Duke Energy Opens 750-MW Combined-cycle Natural Gas Plant in Anderson, SC
Duke Energy today celebrated the opening of the new 750-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant at the W.S. Lee Station in Anderson County, S.C., with community leaders, elected officials and top company leaders on hand. “Highly efficient natural gas plants – like W.S. Lee – are helping us deliver a cleaner, smarter energy future for our…
Duke Completes New Cleaner, High-tech Plant in South Carolina
Duke Energy’s new 750-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant at the W.S. Lee Station in Anderson County, S.C., began serving customers on April 5, 2018. The energy generated from this unit helps power the lives of customers in South Carolina and North Carolina. Construction of the $700 million plant started in March 2015. Customers rely on…
Eagle Solar Group To Build Solar Farm in Orangeburg, SC
Eagle Solar Group today announced plans to construct a new, state-of-the-art solar farm in Orangeburg County. The company is investing $87.9 million in the new operations. “We are excited to be part of the growing solar energy industry in this region, and we appreciate the welcoming and pro-business environment here in Orangeburg County and the…
Babcock & Wilcox Names New CEO
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W) (NYSE: BW) announced today that it has appointed Leslie C. Kass to serve as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors, effective immediately. Jim Ferland will work closely with Ms. Kass, the management team and the Board in the role of Executive Chairman until…
Fluor Completes Major Transmission Lines in Puerto Rico
Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR) confirmed today that the company, working under its contract with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in support of a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) mission to help repair and restore the power grid in Puerto Rico, has completed work on two 115kv transmission lines between substations in Sabana Llana and…
Dominion Energy and SCANA Agree to Merger
Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE: D) and SCANA Corporation (NYSE: SCG) today announced an agreement for the companies to combine in a stock-for-stock merger in which SCANA shareholders would receive 0.6690 shares of Dominion Energy common stock for each share of SCANA common stock, the equivalent of $55.35 per share, or about $7.9 billion based on Dominion…
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Signs Project Labor Agreements with Trade Unions
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC announced today it has signed Project Labor Agreements with the nation’s four leading building and construction trade unions. The agreements reaffirm the Atlantic Coast Pipeline project’s commitment to hiring skilled union workers for the pipeline’s construction. The agreements were signed with the Laborers’ International Union of North America (LiUNA), Teamsters National Pipeline (Teamsters),…
SCE&G First Utility in South Carolina to Achieve 42 Megawatts of Utility-Scale Solar
SCE&G has met the utility-scale solar goal set forth by the South Carolina Distributed Resource Program Act, or Act 236, by producing 42 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar power by 2020. The achievement was celebrated today, along with the dedication of the Otarre Solar Park. Otarre Solar Park developer TIG Sun Energy and project builder…
Cypress Creek Announces Plans for Solar Investment and Jobs
Cypress Creek Renewables announced a plan to invest $1.5 billion to build 2 gigawatts of solar power in South Carolina, according to Adams and Reese LLP. The more than 80 projects will create 10,000 construction jobs and power more than 600,000 homes. The company is working with Greenville Technical College to create a first-of-its-kind solar job…
Bechtel Selected to Help Radioactive Waste Cleanup at South Carolina Site
Bechtel has been selected as part of a joint venture to provide liquid waste services at a U.S. Department of Energy site in South Carolina. The Savannah River Site produced materials for nuclear defense during the Cold War. Bechtel National Inc. is a member of Savannah River EcoManagement, LLC along with BWXT Technical Services Group…