Projects

This section provides the latest news updates on a variety of world-wide tenders, projects, expansions contracts and acquisitions for stainless steel and related products.

USA: K2 field expansion project

Technip has been awarded a contract for the K2 field expansion project, operated by Anadarko Petroleum Corp. in the Gulf of Mexico.

USA: nuclear plant upgrade

A North Carolina utility is making progress in upgrading equipment at a nuclear plant in order to meet federal safety standards.

USA: biomass-fueled cogeneration unit

Peregrine Energy Corp. (Peregrine Energy) is planning to develop a new woody biomass-fueled cogeneration plant at Sonoco’s Hartsville Manufacturing complex in South Carolina.

Michigan hydrogen plant

Air Products has signed an agreement to construct a hydrogen production facility in Detroit, Michigan, for Marathon Petroleum Co. LLC, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corp.

USA: hydroelectric plant expansion project

PPL has announced that it will file a new application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a project that would add 125MW of clean, renewable electric generating capacity at the Holtwood hydroelectric plant on the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

USA: wood biomass plant

Peregrine Energy Corp. has announced that it will build a USD 135 million new wood biomass-fueled power plant at Sonoco's Hartsville manufacturing complex in South Carolina.

Contracts for mercury control systems

ADA-ES Inc. has announced that it has been awarded three contracts to provide Activated Carbon Injection (ACI) systems for mercury emissions control from three coal-fired electric generating units in Canada.

TVA considers finishing Bellefonte plant

Three years after the Tennessee Valley Authority started having contractors pull out steel tubes and pipes from America's costliest unfinished power plant to sell as scrap, the utility is trying to decide if the Bellefonte Nuclear Plant is more than a pricey salvage yard.

USA and Canada: Gas Mainline project

The Alaska Gas Pipeline LLC has awarded an engineering contract for the Gas Mainline Project to Bechtel.

USA: Rainbow hydroelectric plant expansion

PPL Montana’s request to nearly double the amount of clean, renewable electricity produced at its Rainbow hydroelectric plant on the Missouri River near Great Falls has been approved by The Federal Energy Regulatory Commision.