With $30 billion in funding for energy projects included in the stimulus package, including $11 billion for “smart grid” activities, those who work on the design and construction of power-sector projects will have plenty of work in the months ahead. This special section will keep you informed about new projects up for bid; report on major projects moving ahead in states across the country; and offer news analysis and market research into key trends.

• 10/21/2009 Wind Industry Uses Federal Grants to Add Capacity – ENR
• 10/14/2009 One-Time Atomic Bombmaking Center Uses Stimulus to Get Rid of By-Products – ENR
• 10/14/2009 Nothing Concrete In Carbon Capture – ENR
• 10/14/2009 Davis-Bacon adds to Kansas Plant Cost – ENR
• 10/14/2009 Crossing Borders – ENR
• 09/30/2009 Texas Utilities Bypass Stimulus Funds for Transmission Lines – ENR
• 09/02/2009 Three Ore. Wind Farms Get $140M in Stimulus – ENR
• 08/13/2009 NV Energy Seeks $138M in Fed Funds for Smart Grid – ENR
• 08/09/2009 California Dream: Town Still Hopes to Finish Powerplant – ENR
• 08/06/2009 DOE to Spend $6 Million On Controversial Geothermal Job – ENR
• 07/28/2009 HECA Carbon Storage Demonstration Captures Stimulus Grant – California Construction
• 07/26/2009 Stimulus Red Tape: Process Takes a Recess – ENR
• 07/22/2009 More Stimulus Money for Smart Grid – ENR
• 07/16/2009 States Awash in Stimulus Cash to Weatherize Homes – ENR
• 07/15/2009 California Clean Coal Demo Project Secures $308-Million DOE Grant – ENR
• 07/15/2009 California Clean Coal Demo Project Secures $308-Million DOE Grant – ENR
• 07/03/2009 Stimulus Funds Boost Lowell Cleanup – ENR
• 06/17/2009 FutureGen Project Gets Second Wind – ENR
• 06/11/2009 Stimulus: Funds for 'Green' Job Training Released – ENR
• 06/03/2009 Stimulus Funds Target Geothermal and Solar Energy – ENR
• 05/21/2009 Pacific Northwest Labs Receives $124M Stimulus-Package Funding – Northwest Construction
• 05/20/2009 opinion Blog: Stimulus Provides Cash For Transmission – ENR
• 05/16/2009 Energy Sec. Sets $2.4 Billion for Carbon Capture – ENR
• 05/13/2009 Stimulus Set To Push 7,400 MW Into Construction by End of 2010 – ENR
• 05/12/2009 Mass. Wind-Blade Test Center Gets Stimulus – ENR
• 05/06/2009 DOE Awards $786 Million To Push Speedier Biofuels R&D Efforts – ENR
• 04/22/2009 European Green Energy Chases U.S. Stimulus Cash – BusinessWeek
• 04/22/2009 More Than $3.3 Billion for Smart Grid – ENR
• 04/22/2009 DOE to Spend $6 Billion on Nuke-Waste Cleanup – ENR
• 04/22/2009 European Green Energy Chases U.S. Stimulus Cash – BusinessWeek
• 04/08/2009 Energy Market Is Hopeful, But Awaiting Definition – ENR
• 04/01/2009 DOE Rolls Out $9.2 Billion From Economic-Stimulus Plan – ENR
• 03/14/2009 Obama, Brazil's Lula Talk Economy, Energy – ENR
• 03/10/2009 NRC: Economy to Slow Nuclear Power Growth – ENR
• 03/04/2009 Utilities To Tap Stimulus Funds For New 'Smart Grid' Projects – ENR
• 02/25/2009 Billions in Transmission Work From State, Federal Initiatives – ENR
• 02/25/2009 Billions in Transmission Work From State, Federal Initiatives – ENR
• 02/24/2009 opinion Good News for Nuclear Power in Wisconsin – ENR
• 02/14/2009 Minn.: Turbocharged Wind-Energy Industry – ENR
• 02/13/2009 opinion Stimulus Package Provides Some Boost to Electric Industry – ENR