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Released September 23, 2022 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--While Montana isn't necessarily known for its heavy industrial activity, Industrial Info is tracking nearly $1.8 billion in projects under construction in the state. The Power Industry, accounting for more than half of that amount, leads other industries in terms of project value.
Click on the image at right for a breakdown by industry of projects under construction in Montana.
Among Montana's largest underway projects is NextEra Energy Incorporated's (NYSE:NEE) (Juno Beach, Florida) Clearwater Energy Windfarm near Forsyth. Phase I is nearing completion and consists of 131 General Electric (NYSE:GE) (Boston, Massachusetts) turbines to achieve a nameplate generating capacity of more than 350 megawatts (MW). Puget Sound Energy (Bellevue, Washington) has agreed to purchase the power generated from Phase I. A Phase II addition, which will double the generating capacity, could kick off next year, for completion in 2024. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for the report on Phase I and here for Phase II.
Other notable power projects include NorthWestern Corporation's (NASDAQ:NWE) (Butte, Montana) Yellowstone County Generating Station. The 175-MW peaking station will use natural gas-fired reciprocating internal combustion engines that can ramp up quickly with multiple starts and stops daily as power demand rises and falls. According to NorthWestern, the facility is being built to "provide on demand resources to support the variability of wind and solar projects coming onto our system and help serve our customers during extended periods of peak demand." Construction kicked off earlier this year, and the project is expected to be completed next summer. Subscribers can click here for more details.
The state is not without solar power projects, although these are smaller in size. Examples include Clenera Renewable Energy's (Boise, Idaho) Apex photovoltaic plant. Construction kicked off earlier this year and is expected to wrap up in the coming months. Upon completion, the facility will have a nameplate generating capacity of 80 MW. NorthWestern will purchase the power. Subscribers can click here for the project report.
Outside of power generation, other projects underway include Winston Gold Corporation's (Winnipeg, Manitoba) expansion and restart of a gold mine that ceased operations in 1955. The ore will be trucked approximately 35 miles to a rehabilitated gravity/flotation mill to produce 50,000 ounces per year of gold. The mine and mill projects are expected to be completed next year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for the report on the mine restart project and here for the report on the mill rehabilitation.
And for other Metals & Minerals projects, Montana is paying for its past through cleanup of Superfund sites of former lead and copper smelters. The lead smelter, located in East Helena, began operating in 1881 and shut its doors in 2001, depositing heavy metals, arsenic and other hazardous chemicals into the soil, surface water and groundwater. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the sources of the contamination included the smelter stack, fugitive emissions from the plant and direct surface water discharges. Cleanup of the site has been ongoing since 2012 and is expected to last another few years.
Over the course of the cleanup, contractor Metallica Commodities Corporation LLC (White Plains, New York) will send about 2 million tons of slag by rail to Washington state, where it will be shipped to a South Korean company to extract residual metals and use the remainder to create cement. The site's contaminated soils will be covered to protect groundwater. Subscribers can click here for the project report.
Subscribers to the GMI database can click here for all project reports discussed in this article, and here for the plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
Click on the image at right for a breakdown by industry of projects under construction in Montana.Among Montana's largest underway projects is NextEra Energy Incorporated's (NYSE:NEE) (Juno Beach, Florida) Clearwater Energy Windfarm near Forsyth. Phase I is nearing completion and consists of 131 General Electric (NYSE:GE) (Boston, Massachusetts) turbines to achieve a nameplate generating capacity of more than 350 megawatts (MW). Puget Sound Energy (Bellevue, Washington) has agreed to purchase the power generated from Phase I. A Phase II addition, which will double the generating capacity, could kick off next year, for completion in 2024. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for the report on Phase I and here for Phase II.
Other notable power projects include NorthWestern Corporation's (NASDAQ:NWE) (Butte, Montana) Yellowstone County Generating Station. The 175-MW peaking station will use natural gas-fired reciprocating internal combustion engines that can ramp up quickly with multiple starts and stops daily as power demand rises and falls. According to NorthWestern, the facility is being built to "provide on demand resources to support the variability of wind and solar projects coming onto our system and help serve our customers during extended periods of peak demand." Construction kicked off earlier this year, and the project is expected to be completed next summer. Subscribers can click here for more details.
The state is not without solar power projects, although these are smaller in size. Examples include Clenera Renewable Energy's (Boise, Idaho) Apex photovoltaic plant. Construction kicked off earlier this year and is expected to wrap up in the coming months. Upon completion, the facility will have a nameplate generating capacity of 80 MW. NorthWestern will purchase the power. Subscribers can click here for the project report.
Outside of power generation, other projects underway include Winston Gold Corporation's (Winnipeg, Manitoba) expansion and restart of a gold mine that ceased operations in 1955. The ore will be trucked approximately 35 miles to a rehabilitated gravity/flotation mill to produce 50,000 ounces per year of gold. The mine and mill projects are expected to be completed next year. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Metals & Minerals Project Database can click here for the report on the mine restart project and here for the report on the mill rehabilitation.
And for other Metals & Minerals projects, Montana is paying for its past through cleanup of Superfund sites of former lead and copper smelters. The lead smelter, located in East Helena, began operating in 1881 and shut its doors in 2001, depositing heavy metals, arsenic and other hazardous chemicals into the soil, surface water and groundwater. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the sources of the contamination included the smelter stack, fugitive emissions from the plant and direct surface water discharges. Cleanup of the site has been ongoing since 2012 and is expected to last another few years.
Over the course of the cleanup, contractor Metallica Commodities Corporation LLC (White Plains, New York) will send about 2 million tons of slag by rail to Washington state, where it will be shipped to a South Korean company to extract residual metals and use the remainder to create cement. The site's contaminated soils will be covered to protect groundwater. Subscribers can click here for the project report.
Subscribers to the GMI database can click here for all project reports discussed in this article, and here for the plant profiles.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking over 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
