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Another Big Data Center Win for Nuclear: Oklo and Switch Sign Historic 12 GW Deal
Advanced nuclear firm Oklo has partnered with Switch, a Las Vegas-based data center designer, builder, and operator, to deploy 12 GW of Aurora powerhouses through 2044 in a  historic deal…
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Virginia Officials Say State Will Be Home to World's First Fusion Power Plant
Virginia's governor and other officials on Dec. 17 said the state has a plan for the world’s first nuclear fusion power plant. Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) on Tuesday announced it…
Five Critical Insights from NERC’s 2024 Long-Term Reliability Assessment
Well over half of North America faces a potential shortage of electricity supplies in the coming years, compounded by surging demand growth, accelerating generator retirements, and delays in resource development,…
DOE Advances Three Potential NIETCs—High-Priority National Electric Transmission Corridors
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has advanced three potential National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETCs) into Phase 3 of its designation process, focusing on areas with critical transmission constraints…
DOE Announces $15 Billion Loan Guarantee for PG&E
The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has announced a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $15 billion to Pacific Gas & Electric, (PG&E),…
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Hundreds of New Gas-Fired Power Units Planned as U.S. Gas Output Soars
The latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) published Dec. 10 shows five states accounted for more than 70% of record U.S. natural gas production this year and…
IEA Says Global Coal Use at All-Time High, Will Remain Strong
The International Energy Agency (IEA) in a new report said global use of coal, including for power generation, is expected to reach a record 8.77 billion tonnes this year. The…
Explosion at Coal Power Plant in South Africa Injures Nine
A transformer explosion at Eskom's coal-fired 3.6-GW Matla Power Station in Mpumalanga, South Africa, on Dec. 12 injured nine employees, including one critically. The incident, caused by a ruptured high-pressure…
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2-GW Offshore Grid Connection Takes Shape in the German Baltic Sea
50Hertz, the transmission system operator (TSO) for eastern Germany, has awarded its Ostwind 4 project to GE Vernova, in consortium with Drydocks World, a DP World company that provides marine…
Report Says $6.5 Billion in Unburned Coal Sitting at U.S. Power Plants
A new report from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) says U.S. coal-fired power plants have as much as $6.5 billion of unused coal inventory, based on…
Why LVOE May Be a Better Decision-Making Tool Than LCOE for Power Companies
Most POWER readers are probably familiar with levelized cost of energy (LCOE) and levelized value of energy (LVOE) as metrics used to help evaluate potential power plant investment options. LCOE…
200-MW Hydropower Project in Congo Will Support Mining Companies
An African banking group announced it will finance development of a 200-MW hydropower installation along the Lufira River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The project is the African…
Primergy Solar Brings 100-MW Arkansas Project for Amazon Online
Primergy Solar, a developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, on Dec. 18 said the company's 100-MWac solar project in Ashley County, Arkansas is fully operational.…
Vestas Will Supply Turbines for 1.1-GW Scottish Offshore Wind Project
Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas said the company will supply, install, and commission dozens of the company's 15-MW turbines for the 1.1-GW Inch Cape offshore wind project in Scotland. The company…
Understanding Uptime Institute’s Tier III Standard: A Guide to Data Center Electrical System Design
The Uptime Institute’s Tier standard is a globally recognized framework that classifies data centers into four tiers based on their infrastructure’s reliability, redundancy, and fault tolerance. These tiers—Tier I through…
The POWER Interview: Energy Storage Also Eyed for Data Centers
Recent news about continued growth in the U.S. energy storage market highlighted continued deployments of grid-scale systems, along with ongoing demand from commercial and industrial and residential sectors. Electric utilities…
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