The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved an application from Dominion Energy to renew the 2 units of the 1676 MW Surry Power Station in Virginia.
New York state utility regulators have approved Consolidated Edison Co of New York Inc’s (Con Edison) request to recover costs for three transmission projects in its New York service area.
A report from the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has stated that the massive loss of power generation during the Texas blackout in February was primarily caused by power plants freezing up under historically cold conditions.
NuScale Power has announced that it has finalised an investment and strategic partnership agreement with JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC), headquartered in Japan.
GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has been selected to provide onshore wind turbines for the 1485 MW North Central Wind Energy Facilities in Oklahoma, USA.
Exelon has announced that it will divide its business into two publicly traded companies, one comprising its six regulated electric and gas utilities, and the other, which it plans to spin off, comprising its 31 GW generation fleet.
Siemens Energy has signed an agreement with Canada-based TC Energy to commission a novel waste heat-to-power pilot installation in Alberta.
Icy storms knocked out nearly half the wind power generating capacity of Texas, USA, on 14 February, locking up turbine towers and driving electricity demand to record levels, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state grid operator.
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has announced the formation of GEH SMR Technologies Canada to support the deployment of the BWRX-300 SMR in Canada.
Electricity Generating Public Company Limited (EGCO), the Bangkok-based energy firm, has made its first investment in the US market, with the acquisition of a stake in Linden CoGen, a power plant in New Jersey, USA.