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LCG, October 28, 2025--NextEra Energy and Google yesterday announced two agreements that will help meet growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence (AI) with clean, reliable, 24/7 nuclear power and strengthen the nation's nuclear leadership. First, Google signed a new, 25-year agreement for power generated at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa's only nuclear power facility. The 601-MW boiling water reactor unit was shut down in 2020 and is expected to commence operations by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals to restart the plant.
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LCG, October 23, 2025--Google announced today a first-of-its kind agreement to support a natural gas-fired power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The 400-MW Broadwing Energy power project, located in Decatur, Illinois, will capture and permanently store its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. By agreeing to buy most of the power it generates, Google is helping get this new, baseload power source built and connected to the regional grid that supports our data centers.
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Industry News
New England Firm Plans 420 Megawatt Wind Farm
LCG, Oct. 31, 2001--Boston-based green electricity company Energy Management Inc. has announced plans to develop a 420 megawatt (nameplate capacity) wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts in Nantucket Sound.The company said it expects to get an optimistic 34 percent operating factor out of the Cape Wind Associates project, which, if achieved, means the wind farm would be the equivalent of a 140 megawatt power plant.According to Cape Wind President Jim Gordon, the wind farm will consist of about 150 pylon-mounted turbines on a 24-square-mile shoal in Nantucket Sound, a density of 6.25 turbines per square mile, which is fewer that the 9 per square mile many consider best for maximum generation.The company explained that the towers would be kept a half-mile apart so as not to affect navigation by fishing and pleasure boats.Gordon said the wind farm would save New England electricity customers tens of millions of dollars a year because "Once the turbines are built, the wind is free."Mike Worms, a New York energy analyst, disagreed. "I don't think wind power is cheap by any stretch," he said. "If it weren't for federal subsidies, it probably wouldn't even be a viable option."Worms was referring to a federal production tax credit that pays wind farm operators 1.7 cents per kilowatt-hour of power actually produced. That subsidy kicks in when a turbine first starts putting power on the grid and runs for 10 years, but the program is due to expire at the end of this year.Without the tax credit, wind power would cost about 6 cents per kilowatt-hour, compared to 1.83 cents for nuclear power, 2 cents for electricity produced in coal-fired plants and 3 cents for power from gas-fueled power plants.
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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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Database of Plants, Loads, Assets, Transmission...
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