The News Review:
- I-5 power plant projects put NRG Caltrans at odds
- Wisconsin’s ethanol boom sputters stalls
- Students From Hollywood School Visit Wastewater Treatment Plant …
- BP Joins Verenium n New Ethanol Plant
- Improvement would cut down on wastewater treatment odors
- WASHINGTN DC: fficials support additional loans for automakers
I-5 power plant projects put NRG Caltrans at odds
San Diego Union Tribune CA -
February 22 2009 CARLSBAD — Caltrans and NRG Energy are jostling over a proposed power plant in Carlsbad and an Interstate 5 expansion that would push onto the power company’s property. NRG has proposed a 540-megawatt power plant that would be in a 23-acre area between I-5 and the coastal railroad tracks south of Agua Hedionda Lagoon. It would consist of twin power plants each with a 140-foot stack and 100-foot structure sunk into a 30-foot-deep basin. The California Transportation Department plans to widen I-5 to possibly 14 lanes between Palomar Airport Road and the lagoon from its current eight to 10 lanes. The expansion would push the freeway toward the proposed power plant taking out a berm and trees that shield the freeway from the future stacks and structures.
Wisconsin’s ethanol boom sputters stalls
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel WI -
" In 2007 village officials authorized the sale of $60 million in tax-exempt industrial revenue bonds for the project. The village also approved more than $9 million in tax-incremental financing for street rail electric gas and other infrastructure improvements. The bonds were authorized but not issued because the plant’s construction wasn’t moving forward. The village was left on the hook for engineering planning and legal expenses. "It added up to a significant amount of money" said Chuck Dorn village president. The village now wants more money up front from developers pitching big projects he added. Evansville project halted Two years ago Gov.
Students From Hollywood School Visit Wastewater Treatment Plant …
istockAnalyst.com (press release) R -
“There is probably going to be good careers in public utilities because we have a serious issue of supply of water production of new water and how to handle the disposition of wastewater” he said. “Job opportunities will come along because we need new technologies to produce this. We will require technicians system analysts systems engineers and chemical engineer mechanics in greater number. This plant may in 25 years double in size. ” Sergy diduro can be reached at sodiduro@tribune.
BP Joins Verenium n New Ethanol Plant
Tampa Tribune FL -
British Petroleum (BP) will be a part of the ethanol plant. The companies seek to speed up the availability of ethanol derived from non-food feed stocks and get the biofuel into American gas pumps. If all goes as planned start of production would be sometime in 2012.
Improvement would cut down on wastewater treatment odors
Prescott Daily Courier AZ -
In a vote next week the. And according to Engineering Services Director Mark Nietupski that purchase could make inroads into the recurring problem that the city has with smells that originate from the plant that lies near two major roads – Prescott Lakes Parkway and Highway 89.
WASHINGTN DC: fficials support additional loans for automakers
Southgate News Herald MI -
”Trenton Mayor Gerald Brown said he understands why Chrysler executives are asking for more money than they originally asked. He said it is because “what hey found in the last quarter was worse than they anticipated. ”Brown concedes that he sides with Chrysler for of selfish reasons as the city is home to the Chrysler engine plant and the new Chrysler Phoenix Engine Plant both on Van Horn Road. The new plant will be ready this summer. But Brown said he also thinks realistically of the automaker that he calls a “first-class industrial neighbor. ”What irks Brown he said is that AIG got a $85 billion loan from the federal government in September to avoid a collapse without even a paragraph of oversight. “They didn’t have to go through a Senate investigative hearing” he said.
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