Senate Adds Renewables Standard to Energy Bill
As a big energy package moved through the Senate, lawmakers on June 16 narrowly approved an amendment that would require electric utilities to tap solar, wind, geothermal or other renewable sources of en
Publication Date: 07 June , 2005
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Breaching Dike Will Generate Power While Cleansing Lake
Equipment rated at 260 MW was recently ordered from Austria for the world’s largest tidal-energy powerplant, at Lake Shihwa, beside Inchon Bay in South Korea. The main contractor is now preparing to b
Publication Date: 06 June , 2005
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New Manufacturing Process To Drive South Carolina Plant
PET packaging technology is more than 30 years old. It is most often seen in bottles for water and soft drinks, says Greg W. Nelson, vice president of technology for Kingsport, Tenn.-based Eastman’s Voridian Division. There have been no ste
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Publication Date: 06 June , 2005
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Investment Bank Requires WCD Adherence for Dam Financing
Projects failing to satisfy controversial guidelines recommended five years ago by the World Commission on Dams will no longer be eligible for any kind of financial support from the biggest international
Publication Date: 31 May , 2005
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Power Sector Rebuild Faces Reality Check
Two years and $3.74 billion into reconstruction, Iraq’s power system remains an anemic and fragile network of components. Some are newly commissioned, some rehabilitated, some unfinished, but the whol
Publication Date: 30 May , 2005
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Power Sector Rebuild Faces Reality Check
Two years and $3.74 billion into reconstruction, Iraq’s power system remains an anemic and fragile network of components. Some are newly commissioned, some rehabilitated, some unfinished, but the whol
Publication Date: 30 May , 2005
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Senate Panel Clears Major Energy Bill
A wide-ranging energy package has advanced in Congress, with Senate committee approval of a measure that seeks to stimulate domestic production, promote conservation and guard against breakdowns of the na
Publication Date: 27 May , 2005
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Pipeline Begins Pumping Oil from Caspian Sea to Turkish Port
Exactly three years after construction began, oil has started filling the Azerbaijan part of the controversial 1,760-km-long pipeline from Baku, on the land-locked Caspian Sea, through Georgia to Turkey's
Publication Date: 26 May , 2005
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Can A Single Calif. Energy Dept. Speed Siting?
In as few as three months, all power decisions in California may be made by a new energy secretary who will consolidate siting authority and market oversight with the work of the Energy Commission and the
Publication Date: 17 May , 2005
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Mile-Long Tunnel To Support UNC Enrollment Growth
Construction is proceeding in three phases, including one for the utility plant and two for separate tunnels connecting to the plant. Together, construction costs total $84 million. A joint venture of Whitaker Construction and Associated Brigham
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Publication Date: 16 May , 2005
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Nevada Renewable-Energy Law Produces Results, Slowly
Ormat Nevada Inc. began construction early this year on the 20—MW, Galena #1 geothermal powerplant at Steamboat. Ormat, a subsidiary of Ormat Technologies Inc., Sparks, Nev., also is seeking permits for a 26-MW geothermal plant at its Deser
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Publication Date: 16 May , 2005
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Powerplant Is Off To a Rocky Start
Wisconsin Energy Corp. and Bechtel Power Corp. have worked out an arrangement to keep a construction team in place on a $2.2-billion powerplant project while legal issues that delayed the job’s start
Publication Date: 16 May , 2005
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California Transmission Line Clears One Major Hurdle
The single-circuit lattice-tower Devers-Palo Verde 2 line (DPV2), designed by Rosemead-based Edison’s staff engineers, will reach from Palo Verde nuclear station near Phoenix to Devers substation near Palm Springs, Calif., paralleling the o
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Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Memo Undercuts Repository’s Odds
In a memorandum opinion released April 29, Court of Federal Claims Judge Susan Braden writes that DOE’s 1983 contract with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District to take responsibility of the waste produced by the Rancho Seco nuclear pow
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Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Wind and Tides To Be Tapped To Meet Scotland's Goals
Among marine-based renewables, two 5-MW wind demonstration generators 23 kilometers off Caithness are probably the most advanced. But a crop of wave and tidal devices is close behind.
Publication Date: 09 May , 2005
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Los Angeles Wind Farm Plans Indicate Clean Energy Future
New installations of wind-powered generating plants will grow the most, from $8 billion in 2004 to $48.1 billion. Solar photovoltaic installations will grow from $7.2 billion to $39.2 billion, and investments in fuel cells and distributed hydrog
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Publication Date: 02 May , 2005
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After Difficult Planning, Norway Taps Deep Sea Reserves
After major efforts to accelerate construction, Snøhvit’s liquefied natural gas plant, Europe’s first, is almost complete on a 154 x 54 x 9-meter-deep steel barge tied up near Cadiz, by the Strait of Gibraltar. Spanish erection
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Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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Developer Agrees To Shift Route But Not Platform
With Russian government approval, SEIC will shift its oil line 20 km south to avoid dredging in the forage areas, as first planned (ENR 5/24/04 p. 16). Ian Craig, CEO of SEIC, a consortium led by Netherlands-based Shell Sakhalin Holdings B.V., s
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Publication Date: 25 April , 2005
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House Approves Energy Package With Natural Gas, Electricity Construction, Nuclear Power Incentives
Comprehensive energy legislation has gained momentum on Capitol Hill, with House passage of a package of policy changes and tax breaks that include measures aimed at speeding construction of natural gas pi
Publication Date: 21 April , 2005
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NRC Proposes Record Fine Against Davis-Besse Plant's Operator
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has proposed a the largest fine in its history, a $5.45-million penalty, against FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Co. for alleged violations of NRC rules at the company's Dav
Publication Date: 21 April , 2005
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Governors Grab Keys to Western Grid
Four western governors have announced plans to build up to 1,700 miles of electrical transmission lines, setting the stage for a more reliable power grid.
Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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How To Get Next Generation Of Plants Built Is the Question
The U.S. electric-power industry is stuck in the middle of a messy transition to a competitive system and groping for clarity in business models and generation technologies, John Rowe told the Electric Pow
Publication Date: 18 April , 2005
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New Mexico Legislature Passes Sweeping Solar Energy Bill
Solar power’s future recently brightened in New Mexico with passage of a bill for publicly backed solar projects.
Publication Date: 11 April , 2005
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Western Governors Plan $15-billion Electrical Transmission Grid
Declining investment in new transmission facilities has resulted in grid congestion and power outages costing the economy $25 billion to $180 billion annually, according the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Electrical Transmission and Distributio
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Publication Date: 06 April , 2005
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New Cooling-Water Intake Is Low-Cost and Fish-Friendly
Energy and Environmental Analysts Inc., Garden City, N.Y., has just completed a feasibility study for its Substratum Intake System for Keyspan Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y. Keyspan now is reviewing the test results to determine whether to install the sy
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Publication Date: 04 April , 2005
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University System Leads California Demand Reduction
Utilities participating in the program include Pacific Gas and Electric Co., San Francisco; San Diego Gas & Electric, San Diego; Southern California Edison Co., Rosemead; and Southern California Gas, Los Angeles. With 23 campuses, California
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Publication Date: 04 April , 2005
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15 Dead in Refinery Blast Include Contractors
No Jacobs officials would confirm that those killed were Merit employees, but a BP spokesman says the refinery’s isomerization unit was undergoing “major annual maintenance” at the time of the explosion. “Everyone knows that
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Publication Date: 24 March , 2005
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Bodman Confirmed as DOE Secretary
Filling another Cabinet slot in President Bush's second term, the Senate has confirmed Samuel W. Bodman as secretary of energy. The approval, on Jan. 31 by unanimous consent, came less than two weeks after
Publication Date: 01 February , 2005
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East River's Strong Tides Power Submerged Turbines
A section of New York’s East River is now the test bed for a tide-powered turbine farm that could cost $20 million and generate up to 10 MW of electricity when completed in 2007. The project is a glob
Publication Date: 24 January , 2005
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Under Oil and Gas Price Pressure, It’s Back to the Future
In a broad sense, the wheel has fully turned. Natural-gas prices made a step-increase four years ago, pushing gas over the threshold of about $3 per million Btu at which LNG can compete with native natural gas (see graph p. 29). Owners of the th
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Publication Date: 24 January , 2005
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Bush Names Treasury Official to Head DOE.; Nicholson for VA
In a surprise move, President Bush has picked Deputy Treasury Secretary Samuel Bodman as his nominee to lead the Dept. of Energy. If the Senate confirms Bodman, he would succeed Spencer Abraham as DOE Secr
Publication Date: 10 December , 2004
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$2-Billion Project in Arizona Would Be First in 28 Years
Public-information meetings held in Yuma County yielded no serious community objections to the project. November hearings are expected to lead to a draft permit from the Arizona Dept. of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). The Environmental Protection
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Publication Date: 01 November , 2004
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Congress Aids Alaska Project
Spokesmen for BP, ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips, which are jointly planning a pipeline, say negotiating a "clear and durable fiscal contract" with the state is the next step. Negotiations now are in progress.
Publication Date: 25 October , 2004
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Safety Shutdown Kicks Off $800-Million Improvement
Work on the 1,049-MW Hope Creek unit began this month. The two-unit, 2,212-MW Salem nuclear station will also be improved in the program. Both plants share a site on the lower Delaware River, in Salem County, N.J.
Publication Date: 25 October , 2004
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Ivan Kills The Power
In and around Pensacola, Fla., Gulf Power's electrical distribution system was smashed by Ivan. Of Gulf’s 1,579 miles of transmission lines, 790 miles were destroyed, and 211 of its 249 main feeders w
Publication Date: 27 September, 2004
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Hurricane Ivan Trailing Path Of Destruction
Publication Date: 16 September, 2004
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Irving Oil Gets Permit To Build First New East Coast LNG
Irving Oil may construct the first new liquefied-natural-gas receiving and regasification terminal on the East Coast of North America in 30 years. The Saint John, New Brunswick-based oil company has receiv
Publication Date: 30 August , 2004
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Feds OK Redesign To Boost Migrating Salmon Survival
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is allowing a Washington state utility to replace one of 10 aging turbines at its 900-MW Wanapum Dam on the Columbia River with a specially designed unit to increa
Publication Date: 23 August , 2004
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Government Settles Dispute Over Spent Fuel with Exelon
Exelon Corp. will receive millions of dollars in reimbursement from the U.S. government under a settlement reached Aug. 10. The money is for construction of spent nuclear fuel storage facilities.
Publication Date: 23 August , 2004
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Questions Surround Fatal Indian Tunnel Collapse
Local officials have blamed the heavy rains in the area that caused a massive mud slide and the consequent collapse of a 190-meter shaft in an tunnel of the Tehri dam and hydroelectric project. But independent reports from the area suggest that
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Publication Date: 10 August , 2004
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Unreliability Continues To Haunt the Grid
As the first anniversary of the 2003 Northeast blackout approaches, projects and programs to improve reliability are under way. But experts warn that the 46 recommendations of a joint U.S.-Canadian task fo
Publication Date: 02 August , 2004
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Offshore Pumping System Supplies Hydroelectric Plant
A demonstration of a novel technology that uses the kinetic energy of ocean waves to generate electricity is scheduled for deployment off the California coast by fall. Similar in concept to pumped-storag
Publication Date: 26 July , 2004
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States Sue Over Carbon Emissions
Eight states and the City of New York have filed the nation's first lawsuit against private companies to require reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. California, Connecticut, Iowa, New Jersey, New York,
Publication Date: 22 July , 2004
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McGraw-Hill Construction - ENR
Publication Date: 12 July , 2004
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Stymied by Local Resistance, Terminals Take to the Sea
Norway-based engineering-procurement-construction contractor Advanced Production and Loading AS will begin construction of the terminal in August 116 miles offshore of Louisiana. The $60-million facility will have 500-million-cu-ft-per-day capac
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Publication Date: 12 July , 2004
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Ontario RFP Draws 4,400 MW of Renewable Energy Proposals
Ninety private renewable-energy developers have submitted expressions of interest to the Ontario Ministry of Energy totaling 4,400 MW of electricity generation. The ministry issued a request for proposals
Publication Date: 05 July , 2004
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Ontario Utility To Seek Hydrotunnel Proposals
Ontario Power Generation, Toronto, will issue an open request in July for turnkey proposals for construction of a 6.5-mile-long, 39-ft-dia tunnel to increase water flow to hydroturbines at the 2,150-MW Si
Publication Date: 29 June , 2004
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Up to $29 Billion Needed For Ontario's Restructuring
After it was elected last spring, the new Liberal government said it would unveil the plan (ENR 3/29 p. 16). “Between now and 2020 we are going to have to replace, refurbish, rebuild or save something on the conservation side to the tune of
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Publication Date: 28 June , 2004
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Xcel Energy Seeks To Reverse Deregulation Rules for Unit
A move by Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy to opt out of new rules in Colorado that require it to bid out new sources of energy has independent power producers worrying about their future.
Publication Date: 21 June , 2004
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Nuke’s Condenser Changed In Ballet of 500-Ton Modules
The Callaway plant, a single-unit, 1,126-MW pressurized-water reactor generating station, was completed near Fulton, Mo., in 1984. AmerenUE, St. Louis, plans to replace its four steam generators during the refueling outage scheduled for fall 200
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Publication Date: 14 June , 2004
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Senate Upholds Reclassifying Some Nuclear Waste
The Senate has voted to permit the Dept. of Energy to reclassify some high-level nuclear waste as "incidental to reprocessing." The 2005 defense reauthorization bill now pending in the Senate inc
Publication Date: 07 June , 2004
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Power Authority Seeks New Sources While Building Own
The New York Power Authority next month will seek up to 500 MW of capacity to be supplied by private developers. The RFP, in development for several months, was announced shortly after a state comptroller&
Publication Date: 31 May , 2004
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California May Be Headed For Another Meltdown
Beyond the initial wave of 8,000 MW that has come on line since 1999, “There are about 10,000 MW looking for an opportunity to build out,” says Jan Smutny-Jones, executive director of the Independent Power Producers Association, Sacram
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Publication Date: 17 May , 2004
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Blackout Shows Its Silver Lining As Grid Wins New Respect
(This web story is an extended version of the print piece published in the May 3,2004 issue of ENR)
Publication Date: 03 May , 2004
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Nuclear Consortium Seeks DOE Funds for Licensing Effort
The NuStart group, which was formed in March, includes Exelon (Chicago), Southern Co. (Atlanta), Entergy (New Orleans), Constellation Energy (Baltimore), Électricité de France (Paris), the Tennessee Valley Authority (Knoxville), Ge
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Publication Date: 27 April , 2004
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Larger Projects Gain Ground As Technology Improves
Long a small-scale darling of green-energy advocates, solar power recently has been bulking up with announcements of several high-profile, large-scale projects. While solar still appears to be years away
Publication Date: 19 April , 2004
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Two Groups Seeking License But New Plant Is Still Years Off
No utility has committed to actually investing in a plant. Instead, the two groups hope to receive COLs by the end of the decade and make decisions on whether to build at that time.
Publication Date: 12 April , 2004
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Task Force Calls 2004 Blackout Preventable, Calls For Enforceable Standards
The U.S.-Canada task force says last August's blackout that darkened large areas of the Northeast and Midwest was preventable, and makes 46 recommendations, including having enforceable reliability standar
Publication Date: 05 April , 2004
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New Ontario Government Acts To Overhaul Market
Faced with a capacity shortfall and fleets of dirty coal plants and aging nuclear units, Ontario is planning to rebuild and dramatically expand its electric infrastructure. The plan could soon make the pro
Publication Date: 29 March , 2004
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Public-Private Team Breaks Central California Bottleneck
Relief is in sight for one notorious electric-transmission bottleneck. Steel-lattice towers and poles are rising this month in rugged, remote terrain for a $306-million expansion of Path 15 in central Cali
Publication Date: 29 March , 2004
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