A CH2M HILL-led consortium has been awarded a $929 million contract for the engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of a combined-cycle power plant, using GE technology, for the Ichthys Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project in Australia.

Spectra Energy Corp. May 21 received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for its New Jersey-New York Expansion Project, which will transport natural gas supplies to Con Edison’s distribution markets in northern New Jersey and New York City.

One worker suffered minor injuries after an explosion in a coal bunker at DTE Energy’s St. Clair coal-fired power plant in Michigan.

GE’s LM6000 aeroderivative gas turbine technology has been selected for the 85 MW ALPEK Cogeneration project at its subsidiary Petrotemex’s site in Mexico.

Hawaii Electric Light Co. (HELCO) and Hu Honua Bioenergy have signed a power purchase agreement to provide Hawaii Island with 21.5 MW of capacity fueled by biomass.

The Shaw Group Inc. said it has entered into an agreement to sell substantially all of its Energy & Chemicals business to Technip for approximately $300 million in cash consideration, subject to adjustment based on the Energy & Chemicals Group’s debt and working capital levels at closing.

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. has named Jesus Soto Jr. to the position of senior vice president of Gas Transmission, Operations, Engineering and Pipeline Integrity.

Kyocera Solar Inc. announced that it has begun shipments of its U.S.-made solar modules for a 127 MW, utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) installation in southwestern Arizona.

RMT Inc. (RMT), a renewable energy engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor specializing in the design, engineering, and construction of wind and solar energy generating facilities, is adding 555 MW to its renewable energy practice in 2012.