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Clearway Starts Construction of 650-MW Solar Facility in Missouri

Thu, 08 Oct 2026 12:47:31 +0000

California-headquartered Clearway Energy Group said it has closed financing and begun construction of the Swan Energy Center, a 650-MW solar facility located on portions of formerly strip-mined land in northwestern Bates County, Missouri. The project is San Francisco-based Clearway’s first in Missouri. Its output is contracted under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The Swan array, […]

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POWER’s 2026 Rising Star Award Winner: Jack Southard

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 12:46:23 +0000

When Arevon Energy needed someone to lead financing on Nighthawk, a 300-MW/1,200-MWh battery storage project the company had been working on when Nimmi Kavasery came onboard as the managing director of Project Finance, she made “a battlefield promotion,” handing the lead role to Jack Southard—someone she’d only observed peripherally and who had never run a […]

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Renewable Energy Group Acquires 715-MW Solar Power Portfolio

Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:45:52 +0000

ibV Energy Partners, a developer of integrated solar and storage power plants across the U.S., and Exus Renewables North America, an independent owner, developer and operator of utility-scale renewable energy and energy storage projects, on September 29 announced that Exus has acquired four solar projects totaling 715 MWp from ibV. The deal builds on years […]

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POWER Digest [October 2026]

Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:45:58 +0000

Infinigen, a Puerto Rico-based independent power producer, in late August announced the closing of a $33-million tax equity investment in the Yabucoa Solar Project.

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The Blackout Behind the Blackout: What Sarnia’s 2003 Outages Reveal About Restart Risk

Sun, 04 Oct 2026 12:45:47 +0000

Restoring customer supply is not the same event as restoring a process plant. Sarnia’s 2003 outages show why power-system resilience has to be carried through safe shutdown, utilities, environmental controls, and staged restart. The Grid Event Was Only the First Failure State At 4:11 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2003, the Northeast blackout began to pull […]

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Executive Leadership Award Finalist: Sherman Knight of Competitive Power Ventures

Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:45:54 +0000

Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), a developer, owner, and operator of thermal and renewable generation projects, with headquarters in Maryland and offices in Massachusetts and Texas, lauded CEO Sherman Knight for his leadership skills.

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How Data Center-Driven Load Growth Is Reshaping the Renewable Energy Market

Fri, 02 Oct 2026 12:46:32 +0000

U.S. grid planners are preparing for annual electricity demand growth of about 0.9% to 1.6% through 2050, with data centers emerging as a major driver, and EPRI—the Electric Power Research Institute—suggesting they could account for as much as 17% of U.S. electricity demand by 2030. For the wind, solar, and energy storage industry, this represents […]

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How Data Center-Driven Load Growth Is Reshaping the Renewable Energy Market

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 20:12:43 +0000

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Parr Station Modernization Writes the Next Chapter in a Century of Reinvention

Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:46:49 +0000

POWER’s 2026 Reinvention Award goes to Dominion Energy South Carolina’s Parr Station, where new dual-fuel turbines replace decades-old peaking units and extend a century-long pattern of reinvention at one

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Centrus Signs $900M DOE Contract, Pivots Sole U.S. HALEU Cascade to Commercial Operation

Wed, 30 Sep 2026 12:46:45 +0000

Centrus Energy has finalized a $900 million task order with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that clears the way for the company to transition its pioneering high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) cascade in Piketon, Ohio, from a government-funded demonstration to private commercial operation. The Bethesda, Maryland-headquartered firm on July 1 announced that its wholly owned subsidiary American […]

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