Xcel Energy has announced plans to build 5.5 GW in Texas and New Mexico, consisting of 521 MW of extensions on existing facilities and the addition of 17 new power projects of a combined capacity of 5168 MW.
Talen Energy has announced it has signed agreements to acquire two CCGT plants for a total of £3.5 billion.
The US nuclear regulator has approved Dominion Energy’s application to extend the operating licence of its 973 MW V.C. Summer nuclear power station in South Carolina until 2062.
Constellation Energy’s Three Mile Island nuclear power plant is expected to restart a year sooner than originally planned.
The government of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan has announced that it plans to use coal-fired power as a ‘bridge’ to nuclear baseload power generation.
NRG Energy has announced it will acquire 13 GW of natural gas-fired power plants and a commercial and industrial virtual power plant (C&IVPP) platform from LS Power in a cash and stock deal worth $12 billion.
Ontario’s provincial government has given approval for Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to start construction at Darlington power plant of Canada’s first SMR.
Stephen Leece, Minister of Energy and Mines for the Canadian province of Ontario, announced that two new hydropower plants will be built in northern Ontario in partnership with Moose Cree First Nation, Takwa Tagamou Nation, and Ontario Power Generation (OPG).
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) has issued an SMR construction licence to Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to build a BWRX-300 reactor at Darlington New Nuclear Project site in Clarington, Ontario, Canada.
The US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has said that the US Administration is considering the use of emergency authority to reopen shuttered coal-fired plants and prevent planned closures of coal-fired power plants.