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LCG, September 30, 2025--Vistra Corp. announced yesterday that it will proceed with the next phase of its capital plan to support grid reliability in Texas. In 2024, Vistra identified over $1 billion worth of potential capital additions in generation capacity within the Texas ERCOT market by 2028 if market conditions were supportive. Now, with West Texas' growing power requirements, particularly the state's expanding oil and natural gas industries, Vistra reached a final investment decision and confirms it will build two new advanced natural gas-fired power units on-site at its Permian Basin Power Plant.
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LCG, September 24, 2025--Electric Reliability Council of Texas Inc. (ERCOT) yesterday announced its new initiative to increase its efforts to fully use and apply innovation and transformation through industry collaboration to best overcome the challenges and opportunities facing future grid operations. The new Grid Research, Innovation, and Transformation (GRIT) initiative will advance research and prototyping of emerging concepts and solutions to better understand the implications of rapid grid and technology evolution and position ERCOT to lead in the future energy landscape.
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Industry News
Official Inauguration of Walney Offshore Wind Farm
LCG, February 9, 2012--The United Kingdom Energy Secretary today led the official opening of the Walney Offshore Wind Farm, a 367.2-MW mega-project located approximately 9 miles off the coast of Cumbria. The $1.9 billion project is a joint venture between DONG Energy, SSE and OPW, and it includes 102, 3.6-MW turbines provided by Siemens.
CEO of DONG Energy stated, "Walney is a landmark in offshore wind and DONG Energy?s strong drive to further industrialize offshore wind power and cut costs. It demonstrates our commitment to invest in the UK."
The project was completed in two phases (Walney 1 and 2),each including 51 turbines. The rotor diameter of the turbines is 107m for Walney 1 and 120m for Walney 2, with a maximum height of 150m from blade tip to sea level. The total area of the development is some 73 square kilometers. Walney 2 was completed in November of last year.
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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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