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Backing for Estuary vision an essential vote of confidence
Shannon Foynes Port has welcomed government backing today of the Shannon Estuary as a premier location for offshore renewable energy as well as a transport hub for Ireland. Shannon Foynes Port Authority Chief Executive Pat Keating: “In our recently updated Vision 2041 masterplan by global experts Bechtel, we set out a roadmap for the estuary as a renewable energy hub of international scale as we set about harnessing Europe’s best wind regime, which exists on the west coast."
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Texas clean energy megaprojects get underway
By next year Texas will get more electricity from solar and wind power than methane gas, also known as natural gas, the U.S. Energy Information Administration projected in a recent report.
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Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes
The federal Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, which uses a process called inertial confinement fusion that involves bombarding a tiny pellet of hydrogen plasma with the world’s biggest laser, had achieved net energy gain in a fusion experiment in the past two weeks.
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DOE National Laboratory Makes History by Achieving Fusion Ignition
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) today announced the achievement of fusion ignition at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)—a major scientific breakthrough decades in the making that will pave the way for advancements in national defense and the future of clean power.
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Bechtel Group CEO on designing and building a new Intel chip factory in Ohio
Bechtel Group CEO Brendan Bechtel joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss the impact of the Chips and Science Act on the economy and the budding semiconductor manufacturing industry in the U.S.
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Three nuclear giants will vie for Czech Republic’s Dukovany expansion
Competition for a new unit of up to 1.2 GW at the Czech Republic’s Dukovany nuclear power plant site has stepped up, with France’s EDF, South Korea’s Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), and a Westinghouse-Bechtel team submitting initial bids, Czech utility ČEZ, said on Nov. 30.
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The blade runners powering a wind farm
Pinnacle Wind Farm, completed in 2021, is an example of the transition to clean energy. Bechtel is helping customers through projects like Pinnacle to harness the Earth’s sources to re-imagine a net-zero future.
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Massive cracker plant up and running in Beaver County
Shell announced Tuesday that the Shell Polymers Monaca, which is bounded by Interstate 376 and the Ohio River in Beaver County, is online and putting out product. https://www.bechtel.com/projects/pennsylvania-chemicals/
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Shell commissions Pennsylvania petrochemical complex
Shell PLC subsidiary Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC has officially started operations at itsShell Polymers Monaca petrochemical complex in Pennsylvania. https://www.bechtel.com/projects/pennsylvania-chemicals/
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New Nuclear / US drive towards advanced reactors will expand to Europe, says Bechtel
“The advantage we will have in Poland is that we will be able to set up the project with the right culture and with digital delivery right from the start," said Ahmet Tokpinar.
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Cheniere completes third Sabine Pass jetty, Q3 earnings surge
Cheniere reported a surge in its third-quarter earnings due to a strong LNG market, while it also reached substantial completion of the third marine berth at its Sabine Pass LNG terminal.
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Poland and U.S. announce strategic partnership to launch Poland’s civil nuclear program
U.S. Secretary of Energy welcomed the news that Poland’s Council of Ministers had chosen U.S.-based Westinghouse as the technology provider in the first phase of their estimated $40 billion inaugural civil nuclear project. This represents one of the largest civil nuclear projects ever awarded to U.S. industry and the first since 2007.