SolarReserve Flags Heliostat Deal with Local Manufacturer for South Australian Project
An artist's impression of the Aurora plant to be built by SolarReserve in South Australia. Global solar thermal company SolarReserve is working on a deal with Heliostat SA to build more than 12,800 tracking mirrors for its 150MW Aurora project in South Australia. The agreement will utilise skills and technology initially developed in South Australia for the automotive industry. SolarReserve today announced a Memorandum of Understanding with Heliostat SA for the development of pl...
Fluor Subsidiary Gains U.S. Department of Energy Strategic Petroleum Reserve Management and Operating Contract Extension through March 2024
IRVING, Texas - Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has exercised its option to extend its current management and operating contract of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) through March 31, 2024. The contract is currently being executed by Fluor Federal Petroleum Operations, LLC (FFPO), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fluor. Fluor will book the $2 billion contract extension value in the third quarter of 2018. FFPO began management and operatio...
SunShare Secures $11 Million in Construction and Term Financing
MICHAEL, Minn. – SunShare, the nation’s pioneer in community solar, has secured $11 million in construction/term project financing from ANB Bank for the construction of 8.2 MWdc of community solar gardens in Minnesota. Construction has begun on the SaintSun (6.9 MWdc) and ZumbroSun (1.3 MWdc) projects in Saint Michael and Zumbro Falls, MN, and they are expected to reach mechanical completion starting in October 2018. “We’ve been building community solar gardens for almost a decade to make sol...
EIA Releases September’s U.S. Short-Term Energy Forecast
The U.S. Energy Information Administration released its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) on Tuesday, September 11, 2018. The full STEO can be downloaded at: http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/ Forecast Highlights Global liquid fuels Brent crude oil spot prices averaged $73 per barrel (b) in August, down almost $2 from July. EIA expects Brent spot prices will average $73/b in 2018 and $74/b in 2019. EIA expects West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude oil prices will average abo...
Solar Energy Might Become EU’s Fastest-Growing Energy Source by 2020 Due to Elimination of Tariffs on Imported Chinese Solar Panels
Following the European Commission’s decision to lift trade tariffs on the import of solar panels from China, Europe’s energy experts have described the block’s decision to end the trade war with Beijing as a “watershed moment for European solar energy.” In 2013 the EC imposed tariffs of up to 64.9% on the original price of solar panels imported from China, after accusing Beijing of selling subsidised panels below cost in Europe. The tariffs were imposed to protect European solar panel ma...
REPORT: Energy Efficiency Employs 2.25 Million Americans
Energy efficiency jobs grew 3% in 2017 17 states have more than 50,000 energy efficiency workers; 25 have more than 30,000 Energy efficiency employs 2X as many Americans as fossil fuel industries WASHINGTON AND BOSTON – (September 6, 2018) – Energy efficiency added more new jobs than any other industry in the entire U.S. energy sector in 2017, and now employs nearly 2.25 million Americans, according to a new jobs analysis from E4TheFuture and the national, nonpartisan business group E2...
SunShare Launches 10 MWs of Community Solar Gardens in Colorado
WATKINS, Colo. – SunShare, a leading community solar developer, announced the launch of the Imboden Solar Project with a solar panel-raising event that took place recently in Watkins, Colorado. The celebration featured U.S. Representative and Colorado gubernatorial candidate Jared Polis along with numerous representatives from the Colorado solar industry including the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association, Coalition for Community Solar Access, GRID Alternatives, and Xcel Energy. “I am...
How much water is used to fulfill the energy needs of the US?
Study analyzes how much water is used by oil, coal, natural gas, wind and other energy sources To generate the energy delivered to each home, business and industrial entity in the United States each year, trillions of gallons of water are required for energy production, processing, conversion and transport. However, the exact amount of water withdrawn from the environment and consumed for each energy source has never been quantified – until now. For each of the various energy sources,...
APAC Will Continue to Lead Global Steam Turbine Market Through 2022, Says GlobalData
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region will continue to hold its top position in the global steam turbine market, which is expected to reach a market value of $8.95bn in 2022, according to leading data and analytics company GlobalData. APAC was the largest market for steam turbines in 2017 registering 73.2% of the global market share. Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) was the second-largest market, with 17.5% share, followed by the Americas with 9.3%. The company’s latest report ‘Steam Turbin...
Energy Security Partners Secures Funding for GTLA's Front End Engineering & Design
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Energy Security Partners (ESP), an independent developer of major gas-to-liquids (GTL) projects, has secured funding to complete Front End Engineering & Design (FEED) and related development activities for the GTL Americas (GTLA) Project near Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The GTL facility is expected to produce 33,000 barrels per day of ultra-clean transportation fuels from natural gas, with an anticipated capital cost of approximately $3.5 billion. Major GTL facilities are in operat...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
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