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AES Announces Construction Complete on 1,000-MW, Solar-Plus-Storage Project in California

LCG, June 11, 2025--The AES Corporation (AES) announced today that it has completed construction of the 1,000 MW Bellefield 1 project, which is under a 15-year contract with Amazon. Bellefield is a two-phase project, with each phase including 500 MW of solar plus 500 MW of a four-hour, battery energy storage system (BESS). When Phase II is completed in 2026, the total installed capacity will be 2,000 MW, and AES expects the total project will be the largest solar-plus-storage facility in the United States.

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Duke Energy Proposes to Build 1,400-MW Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant in South Carolina

LCG, June 9, 2025--Duke Energy announced today its intent to submit an application to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC) for approval to build a new natural gas combined-cycle generating facility with hydrogen capability in Anderson County, South Carolina. The company plans to submit the construction application to the PSCSC later this year. If approved, it expects construction would commence in summer 2027, with operations beginning by early 2031.

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Construction Halted on Washington Plant

LCG, Aug. 9, 2002--The Mint Farm power plant project, a 270-megawatt facility now under construction in Washington state, will be temporarily halted based upon a decision by Mirant Corp., the developer.

The facility, in the town of Longview, is now approximately one-third completed, and was to have become operational by June 2003.

The Shaw Group, the company responsible for design and construction, also had negative news concerning a Mississippi construction project on Monday this week. The client, NRG Energy Inc., of Minneapolis, could not make a scheduled payment, and sold the project to the Shaw Group for $43 million.
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