Across The Wire

  1. Vogtle Unit 3 Goes Into Operation 7/31/2023

    Georgia Power declared today that Plant Vogtle Unit 3 has entered commercial operation and is now serving customers and the State of Georgia. The new unit represents a long-term investment in the state's clean energy future and will provide reliable, emissions-free energy to customers for decades to come.

  2. Mitsubishi Power Supplies Hydrogen-Ready Gas Turbines To 'IPP Renewed' Project In Utah To Meet Decarbonization Goals In The Western Region Of The United States 7/27/2023

    Mitsubishi Power Americas and the Intermountain Power Agency (IPA) reached a critical milestone in the development of IPA’s transformational power project, the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) Renewed, in Delta, UT.

  3. Toshiba And Tenaga Nasional Berhad, To Accelerate The Application Of CO2 Capture Technology To Thermal Power Plants 7/27/2023

    Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (hereinafter "Toshiba ESS") and TNB Power Generation Sdn Bhd (hereinafter "TNB Genco"), a wholly owned subsidiary of Tenaga Nasional Berhad, a national utility company in Malaysia, had agreed to further collaborate on CO2 capture technology implementation to thermal power plants in Malaysia.

  4. I Squared Capital To Build Up To 1 Gigawatt Of Solar Plants In Malaysia 7/27/2023

    I Squared Capital, a leading global infrastructure investment manager, announced today that its portfolio company, HEXA Renewables, has signed a memorandum of understanding to develop up to 1 gigawatt of hybrid solar photovoltaic projects in the southern tip of Peninsular Malaysia. 

  5. Vitesco Technologies Initiates Landmark Solar Energy Sustainability Project In Seguin, Texas 7/27/2023

    A major solar project is being developed in Central Texas as a partnership between global automotive supplier Vitesco Technologies, San Antonio-based Big Sun Solar and the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) and is believed to be one of the first three-party power purchase agreements in Texas.

  6. Babcock & Wilcox Awarded Contract To Study Bioenergy With Carbon Capture And Storage (BECCS) Conversion For Coal Power Plant In Michigan 7/26/2023

    Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) announced today that it has been awarded a contract by NorthStar Clean Energy to conduct a Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) engineering study to convert a coal-fired power plant in Michigan to use biomass fuel and retrofit the plant with B&W’s SolveBright™ carbon dioxide (CO2) capture process.

  7. BENY's 1500V DC Power Transmission And Distribution Solution Empowers The World's Largest Solar PV Power Station 7/25/2023

    The world's largest 7GW Solar PV power station in Qinghai Province's upper reaches of the Yellow River, invested by China National Energy Investment Group, recently achieved successful grid connection.

  8. Brightnight, Rivian, And The Nature Conservancy Unite To Transform Starfire Coal Mine Into Kentucky's Largest Renewable Power Project 7/25/2023

    Starfire Mine, formerly one of the largest coal mines in the United States, will be the new site of a solar energy center. The announcement was made today by global renewable power producer BrightNight CEO Martin Hermann, Rivian Automotive Inc.

  9. Concentric AB High Voltage Fans To Supply Thermal Management Solution For Hydrogen Electric Power Generators 7/24/2023

    Concentric has been awarded a strategically important prototype order for its high voltage electric fans by a market leading major OEM, who is extending its operations into the development and manufacturing of mobile and stationary hydrogen electric power generation.

  10. Atom Computing and National Renewable Energy Laboratory Exploring Electric Grid Optimization Using Quantum Computing 7/20/2023

    Atom Computing and the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) today announced a collaboration to explore how quantum computing can help optimize electric grid operations.