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LCG, November 19, 2025--Oklo Inc. and Siemens Energy announced today that the parties have signed a binding contract for the design and delivery of the power conversion system for Oklo’s Aurora-INL (Idaho National Laboratory) nuclear small modular reactor (SMR). The agreement authorizes Siemens Energy to begin engineering and design work to expedite procurement of long-lead components and to initiate the manufacturing process for the power conversion system. Oklo’s expertise in advanced fission technology will be combined with Siemens Energy’s extensive industry experience with steam turbine and generator systems, with the ultimate goal of generating carbon-free, reliable electricity.
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LCG, November 19, 2025--NERC yesterday released its 2025–2026 Winter Reliability Assessment (WRA), which concludes "much of North America is again at an elevated risk of having insufficient energy supplies to meet demand in extreme operating conditions." The WRA does state that resources are adequate for normal winter peak demand, but extended, wide-area cold snaps will be challenging.
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Industry News
Dynegy Buys into UK Natural Gas Industry
LCG, July 17, 2001U.S. energy firm Dynegy Inc. said yesterday it has agreed to acquire BG Storage Ltd. from its owner BG Group Plc of Britain for 421 million ($590 million U.S.).Among BG Storage's assets are nine salt caverns, 30 wells with five offshore platforms in the North Sea, about 20 miles of pipeline and a natural gas processing terminal.Also included is the Rough storage facility, Britain's largest. A partially depleted gas field in the Southern North Sea is used to store gas three kilometers underground. Its unique feature is its huge size, able to store the amount of gas needed to supply the British market for 13 days.Dynegy said BG Storage's 290 employees will be retained when the deal closes later this summer. The acquisition will become part of Dynegy Europe Ltd."This acquisition is the cornerstone of Dynegy's European energy delivery network, which willenable us to capture incremental value in the newly liberalized European Union energy markets," Gary Cardone, president of Dynegy Europe, said in a statement.Frank Chapman, Chief Executive, BG Group Plc, said: "We have carried out an exhaustive strategic review of BG Storage's operations and concluded that the greatest shareholder value was likely to be achieved through a sale of these assets, and we have worked quickly to realize this outcome. We will continue to enhance our strategic position as the integrated gas major and remain committed to growing the value of our UK assets. The proceeds will be utilized elsewhere to further our aims of growing the business and simultaneously strengthening returns."The transaction is subject to approval by the British office of Gas and Electricity markets and UK competition authorities.
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