The Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has said that tight power supplies are possible during late evenings in Texas this summer, as the state won’t have enough on-demand power generation to meet demand during peak hours.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to adopt requirements for gas-fired power generators to capture the CO2 emissions of their facilities, according to a report in Reuters.
GE has announced that new options for further emission reductions are available for its LM2500XPRESS gas turbine fleet worldwide following successful installation on gas turbines in Colorado, USA.
According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), electricity generated in 2022 from renewables exceeded that from coal for the first time.
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), and Synthos Green Energy (SGE) have signed a technical collaboration agreement to advance global deployment of the GEH BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR).
Vistra Energy has agreed to acquire Energy Harbor for $3.43 billion, including debt. This acquisition will give Vistra an additional 4000 MW of nuclear capacity.
Entergy has filed a request with the Louisiana Public Service Commission in the USA for approval to add an additional 3 GW of solar power to its generation portfolio.
Caribbean Utilities Company (CUC) has commissioned MAN PrimeServ to upgrade five power plant engines.
President Biden of the USA has offered $1.2 billion of funding to support nuclear power generation and the goal of zero-carbon electricity by 2035.
According to a review of data released by the US Energy Information Administration, renewable energy sources across the USA provided almost 23 per cent of the country’s electricity generation in 2022.