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Article Innovation, Complexity, Sustainability, Energy & Utilities 1 May 2020

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Edge of Infinity

Clean, limitless energy is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Nuclear fusion is very real, with the potential to generate an inexhaustible supply of zero-carbon energy, without the intense…

Article Innovation, Complexity, Sustainability, Energy & Utilities 1 October 2017

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Panda Power

These bears are full of energy. Using dark and light solar cells to create a shading effect, the aptly named Panda Green Energy opened a 50-megawatt (MW), CNY350 million solar power plant in Datong,…

Article Risk Management, Complexity, Talent Management, Teams, Resource Management, Innovation, Energy & Utilities 1 June 2017

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Chernobyl Recovered

By Parsi, Novid Cleaning up the worst nuclear accident in history has taken more than 30 years -- and a nonstop cluster of high-risk projects. But the final phases of remediation for the Chernobyl nuclear power…

Article Innovation, Complexity, Energy & Utilities 1 December 2016

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Reviving the Fusion Dream

By Ali, Ambreen The long search for nuclear energy's promised land is, once again, heating up. After decades of large government-backed projects becoming mired in delays, cost overruns and political uncertainty,…

Conference Paper Complexity, Organizational Project Management, Energy & Utilities 13 May 2016

The — probably — most challenging project management endeavour in the entire world

By Serrano Martínez, Javier How can project management standards deal with one-off, oddly complex gigaprojects? When the project management body of knowledge has to sustain not just a complex, high-tech endeavour, but one…

Research Summary Stakeholder Engagement, Complexity, Strategy, Organizational Project Management, Energy & Utilities April 2016

Stakeholder Dynamics During the Project Front-End

By Aaltonen, Kirsi | Kujala, Jaakko | Havela, Laura | Savage, Grant Based on the research of Kirsi Aaltonen, Jaakko Kujala, and Laura Havela, this study examines stakeholder dynamics during the project front-end stage using two case studies related to nuclear waste…

Article Complexity, Stakeholder Engagement, Energy & Utilities 1 December 2015

Project Management Journal

Stakeholder dynamics during the project front - end

By Aaltonen, Kirsi | Kujala, Jaakko | Havela, Laura | Savage, Grant Understanding stakeholder dynamics and their impact on project management is crucial, especially for large and complex projects such as nuclear waste repositories. This study examines the…

Conference Paper Complexity, Benefits Realization, Earned Value Management, Energy & Utilities 10 May 2011

NIF

By Moses, Ed The National Ignition Facility (NIF) is the world's largest and most energetic laser system. As the largest scientific construction project completed by the Department of Energy (DOE), design…

Article Sustainability, Complexity, Energy & Utilities April 2010

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DONG Energy, North Sea

By Fister Gale, Sarah To help Denmark meet its goal of generating half of its power supply from wind energy by 2025, DONG Energy (Copenhagen, Denmark) recently inaugurated its 91-turbine, 209-megawatt Horns Rev 2 wind…

Article Complexity, Strategy, Stakeholder Engagement, Energy & Utilities September 1990

Project Management Journal

Using project management to create a customer-focused nuclear engineering organization

By Fetters, Drew B. | Tuman, John Soon after the Philadelphia Electric Company (PECo) experienced a major management problem at one of its nuclear plants, the company revamped its Nuclear Group with the goal of making PECo into a…