Colonial Pipeline restarts pipeline operations
Colonial Pipeline, a critical artery for gasoline, has initiated a restart of its pipeline operations following a shutdown that sparked panic-buying. Pipeline operations restarted about 5 p.m. ET, the company said in a statement. âFollowing this restart, it will take several days for the product delivery supply chain to return to normal. Some markets served by Colonial Pipeline may experience, or continue to experience, intermittent service interruptions during the start-up period. Colonial will move as much gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel as is safely possible and will continue to do so until markets return to normal,â the company said.
Ameresco has begun work on another military energy project that includes a microgrid, this one, a $173 million endeavor at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (NNSY) in Portsmouth, Virginia.
The Massachusetts-based energy efficiency and renewable energy company said Friday that it has broken ground on the project, which includes a 19-MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant, a 3-MW battery energy storage system and a microgrid control system.
The US Navy commissioned Ameresco to undertake the project by way of an energy savings performance contract, which spares the military from making a capital investment. The energy upgrades are paid for out of cost savings achieved by making the facility more energy efficient. The energy improvements are expected to generate $411 million in guaranteed cost savings over the term of the 22-year performance period.
Nicole Bulgarino, executive vice president and general manager of federal solutions at Ameresco, spoke to Elisa Wood, editor-in-chief of Microgrid Knowledge, at Microgrid 2020 Global about Ameresco’s new floating solar microgrid project still a rare technology in the U.S.
Wood kicked off the interview by asking Bulgarino about the work Ameresco has been doing in the microgrid space, in particular, a recently announced project in partnership with Duke Energy at Fort Bragg Army Base in North Carolina.
Bulgarino said that the project is being completed under a utility energy services contract for the Army base and is focused on a microgrid and power generation as well as energy efficiency.