Energy

Mark Gillispie and Julie Carr Smyth – Associated Press - Tue April 03, 2018

S. Korean Firm Joins Effort to Build Petrochemical Plant

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) Gov. John Kasich said March 12 that a major South Korean industrial plant builder has joined an effort to build a multibillion-dollar petrochemical plant in eastern Ohio to take advantage of the region's oil-and-gas boom....

Task Force Power Restoration - Puerto Rico - Tue April 03, 2018

Army Committed to Restoring Puerto Rico's Power

Six months after Hurricane Maria made landfall, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers remains committed to safely and urgently restoring reliable power and returning normalcy to the U.S. citizens of Puerto Rico as quickly as possible....

Mon April 02, 2018

Underwater Cables Along Lake Champlain Complete

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced the completion and energization of a $68.7 million major power system infrastructure project involving the placement of new underwater transmission cables, spanning 1.7 mi....

Mon March 19, 2018

FirstEnergy Plans $156M in Infrastructure Projects in Md.

FirstEnergy Corp. expects to invest about $156 million in 2018 on distribution and transmission infrastructure projects to help enhance service reliability for its customers in Potomac Edison's service area in western Maryland and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia....

Thu March 15, 2018

M&T Bank Finances New England's Largest Solar Array

M&T Bank has provided $22.4 million in equipment lease financing for Cianbro Corporation to complete the construction and commissioning of the largest solar producing energy facility in Maine, and within the jurisdiction of ISO New England....

Tue March 13, 2018

Petroteq Completes Major Process Systems at Facility

Petroteq Energy Inc., a company focused on the development and implementation of proprietary technologies for the energy industry, has successfully completed testing of all major process systems at its heavy oil extraction facility in Asphalt Ridge, Utah....

Tue March 13, 2018

Feds Approve Expansion of La Sal Mining Complex

Energy Fuels Inc., a producer of uranium in the United States, announced that it has received approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and U.S. Forest Service (USFS) for the expansion of its 100 percent-owned La Sal Complex of uranium/vanadium mines (the La Sal Complex)....

Wed February 28, 2018

RMP Selects Projects for Expansion

Rocky Mountain Power has selected four new wind projects to fulfill plans to significantly expand the amount of wind energy serving customers by 2020. The four projects will expand Rocky Mountain Power's owned and contracted wind power by more than 60 percent and add enough new wind energy to power approximately 450,000 average homes....

Tue February 27, 2018

Mortenson Uses TCC-2500 for Rocksprings Wind Farm

M.A. Mortenson Company was selected by French-owned renewable energy company Akuo Energy to construct Rocksprings Wind Farm, a 149-megawatt wind farm. The project, covering 15,620 acres of private land approximately 30 mi....

Emily Buenzle - Fri February 23, 2018

State Utility to Pay Millions in Upkeep of Abandoned Reactor Construction Site

Santee Cooper, South Carolina's utility service provider, announced it plans to pay a hefty price to preserve the equipment and parts at an abandoned nuclear reactor site. According to a letter released Feb....