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Ivanpah Solar Project Approved
The California Energy Commission has approved the construction of BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. Bechtel is partnering with BrightSource to build Ivanpah, which will be the world’s largest solar thermal facility, in the Mojave Desert. The commission’s approval is one of several approvals needed before construction can commence.
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Bechtel Briefs President of Gabon
H.E. Ali Bongo Ondimba, president of Gabon, met today with Bechtel executives to discuss a new project the company is undertaking for the Gabonese government. Bechtel Chairman and CEO Riley Bechtel and Mike Adams, president of Bechtel’s civil infrastructure unit, hosted the meeting.
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Bechtel Joins U.S. Effort to Improve Engineering Education
Bechtel is one of 100 firms partnering with a new national nonprofit, Change the Equation, to improve the performance of U.S. students in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education. The new organization was unveiled earlier today by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony.
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Bechtel to Help Develop Offshore Wind Farm
Bechtel has joined with two other companies to develop an offshore wind farm on Lake Erie near Cleveland, Ohio.
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Blue Grass Completes Design Phase
A Bechtel-led team at the Blue Grass Chemical Agent-Destruction Pilot Plant near Richmond, Kentucky, recently reached a significant milestone with the completion of the plant's design. This milestone was featured in the Richmond Register.
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Bechtel Projects Win 12 R&D 100 Awards
Research teams at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), and the Y-12 Nuclear Security Complex are among the recipients of this year’s R&D 100 Awards. Bechtel is on the teams that manage and operate these laboratories and sites.
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Ivanpah Solar Project Receives Key Support
A California Energy Commission siting committee has issued a proposed decision recommending approval A California Energy Commission siting committee has issued a proposed decision recommending approval of BrightSource Energy’s Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System. Bechtel is partnering with BrightSource to build Ivanpah in the Mojave Desert, which will be the world’s largest solar thermal facility.
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Bechtel Wins U.S. Gov’t Work to Reduce Biological Threats in Uzbekistan
The U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) recently awarded Bechtel National new work in Uzbekistan under the Biological Threat Reduction Integrating Contract (BTRIC).
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WTP Wins Safety Recognition
The Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) construction site near Richland, Washington, was recently recognized with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Voluntary Protection Program (VPP) Star status--the highest level of VPP recognition. Bechtel is designing and building WTP, the world’s largest radioactive waste treatment plant, for DOE.
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New Agreement on Prairie State Project
Prairie State Generating Company, LLC and Bechtel Power Corporation have announced a new fixed price engineering, procurement, and construction agreement for building the power plant at Prairie State Energy Campus. Read the press announcement issued by Prairie State.
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B&W and Bechtel Form Alliance to Commercialize World’s First Generation III++ SMR Nuclear Plant
Babcock & Wilcox Nuclear Energy, Inc., (B&W NE) and Bechtel Power Corporation today announced they have entered into a formal alliance to design, license, and deploy the world’s first commercially viable Generation III++ small modular nuclear power plant. Based on B&W mPower™ small modular reactor (SMR) technology, this new alliance, to be known as Generation mPower, brings together two recognized and established energy industry leaders in engineering, manufacturing and construction. Both Bechtel and B&W are making a substantial commitment in forming Generation mPower. B&W NE is a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company.
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Construction Begins on Ras Az Zawr Aluminium Smelter
Bechtel started construction on Saudi Arabia's first ever aluminium smelter at the Ma’aden minerals industry complex at the Ras Az Zawr Minerals Industrial City. The industry complex is being developed by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company Ma’aden and will also house an alumina refinery and a rolling mill. Bechtel will provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for the aluminium smelter.