The Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has announced that it will inspect over 300 power plants by the end of December as it works to ensure that Texas’ power grid will be prepared for harsh winter weather.
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has selected the BWRX-300 SMR from GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) for the Darlington new nuclear site.
Xcel Energy has announced plans to close Colorado’s largest coal-fired power plant, Comanche 3 in Pueblo, Colorado, USA, by 2035.
TerraPower, the US-based nuclear power company backed by Bill Gates, has announced that it has selected Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA as the site for its first 345 MW reactor, to be built on the site of the coal-fired Naughton power plant, which is being closed.
Mitsubishi Power Americas and DT Midstream have signed a strategic joint development agreement to identify, develop, and deploy hydrogen energy projects across the US.
Basil Seggos, Commissioner of New York state Department of Environmental Conservation, has announced that applications have been turned down for required air permits for two new natural gas-fired power plants.
Mitsubishi Power Americas and El Paso Electric have announced that they have reached a joint development agreement (JDA) to develop projects that offer a combination of renewables, energy storage, and power generation using hydrogen.
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has said that it expects a 22 per cent increase in coal-fired generation in 2021 over 2020.
The US Department of Energy (DOE) will provide $20 million funding for a demonstration project at Palo Verde nuclear power station in Arizona to produce hydrogen.
GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has received an order from Vineyard Wind, a joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, to supply Haliade-X wind turbines for Vineyard Wind 1, the first utility-scale offshore wind installation in the USA.