Projects selected by the U.S. Dept. of Energy would add nearly 1,000 miles of transmission development and 7,100 MW of capacity in Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.
Energy sector construction added nearly 90,000 U.S. jobs last year, a 4.5% increase and more than double the overall job growth rate—but will changing EV trends now put growth at risk?
Manufacturer would produce “full solar supply chain” of ingots, wafers, cells and finished solar panels at what would be the largest U.S. ingot and wafer plant.
US Energy Dept. officials selected 20 projects to receive financial support under the Transmission Siting and Economic Development Grant Program created by the Inflation Reduction Act.
Buildings that meet the newer ANSI/ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2022 would see an average of 9.8% in site energy savings compared to those that only meet the 2019 standard, an agency analysis estimates.
Some of the technologies being developed with the grants, ranging from subsurface sensors to microtunneling robots, could have construction applications beyond grid projects.