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Two 230-kv and 115-kv power lines strung across the Mississippi at Chalmette, just below the city, were only 193 ft above the water at spring flood stage. Entergy’s 40-year-old Army Corps of Engineers permit said it had to provide 213-ft cl
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Publication Date: 12 May , 2003
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Bringing Baghdad Back To Life
Baghdad is struggling to advance from war to reconstruction. Coalition forces and Iraqi citizens are trying to solve the delicate calculus that transforms conquest and occupation into a sustainable liberat
Publication Date: 28 April , 2003
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Power Grid Is Key To Jolt Economy
In short, the restoration of electrical service will jolt the economy back to life.
Publication Date: 21 April , 2003
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New York Grid Sees Summer Covered, But Urges Building
New York state needs to add more generating capacity "on an expedited basis" because demand continues to grow, says the New York Independent System Operator, the state agency in charge of electric transmis
Publication Date: 27 March , 2003
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Ohio Fuel Cell May Be Nation's First To Serve Utility Needs
The first award under the state of Ohio's $100-million, three-year fuel-cell research and development program is expected to be made shortly. The state has put up $839,000 toward the $1.26-million cost of
Publication Date: 17 March , 2003
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Prototype Will Generate 275 Mw, Produce Salable By-Products
A power industry consortium will manage the project and provide at least 20% of the costs, say officials. The timing, the nature of the consortium and other specifics are still undetermined. "Some kind of government solicitation, hopefully
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Publication Date: 10 March , 2003
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Despite Its Foggy Reputation, San Francisco Turns To The Sun
The $7.4-million Moscone project, which includes installation of a 675-kw photovoltaic array and $3.2 million in other efficiency measures, is expected to slash the convention center's annual utility bill by $639,000, according to Vote Solar In
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Publication Date: 03 March , 2003
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Smart Devices Streamline Controls And Boost Plant Performance
When your late-model car's oxygen sensor goes on the fritz, it will impair operation of the catalytic converter and probably cause your car to flunk its next emission test. There won't be any funny knockin
Publication Date: 03 March , 2003
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World LNG market poised for 'major expansion,' S&P says
The rumors of new LNG terminal construction may be more than rumors. While the liquefied natural gas market has been expanding gradually over the past 30 years, "recent trends point to a major expansion in
Publication Date: 01 March , 2003
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Gulf Projects Proceed Despite Shadow of Possible War
The war clouds gathering at the north end of the Persian Gulf have not cast a shadow over the United Arab Emirates near the south end of that body of water. Several decades of oil production have given the
Publication Date: 07 February , 2003
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Oilsands Developers Not Worried by Kyoto Demands
Despite initial concerns about the impact of the Kyoto Protocol, two Alberta oilsand developments are proceeding unhindered, while a third is citing Kyoto-related costs as only one of several factors in it
Publication Date: 21 January , 2003
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NRC Chairman Blasts IG Report on Ohio Nuclear Plant
The chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission has sharply criticized a report by the NRC's Inspector General that said NRC staffers permitted the Davis-Besse nuclear plant in Ohio to delay inspections
Publication Date: 13 January , 2003
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ENR - AEP 765-kv Transmission Line Clears Last Hurdle
Construction is expected to begin next year on a 765-kv transmission line from West Virginia to Virginia first proposed in 1990 by American Electric Power Co., Columbus, Ohio. On Dec. 31, the U.S. Forest S
Publication Date: 02 January , 2003
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World LNG Market Poised for 'Major Expansion,' S&P Says
The rumors of new LNG terminal construction may be more than rumors. While the liquefied natural gas market has been expanding gradually over the past 30 years, "recent trends point to a major expansion in
Publication Date: 02 January , 2003
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Pakistan, Afghanistan, Turkmenistan to Ink Gas Line Deal
Construction could begin in 2004 on a natural gas pipeline project long deferred by instability in war-torn Afghanistan.
Publication Date: 22 December , 2002
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Los Angeles Harbor Dredging Mucked Up by Sandy Conditions
A small tunnel boring machine has been stalled since June only yards away from the finish of a 1,586-ft-long sewer line relocation under Los Angeles Harbor by undetected sandy conditions in a pit excavated
Publication Date: 16 December , 2002
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NRC Chairman to Leave in March
Richard A. Meserve, chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the past three years, has said he will leave his post at the end of March to become president of the Washington-based Carnegie Institut
Publication Date: 16 December , 2002
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Boiler Technology Pursues Goals of Efficiency and Lower Emissions
Conflict has marred the start of commercial operation of the world's largest and most advanced circulating fluidized-bed boilers. Foster Wheeler Energy Corp. last month filed suit against JEA for breach of
Publication Date: 02 December , 2002
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Agreement Expected to Open Way for Iceland Hydro Scheme
Initialing of a power-purchase agreement late this month is expected to open the way to construction of Iceland's biggest-ever industrial project. To attract an energy-intensive aluminum plant, the island'
Publication Date: 11 November , 2002
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Inspection and Repairs Moving Quickly on Alaskan Pipeline
Crews have quickly built temporary supports to replace damaged metal brackets supporting portions of the trans-Alaska Pipeline, while officials continue with a full systems check and integrity assessment i
Publication Date: 11 November , 2002
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Panel Warns of Big Gaps in Homeland Security
A blue-ribbon task force has bluntly warned that the U.S. is "dangerously unprepared" for a terrorist attack, saying it probably would mean more casualties than the Sept. 11, 2001 attack.
Publication Date: 28 October , 2002
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Fluor Wins $20-million Settlement In Solutia Contract Dispute
After winning two jury verdicts in its favor, Fluor Enterprises Inc., Aliso Viejo, Calif., has settled a construction project dispute with Solutia Inc., St. Louis, for $20 million. The settlement amount sl
Publication Date: 17 October , 2002
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Economy War And Consolidation Buffet Process Industry E&CS
A possible war with Iraq and tensions between owners and contractors became the focus of the annual American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Engineering and Construction Contracting Conference. The threat
Publication Date: 14 October , 2002
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Plant Aims To Prove New Ironmaking Technology
A new ironmaking process that offers a cleaner way to produce oxygen-free iron nuggets is moving from pilot testing to a demonstration stage at a Great Lakes mining plant. If the demonstration proves succe
Publication Date: 14 October , 2002
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Chemical Process Plants Must Review IT Tools
The U.S. chemical process industry must exert strict cost-justification as it applies the tools of information technology to improve itself or it runs the risk of adding cost without adding value, and of m
Publication Date: 11 October , 2002
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Speical Report - U.S. Scrambles to Inspect Its Vast Infrastructure Array
While protecting public infrastructure systems from potential disasters is not a new concept, owners and consultants have felt an urgent calling to this task since 9/11. Government agencies at all levels a
Publication Date: 23 September, 2002
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Bill To Speed Project Delivery Receives Mixed Industry Reaction
In an ongoing attempt to encourage new electric generation and speed up the process, California appears poised to enact a bill requiring developers to start powerplant construction within a year after a pr
Publication Date: 16 September, 2002
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Generation Market Slams On Brakes
From January through July, more than 89,000 Mw were shelved or canceled. During all of 2001, developers tabled or canceled more than 60,000 Mw of capacity, twice as much as in 2000. Since January 2000, a total of
Publication Date: 16 September, 2002
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Azeri Shakh Deniz project on track for Oct sanction: BP
Infrastructure under consideration includes a new, 690-km pipeline through Azerbaijan and Georgia to the Turkish border and an offshore platform in the Caspian Sea. The Turkish government also is considering building an LNG plant.
Publication Date: 13 September, 2002
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New Conductor Designs Tested
General Cable, Highland Heights, Ky., last month introduced an addition to its BICC brand bare overhead conductor line called TransPowr TW. Engineering Director Dennis Doss III says the Aluminum Conductor Steel-Supported/Trapezoidal Wire (ACSS/T
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Publication Date: 02 September, 2002
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BP hoping to start Azerbaijan-Turkey gas flows in 2006
Construction of an export pipeline to carry natural gas from the Caspian Sea's Shakh Deniz field offshore Azerbaijan to Turkey should begin in 2004 and be completed in the first quarter of 2006, David Wood
Publication Date: 21 August , 2002
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DOE Steps Up Support Activities To Spur Nuclear Construction
With the backing of a pronuclear administration, DOE is trying to step up activities to put the industry in a position to construct new powerplants. But DOE is looking for commitments from the industry bef
Publication Date: 02 August , 2002
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Booming Generation Sector Will Need Gas, Electric Transmission
A four-year-long boom in powerplant construction, consisting almost entirely of natural gas-fired turbines, has largely blunted fears of widespread U.S. electricity shortages. But federal energy officials
Publication Date: 29 July , 2002
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Senate Approves Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Site
The plan to open a nuclear waste repository under Nevada's Yucca Mountain has taken a big step forward with Senate approval of the plan. The key action on was a 60-39 vote on July
Publication Date: 10 July , 2002
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Rolling Blackouts Rekindle Faith In Placing Generation Near Demand
In June 2000, a single day of rolling blackouts cost the 200 members of the Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group an estimated $100 million. The high-tech nature of the Silicon Valley companies' business made
Publication Date: 01 July , 2002
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BP Expects End-June Sanction For Crude Line From Baku to Ceyhan
A $2.9-billion, 1-million-bbl-per-day oil export pipeline from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Ceyhan, Turkey, to carry Caspian crude to the Turkish Mediterranean via Georgia could begin construction early next year.
Publication Date: 21 June , 2002
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Ontario May Elilminate All Coal-Fired Stations Over Next 13 Years
The select committee urges the government to set up a task force to determine a Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) for the province, in other words, a requirement that a set percentage of new electricity generation would come from renewable sou
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Publication Date: 20 June , 2002
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More Than Just Powerplants
When the lights flicker and dim, people understandably are quick to call for construction of new powerplants to generate the electricity they need. And since 1997, the U.S. electric generation plant base has enjoyed a boom unlike any since the 1
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Publication Date: 10 June , 2002
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BP Expects End-June Sanction For Crude Line From Baku to Ceyhan
A $2.9-billion, 1-million-bbl-per-day oil export pipeline from Baku, Azerbaijan, to Ceyhan, Turkey, to carry Caspian crude to the Turkish Mediterranean via Georgia could begin construction early next year.
Publication Date: 07 June , 2002
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Senate Committee Votes for Nuclear Repository at Yucca Mountain
Plans to build a nuclear waste storage facility beneath Nevada's Yucca Mountain have moved forward with Senate committee passage of a measure that approves the site. The June 5 vote by the Senate Energy an
Publication Date: 05 June , 2002
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Finland Authorizes Order for New Nuclear Powerplant
Finland may get its fifth nuclear powerplant following the national parliament's late May vote to approve in principle plans for a new unit. The privately-owned, Helsinki-based utility Teollisuuden Voima O
Publication Date: 24 May , 2002
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Niagara Mohawk Seeks Distributed Generation Proposals
Niagara Mohawk Power will seek proposals for distributed generation (DG) projects to be in service in 2004 and 2005. Platts Retail Energy reports the utility will release requests for proposals in July of
Publication Date: 24 May , 2002
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Last Emergency Cable Removed in WTC Area
A New York City-based utility on May 23 removed the last of the electric cable laid to meet emergency demand in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center. Nine days after the
Publication Date: 23 May , 2002
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North Slope Gas Still Stranded by Economics
Neither of two routes proposed for construction of a pipeline to deliver natural gas from Alaska's North Slope to the contiguous 48 states would be economically feasible without government incentives. That
Publication Date: 16 May , 2002
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Millennium Pipeline Negotiations Near Completion
Negotiations for the route of the Millennium Pipeline's last two miles are steadily proceeding, prompting a Millennium spokesman to express his "optimistic hope" that they could be concluded by t
Publication Date: 25 April , 2002
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Nevada Governor Vetoes Yucca Mountain Nuclear Site Selection
In the latest round of the fight over where to store waste from U.S. nuclear powerplants, Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn has vetoed President Bush's choice of the underground site at Yucca Mountain, about 100 mil
Publication Date: 09 April , 2002
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Reactor Hole Triggers Probes
Familiarity with a known type of stress cracking may have led nuclear powerplant operators to overlook the threat it posed to the integrity of reactor pressure vessel heads in the 69 U.S. pressurized-water
Publication Date: 08 April , 2002
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Greased by New Technology, Canada's Oil Sands are Booming
About 60 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, Alberta, the pavement ends. From Edmonton, the 440-km highway to Fort McMurray is a busy artery filled with construction workers shuttling to work in the oil-san
Publication Date: 11 March , 2002
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Bush Proposes Voluntary Air Pollution Limits, Is Silent on 'New Source
President Bush's voluntary program aimed at reducing air pollution from factories and powerplants drew a favorable reaction from the electric utility industry but attacks from environmental groups and thei
Publication Date: 14 February , 2002
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Calpine Pulls The Plug On Plants
Calpine CEO Peter Cartwright announced Jan. 16 that the San Jose, Calif.-based company will complete 27 gas-fired projects now under construction. It will continue to develop, but place on "hot standby," another 34 projects that will c
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Publication Date: 28 January , 2002
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DOE's Abraham to Recommend Yucca Mountain as Nuclear Waste Site
Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham has said he will recommend the Yucca Mountain site in Nevada as the place to store the country's nuclear waste. But Abraham's widely expected Jan. 10 announcement is by no
Publication Date: 11 January , 2002
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Senate Democrats Introduce New Energy Bill
Democrats in the Senate have produced a new version of a broad energy bill, but there are no signs of compromise on the issue that most divides them from Republicans, drilling for oil in Alaska's Arctic Na
Publication Date: 06 December , 2001
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List (A-D) - New U.S Powerplants Over 50 MW
Publication Date: 03 December , 2001
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List (E-J) - New U.S Powerplants Over 50 MW
Publication Date: 03 December , 2001
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List (K-M) - New U.S Powerplants Over 50 MW
Publication Date: 03 December , 2001
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List (N) - New U.S Powerplants Over 50 MW
Publication Date: 03 December , 2001
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List (O-P) - New U.S Powerplants Over 50 MW
Publication Date: 03 December , 2001
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List (R-U) - New U.S Powerplants Over 50 MW
Publication Date: 03 December , 2001
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List (V-Z) - New U.S Powerplants Over 50 MW
Publication Date: 03 December , 2001
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Market Gyrations Make Hitting Targets for Skilled Crafts an Art
The industry’s ability to field a skilled craft force traditionally has been challenged by construction’s seasonality, cyclicality and hard work. But trying to hit the bull’s eye in demand h
Publication Date: 03 December , 2001
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