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LCG, October 28, 2025--NextEra Energy and Google yesterday announced two agreements that will help meet growing electricity demand from artificial intelligence (AI) with clean, reliable, 24/7 nuclear power and strengthen the nation's nuclear leadership. First, Google signed a new, 25-year agreement for power generated at the Duane Arnold Energy Center, Iowa's only nuclear power facility. The 601-MW boiling water reactor unit was shut down in 2020 and is expected to commence operations by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals to restart the plant.
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LCG, October 23, 2025--Google announced today a first-of-its kind agreement to support a natural gas-fired power plant with carbon capture and storage (CCS). The 400-MW Broadwing Energy power project, located in Decatur, Illinois, will capture and permanently store its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. By agreeing to buy most of the power it generates, Google is helping get this new, baseload power source built and connected to the regional grid that supports our data centers.
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Industry News
UK Threatens Tighter Control over Generators
LCG, July 18, 2001Britain's new Minister of Energy, Brian Wilson, says he will "listen carefully" to requests by Callum McCarthy, head of the government's Office of Gas and Electricity Markets, to reintroduce a "good behavior" clause in the operating licenses for power plant owners.Wilson spent part of last week in California, the world's fifth-ranked economy, just behind that of the United Kingdom, learning first-hand about out-of-control power prices, power shortages, rolling blackouts, and possibly political rhetoric.McCarthy has said he is concerned that the so-called "new electricity trading arrangements" introduced in March will not prevent power plant owners from market abuse. His good behavior clause was thrown out by the competition earlier this year after objections by the companies owning generating stations.Wilson pointed out that six years ago California had a surplus of electricity capacity similar to that currently enjoyed by England and Wales, but it vanished seemingly overnight. He does not see that happening in the UK, but does see a need for a balanced portfolio as natural gas-fueled generation makes inroads into an industry dominated by coal.Gas fired generation, which has risen from virtually nothing 10 years ago to supply more than 30 per cent of the country's power needs, is still growing rapidly. Alarm bells have been triggered by a doubling of wholesale gas prices since 1999, the Financial Times observed this morning. The expectation that most nuclear power stations will close in the next 20 years worries the minister. He stresses no decision has been taken on replacing nuclear capacity but says: "It would be lemming-like to allow nuclear to fade away without pointing out that we rely on it for 25 per cent of our power."Possibly the only member of Britain's ruling Labour Party who favors nuclear power plants, Wilson is yet to be convinced that renewable energy generation could completely replace atomic plants, but acknowledges that Britain needs to do much more to boost green power, the Financial Times said."If we are going to make a serious stab at renewables there has to be some give and take from environmentalists," he said.
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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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The Gas Procurement and Competitive Analysis System
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