Report Blames Utility For New York City Outage - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Costs for a nine-day blackout in New York City last summer could total $67.3 million for an electric utility company if the preliminary draft report by the New York State Public Service Commission’s
Publication Date: 29 January , 2007
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1,500-MW Wind Farm Proposed - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
More than 50 square miles of California’s wind-rich Tehachapi region would be developed into the world’s largest wind-energy project in a deal to boost Southern California Edison’s wind p
Publication Date: 15 January , 2007
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DOE Funds Near-Zero Coal Emission Power Projects - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The U.S. Dept. of Energy announced on Dec. 27 the selection of five projects totaling nearly $12 million for improving near-zero emission, coal-based power generation technologies. The DOE is providing mor
Publication Date: 27 December , 2006
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Mississippi To Host New U.S. Reserve - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The U.S. Energy Dept. plans to build the next cavern in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in the salt domes at Richton, Miss., and expand the capacity at three existing sites in Texas and Louisiana.
Publication Date: 18 December , 2006
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Nation's Largest Cement Plant Taking Shape in Missouri -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Neither rain, nor snow nor sleet could delay the start of slipforming on the first two silos for what will be the largest cement plant in the U.S.
Publication Date: 11 December , 2006
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Coal Steps Forward in U.K. With 3,850 MW of Plans - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Coal-fired power generation seems on the verge of rebirth in the U.K. following news of plans for a third high-efficiency unit, incorporating carbon capture. At least 3,850 MW of new clean coal capacity is
Publication Date: 04 December , 2006
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$25-Billion Program Generates Controversy -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Investment could top $25 billion for the coal-fired powerplant construction program of a major Southern utility company. TXU Corp., Dallas, is billing its program as “the largest voluntary emissions
Publication Date: 20 November , 2006
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GE and Hitachi Plan Alliance For Nuke-based Global Market - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
GE and Hitachi have agreed to begin negotiations on forming a global alliance that will combine their new nuclear powerplant and services businesses. The move echoes the recent purchase of Westinghouse Ele
Publication Date: 15 November , 2006
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$5.3 Billion in Contracts for U.K. Electricity Grid Work -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
Five-year alliance contracts together worth around $5.3 billion have been awarded to upgrade and expand aging English and Welsh electricity transmission networks. Work will include building links to the U.
Publication Date: 06 November , 2006
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Labor Squeeze Hits Energy -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
On the day the U.S. population hit 300 million, the energy sector was complaining that it did not have enough skilled workers.
Publication Date: 30 October , 2006
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Electric Reliability Study Sees Darkening Picture Ahead - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The power industry needs a longer-term approach to grid planning and adding resources or it faces serious reliability consequences, the North American Electric Reliability Council warns in a 10-year foreca
Publication Date: 23 October , 2006
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Court Says U.S. Must Pay Fuel Storage Costs -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
A court has directed the federal government to pay $142 million to utilities that own three closed New England nuclear powerplants to let them recover some costs they incurred in storing spent nuclear fuel
Publication Date: 16 October , 2006
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Smart Irrigation Will Be Required in California in 2012 -ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
A new law in California aims to reduce landscaping water usage by requiring that all non-agricultural irrigation controllers sold or installed after Jan. 1, 2012, meet strict conservation performance stand
Publication Date: 16 October , 2006
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Upgrade Plans Flow While Oil Prices Ebb - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Photo: BP America Inc.
Publication Date: 02 October , 2006
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In Ecuador, Breakthrough On Hydroelectric Project - ENR.com | McGraw-Hill Construction
The end of the tunnel finally met the light last Friday.
Publication Date: 28 September, 2006
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DOT to BP: Test Pipeline - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The U.S. Dept. of Transportation has approved BP Exploration Alaska Inc.'s request to reopen and test a TransAlaska Pipeline System line closed since August when a leak was discovered. That leak prompted
Publication Date: 23 September, 2006
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Developers of Next Plants Will Enjoy a World of New Tools - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Project collaboration is an area where a lot of technology for nuclear powerplant development has emerged since the last wave of U.S. plant construction. The use of unified databases for projects and
Publication Date: 18 September, 2006
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Industry Seeks Safety in Standard, Modular Reactor Design - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Safety issues nearly killed the nuclear-energy industry, and the industry got the memo. New orders dried up and old ones were canceled after the 1979 near-meltdown at Three Mile Island. The 1986 Chernobyl
Publication Date: 18 September, 2006
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New Realities Bring About a Construction Climate Change - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
When environmentalists advocate constructing new nuclear powerplants, you know the climate has changed for an energy source that many once thought was on its way to extinction. A subtle shift to green is o
Publication Date: 18 September, 2006
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French Commit $4.2 Billion for New Pressurized Reactor - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Europe's next new nuclear power plant will start construction at Flamanville, France, late next year following the Sept. 1 award of three major contracts, with a combined value around $1.9 billion. Owner
Publication Date: 05 September, 2006
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California Extends Rebate Plan to Municipal Utilities - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Boosters of solar-energy generation are anticipating boom times following enactment of a California bill that expands the 10-year, $2.9-billion California Solar Initiative created in January. The law, know
Publication Date: 04 September, 2006
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New NRC Chairman Foresees Applications For Up To 27 New Reactors - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The new chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Dale E. Klein, says his agency is planning to gear up for a wave of license applications for as many as 27 new reactor units in the U.S. With those po
Publication Date: 31 August , 2006
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Electric Projects Get a Boost From Report, Policy Change - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Electric-transmission owners and constructors are hopeful that the National Electric Transmission Congestion Study will jumpstart expansion of the grid, asserting that it has suffered from under-investment
Publication Date: 28 August , 2006
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Northeastern States Take Modest Step To Cut Greenhouse Gasses - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
They call it the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, a model rule issued Aug. 15 by officials of seven Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states which if adopted by lawmakers will require electric powerplants t
Publication Date: 25 August , 2006
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BP Closes Prudhoe Over Corroded Pipes - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A day after oil giant BP plc started shutting down its sprawling Prudhoe Bay field operations, company officials said they were scrambling to find steel for repairing and replacing some 16 miles of corrode
Publication Date: 14 August , 2006
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CB&I Lands $1-Billion Contract for Texas LNG Terminal - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Golden Pass LNG LLC awarded a contract to CB&I, The Woodlands, Texas, for a new $1-billion liquefied natural gas terminal near Sabine Pass. The new terminal is expected to add about 2 billion cu ft per
Publication Date: 14 August , 2006
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Louisiana Utility Plans $1.3-Billion Arkansas Powerplant - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Southwestern Electric Power Co., Shreveport, La., said Aug. 9 it plans to build a $1.3-billion, advanced coal-fired powerplant in Arkansas, for operation by summer 2011.
Publication Date: 11 August , 2006
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Court Rejects Nevada's Challenge to Yucca Mountain Rail Plan - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
In the battle over building a nuclear waste repository beneath Nevada's Yucca Mountain, the Dept. of Energy notched a victory and Nevada officials suffered a setback when a federal court turned down the st
Publication Date: 10 August , 2006
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Developer's Plan Includes Building Two Nuclear Units - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A New Jersey-based power developer is bidding for industry leadership with a $16-billion construction program to add 10,500 MW of new generation capacity, including the country’s first new nuclear re
Publication Date: 07 August , 2006
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Blackout's Trigger Remains A Mystery in New York City - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Utility officials in New York City refuse to speculate on the cause of an electrical blackout that persisted for more than a week after affecting 25,000 metered customers. But one engineer believes Consol
Publication Date: 31 July , 2006
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Brazil Structure's Fix Begins As Officials Seek Cause - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
As efforts begin to repair the damage to the recently completed 202-meter-tall Campos Novos Dam in southern Brazil that caused an uncontrolled release of water from its reservoir, officials continue to sea
Publication Date: 17 July , 2006
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Giant TBM Will Cut Through Hard Rock to Niagara Falls- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The Niagara Tunnel Project, an effort to increase water flow to Ontario Power Generation’s 2,081-MW Sir Adam Beck Generating Complex, is scheduled to begin in September once assembly of the job&rsquo
Publication Date: 17 July , 2006
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Uranium Facility One Step Closer - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
After receiving final approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Louisiana Energy Services this fall will begin construction of the National Enrichment Facility, the first in the U.S. to produce
Publication Date: 17 July , 2006
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TXU Orders Texas-Size Batch of Boilers and Emissions Units - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
In an effort to ease the growing need for electrical power in Texas, eight supercritical boilers and environment-friendly emission systems will be installed in powerplants across the state as part of TXU C
Publication Date: 10 July , 2006
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Utilities Have Big Plans For Transmission Work - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
As the electric power industry enters a building phase, utility company CEOs who gathered June 18-21 in Washington, D.C., for the Edison Electric Institute’s annual convention said they plan to boost
Publication Date: 10 July , 2006
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$5-billion Lignite Plant Proposed - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A new company, SynFuel Inc., Baton Rouge, has picked Louisiana’s Ascension Parish for the site of a proposed $5-billion plant to produce feedstocks for the state’s chemical industry by gasifyin
Publication Date: 03 July , 2006
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Arc-Gasification Plant Holds Promise for Power Production - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Officials in St. Lucie County, Fla., are moving forward with plans to build a plasma-arc gasification plant, the first of its kind in the U.S. It will transform the county’s solid waste into a combus
Publication Date: 03 July , 2006
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California Utilities Get Greener In Push for Renewable Power - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The California Public Utilities Commission is giving “green power” a push with its Renewable Portfolio Standards that will require investor-owned utilities obtain 20% of energy from renewable r
Publication Date: 03 July , 2006
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Harsh Climate, Difficult Geology Temper Pace of Work - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Iceland may be a wealthy, developed country but its remoteness and harsh highland climate demand serious pioneering skills from builders of the Kárahnjúkar hydro project. Setting up camp befo
Publication Date: 26 June , 2006
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Iceland Digs Deep To Develop Power in the Wilderness - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Converting “melting icebergs into aluminum...is pretty smart,” notes a manager on a vast integrated hydro and smelter project in Iceland. Energy, both hydro and geothermal, is the only signific
Publication Date: 26 June , 2006
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New Synfuels Pushes $5B Louisiana Plant - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A new synfuels company plans to build a $5-billion lignite gasification plant in Louisiana that would produce a variety of synthetic fuels and cogenerated electricity.
Publication Date: 19 June , 2006
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Rural Alaskan Communities Are Becoming Empowered- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Isolated communities in southeast Alaska’s rugged, fjord-punctuated panhandle have moved a step closer to being plugged into a regional electricity grid with the completion of the first of eight elec
Publication Date: 12 June , 2006
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Pact Launches Reactor Project - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Construction of a $10-billion research complex to develop the world’s first sustained fusion reaction could begin in France by December. Late last month, the U.S. initialed an agreement with China, t
Publication Date: 05 June , 2006
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Finnish Unit Running Late After Nine Months of Work - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Design delays and problems with component suppliers and quality have conspired to make construction of Europe’s first new nuclear reactor in over a decade about nine months late just nine months afte
Publication Date: 29 May , 2006
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GE Gears Up To Meet Demand For New Plant Construction - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
North American utilities will order at least six new nuclear reactors totaling 7,000 MW of capacity by 2016—and that’s the worst-case projection for sales by all suppliers, according to GE Ener
Publication Date: 29 May , 2006
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Cooling Tower's Demise - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
With a sequenced flash of explosives followed by a muffled thump, the Portland General Electric Trojan nuclear powerplant’s 499-ft-tall cooling tower collapsed upon itself in a cloud of dust early Ma
Publication Date: 23 May , 2006
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Commercial Wave-Energy System To Go off Portugal - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Assembly has started in Portugal for what will be the world’s first commercial wave-power system under a $10-million contract with a Scottish supplier. If the initial three 750-kW units perform as ho
Publication Date: 22 May , 2006
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Bush Picks DOD Official to Chair NRC- McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
President Bush has selected Dale Klein, an aide to Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, to be the new chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The White House said on April 27 that Bush planned to nomi
Publication Date: 01 May , 2006
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Probe Finds Several Problems Caused Missouri Dike Failure - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
An engineering firm has determined that instrumentation failure and human error were the primary causes of the Taum Sauk Reservoir Dike failure on Dec. 14, 2005, in Missouri. The owner is awaiting a federa
Publication Date: 01 May , 2006
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Submarine Cable Will Connect New York to New Power Pool - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
In yet another step to prevent a repeat of the Great Blackout of 2003, New York’s Long Island Power Authority is installing a 660-MW $300-million submarine electric transmission cable to link e
Publication Date: 01 May , 2006
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U.K. Unveils Cleanup Program And Mulls New Construction - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Plans for the U.K.’s rolling nuclear cleanup program worth nearly $100 billion were unveiled in late March by the Nuclear Decommission Authority. Major contracts will be bid from next year, by when d
Publication Date: 24 April , 2006
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London Betting on Distributed Energy - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Awaiting the April 14 completion of a government-led national study on ways to cut carbon emissions while meeting the U.K.’s energy needs, London’s city government has set up a joint-venture fi
Publication Date: 17 April , 2006
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Romney Could Knock Wind Out of Nantucket Sound Project - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Congress may help take the air out of the Cape Wind offshore wind farm project in Nantucket Sound. Representatives agreed to an amendment attached to a Coast Guard authorization bill that would allow Massa
Publication Date: 17 April , 2006
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South Africa Will Be First To Build Pebble-Bed Reactor - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Engineering and procurement is stepping up on a South African nuclear power project to build the world’s first pebble bed modular reactor (PBMR). Costing an estimated $400 million, the 165 to 170-MW
Publication Date: 03 April , 2006
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Biochemical Plant To Make Polymers Using Corn, Not Oil - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
A chemical plant nearing completion in east Tennessee is on the cutting edge of the transition from a petroleum economy to one based on renewable feedstocks. The plant, owned by a joint venture of a U.S.-b
Publication Date: 20 March , 2006
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Clean-Coal Plant To Grow in West - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
With issuance of a draft air-quality permit for public comment expected any day, a Montana electric cooperative is anticipating a construction start by spring 2007 on a clean-coal powerplant it is proposin
Publication Date: 20 March , 2006
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$28-Million Fine For Davis-Besse - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission imposed its largest fine ever—$28 million—on FirstEnergy Corp.’s nuclear subsidiary for failing to report potential problems with its Davis-Besse nu
Publication Date: 06 February , 2006
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Loose Bolts at Connection Helped Bring Down Line - McGraw-Hill Construction
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Loose bolts contributed to the collapse of 30 extra-high-voltage transmission towers as Hurricane Wilma moved across South Florida, an independent engineering analysis has determined. The October 2005 stor
Publication Date: 06 February , 2006
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A mile-long cable pull beneath Pearl Harbor, due to be completed in early March, is key to delivering power to expedite the Navy’s Ford Island Development Plan to renovate and expand the historic sit
Publication Date: 30 January , 2006
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Public and Private Sectors Boost Wind, Solar Power - McGraw-Hill Construction | ENR
Corporate awareness of sustainable-development issues, combined with government action, has caused a spike in recent public and private commitments to renewable-energy, says an energy industry consultant.
Publication Date: 23 January , 2006
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