With a key investor headed to the U.S. Department of Energy, advanced geothermal energy developer Fervo Energy is hitting financial jackpots. Houston-based Fervo is turning natural gas fracking technology to the task of expanding access to hot rocks to make steam and electricity. The company last month (Dec. 19) announced it had nailed down $255 million… More Geothermal: Fervo Energy en fuego
By Kennedy Maize On Dec. 21 at a site in Normandy, the 1,600-MW Flamanville nuclear power plant began delivering electricity to the French and European grid. It became the first new unit in France’s once-aggressive nuclear power program since 1996. The new reactor becomes the 57th in the French fleet. EDF (Électricité de France) the… More Flamanville: end of the line for French nukes … and elsewhere?
By Kennedy Maize The U.S. interstate high-voltage electric transmission grid is a mess. That’s not news. To borrow loosely from Mark Twain, for years – decades– everyone has been talking about the grid but nobody has done much about it. Could this new year see that change? “Could” is a conditional. Making a real start… More Will 2025 become the ‘Year of the Grid’?