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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Industrial Info is tracking North American projects worth more than $9.7 billion that previously were canceled or placed on hold, but have returned to an active status and are scheduled to begin construction. More than 95% of these project restarts can be found in just three industries--Industrial Manufacturing, Power and Alternative Fuels--and span a variety of locations and energy sources.
But the highest-valued project is among those least likely to actually begin construction: the $5.6 billion planned Purple Line extension project in Maryland, which would extend a commuter rail line by 16 miles, from Bethesda to New Carrolton. Like many light-rail projects across the country, the Purple Line project system has faced frequent delays--Industrial Info has been tracking it since at least early 2010--and is unlikely to be completed until mid-2020 at the earliest. According to Bethesda Magazine, state and federal developers are hoping a federal judge soon will reconsider a decision in a recent lawsuit that vacated the project's approval. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
A project in the same industry that is in a much better position to kick off is AMS USA Incorporated's (Cupertino, California) $2 billion sensor wafer manufacturing plant in Marcy, New York. The 600,000-square-foot complex is designed to produce analog devices on 200- to 300-millimeter wafers, and the company hopes to produce its first wafers in the spring of 2018. The project hit a snag last month when one of its developers, SUNY Polytechnic Institute President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros, was slapped with state and federal bid-rigging charges in relation to large economic development projects elsewhere in New York that were unrelated to the Marcy facility; Empire State Development, the state's chief economic development agency, quickly took over the project from SUNY Poly, according to Utica Observer-Dispatch. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
One of the largest Power Industry projects that is currently slated to begin construction before the end of the year is LS Power Group's (New York, New York) $235 million expansion of the Doswell Energy Center in Ashland, Virginia. The company plans to install two 171-MW General Electric (NYSE:GE) 7FA.04 natural gas-fired combustion turbine generators, for a total output of 342 MW. The project took a step forward last month when PJM Interconnection filed an executed interconnection service agreement with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, according to Electric Light & Power. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
But one of the highest-valued Alternative Fuels projects is highly unlikely to begin construction as planned: Al-Corn Clean Fuels Cooperative's (Claremont, Minnesota) $146 million expansion of its ethanol production facility in Claremont, Minnesota. The company plans to add corn crushing, fermentation and distillation systems to increase the plant's crush rate by 47 million bushels per year, increasing capacity to 130 million gallons per year of ethanol. Although shareholders have approved the expansion, the company still needs a construction permit, and no general contractor has been selected. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
The six other highest-valued project restarts set to begin construction in the fourth quarter, with varying likelihoods of doing so, are:
But the highest-valued project is among those least likely to actually begin construction: the $5.6 billion planned Purple Line extension project in Maryland, which would extend a commuter rail line by 16 miles, from Bethesda to New Carrolton. Like many light-rail projects across the country, the Purple Line project system has faced frequent delays--Industrial Info has been tracking it since at least early 2010--and is unlikely to be completed until mid-2020 at the earliest. According to Bethesda Magazine, state and federal developers are hoping a federal judge soon will reconsider a decision in a recent lawsuit that vacated the project's approval. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
A project in the same industry that is in a much better position to kick off is AMS USA Incorporated's (Cupertino, California) $2 billion sensor wafer manufacturing plant in Marcy, New York. The 600,000-square-foot complex is designed to produce analog devices on 200- to 300-millimeter wafers, and the company hopes to produce its first wafers in the spring of 2018. The project hit a snag last month when one of its developers, SUNY Polytechnic Institute President and CEO Alain Kaloyeros, was slapped with state and federal bid-rigging charges in relation to large economic development projects elsewhere in New York that were unrelated to the Marcy facility; Empire State Development, the state's chief economic development agency, quickly took over the project from SUNY Poly, according to Utica Observer-Dispatch. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
One of the largest Power Industry projects that is currently slated to begin construction before the end of the year is LS Power Group's (New York, New York) $235 million expansion of the Doswell Energy Center in Ashland, Virginia. The company plans to install two 171-MW General Electric (NYSE:GE) 7FA.04 natural gas-fired combustion turbine generators, for a total output of 342 MW. The project took a step forward last month when PJM Interconnection filed an executed interconnection service agreement with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, according to Electric Light & Power. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
But one of the highest-valued Alternative Fuels projects is highly unlikely to begin construction as planned: Al-Corn Clean Fuels Cooperative's (Claremont, Minnesota) $146 million expansion of its ethanol production facility in Claremont, Minnesota. The company plans to add corn crushing, fermentation and distillation systems to increase the plant's crush rate by 47 million bushels per year, increasing capacity to 130 million gallons per year of ethanol. Although shareholders have approved the expansion, the company still needs a construction permit, and no general contractor has been selected. For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
The six other highest-valued project restarts set to begin construction in the fourth quarter, with varying likelihoods of doing so, are:
- $320 million: Quantum Energy Partners' Flat Hill Windpark in Glyndon, Minnesota
For more information, see Industrial Info's project report. - $202 million: Starwood Energy Group's Northwest Ohio Wind Energy Farm in Grover Hill, Ohio
For more information, see Industrial Info's project report. - $200 million: Primus Green Energy Limited's gas-to-liquids facility in New Martinsville, West Virginia
For more information, see Industrial Info's project report. - $180 million: EDP Renewables North America LLC's Meadow Lake Windfarm in Chalmers, Indiana
For more information, see Industrial Info's project report. - $149 million: Clenera Renewable Energy's solar park in Five Points, California
For more information, see Industrial Info's project report. - $105 million: CF Industries Holdings Incorporated's nitrogenous fertilizers plant in Courtright, Ontario
For more information, see Industrial Info's project report.
