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Five Critical Insights from NERC’s 2024 Long-Term Reliability Assessment

December 20, 2024
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Well over half of North America faces a potential shortage of electricity supplies in the coming years, compounded by surging demand growth, accelerating generator retirements, and delays in resource development, […]

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In the 2024 LTRA, NERC finds that most of the North American bulk power system faces mounting resource adequacy challenges over the next 10 years as surging demand growth continues and thermal generators announce plans for retirement. This graphic shows NERC’s risk map with risk drivers and initial shortfall years. Courtesy: NERC

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Another Big Data Center Win for Nuclear: Oklo and Switch Sign Historic 12 GW Deal

December 18, 2024
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Advanced nuclear firm Oklo has partnered with Switch,  a Las Vegas-based data center designer, builder, and operator, to deploy 12 GW of Aurora powerhouses through 2044 in a  historic deal […]

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INSERT ART. Oklo’s Aurora Powerhouse is a vertically oriented compact passive fast-spectrum reactor derived from the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II (EBR-II) that uses liquid metal as a coolant. The company recently uprated its design’s capacity offerings to 15 MWe and 100 MWe. The compact fast reactor uses a high-assay, low-enriched uranium (HALEU) metallic uranium-zirconium fuel enriched to about 19%. Courtesy: Oklo

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Regulators Approve Largest Solar Project in Wisconsin History

December 16, 2024
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The Public Service Commission (PSCW) of Wisconsin has approved construction of a $ 2 billion solar power project that could have more than 1,300 MW of generation capacity. The Vista Sands […]

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The POWER Interview: Energy Storage Also Eyed for Data Centers

December 14, 2024
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Recent news about continued growth in the U.S. energy storage market highlighted continued deployments of grid-scale systems, along with ongoing demand from commercial and industrial and residential sectors. Electric utilities […]

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ExxonMobil Planning Large Gas-Fired Plant to Serve Data Centers

December 12, 2024
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ExxonMobil is preparing to join the power generation business, seeing an opportunity to support the electricity supply for energy-intensive data centers. The company on Dec. 11 said it is designing […]

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Avantus Signs PPA with Arizona Utility for 100-MW Solar Project

December 10, 2024
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A major U.S. solar power developer announced it has a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Arizona Public Service (APS) for the energy produced from the Kitt Solar Project. Avantus, the […]

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