Associated Press - Wed May 04, 2022
Developer Eyes What Would Be Biggest Wind Farm in Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) A developer is exploring the potential for what would be Arizona's biggest wind farm on an expanse of high desert in Pinal County about 30 miles north of Tucson. But the company's plan to erect up to 83 wind turbines at the site known as Oak Wells has already drawn opposition from local ranchers who say the wind farm would harm rangeland as well as the environment and native wildlife....
Irwin Rapoport – CEG Correspondent - Thu March 17, 2022
Bechtel Builds New Reactors at Georgia Power's Vogtle Plant
Bechtel and its subcontractors are putting in a herculean effort to complete the new nuclear reactors, Units 3 and 4, located at Georgia Power's Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant in Waynesboro, Ga....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 20, 2022
Tennessee Valley Authority's $85M Improvements Ensure Reliable Service to Customers
At an estimated total cost of $85 million, construction crews are making various improvements to the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) transmission system. The work includes building a new Anderson 500-kilovolt substation on existing TVA property near the Bull Run Fossil Plant....
Kohler - Thu January 13, 2022
Kohler Co. Acquires Heila Technologies to Expand its Clean Energy Management Offering
Kohler Co. continues its focus on providing power resiliency solutions by expanding its clean energy management offering with the acquisition of Heila Technologies. Heila will become part of Kohler's Power Group —a global leader in engines, power generation and clean energy....
Associated Press - Wed December 29, 2021
Boosting Renewable Energy 'Top Priority' in Western U.S.
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) U.S. officials announced approval of two large-scale solar projects in California and moved to open up public lands in other Western states to potential solar power development, as part of President Biden administration's effort to counter climate change by shifting from fossil fuels....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Mon December 20, 2021
Contractors Brace for Boom in Renewable Energy Projects
The outlook for energy-related construction is a positive one. The renewable energy sector is preparing for a boom over the next five years and the fossil fuels industry is fighting hard to hold its place in the battle for power....
Associated Press - Wed September 08, 2021
New Rural Project Aims to Tap Into Geothermal Energy
MILFORD, Utah (AP) Just outside Milford, a town of approximately 1,400 people in southwest Utah, researchers behind a major energy project are hoping to tap into a limitless supply of clean, reliable power....
Chuck MacDonald – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed September 08, 2021
Granite Provides Infrastructure for Massive Energy Project
Motorists traveling east from Palm Springs and Indio, Calif., on I-10 into the desert have been frequently known to mutter, "There's a whole lot of nothing out here." That conversation is changing to "there's a whole lot of something going on out here."Granite Industrial, a subsidiary of California-based Granite Construction Inc....
NPR. org - Tue August 24, 2021
PG&E to Bury 10,000 Mi. of Power Lines in California
Pacific Gas & Electric plans to bury 10,000 mi. of its power lines in an effort to prevent its fraying grid from sparking wildfires when electrical equipment collides with millions of trees and other vegetation across drought-stricken California....
The Baltimore Sun - Thu August 05, 2021
Wind Farm Developer Plans Fabrication Hub at Baltimore's Sparrows Point
A wind farm developer plans to bring steel production back to Sparrows Point, on Baltimore's southeastern edge, to establish a manufacturing hub to serve the growing wind energy industry. The one-time home of a massive Bethlehem Steel plant, Sparrows Point is a peninsula with a deep-water port between Chesapeake Bay and the Patapsco River....
