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The Tennessee Valley Authority will retire its Kingston Fossil Plant in Tennessee and build a state-of-the-art energy complex at the site by the end of 2027. To replace the generation, TVA will build an energy complex that will house at least 1,500 megawatts of combined cycle and dual-fuel Aeroderivative natural gas combustion turbines with 100 megawatts of battery storage and up to 4 megawatts of solar generation at the Kingston location.
Blue Wave AI Labs has successfully deployed machine learning tools at two nuclear power plants in the U.S. operated by Constellation, saving the company millions of dollars per reactor each year. The project was part of a $6 million effort supported by the Department of Energy to help lower the operating costs of nuclear power plants using the latest artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies.
The Imperial Irrigation District has been awarded $7 million in grant funds from the Department of the Interior in support of the district’s proposed Upstream Operational Reservoir Project, which would be the largest reservoir ever constructed in the Imperial Valley during IID’s history as an irrigation district. The announcement was recently made by the Interior Department.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul recently announced low-cost power awards to 11 firms that her office said will spur more than $5.2 billion in capital investments. The awards were approved by the New York Power Authority Board of Trustees.
TerraPower, a company founded by Bill Gates, has submitted a construction permit application to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for the NatriumTM reactor1 demonstration project. The Natrium technology is an advanced nuclear design featuring a sodium-cooled fast reactor with a molten salt-based energy storage system.
Massachusetts received bids from Avangrid Renewables, South Coast Wind Energy, and Vineyard Offshore in the state’s fourth offshore wind solicitation. The bids were in response to Massachusetts’ fourth offshore wind solicitation — the region’s largest to date for up to 3,600 MW.
The Kentucky Municipal Energy Agency All Requirements Project Committee and Board of Directors voted to approve the Electric Plant Board of the City of Benham’s request to become KYMEA’s newest All Requirements member. KYMEA will begin supplying all of Benham’s wholesale power needs starting June 1, 2024.
Power outages, wildfires, rooftop solar systems, and demand response programs create a need for utilities to communicate with customers quickly and clearly.