Oglethorpe Power has selected Kiewit subsidiary The Industrial Co. as EPC contractor for a new 1.4‑GW combined‑cycle natural‑gas power plant in Monroe County, Ga., to meet rising electricity demand across the cooperative’s 38 members.
The Industral Co. will start construction in spring on 1.425-GW combined‑cycle
plant in Monroe County to meet rising
electricity demand across the 38-member power cooperative.
The budget bill signed by President Donald Trump on July 4 and a more recent executive order slash renewable energy credits in favor of coal, gas and nuclear support, triggering expected sector upheaval and backlash over jobs, costs and climate progress.
County judge allows restart but orders more documentation from owner Enbridge to state and federal officials on repairs to damaged east leg before it can reopen.
BP's plan would result in reducing the company’s emissions to net zero from a current total of 415 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent per year — and could create new work for the AEC industry.
Federal officials call for changes to national pipeline regulations a little more than a year after the September 2018 natural gas explosions and fires north of Boston and just days before another leak hit the area.
Calpine subsidiary Mission Rock Energy Center LLC has terminated its application to build a new gas plant in Ventura County, Calif., citing changing state policies.