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Energy Vault and Jupiter Power Announce New Agreement for Battery Energy Storage System in Texas

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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NuScale Power Achieves Standard Design Approval from NRC for 77 MW SMR

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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AES Plans Another Expansion at Buffalo Gap Wind Farm

LCG, September 19, 2007--AES Corporation yesterday announced plans to build Buffalo Gap 3, a 170 MW expansion of its Buffalo Gap wind farm near Abilene, Texas. AES executed a seven-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Direct Energy for all of the power produced by Buffalo Gap 3. The planned expansion is scheduled to commence commercial operations in mid-2008.

The Buffalo Gap 3 expansion will include 74 Siemens model SWT-2.3-93 wind turbine generators. With the addition, the total capacity of the Buffalo Gap wind farm will be approximately 524 MW.

The second phase of the project achieved commercial operation in August 2007. The Buffalo Gap 2 expansion added 233 MW of generating capacity and included the installation of 155 wind turbine generators from GE. AES signed a ten-year PPA with Direct Energy for this phase of the project as well.
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