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Wärtsilä has received an order to supply 412 MW of engine power to support a major new hyperscale data center project in Ohio.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and the Lower Colorado River Authority announced that the second unit of the 380-megawatt Timmerman Peaker Power Plant in Maxwell, Texas, is fully operational one month ahead of schedule.
Noteworthy AI on April 21 announced a new program that enables American Municipal Power to offer its more than 130 municipal electric utility members with a program that provides streamlined access to Noteworthy AI's Inspection platform through standardized terms and group-buy pricing.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright recently testified before two House committees on the Department of Energy’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 budget request.
Silicon Valley Power, the municipally owned utility of the City of Santa Clara, Calif., and Emerald AI on April 21 announced a pilot program to demonstrate how flexible data centers can help support grid reliability, affordability, and more efficient system planning as advanced digital infrastructure continues to grow in Silicon Valley.
The Board of Trustees of Greenville Electric Utility System has appointed Tyler Hjorth, P.E., as the utility’s new General Manager, the Texas public power utility reported on April 21.
Plus Power and the Tennessee Valley Authority on April 21 announced a 20-year energy storage agreement to add 200-megawatt /800 megawatt-hour utility-scale battery energy storage to the Tennessee Valley.
On April 17, the California ISO selected LS Power Grid California (LSPGC) to finance, construct, own, operate and maintain a new 230-kV underground transmission line that will strengthen power infrastructure and improve electric grid reliability across the Bay Area, LSPG said on April 20.