The News Review:
- Tenn. ash spill cleanup slow; cause still unknown
- Hickory company named in lawsuit in wake of fatal plant explosion
- Database n Tiny Plant Will Help Scientists Create Better Crops …
- Increased plant cost questioned by panel
- Fluor is chosen for Tenaska project
- New Berlin distributor launches proprietary control system
Tenn. ash spill cleanup slow; cause still unknown
The Associated Press
ash spill cleanup slow; cause still unknownBy DUNCAN MANSFIELD – 1 day ago HARRIMAN Tenn. (AP) — Glen Daugherty watches from his wooden dock just beyond his prized pontoon boat as a floating dredging machine growls from across the channel of the Emory River. When it isn’t broken down the machine has been slowly sucking up tons of coal ash that spilled six months ago from the Kingston Fossil Plant a few hundred yards upriver. The Tennessee Valley Authority owner and operator of the giant coal-fired Kingston plant calls this progress. Daugherty 67 who once delivered coal from local mines to the Kingston plant just sees shattered dreams. “I was going to be here the rest of my life” he said. “Now I don’t know what I am going to do.
Hickory company named in lawsuit in wake of fatal plant explosion
Hickory Daily Record
Reed A Hickory-based water heater maker is named in a lawsuit filed on behalf of two people injured in a June 9 fatal explosion at a ConAgra Slim Jim plant in Garner. Energy Systems Analysts at 313 Main Ave. NE is among companies being sued in connection with the natural gas explosion.
Database n Tiny Plant Will Help Scientists Create Better Crops …
Science Daily (press release)
The genes proteins and other traits of this fast-growing tiny mustard plant reside in a vast database dubbed the Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR) which has over 1. 6 million page hits each month. See also:Plants & AnimalsEndangered PlantsBotanyGeneticsAgriculture and FoodLife SciencesEcology ResearchReference.
Increased plant cost questioned by panel
Northern Virginia Daily
comSTRASBURG — Town Council members asked a host of questions Monday about additional services that could add about $750000 to the original $1 million estimate for the engineering of Strasburg’s wastewater treatment plant upgrade. Weishaar of Malcolm Pirnie the firm designing Strasburg’s upgraded wastewater plant were on hand at the panel’s utilities committee meeting Monday to present information and answer questions about a change order for an additional $757000 in engineering services for the project. Crowe said the existing plant can treat roughly 1 million gallons of wastewater daily. The upgraded plant will be able to treat up to 2 million gallons daily he said and there is some room to expand it in the future. After some discussion of the upgraded plant’s expansion potential treatment processes and the feasibility of recycling water Crowe said the additional engineering services include an equalization tank and surge basin.
Fluor is chosen for Tenaska project
Abilene Reporter-News
Last week Tenaska officials signed a memorandum of understanding with Fluor to provide engineering procurement and construction services for the project. “It is very exciting that we have gotten to this point” said Greg Kunkel vice president of environmental affairs for Tenaska. Initially Fluor will provide the engineering and design of the plant which must be done before the decision is made to begin construction. There should be a contract in place for engineering services in coming weeks Kunkel said. If the project is approved then Fluor will oversee design procurement and construction of the 600 megawatt power plant. “Fluor is one of a select group of engineering and construction companies capable of designing engineering and constructing a plant the scale of the proposed Trailblazer plant” said Tenaska Business Development Manager Helen Manroe. “Fluor is known and respected for its expertise and experience in building power plants across the globe and has experience both in coal-fueled facilities and in advanced carbon capture technology.
New Berlin distributor launches proprietary control system
Milwaukee Small Business Times
an industrial ventilation distributor installation and service company headquartered in New Berlin has launched its Intelligent Ventilation Energy Control (IVEC) system a control system designed to coordinate and optimize the ventilation systems the company sells and services. Hastings sells installs and services point-of-use ventilation systems designed for welding woodworking or other work stations that generate smoke or fumes. The firm also sells equipment that filters or scrubs material or fumes from the air before re-circulating the air into the plant. The IVEC system is designed to coordinate multiple systems maximizing efficiency to lower energy bills. It can also lower fan speeds and reduce noise as well as increase the longevity of an existing system.
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