Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission is due to approve up to 60 renewable energy projects, most of them solar, to add 8.2 GW of new generation capacity to the total. The total investment in these projects could be up to $12.5 billion.
Amazon has announced plans for a 960 MW nuclear power facility in Indiana, USA that will consist of 12 SMRs at the site of a former coal-fired power plant.
The US government has declared a short-term power grid emergency to prevent possible power outages across the Mid-Atlantic region, where the electricity grid serves about 67 million people.
Google has announced that it has struck a $4.3 billion deal with Constellation Energy to upgrade existing nuclear power plants in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Illinois in the USA, resulting in additional electricity being added to the PJM regional grid.
Ontario has started work on a C$26.8 billion refurbishment of four reactors at Pickering Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada. The Ontario provincial government said that the refurbishment will enable the plant to provide reliable electricity for an additional 38 years.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has repealed its greenhouse gas emission requirements for US power plants enacted under President Biden. It also proposes rescinding every remaining greenhouse gas emissions standard for the power sector.
Shell Energy North America (SENA) has agreed to acquire 169 MW of natural gas-fired power generation capacity in Pennsylvania, USA while selling its interests in RISEC Holdings to Constellation Energy Generation for $715 million.
Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has signed an agreement with Siemens Energy to start work on 20 Siemens Energy steam turbine generating sets totalling 1 GW for use in its programme for data centre projects.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has signed a $675 million contract with US-based Corban Energy Group to supply 1 GW of power generation equipment for data centres.
BC Hydro has announced that it has acquired the 275 MW Island Generation in Campbell River, Vancouver Island, Canada, a natural gas-fired facility, to provide peak power for Vancouver Island.