Cities have more power to secure their own cleaner energy supply than they realise, a study at the 23rd World Energy Congress shows. Growing cities, already accounting for over 50% of global energy consumption, can no longer afford to rely on a centralised…
PHMSA Issues Interim Final Rule To Implement Expanded Authority to Issue Emergency Orders, Improve Pipeline Safety
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) today issued an Interim…
PHMSA Awards $900,000 to Higher Educational Institutions to Support Pipeline Safety Research
WASHINGTON – Today the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced it is providing…
Atkins Awarded Major Nuclear Contract by US Department of Energy
Atkins has been selected by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), along with joint venture partners Westinghouse and Fluor, to operate the depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion facilities at DOE’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky,…
U.S. Department of Energy Awards Tetra Tech Joint Venture $400 Million Contract
PASADENA, Calif.- Tetra Tech, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTEK) announced today that its joint venture with Sealaska Technical Services was selected to provide design-build services to the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Under…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
