Weyerhaeuser - Mon January 29, 2024
Weyerhaeuser Completes Sale of Initial Carbon Credit Offering
Weyerhaeuser Company announced an agreement for the sale of nearly 32,000 forest carbon credits at $29 per credit. This agreement marks Weyerhaeuser's first transaction in the voluntary carbon market and represents the sale of all credits issued by ACR for the first year of the company's Kibby Skinner Improved Forest Management (IFM) Project in Maine....
Lori Lovely – CEG Correspondent - Thu January 11, 2024
Modern Hydrogen's Practical Approach to Decarbonization
Modern Hydrogen, a start-up specializing in decarbonizing natural gas at the meter in order to deliver clean fuel for sectors traditionally difficult to decarbonize, set out to prove its hypothesis: stripping solid carbon from natural gas before combustion is a more practical approach to decarbonizing than managing gaseous CO2 — and can reduce the amount of harmful CO2....
Cindy Riley – CEG Correspondent - Tue January 02, 2024
Midwest's First Two-Story Mass Timber Building Under Way
When it opens in early 2025, the new headquarters for Cincinnati Public Radio (CPR) will serve as the first two-story mass timber building in the Midwest, and the first of its kind locally. Skanska and CPR broke ground on the $32 million project in August....
Air Burners - Mon December 18, 2023
Air Burners Launches BioCharger in Collaboration With Rolls-Royce, Volvo Construction Equipment
Air Burners, a leading manufacturer of air curtain burner systems worldwide, collaborated with Rolls-Royce and Volvo Construction Equipment to develop and test the BioCharger — a portable machine that turns biomass waste into energy....
Volvo - Thu November 16, 2023
Volvo Group, CRH Partner to Accelerate Decarbonization
CRH, a global leader in building materials solutions, and Volvo Group, a leader in transport and infrastructure solutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to accelerate net-zero innovations in the design and deployment of on-road vehicles and off-road equipment used in construction with a focus on next generation technology deployment, scaling cutting-edge technology and operational efficiency....
Volvo - Mon October 30, 2023
Volvo Group North America Achieves the Better Plants Challenge Energy Savings Goal for Second Time
Volvo Group North America (VGNA) has been recognized by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently for achieving energy savings of close to 26 percent due to greater efficiency efforts across its manufacturing footprint as a partner in the Better Plants Challenge....
AEM - Mon October 23, 2023
Rise of Renewable Diesel — and What it Has to Offer Construction Industry
To fully understand the potential of renewable diesel and its role in what's expected to be a greener, more sustainable future for the construction industry, it's important to understand what's expected of the fuel in both the near term and the long term....
Caltrans - Wed October 18, 2023
Caltrans Signs Contract For First N.A. Zero-Emission Trains
Caltrans recently signed a historic, $80 million contract with Stadler Rail Inc. to deliver the first zero-emission, hydrogen intercity passenger trains in North America, furthering California's standing as a world leader in clean transportation....
NJ.com - Mon October 09, 2023
Construction of New Jersey's First Ocean Wind Project Gets Going Onshore
Onshore construction for New Jersey's first offshore wind farm kicked off in Lacey Township on Oct. 2, with work slated to continue at Island Beach State Park through next year. The next steps include work to ultimately install copper and aluminum cables meant to connect with the electric grid at substations located at former power plants in Ocean and Cape May counties....
Embassy of Sweden - Tue October 03, 2023
Swedish Consortium Joins Initiative to Electrify U.S. Construction Industry
The Sweden-US Green Transition Initiative, a collaborative program founded by Business Sweden, the Embassy of Sweden in USA, the Swedish Energy Agency and Sweden's innovation agency Vinnova, announced a new partnership to electrify the construction industry....
