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DOE Announces Site Selection for Energy Infrastructure and AI Data Centers on Federal Lands

LCG, July 24, 2025--The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s plan to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure by using Federal lands to lower energy costs and help power the global AI race, as previously outlined in President Trump’s Executive Orders on Accelerating Federal Permitting of Data Center Infrastructure, Deploying Advanced Nuclear Reactor Technologies for National Security, and Unleashing American Energy.

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Enbridge Announces 600-MW Solar Project in Texas to Power Meta Data Center Operations

LCG, July 22, 2025--Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) today announced that it has reached a final investment decision on the Clear Fork solar project located near San Antonio, Texas. Meta Platforms, Inc. (Meta), has signed a long-term contract for all of the renewable power generated from the 600-MW project.

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Construction Begins at Tyr Energy's Hickory Run Energy Center

LCG, August 24, 2017--Tyr Energy, Inc., Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (Kansai) and Siemens Financial Services, Inc. (Siemens) announced Monday that they have started the construction of the Hickory Run Energy Center, LLC Power Plant, located approximately 45 miles northwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The 1,000-MW, gas-fired project is scheduled to achieve a commercial operation date in April 2020.

The Hickory Run Energy Center will be a combined-cycle energy facility. The project includes two Siemens SGT6-8000H gas turbine generators, two heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs), and a Siemens steam turbine generator. The plant is expected to cost approximately $915 million.

The project is well-located among the Marcellus and Utica natural gas production areas, with access to Tennessee Gas Pipeline Zone 4. The power generated by the project will be delivered into the PJM Interconnection.

Tyr Energy, LLC will provide all asset management services upon commercial operations and NAES Corporation (NAES), a Tyr affiliate, will provide operations and maintenance (O&M) to the project.

The project was originally developed by an affiliate of LS Power Associates, LP.
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