“You’re going to see this kind of burst of activity that will be signing contracts that will come to reality in ’27, ’28, ’29, when we see acceleration of load growth,” said Duke Energy’s Brian Savoy. Duke Energy signed agreements in the third quarter of this year to connect 2 GW of new data centers, and anticipates …
Donald Trump enacted pro-nuclear policies during his first term and supported an “all-of-the-above” energy policy during the campaign, but some advocates fear a “divide between words and actions.” President-elect Donald Trump in August vowed to “approve new drilling, new pipelines, new refineries, new power plants [and] new reactors” on “day one” of his administration. But Trump has …
Hainan Nuclear Power Co., Ltd, a subsidiary of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), signed the world’s first capacity-building execution deal with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over the construction of small modular reactors (SMRs) on the sidelines of an international conference on SMRs and their applications. The international conference on SMRs and their …
Lawmakers of Germany’s largest opposition party alliance have called for an expert assessment of whether recently decommissioned nuclear power plants could be reactivated. In the “Energy Agenda” policy paper, conservative Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Christian Social Union (CSU) politicians outline their energy policy priorities for the country’s future, ahead of the next federal election, which …
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued an order rejecting the amended Susquehanna Interconnection Service Agreement between PJM Interconnection, PPL Electric Utilities and Talen Energy Corporation proposing to increase the load capacity of Amazon’s data centre at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. In March, Talen announced the sale of its 960 …
Google is interested in colocation to meet its data center needs, not to avoid grid costs, said Brian George, the company’s U.S. federal lead for global energy market development. Making sure the grid has adequate power supplies was one of the top issues that emerged during a technical conference on colocating data center load at …
The owner of the closed Three Mile Island nuclear plant hopes to have a new license – and a new name for the plant – to operate in three years. Constellation provided a timeline for restarting the plant during a public meeting Friday with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Constellation made a deal with Microsoft to provide enough …
The Office for the Protection of Competition (hereinafter referred to as “the Office”) has decided in the first instance on the proposals of the companies Électricité de France and Westinghouse Electric Company LLC against the procedure of the contracting authority Elektrárna Dukovany II in the tender for the construction of a new nuclear power plant. …
Premier Cho Jung-tai, left, and Minister of Economic Affairs J.W. Kuo report to the legislature in Taipei yesterday. The government would keep an open mind about nuclear energy if issues of safety, effective radioactive waste disposal and public trust can be resolved, Premier Cho Jung-tai (卓榮泰) said yesterday. During a briefing at the legislature on …
A special governmental commission for the construction of a nuclear power plant is set to be established in Kazakhstan, Energy Minister Almassadam Satkaliyev said, Kazinform News Agency correspondent reports. A special governmental commission is to be established to launch an open competitive dialogue among all participants of the competition process. Preliminary consultations have already begun. …
