Ontario Power Generation (OPG) of Canada and Westinghouse Electric Company have signed an MOU establishing a framework for the two organisations to identify potential areas of cooperation for deployment of nuclear technologies.
The Ontario government is investing $5.9 million in nine new projects to integrate hydrogen use into the Canadian province’s electricity grid.
Capital Power of Canada has announced that it is acquiring two gas-fired power plants in California and Arizona for a total of $1.1 billion.
TotalEnergies (TTE) has signed an agreement with TexGen to acquire three gas-fired plants in Texas, USA for $625 million with a total capacity of 1.5 GW.
TransAlta has announced that it has acquired Canadian-based Heartland Generation for $658 million, which includes the assumption of $268 million of debt.
Researchers at MIT and Harvard University have developed an efficient process to convert carbon dioxide into formate, a stable material that can be used as a fuel for generating electricity in fuel cells.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has announced that largest state investment in renewable energy in US history.
Mitsubishi Power and the Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA), the largest public utility in Oklahoma, USA, have signed an agreement to provide a second gas turbine to the Grand River Energy Centre in Chouteau, Oklahoma.
Vistra and Energy Harbor have received approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to transfer the operating licences of Energy Harbors three nuclear plants – Beaver Valley (Pennsylvania, USA), Davis-Besse (Ohio, USA), and Perry (Ohio, USA) – to Vistra.
The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved Xcel Energy’s planned expansion of the Sherco Solar Project from 460 MW to 710 MW.