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Refurbished Three Mile Island Payment Structure Is Not Quite What It Seems

October 7, 2024 admin clean power, constellation energy, green economy, microsoft, nuclear energy, three mile island

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:35:12 +0000

Two weeks ago, the news was filled with reports that Reactor 1 at the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station, which was shut down in 2019, will be refurbished and put back into service for another 20 years or more. Its sole customer will be Microsoft, which needs a lot … [continued]

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US Data Center Owners Turning to Old Nuclear Power

October 4, 2024 admin nuclear energy, three mile island, us nuclear energy, us nuclear power

Credit to Author: US Energy Information Administration| Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:34:57 +0000

Last month, Constellation Energy announced a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to provide electricity to Microsoft data centers in the mid-Atlantic region from the Unit 1 reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. Unit 1 had returned to operation in 1985 after the 1979 partial meltdown that affected the adjacent … [continued]

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Three Mile Island Redux — Nuke Will Be Restarted To Power Microsoft Data Center

September 24, 2024 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, constellation energy, data centers, microsoft, nuclear energy, policy & politics, three mile island

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 01:18:25 +0000

The surviving nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island will be restarted to make electricity to power Microsoft data centers.

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Microsoft Would Restart Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant to Power AI

September 20, 2024 admin Amazon, decommissioned, microsoft, news, Nuclear, palisades, Pennsylvania, power, restart, stantec, susquehanna, talen energy, three mile island

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:06:16 +0000

Microsoft has announced a deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. It’s the latest move by a technology company to use nuclear power to provide […]

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Report: Gas-Fired Generation Will Rise in Pennsylvania as Coal, Nuclear Decline

September 4, 2019 admin Coal, Gas, natural gas, news, Nuclear, Pennsylvania, pjm interconnection, puc, Renewables, three mile island

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 18:19:09 +0000

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Power generation from natural gas is expected to rise in Pennsylvania over the next few years, according to the state Public Utility Commission’s (PUC’s) annual report on generation and transmission and distribution capacity released in late August. The PUC’s “Electric Power Outlook for Pennsylvania 2018-2023” report made public last week projects gas-fired power generation will […]

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Last Reactor at Three Mile Island Will Shut by End of September

May 8, 2019 admin 1979, Business, Legislative, news, Nuclear, Pennsylvania, reactor, three mile island

Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 08 May 2019 22:14:58 +0000

The remaining nuclear reactor at the Three Mile Island Generating Station (TMI) in Pennsylvania will shut down by the end of September. Exelon made that official May 8, setting the closing date for Unit 1 at the financially struggling plant that it first announced it would shutter two years ago. Exelon in 2017 said the […]

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Pressure Mounts as Legislators Try to Save Nuclear Plants

April 11, 2019 admin beaver valley, Business, Davis-Besse, Exelon, Legislative, news, Nuclear, Nuclear plant, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Perry, subsidies, three mile island, tmi

Credit to Author: Aaron Larson| Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 13:28:57 +0000

Time is winding down for lawmakers interested in enacting legislation to save the Three Mile Island (TMI) nuclear plant. That message was amplified on April 5 when Exelon Corp. filed the federally required Post Shutdown Decommissioning Activities Report (PSDAR) with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The PSDAR details plans for TMI Unit 1 after its final […]

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POWER Notebook: First Order for Novel Gas Turbine; Three Mile Island Accident Turns 40; PG&E Pushes Back on Judge’s Proposal

March 25, 2019 admin Afghanistan, Business, court, courts, Environmental, Exelon, Gas, judge, Legal & Regulatory, news, notebook, Nuclear, nuclear subsidies, Pennsylvania, PG&E, siemens, stg-a45, three mile island, Wildfires

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2019 01:26:11 +0000

Siemens, Three Mile Island, and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) made notable headlines over recent days. Here is this week’s POWER notebook. Siemens Bags First Order for 41-MW Aeroderivative Gas Unit Siemens on March 25 said it received its first order for its newest aeroderivative gas turbine offering—the SGT-A45. The buyer, Bayat Power, a subsidiary […]

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