David Campbell Expands Veolia Nuclear Solutions’ Federal Services Business Team
Veolia Nuclear Solutions is pleased to welcome David Campbell as senior vice president of Veolia Nuclear Solutions’ federal services business, where he will lead business development activities for Veolia’s integrated nuclear services offering. Mr. Campbell joins the team led by federal services President Billy Morrison and brings more than 25 years of experience developing, managing and implementing government, corporate and commercial business development programs. He most recently served as v...
Consortium Assessing Pumped Hydro Storage Plant in South Australia
EnergyAustralia, one of Australia’s leading energy retailers, today briefed the federal government on the potential for a pumped hydroelectric storage project in South Australia to support delivery of cleaner, reliable and affordable supplies of energy. Managing Director Catherine Tanna and Executive – Energy Mark Collette updated the Cabinet Energy Committee in Sydney on the progress EnergyAustralia and partners Melbourne Energy Institute and Arup Group have made in the past 12 months invest...
RES Awarded Storage Project for National Wind Technology Center
Broomfield, Colo. – Renewable Energy Systems (RES), is pleased to announce that our RESolve® energy storage system has been selected for the 1MW/1MWh energy storage test project at the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) National Wind Technology Center (NWTC). RES is a technology-agnostic integrator that performs the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) as well as offering long-term performance wraps. Once complete in April 2017, research staff from t...
Exprodat Offers ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing Implementation Services
Exprodat, the oil and gas ArcGIS platform specialist, Esri Gold Partner and Getech group company, has extended the services it provides to energy companies around the world by developing a number of support services targeted at the new ArcGIS Pipeline Referencing (APR) extension. Recently, Esri has developed the ability to manage linear referencing networks, such as pipelines, within the core of the ArcGIS platform. This means that pipeline assets, build materials, maintenance reports and a h...
Amec Foster Wheeler Awarded Auxiliary Boiler Contract for US Methanol Plant
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that its Global Power Group (GPG) has been awarded a contract and received a full notice to proceed from Yuhuang Chemical Inc. (YCI), a US based subsidiary of Shandong Yuhuang Chemical Company Ltd (SYCC), for the supply of an auxiliary boiler for its methanol facility currently under construction in Louisiana. Design and supply of fully assembled 580,000 lb/hr steam generator Major methanol facility for Yuhuang Chemical Inc....
Bechtel Gets Go-Ahead to Build New Power Plant in New York State
Bechtel, a global leader in engineering, procurement, and construction, will start work later this month to transform an abandoned industrial site in Dover, New York into one of the cleanest, most efficient, power-generation facilities in the United States. Cricket Valley Energy Center LLC has awarded Bechtel a contract to design and build the new, natural-gas fired power plant, which will provide electricity for one million homes and create approximately 1,100 jobs at peak construction. The...
Tetra Tech Awarded U.S. Department of Energy Blanket Purchase Agreement for Environmental Support Services
PASADENA, Calif. - Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that it has been awarded a blanket purchase agreement to provide National Environmental Policy Act support services to the U.S. Department of Energy. Tetra Tech is one of six contractors that will share in the blanket purchase agreements with a ceiling of $91 million over a 5-year period. Tetra Tech will provide support services for a wide range of projects such as: natural gas storage and export; nuclear fuel management and t...
Atkins Joins NGNP Industry Alliance
Atkins, one of the world's most respected design, engineering and project management consultancies, has joined the NGNP Industry Alliance Limited to support the mission of commercialising the High-Temperature Gas-cooled Reactor (HTGR). Atkins sees advanced nuclear reactor technologies as a driver for climate-friendly energy that is near-term in the HTGR. "Atkins will be a major player in our alliance and provides decades of experience that will play a crucial role in moving our...
Fluor’s NuScale Power Submits Small Modular Nuclear Reactor Design Certification to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that NuScale Power (NuScale), in which Fluor is the majority investor, completed and formally submitted its design certification application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for NuScale’s small modular nuclear reactor commercial power plant design. The reactor technology can deliver the energy diversity needed to power unique energy needs while also providing a safe, more flexible, carbon-free power generation solution....
ADFD and IRENA Announce Funding by ADFD of USD 44.5 Million in Four Developing Countries
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates — Four renewable energy projects in developing countries in the Pacific and Africa have been identified by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development (ADFD) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to receive USD 44.5 million in funding. ADFD’s funding will support a diverse set of projects including a hybrid micro-grid project employing solar PV and advanced lithium-ion batteries, a hydropower project, integrated wind and solar, and a combination project consist...