With interconnection queues topping 2,000 GW of capacity, firms aim to expand engineering and advisory services upstream of transmission and generation construction
Private equity firm Littlejohn is backing grid consultant GDS as interconnection queues and power demand reshape when transmission, generation and substation projects reach construction.
Action on the project follows community upset over the cost of four 115 kV underground lines and expanded substation rising to #407 million, and possibly higher.
Major tech firms will sign, at March 4 White House event, an administration-pushed "pledge" to pay for data center and other power costs, but few details are confirmed.
More states follow municipalities to block or restrict data center expansion, claiming they need time to hear from constituents, developers and power agencies—while big tech firms will sign, at March 4 White House event, administration-pushed "pledge" to cover power costs, but with few details confirmed.
Michigan Attorney General's Office is demanding Gotion Inc. repay grant funds used to purchase 300-acre site for a $2.4-billion electric vehicle plant.
Agency reverts to old emissions rules in administration push to keep aging coal plants on line by power producers such as TVA; in supplying more energy to US military bases; and through "emergency" federal operating orders facility owners say are unneeded.
California firm founders, including two US Energy Dept. veterans, aim to scale laser-based inertial confinement fusion technology to develop a grid-scale power plant, with $450M just gained from private investors.