AECOM, EnergySolutions Joint Venture Wins San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station Decommissioning Contract
LOS ANGELES — AECOM (NYSE:ACM), a premier, fully integrated global infrastructure firm, and EnergySolutions, a nuclear waste management and decommissioning services firm, announced today they have been selected as the decommissioning general contractor for San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station through their joint venture, SONGS Decommissioning Solutions (SDS), by Southern California Edison (SCE). The Decommissioning General Contract represents a significant portion of the work re...
Bechtel, U.S. Department of Energy Agree On Terms to Complete First Phase of Nuclear Waste Treatment Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy today announced agreement on contract terms with Bechtel that will incentivize treatment of liquid radioactive waste from nuclear weapons production to begin by January 2022. Bechtel will complete and commission the first phase of the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant at DOE’s Hanford Site in Washington state, bringing the U.S. closer to addressing the most complex and challenging radioactive waste site in the nation’s history. “The new contract modificati...
Veolia Nuclear Solutions works with Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to Demonstrate New Disposition Path for Radioactive Contaminated Reactive Metal Waste Streams
Veolia Nuclear Solutions announced the successful demonstration of their GeoMelt® In-Container Vitrification (ICV)™ process for treatment of reactive metals. Veolia, under contract with Idaho National Laboratory (owned by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC) demonstrated safe conversion of sodium metal to a non-reactive vitrified oxide form. The demonstration, supported by glass formulation and crucible testing, consisted of a series of ICV melts that pr...
Arup Joins with Australasia LNG to Help Meet Rising Power Demand in Indonesia
Arup has been commissioned by PT Australasia LNG Indonesia (AALNG) to support the development of a new 2.4 MTPA liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal, bringing greater energy security to East Java. Arup will deliver Pre-Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for the marine infrastructure and vessel conversion for the Probolinggo LNG terminal. Providing geotechnical, civil, naval architecture, and mechanical engineering support, Arup will advise on the conversion of a LNG carrier into a Floating S...
Veolia Launches VEOLIA NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS
Veolia today announced it is unifying its activities in the nuclear cleanup field under a new entity called NUCLEAR SOLUTIONS, that underscores Veolia’s standalone ability to confront the uniqueenvironmental challenges faced by this and future generations. The Nuclear Solutions entity, which unites the best-in-class operations of Veolia’s Kurion, Alaron, and Asteralis businesses, represents an integrated offering that includes the most comprehensive range of technologies, expertise and services...
CGE Energy Implements Custom Energy Solution for Garden City DDA
BRIGHTON, Mich., Dec. 14, 2016 - CGE Energy (OTCPink:CGEI) recently completed a CGE Sustain project for the Garden City Downtown Development Authority. Their mission is to enhance the quality of life for Garden City, Michigan residents by strengthening the downtown district, to benefit the greater Garden City community. Having $0 invested with CGE Sustain, Garden City DDA was able to turn wasted energy expenses into a positive cash flow of over $20,000 over the next 10 years. According to...
OilonGroup Oy is Yet Again Delivering Burner Technology that Replaces Fossil Fuels to Special Waste Facilities in China
Oilon Group Oy is strengthening its position as a supplier of burner solutions to special waste incineration plants. This time, Oilon won the new contract for the international waste treatment company Suez. Established in 1880, the Suez Environment Group is the world’s leading water utility company. Its headquarters are in France, and the company has cutting-edge technology in the field of environmental protection. Their business is centred on environmental protection equipment and services. Thi...
ITIF Welcomes Announcement of Breakthrough Energy Ventures, But Urges Government to Boost Investment in Clean-Energy Innovation, Too
WASHINGTON—The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF), the leading U.S. science and tech policy think tank, today released the following statement from Senior Fellow David Hart: Today’s announcement of the Breakthrough Energy Ventures (BEV), a commitment of more than $1 billion by an investment group led by Bill Gates, is a welcome contribution to the low-carbon energy transition. The world needs more early stage and growth companies that will reduce carbon emissions whi...
Kuwait Oil Company Awards Black & Veatch Contract for Technology License for SRU and AGRU to Support Jurassic Field Natural Gas Processing
Abu Dhabi, UAE, 12 December 2016 - Black & Veatch has secured a contract for the licensing technology and related services for sulphur recovery units (SRU) and Acid Gas Removal Units (AGRU) to support natural gas processing on the Jurassic field, a project central to Kuwait Oil Company's (KOC) strategy to increase gas production. Kuwait has a very aggressive gas production target for 2030. Developing the Jurassic field is key to attain this goal. Black & Veatch’s contribution centres on acid...
Fluor Places Final Module for Suncor East Tank Farm Development Project
IRVING, Texas & CALGARY, Alberta-Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that it has placed the final module for the Suncor Energy Oil Sands Limited Partnership’s East Tank Farm Development project near Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. As part of its engineering, procurement, fabrication and construction scope, Fluor managed module fabrication and shipment of the modules, all of which were fabricated by Fluor’s Supreme Modular Fabrication Inc. (SMFI) joint venture fabrication yard near E...