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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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Industry News
EPRI Announces Solar Thermal Hybrid Demonstration Projects
LCG, December 4, 2009--The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) yesterday announced plans for two solar thermal hybrid projects that will demonstrate how solar energy can be integrated into existing power stations to reduce carbon emissions.
Solar energy will be concentrated and used to generate steam for use in a steam turbine for power generation. The solar energy will reduce fossil fuel necessary for power generation during the day. The solar thermal hybrid approach provides for a cost-effective, reliable, dispatchable power generation facility that includes the use of solar energy. Moreover, the hybrid solution offers the potential to reduce carbon emissions per unit electricity generated from existing power stations.
One demonstration project will be at the Escalante Generating Station, a 245-MW coal-fired station in Prewitt, New Mexico that is owned by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. The other project will occur at the Chuck Lenzie Generating Station, a 1,102-MW gas-fired facility located near Las Vegas and owned by
NV Energy.
EPRI, the plant owners and operators, and other participants have formed collaboratives to develop and provide data from these solar projects to the industry and public. The collaboratives will support the hosts in selecting the integration design, and conduct independent plant performance monitoring, evaluation and economic assessments of their planned projects.
Both Nevada and New Mexico have Renewable Portfolio Standards.
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The Locational Marginal Price Model (LMP) Network Power Model
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Day Ahead and Real Time Market Simulation
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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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