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Released March 22, 2023 | SUGAR LAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Plant Vogtle, the sole nuclear plant under construction in the U.S., pushes the value of industrial projects under construction in Georgia to more than $47 billion and gives the Power Industry the lead for the value of active projects in the state.
Units 3 and 4 at the Vogtle nuclear plant in Waynesboro have been under construction for several years and, throughout this time, leading company Georgia Power (Atlanta) has pushed out the units' planned completion dates and raised construction costs several times. But an end may at last be in site. Earlier this month, the company announced that Unit 3 had safely reached initial criticality. Initial criticality is a key step during the startup testing sequence and demonstrates that operators have safely started the nuclear reaction inside the reactor. A reactor achieves criticality when the nuclear fission reaction becomes self-sustaining. The unit's in-service date is projected for May or June of this year.
This week, Georgia Power announced that hot functional testing, the last series of major tests ahead of initial fuel load, has begun for Unit 4. As part of the testing, the site team will begin running Unit 4's plant systems, without nuclear fuel in the reactor, and advance through the testing process toward reaching normal operating pressure and temperature. The unit is now expected to begin operations late in the fourth quarter of this year or first-quarter 2024. Together, the units will add more than 2,200 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for the full project report.
But that's not the only project underway in Georgia involving carbon-free power generation. Georgia Power also is modernizing four hydropower units at its Tugalo hydropower facility in Tallulah Falls. The four turbines at the 45-MW facility are being replaced to improve efficiency and extend service life. The project kicked off last year and is expected to be completed in 2026. Subscribers can click here for the full report.
Thanks to some automotive projects, the Industrial Manufacturing Industry takes second position in the state by project value. Chief among these is Hyundai Motor Group's (Seoul, South Korea) grassroot electric vehicle (EV) and battery assembly plant in Ellabell, near Savannah. The site will include 11 buildings totaling up to 17 million square feet. Upon completion, which is expected in 2025, the facility will be able to manufacture up to 300,000 EVs per year and their associated batteries. It is Hyundai's first U.S. plant dedicated to making EVs. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can click here for more details.
Hyundai also is expanding its automatic transmission-manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia, by constructing a 640,000-square-foot building with supporting systems and equipment to produce eight-speed transmissions for its vehicles. The project kicked off early last year and is expected to wrap up by the end of this year. Subscribers can click here for more information.
Other Industrial Manufacturing projects under construction in the state include Switch Incorporated's (Las Vegas, Nevada) third and final phase of its data center, known as "The Keep," in Lithia Springs. Phase III includes constructing a 463,750-square-foot data hall with 100% renewable energy and 100% heat containment, bringing the total campus size to about 1 million square feet. The project kicked off last summer and is expected to be completed toward the end of summer this year. Subscribers can click here for more details.
In Augusta, Aurubis AG (Hamburg, Germany) began work on a copper scrap-recycling and secondary smelting facility last summer. The facility will process 90,000 tons per year of scrap copper in the form of circuit boards, copper cable and other recyclables to produce 35,000 tons per year of blister copper, which will be further refined at other smelters. According to The Augusta Chronicle, the plant will be the first secondary copper smelter in the U.S. The facility is expected to be completed in the summer of 2024. Subscribers can click here for more information.
It seems almost no U.S. state is without a project from e-commerce giant Amazon.com Incorporated (NASDAQ:AMZN) (Seattle, Washington), and Georgia is no exception. In Cartersville, about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta, the company is putting the finishing touches on a last mile delivery/distribution center. The 141,000-square-foot building will support deliveries to the North Atlanta region. The facility is expected to be completed in the coming months. Subscribers can click here for the full report.
Subscribers can click here for a look at the reports for all of the projects discussed in this article, and click here for the related 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).
Units 3 and 4 at the Vogtle nuclear plant in Waynesboro have been under construction for several years and, throughout this time, leading company Georgia Power (Atlanta) has pushed out the units' planned completion dates and raised construction costs several times. But an end may at last be in site. Earlier this month, the company announced that Unit 3 had safely reached initial criticality. Initial criticality is a key step during the startup testing sequence and demonstrates that operators have safely started the nuclear reaction inside the reactor. A reactor achieves criticality when the nuclear fission reaction becomes self-sustaining. The unit's in-service date is projected for May or June of this year.
This week, Georgia Power announced that hot functional testing, the last series of major tests ahead of initial fuel load, has begun for Unit 4. As part of the testing, the site team will begin running Unit 4's plant systems, without nuclear fuel in the reactor, and advance through the testing process toward reaching normal operating pressure and temperature. The unit is now expected to begin operations late in the fourth quarter of this year or first-quarter 2024. Together, the units will add more than 2,200 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Power Project Database can click here for the full project report.
But that's not the only project underway in Georgia involving carbon-free power generation. Georgia Power also is modernizing four hydropower units at its Tugalo hydropower facility in Tallulah Falls. The four turbines at the 45-MW facility are being replaced to improve efficiency and extend service life. The project kicked off last year and is expected to be completed in 2026. Subscribers can click here for the full report.
Thanks to some automotive projects, the Industrial Manufacturing Industry takes second position in the state by project value. Chief among these is Hyundai Motor Group's (Seoul, South Korea) grassroot electric vehicle (EV) and battery assembly plant in Ellabell, near Savannah. The site will include 11 buildings totaling up to 17 million square feet. Upon completion, which is expected in 2025, the facility will be able to manufacture up to 300,000 EVs per year and their associated batteries. It is Hyundai's first U.S. plant dedicated to making EVs. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can click here for more details.
Hyundai also is expanding its automatic transmission-manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia, by constructing a 640,000-square-foot building with supporting systems and equipment to produce eight-speed transmissions for its vehicles. The project kicked off early last year and is expected to wrap up by the end of this year. Subscribers can click here for more information.
Other Industrial Manufacturing projects under construction in the state include Switch Incorporated's (Las Vegas, Nevada) third and final phase of its data center, known as "The Keep," in Lithia Springs. Phase III includes constructing a 463,750-square-foot data hall with 100% renewable energy and 100% heat containment, bringing the total campus size to about 1 million square feet. The project kicked off last summer and is expected to be completed toward the end of summer this year. Subscribers can click here for more details.
In Augusta, Aurubis AG (Hamburg, Germany) began work on a copper scrap-recycling and secondary smelting facility last summer. The facility will process 90,000 tons per year of scrap copper in the form of circuit boards, copper cable and other recyclables to produce 35,000 tons per year of blister copper, which will be further refined at other smelters. According to The Augusta Chronicle, the plant will be the first secondary copper smelter in the U.S. The facility is expected to be completed in the summer of 2024. Subscribers can click here for more information.
It seems almost no U.S. state is without a project from e-commerce giant Amazon.com Incorporated (NASDAQ:AMZN) (Seattle, Washington), and Georgia is no exception. In Cartersville, about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta, the company is putting the finishing touches on a last mile delivery/distribution center. The 141,000-square-foot building will support deliveries to the North Atlanta region. The facility is expected to be completed in the coming months. Subscribers can click here for the full report.
Subscribers can click here for a look at the reports for all of the projects discussed in this article, and click here for the related 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).
