Pittsburgh + Energy

Creating a new construction division. The company has committed to invest roughly $120 million each year, on average, until 2020 to dig up and replace aging pipeline.

Dura-Bond Industries purchased equipment from U.S. Steel’s idled McKeesport plant and is leasing the 317,000-square foot plant from the Regional Industrial Development Corp. and hopes to begin producing tubular products primarily for the energy industry within six to nine months.

1,000-megawatt, state-of-the-art, natural gas-fueled power generation facility.

Developing a series of hydroelectric power plants on the three rivers.

Expansion and renovation of Smithfield Customer Care Center.

Natural gas processing plant.

Building a cryogenic pump test stand to test cryogenic pumps and expanders for the liquefied natural gas industry.

Expanding presence in natural gas water management business.

Staff expansion. Has increased staff by 500% since 2014.

90,000-square-foot headquarters expansion.

Pittsburgh-based clean-tech startup Oriden, a power generation organization, announced its launch this week with full backing from global company Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems. It will hire up to 40 local employees.

Omnis Bailey LLC, which would take waste coal from Consol Energy’s Pennsylvania mining complex and turn it into clean carbon fuel for power plants, has secured financing for the first 25-ton per hour module.

GE Renewable Energy plans to expand its Speers workforce by 50% over the next year. A division of Paris-based General Electric, GE Renewable plans to add 100 or more employees at the Mon Valley plant, an electrical equipment manufacturer, by the end of 2020. About 200 are currently employed at the site. The expansion is the result of a consolidation of switchgear operations by the company.