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Westinghouse-Bechtel meet 55 Czech companies in nuclear bid
A Westinghouse-Bechtel team this week met with 55 Czech companies to discuss the engineers’ bid to build nuclear reactors in the Czech Republic. The Westinghouse-Bechtel team is one of three parties shortlisted late last year to expand the Dukovany nuclear power plant.
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Hanford Engineers Spark STEM Interest
More than 100 Hanford engineers recently volunteered to lead interactive demonstrations about electrical circuits and other activities for elementary and middle school students in southeastern Washington state to increase interest in STEM careers.
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Women’s participation in energy sector not ‘zero-sum game’: EGYPS 2023
To discuss how gender equality can contribute to the transition towards clean energy, a concluding panel discussion in EGYPS 2023 held on Wednesday tackling the present situation of women in the energy sector and how to furtherly improve it.
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Bechtel to decarbonise Shell’s Idku under unified power plan
Shell is taking steps to decarbonise its Idku LNG plant and West Delta Deep Marine (WDDM), in partnership with Bechtel, Enppi and Petrojet.
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Bechtel-led coalition, Shell sign deal to decarbonise two facilities in Egypt
A Bechtel-led coalition has signed on Monday an agreement with energy giant Shell to decarbonise two facilities in Egypt on the sidelines of the EGYPS 2023 exhibition taking place in Cairo. The coalition includes Egyptian state-owned ENPPI, and PETROJET.
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Bechtel’s Texas solar farm to generate power for 20,000 homes
US engineer Bechtel has completed work on the Cutlass Solar project, a photovoltaic farm capable of providing 20,000 homes with zero-carbon electricity in Fort Bend, southwest Texas. The development will be part of Houston’s electric zone, and will be cut carbon emissions by 300,000 tonnes a year.
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Bechtel Completes $140M Texas Solar Project
Bechtel took advantage of tech to make the job easier. The firm leveraged GPS equipped, autonomous machine positioning pile drivers and a self-driving robot on wheels.
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Jacob Mumm, Managing Director for Bechtel Saudi Arabia on the company's active role at Neom, the Riyadh metro, and its storied history in the Kingdom
Bechtel's role in over 300 major projects throughout 80 years in Saudi Arabia, including the world's largest single industrial development project at Jubail, the ambitious Riyadh Metro project, "The Spine" at Neom, Ras Al Khair, oil and gas facilities, major airports, and many more, make it a major part of the story of modern Saudi Arabia.
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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.