Month: December 2024

Regulators Approve Largest Solar Project in Wisconsin History

The Public Service Commission (PSCW) of Wisconsin has approved construction of a $2 billion solar power project that could have more than 1,300 MW of generation capacity. The Vista Sands […] The post Regulators Approve Largest Solar Project in Wisconsin…

Siemens Energy Joins Forces for Bold 100% Hydrogen HL Gas Turbine Leap

Siemens Energy is teaming with UK power giant SSE to develop a combustion system that will allow its flagship SGT5-9000HL gas turbine to run 100% on hydrogen while maintaining the […] The post Siemens Energy Joins Forces for Bold 100%…

How Nuclear Power Could Help Decarbonize Industrial Steam Needs

Steam is used for a wide variety of critical processes across many industrial sectors. For example, the food and beverage industry uses steam for sterilization of food processing equipment; cooking, […] The post How Nuclear Power Could Help Decarbonize Industrial…

ExxonMobil Planning Large Gas-Fired Plant to Serve Data Centers

ExxonMobil is preparing to join the power generation business, seeing an opportunity to support the electricity supply for energy-intensive data centers. The company on Dec. 11 said it is designing […] The post ExxonMobil Planning Large Gas-Fired Plant to Serve…

NET Power and CRC Team to Deploy 1 GW of Carbon-Free Gas Power Plants in California

NET Power, developer of a novel gas-fired power plant that captures all atmospheric emissions, will explore deploying up to 1 GW of power capacity in Northern California with partner California […] The post NET Power and CRC Team to Deploy…

Google Invests in Partnership to Develop Energy Assets at Data Center Parks

Technology companies are looking at various ways to source electricity for energy-intensive data centers. Google on Dec. 10 unveiled a plan to join with several partners in supporting power generation, […] The post Google Invests in Partnership to Develop Energy…

Six Companies Tapped for $2.7 Billion LEU Push to Boost Domestic Nuclear Fuel Supply

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has named six companies that will compete for 10-year contracts totaling $2.7 billion for the supply of low-enriched uranium (LEU) to support the nation’s […] The post Six Companies Tapped for $2.7 Billion LEU…

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 […] The post Hundreds of New Gas-Fired Power Units Planned…

Hydrogen For District Heating Part of German Research Project

Electrolyzer equipment provider IMI said the company has supplied a proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyser to a pioneering research project examining the viability of using the by-product of hydrogen power […] The post Hydrogen For District Heating Part of German…

California Power Group in PPA With 384-MW Solar Project

Arevon Energy, a renewable energy developer, owner, and operator, on Dec. 9 announced the start of operations at its Eland 1 Solar-plus-Storage Project in Kern County, California. Eland 1 is […] The post California Power Group in PPA With 384-MW…