Biopower Market Set to Rise to 165.2 GW of Installed Capacity by 2025 as Technologies Advance, says GlobalData
Despite a slump in annual additions, the global biopower market is set to show steady growth, rising from 106.2 Gigawatts (GW) of installed capacity in 2015 to 165.2 GW by 2025, at a compound annual growth rate of 4.4%, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report states that global biopower is a niche market in the renewable energy industry, and is likely to grow at a significant rate in the future. Although bioenergy is not a new concept, recent advancem...
Atkins' Innovation in Offshore Wind Design and Engineering on Show at WindEurope in Hamburg, Germany
Innovative foundation and offshore substation platform design and engineering will be the focus for Atkins at this year’s WindEurope event in Hamburg. Excellence in design and engineering are just two of the expert capabilities that Atkins will be showcasing at the event. In particular Atkins will demonstrate its proven track record in the design and engineering of both fixed and floating offshore wind farm projects from around the world. Sharing the Scottish Development International (SDI...
Skanska Builds Nedre Otta Power Plant in Norway for NOK 657M, About SEK 650M
Skanska has signed a contract with Eidsiva Vannkraft AS to build Nedre Otta power plant in the municipalities Sel and Vågå, Norway. The contract is worth NOK 657M, about SEK 650M, which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska Norway for the third quarter in 2016. The hydropower project involves about 12 000 meters of tunnel work, construction of the power station and transformer hall in the mountain and concrete work around the intake, power plant area, outflow and portal. Ned...
Amec Foster Wheeler Wins Contract for Biomass Fired CFB Boiler
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has been awarded a contract and received notice to proceed by Tecnicas Reunidas SA and Samsung C&T EC UK to design and supply a circulating fluidized-bed (CFB) steam generator for the Tees Renewable Energy Plant, in Teesside, UK for MGT Teesside Limited. MGT Teesside Limited has also awarded a long term service agreement contract to Amec Foster Wheeler for boiler maintenance. Through this agreement, for a minimum term of five years, the owner will g...
Solar PV Poised to Boom in Africa Thanks to Declining Costs
Abu Dhabi, U.A.E., 22 Sept. 2016 – The business case for solar photovoltaics (PV) in Africa is stronger than ever thanks to rapidly declining technology costs, according to a new report released today by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Solar PV in Africa: Costs and Markets, estimates that installed costs for power generated by utility-scale solar PV projects in Africa have decreased as much as 61 per cent since 2012. Today, installed costs for these projects are as low as USD...
Greener and More Efficient District Energy in the US
District energy in the US relies primarily on steam heating, which can be costly to operate and maintain, as well as being a potential safety hazard. But more and more operators are looking to the alternative: hot water district energy. The system which is widely used in Europe is more flexible, has a reduced risk of leakages, a higher degree of efficiency, and better possibilities of integrating renewable energy. Ramboll now helps five US and one Canadian client in introducing hot water dist...
Colorado Plant Begins Chemical Weapons Destruction
RESTON, VA - Bechtel-led plant pilot testing will ensure personnel, facilities and equipment perform safely and as designed.Bechtel today congratulated the workforce at the Pueblo Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant on achieving a significant milestone—the initial processing of chemical weapons, bringing the U.S. a step closer to meeting treaty obligations to destroy its remaining chemical weapons stockpile. The milestone marks the first time that the Bechtel-led plant has handled mustard age...
KBR Weatherly Announces Launch of its Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Technology
HOUSTON – KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Weatherly Inc. announced today the launch of the new Weatherly Dual Pressure Nitric Acid Technology. This technology enables economically viable production of Nitric Acid in large scale (over 1,000 Mtons/day), as part of large fertilizer production complexes. Weatherly's new technology produces nitric acid at an operating cost that is $4 to $5 per ton less than competing dual pressure plants of the same capacity. This is possibl...
KBR Announces Another Successful Implementation of Distill-Max Technology
KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) today announced that Placid Refining Company LLC has successfully started up a grassroots Dividing Wall Column (DWC) reformate splitter at their Port Allen, Louisiana, USA refinery. KBR's Distill-Max™ DWC technology was selected for this application during Placid Refining Company's "Mobile Source Air Toxic (MSAT) II Reformate Splitter Project" The reformate splitter column is designed to remove benzene from the gasoline streams and produce a benzene rich stream. KBR's ap...
Our New Analysis Finds Energy Efficiency is the 3rd Largest Resource in the U.S. Electric Power Sector
Have you ever described efficiency as an energy resource and gotten a quizzical look in return? We have, even though utility system planners have been using energy efficiency for decades to make sure that power for their customers is both reliable and affordable. For those of us who have been in the energy efficiency industry for years, or even decades, we sometimes take for granted that others will understand what we mean. But we must not. We must help educate a wider audience that energy savin...
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February Issue 2026
