Leaders UAE 2016: Less than one week to go

September 15, 2016

Construction Week: Leaders in Construction UAE Summit 2016 will take place on 20 September, 2016, bringing together more than 200 of the industry?s biggest players
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DEWA awards advisory contract for MBR solar park

September 15, 2016

DEWA released a tender on 26 May, 2016, for international CSP consultants to submit their proposals for advisory services for the 200MW first project of the CSP plant
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DOE Continues Push To End MOX Project’s Construction

September 14, 2016

The Dept. of Energy continued its campaign to halt construction of the multibillion-dollar Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility project, often referred to as MOX, this time by pointing out construction errors and defects during a Sept. 8 media tour of the Savannah River Site facility.
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DOE Award Advances Maine Tidal Energy Project Program

September 14, 2016

At the mouth of the Bay of Fundy on the border between easternmost Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, Ocean Renewable Power Co. has been testing huge undersea turbines that the company claims eventually will generate low-cost tidal power from the tidal flow in Cobscook Bay for all of Downeast Maine.
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Intrusion-Detection System Protects Workers and Trains

September 14, 2016

In an effort to prevent train accidents on a new $2.3-billion, 10-mile-long extension line in San Francisco, the Berryessa-Valley Transportation Authority/Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) team is installing a railroad intrusion-detection system (RIDS) that uses warning devices originally developed for protecting shipping ports from break-ins.

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