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LCG, June 4, 2025--Energy Vault Holdings Inc. (Energy Vault) and Jupiter Power (Jupiter) today announced the signing of an agreement for the supply of an additional battery energy storage system (BESS) at a Jupiter site in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) region. The initial BESS project, located near Fort Stockton, Texas, was completed in July 2024, with a storage capacity 100 MW/200 MWh. The new BESS project will add another 100 MW/200 MWh of capacity. Construction has commenced, and the project is expected to achieve commercial operations by the end of this summer.
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LCG, May 30, 2025--NuScale Power Corporation (NuScale), a leading provider of advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, yesterday announced that it has received design approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its uprated 77 MW power modules. NuScale states that it remains the only SMR technology company with design approval from the NRC, and the company remains on track for deployment by 2030, with 50- and 77-MW SMR options.
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UK Threatens Tighter Control over Generators
LCG, July 18, 2001Britain's new Minister of Energy, Brian Wilson, says he will "listen carefully" to requests by Callum McCarthy, head of the government's Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, to reintroduce a "good behavior" clause in the operating licenses for power plant owners.Wilson spent part of last week in California, the world's fifth-ranked economy, just behind that of the United Kingdom, learning first-hand about out-of-control power prices, power shortages, rolling blackouts, and possibly political rhetoric.McCarthy has said he is concerned that the so-called "new electricity trading arrangements" introduced in March will not prevent power plant owners from market abuse. His good behavior clause was thrown out by the competition earlier this year after objections by the companies owning generating stations.Wilson pointed out that six years ago California had a surplus of electricity capacity similar to that currently enjoyed by England and Wales, but it vanished seemingly overnight. He does not see that happening in the UK, but does see a need for a balanced portfolio as natural gas-fueled generation makes inroads into an industry dominated by coal.Gas fired generation, which has risen from virtually nothing 10 years ago to supply more than 30 per cent of the country's power needs, is still growing rapidly. Alarm bells have been triggered by a doubling of wholesale gas prices since 1999, the Financial Times observed this morning. The expectation that most nuclear power stations will close in the next 20 years worries the minister. He stresses no decision has been taken on replacing nuclear capacity but says: "It would be lemming-like to allow nuclear to fade away without pointing out that we rely on it for 25 per cent of our power."Possibly the only member of Britain's ruling Labour Party who favors nuclear power plants, Wilson is yet to be convinced that renewable energy generation could completely replace atomic plants, but acknowledges that Britain needs to do much more to boost green power, the Financial Times said."If we are going to make a serious stab at renewables there has to be some give and take from environmentalists," he said.
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