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Backing for Estuary vision an essential vote of confidence

14 December 2022

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."

Source: The Clare Herald

DOE National Laboratory Makes History by Achieving Fusion Ignition

13 December 2022

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.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy

Fusion energy breakthrough by US scientists boosts clean power hopes

13 December 2022

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.

Source: Financial Times

Texas clean energy megaprojects get underway

13 December 2022

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.

Source: Construction Dive

Bechtel Group CEO on designing and building a new Intel chip factory in Ohio

06 December 2022

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.

Source: CNBC

Three nuclear giants will vie for Czech Republic’s Dukovany expansion

01 December 2022

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.

Source: POWER

The blade runners powering a wind farm

21 November 2022

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.

Source: The New Yorker

Massive cracker plant up and running in Beaver County

15 November 2022

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/

Source: WKBN

Shell commissions Pennsylvania petrochemical complex

15 November 2022

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/

Source: Oil and Gas Journal

New Nuclear / US drive towards advanced reactors will expand to Europe, says Bechtel

09 November 2022

“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.

Source: NUCNET