Virginia

FirstEnergy Subsidiary Selects Site for New 1.2-Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plant in West Virginia to Enhance Power Supply

Mon Power and Potomac Edison, subsidiaries of FirstEnergy, have identified a 35-acre site adjacent to the Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, West Virginia…

United States

Matan Finalises Full-Building Lease for Northlake II Industrial Park Last Phase

Matan Companies has completed a fully binding lease agreement for the final phase of the Northlake II industrial park in Ashland, Virginia. DPR Construction wil…

Combined cycle power plant

Blackstone to Invest $1.2 Billion in Power Generation Facility in West Virginia

Blackstone said on Thursday that one of its units will invest about $1.2 billion to build a new power plant in West Virginia. The announcement reflects the asse…

United States

CSB Issues Final Report on 2024 Ammonia Release in Virginia

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) released its final report on the July 31, 2024, anhydrous ammonia release at Cuisine Solutions, In…

United States

Skanska Secures $73M Contract for Longwood University’s New Arts Centre

Skanska has signed a contract with Longwood University for the construction of a new performing arts centre in Farmville, Virginia, replacing the existing Wygal…

United States

Ingevity to Sell Crude Tall Oil Refinery in West Virginia

Ingevity Corp., based in North Charleston, West Virginia, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its North Charleston crude tall oil (CTO) refinery assets an…

United States

Aclara Resources and Virginia Tech Enter Partnership for Rare-Earths Separation Pilot Plant

Aclara Resources Inc., a Vancouver-based company, has partnered with Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Virginia, to operate a rare earths (REE) separation pilot plan…

Nuclear Reactor

Work Starts on Pele Microreactor Core

Fabrication of the reactor core for the Project Pele prototype mobile microreactor, the first of its kind in the United States, has started at BWX Technologies&…

United States

Skanska, Flatirondragados to Build $1BN Washington DC Rail Bridge

A joint venture between FlatironDragados and Skanska has been awarded a $1 billion contract by the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to construct the Long Bridg…

Coal Production

US Announces $130M Investment in Coal Production

The U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) has allocated $130 million for coal production initiatives in fiscal year 2025 (FY25) through the Abandoned Mine Land …

HVDC

‘Largest US Subsea Cable Factory’ Breaks Ground

LS Cable & System has initiated construction of a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) subsea cable manufacturing facility in Chesapeake, Virginia, through its U.…

Wind Farm

Prysmian’s Monna Lisa Picks up Its First Cable for Largest US Offshore Wind Farm-To-Be

Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV), Monna Lisa, has been loaded with submarine cable for the first time at the Arco Felice plant in Italy. The cable…

Carbon Capture

US EPA Grants West Virginia Authority to Oversee Carbon Capture

Signage at the headquarters of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 18, 2025.The U.S. Environmental Prote…

Offshore Wind Power

Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Farm Halfway Complete

Wind turbine tower and blade fabrication is underway, with nacelle fabrication.Dominion Energy has announced that its 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW…

Power Construction

Blackstone to Buy $1 Billion Virginia Power Plant Near Data Centers

Signage is seen outside the Blackstone Group headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 18, 2023.The unit of Blackstone (BX.N), dedicated to investments in th…