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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
Offshore Wind Project in North Sea Advances
LCG, August 3, 2011--Italian cable manufacturer Prysmian and Siemens Energy are developing HelWin 2 to connect the North Sea offshore Amrumbank West Wind Project to the onshore grid for the customer, TenneT TSO GmbH of Bayreuth, Germany, with a high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) transmission line. The line is rated at 690 MW and is scheduled to be operational by 2015. Amrumbank West will be built in the North Sea, about 55 miles from the German mainland and approximately 22 miles west of the North Frisian island of Amrum.
The transmission interconnection includes an offshore converter platform HelWin beta, on which the Siemens HVDC Plus system for HVDC transmission will be installed, plus two power transformers and the gas-insulated high-voltage switchgear. Siemens will supply the fully equipped floating and self-erecting platform.
The 3-phase, alternating current (AC) generated by the wind turbines will be bundled on the offshore transformer platform and transmitted to the converter platform via a high-voltage cable, where the 155-kV AC will be stepped up and converted into the Siemens HVDC system. Power will then be transmitted via a 320-kV HVDC cable from on the platform under the sea to the grid connection point in B?ttel, northwest of the city of Hamburg, over 80 miles away, where a transformer and converter substation will convert the power back into AC for transmission and distribution.
Offshore wind development is growing in Europe. The European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) in January released information that a total of 883 MW of new capacity was installed last year at nine wind farms in five countries, thereby increasing the European offshore total to 2,964 MW. In the first six months of 2011, 101 offshore wind turbines, with a combined capacity of 348.1 MW, were fully grid connected. The United Kingdom leads Europe, with a total installed offshore wind capacity of 1,341 MW, or nearly half of the offshore capacity.
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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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