Top Industrial Market News Stories for the Third Week of April 2014, an Industrial Info News Alert

SUGAR LAND, TX--(Marketwired - Apr 18, 2014) - Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Here are Industrial Info's most-read stories from the past week. Browse other breaking industrial news stories at www.industrialinfo.com.

California Ready for $5.8 Billion in Planned Second-Quarter Project Starts
Industrial Info is currently tracking $5.87 billion of industrial projects that are planned to kick off in California from April through June this year. The Power Industry, with almost $2.4 billion in planned project starts, leads in spending. View the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info's Premium Industry News at http://www.industrialinfo.com/news/abstract.jsp?newsitemID=241640&refer=mw.

Large DoE Grant Supports Development of Very Small Nuclear Reactors
In awarding a large grant to develop small modular nuclear reactors, the U.S. Department of Energy decided to go really small: It awarded a five-year cost-sharing grant totaling up to $226 million to a consortium that wants to build SMRs that are 45 megawatts each. View the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info's Premium Industry News at http://www.industrialinfo.com/news/abstract.jsp?newsitemID=241623&refer=mw.

Alabama Power Selects Contractors, Moves Ahead with Pollution-Control Project
Alabama Power Company has selected National Steel City LLC as the general contractor for the installation of particulate-control equipment at units 8-10 of the William Crawford Gorgas Power Station. View the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info's Premium Industry News at http://www.industrialinfo.com/news/abstract.jsp?newsitemID=241651&refer=mw.

Georgia's $14 Million Bioscience Training Center an Offshoot of Baxter's $1 Billion Plant
It was a definite win for Georgia's burgeoning bioscience sector when Baxter International decided to invest $1 billion to construct a 1 million-square-foot plasma fractionation facility in Covington. View the entire article by subscribing to Industrial Info's Premium Industry News at http://www.industrialinfo.com/news/abstract.jsp?newsitemID=241686&refer=mw.

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