Mary B. Powers

Birmingham

Correspondent at Engineering News-Record (ENR)

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Articles

Next-Gen $4B Nuclear Power Plant Gets Key Approvals, Union Pact

1 month ago | enr.com | Mary B. Powers

The U. S. Energy Dept. found no significant impacts in its final environmental review of infrastructure planned to support the estimated $4-billion next generation nuclear energy plant proposed by developer TerraPower at the site of a retired coal fired power plant in Wyoming. TerraPower ’s Natrium plant is a proposed 345-MW sodium cooled fast nuclear unit with a molten salt energy storage system.
ENR 2024 Top 200 Environmental Firms: Making an Epic Transformation

Oct 10, 2024 | enr.com | Debra K. Rubin |Mary B. Powers |DamsEnvironment Power |Industrial CompaniesProject deliveryRisk

Related Link: ENR 2024 Top 200 Environmental Firms ENR 2024 Top 200 Environmental Firms (PDF) (Subscription Required) Financial, legal and political bumps did not dent the global environmental services market for ENR’s Top 200 Environmental Firms, based on results reported in this year’s ranking.
ENR 2024 Top 200 Environmental Firms: Making an Epic Transformation

Oct 10, 2024 | enr.com | Debra K. Rubin |Mary B. Powers |DamsEnvironment Power |Industrial CompaniesProject deliveryRisk

Related Link: ENR 2024 Top 200 Environmental Firms ENR 2024 Top 200 Environmental Firms (PDF) (Subscription Required) Financial, legal and political bumps did not dent the global environmental services market for ENR’s Top 200 Environmental Firms, based on results reported in this year’s ranking.
Fusion Power Seeks Fast Forward to Reach Commercial Plant Stage

Jun 27, 2024 | enr.com | Mary B. Powers |Debra K. Rubin |Peter Reina |David Godkin

The quest to develop nuclear fusion, the process that energizes the sun and other stars, as an earth-based power source dates back more than a century when scientists, including Albert Einstein, first published theories of how enormous amounts of energy could be produced when atoms fuse.That research was partly diverted for wartime priorities but later targeted to develop fusion for commercial scale energy—what sector proponents have called the “holy grail” for decades since.
Nuclear Fusion Pushes to Reach Commercial Power Plant Stage

Jun 27, 2024 | enr.com | Mary B. Powers |Debra K. Rubin |Peter Reina |David Godkin

The quest to develop nuclear fusion — the process that energizes the sun and other stars — as an earth-based power source dates back more than a century when Albert Einstein and other scientists theorized how enormous amounts of energy could be produced when atoms fuse. That research was partly diverted for wartime priorities but later targeted to develop fusion for commercial-scale energy—what sector proponents have called the “holy grail” for decades since.
Feds Issue Final Rules to Boost Transmission Project Expansion

May 19, 2024 | enr.com | Mary B. Powers |Debra K. Rubin

Federal energy regulators acted May 13 to end the long timeline for more U.S. transmission built to expand energy connections—particularly for renewables—by enacting two much-anticipated rules seen as historic reforms for project regulatory planning and cost allocation.
Feds Issue Final Rules to Boost Transmission Project Development

May 14, 2024 | enr.com | Mary B. Powers |Debra K. Rubin

Federal energy regulators acted May 13 to end the long timeline for more U.S. transmission built in the U.S construction to expand energy connections—particularly for renewables—by enacting two much-anticipated rules seen as historic reforms for project regulatory planning and cost allocation.
Ten High Priority Transmission Projects Could Gain up to $4.5B in US Funding

May 8, 2024 | enr.com | Mary B. Powers |Debra K. Rubin

In its first disclosure, the U.S. Energy Dept. has released a list of 10 high priority U.S. transmission projects set for special federal construction loans and quick permitting that include about 3,500 miles in areas of “urgent need” where consumers face higher power prices and longer power outages.
Feds Push Eased Energy Permit Rules, More Funding and 100K-Mile Transmission Upgrade Plan

Apr 30, 2024 | enr.com | Mary B. Powers |Debra K. Rubin

Executing a White House announced goal to upgrade 100,000 miles of transmission lines in the next five years and address reliability concerns in advance, the U.S. Energy Dept. announced a flurry of eased permitting mandates and funding boosts for new projects to meet growing power demand and deliver low-cost and cleaner energy. These include permit exclusions for projects in existing rights-of-way and one-stop federal environmental reviews with hard deadlines.
Feds Push Eased Energy Permits, More Funding and 100K Miles of Transmission Upgrades

Apr 30, 2024 | enr.com | Mary B. Powers |Debra K. Rubin

Executing a White House announced goal to upgrade 100,000 miles of transmission lines in the next five years and address reliability concerns in advance, the U.S. Energy Dept. announced a flurry of eased permitting mandates and funding boosts for new projects to meet growing power demand and deliver low-cost and cleaner energy. These include permit exclusions for projects in existing rights-of-way and one-stop federal environmental reviews with hard deadlines.