallas-based Regency Energy Partners, to pay Utility Line Services about $16.5 million
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
Shale gas pipe and valves in Pennsylvania, similar to those shown in the photo above, were at the heart of a costly contract dispute. ENR Art Dept. Faced with mounting interest after losing a $24-million jury verdict in Delaware County, Pa., a pipeline company late last week reached a settlement with contractor Utility Line Services, says the attorney for the contractor.The jury in April had ordered the defendant, PVR Marcellus Gas Gathering Inc., which was recently acquired by Dallas-based Regency Energy Partners, to pay Utility Line Services about $16.5 million for the amount it was owed. Another $7.8 million was
Related Links: Massachusetts Span Partially Reopens After Temporary Fix http://enr.construction.com/convert/convert.asp?filename=necoar071017e Crews in Boston are removing in sections a monolithic, 43,000-sq-ft, 4-in.-thick reinforced-concrete ceiling off an Interstate 90 tunnel using specialized trucks equipped with shipping containers and hydraulic lifts.In the predawn hours of April 6, three flatbed trailer trucks, side by side, crept out of the Prudential Tunnel in three of the four eastbound lanes carrying a 33-ft-wide, 45-ft-long slab weighing 75,000 lb—the largest of 106 sections to be removed to date, says Cory Brett, project manager for Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH), the prime design contractor.The move was part of
Three construction workers were injured when a dead load on the 12th floor of an apartment building jobsite “pancaked down to the fifth floor” just before 8 a.m. on March 20, said Deputy Fire Chief Robert Calobrisi of the Boston Fire Dept. at the scene in Boston’s Theater District.
Photo Courtesy of Cambrian Innovation Containerized EcoVolt process generates power from methane; clean water is a by-product. Related Links: Craft Brewer Purchases EcoVolt Bioelectric Technology Bio-Energy Box Coverts Beer Waste to Electricity How Cambrian's EcoVolt Bioelectric Wastewater Treatment System Works Craft breweries in drought-stricken Sonoma County, Calif., are testing a novel process that generates power while recycling wastewater.Developed by an MIT spin-off firm, the EcoVolt system "takes the wastewater stream and, through anaerobic technology, turns it into methane gas that we then turn into electricity using a micro- turbine," says Leon Sharyon, CFO of craft brewery Lagunitas. Matthew Silver, a
Rendering courtesy of Footprint Power Gas-fired plant's start-up time will average about 10 minutes, versus existing plant's 12 to 16 hours. Related Links: Gas-Fired Projects Are Gaining Momentum Viewpoint: Tax Gas in the Pipelines to Help Solve Transportation Funding Crisis Construction of a new, 692-MW natural-gas-fired powerplant in Salem, Mass., is moving forward following a novel arrangement between a New England environmental foundation and a New Jersey-based company that incorporates stringent global greenhouse-gas emission reductions to comply with state climate law.On Feb. 21, Gov. Deval Patrick (D) granted final approval for construction of a new, $1-billion plant to replace the