Jacobs Wins Contract to Support Olin Gulf Coast Chemical Plants
PASADENA, Calif.- Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. (NYSE:JEC) announced today it received a multi-year contract from Olin Corporation. Jacobs is one of several companies providing engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for facilities in Freeport, Texas; Plaquemine, Louisiana; St. Gabriel, Louisiana; and McIntosh, Alabama. In making the announcement, Jacobs President Petroleum and Chemicals Gary Mandel said, “Securing this contract represents a strong endorsement...
Amec Foster Wheeler Wins New Dounreay Design and Build Contract
Amec Foster Wheeler announces today that it has won a contract to provide a new effluent treatment plant for the Dounreay nuclear site in the UK. The contract, valued at £7m, was awarded by Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL), which is responsible for decommissioning the former centre of fast reactor research and development in Caithness, Scotland. Amec Foster Wheeler shares Dounreay’s commitment to the local community and will be engaging the local suppl...
U.S. Department of Energy Selects Fluor Joint Venture to Operate the Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Facilities
IRVING, Texas -Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) selected Mid-America Conversion Services, LLC (MCS), a joint venture comprised of Atkins, Fluor and Westinghouse, to operate the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities at DOE’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky, and the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Piketon, Ohio. The contract is valued at $318 million for the joint venture over a five-year period o...
Off-Grid Renewables Offer Unprecedented Opportunity to Achieve 100% Energy Access
Nairobi, Kenya, 30 September 2016 – More than 500 participants gathered in Nairobi today for the opening of the third International Off-Grid Renewable Energy Conference (IOREC). Organised by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the conference aims to boost electricity access through the development of off-grid renewables. Today, roughly 15 per cent of the world’s population lives without electricity, but off-grid solutions can provide an estimated 60 per cent of the additional gene...
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. Ne...
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...
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