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LCG, May 30, 2025--NuScale Power Corporation (NuScale), a leading provider of advanced small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear technology, yesterday announced that it has received design approval from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for its uprated 77 MW power modules. NuScale states that it remains the only SMR technology company with design approval from the NRC, and the company remains on track for deployment by 2030, with 50- and 77-MW SMR options.
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LCG, May 29, 2025--The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released an analysis yesterday showing that the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), the grid operator for most of the state, is increasing its curtailment of the rapidly growing solar- and wind-powered generation facilities in order to balance electricity supply and demand, which is necessary to maintain a stable electric system.
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Industry News
MidAmerican Begins Constructing 790 MW Advanced Coal Plant
LCG, September 9, 2003MidAmerican Energy Companyannounced that it has begun construction of thebiggest coal-fired plant in Iowa.According to the company, the plant will usesupercritical boilers to form very hot steam underhigher-than-normal pressures. This adaptation, alongwith dry scrubbers and catalyst technologies, willallow for much cleaner power production thantraditional coal-fired plants.The 790-megawatt plant will cost roughly $1.2billion and will be constructed at Council BluffsEnergy Center, which already has a generating capacityof 820 megawatts.MidAmerican Energy Company serves 681,000customers in the Midwest and is based in Des Moines,Iowa.
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