Energy Daily

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Inside National Grid's $32-million rebuild of a 110-year-old Buffalo substation

The Perry Street project shows how utilities are adapting aging distribution infrastructure to accommodate larger electrical loads while keeping existing customers connected.

Fit Energy to repurpose former mining lands into a fuel cell power generation, technology & data center project

DOE Alumni Network and Lawyers for Good Government release report marking one year since mass award terminations

DOE closes $1.9B loan to restart Iowa nuclear plant

Trying to get away from gas turbines, data centers place their hopes on small modular nuclear reactors

In Georgia, population growth and AI surge force shift in utility load forecasting

Oklo's Groves reactor reaches criticality less than a year after groundbreaking

Featured

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What’s going on with the National Laboratory of the Rockies?

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Alaska plans 223-mile transmission line to strengthen Railbelt grid

Public Storage rooftop solar provides roadmap for next phase of clean energy

If all goes to plan, the partnership with developer Solar Landscape will deliver 44 megawatts to the grid within ComEd’s 11,400-square-mile territory.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI hyperscalers in Texas turn to on-site energy architecture for their needs

The collaboration between Lancium, an energy technology and infrastructure company, and AI infrastructure provider Crusoe will birth a grid-connected campus spanning 270 acres.

Aerial view of Lancium Clean Campus industrial facility with multiple buildings and parking areas, May 2025

Project Development

Homer City coal plant transformation marks rise of next-gen energy campus

A 4.5 GW natural gas complex will occupy the location of a shuttered Pennsylvania coal facility.

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What it takes to build America's largest single-site solar manufacturing facility

Inside Illuminate USA’s sprawling Ohio solar factory, the challenge is building the workforce, systems and supply chain to sustain American manufacturing at scale.

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As US offshore wind disappears, a generation of workers is left behind

Thousands of workers who were promised steady, well-paying careers in offshore wind now find themselves racing to secure the few positions left or returning to their prior work.

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Artificial Intelligence

DOE taps Brookfield to redevelop former Paducah uranium enrichment site into AI energy campus

Brookfield's proposal calls for a 1.8 GW AI data center campus supported by 2 GW of new natural gas generation and 2.6 GW of battery energy storage.

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What America can learn from Ohio's first commercial wind farm

Ohio's first commercial wind farm generated $1 million for schools, boosted local businesses, and challenges common myths.

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New York's energy future depends on a diverse resource mix, NYSERDA chief says

The state's energy planning efforts have evolved significantly since the passage of New York's Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act in 2019.

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Artificial Intelligence

AI demand is forcing a rethink of how America builds energy infrastructure, industry leaders say

The bottom line: "Failure is not an option."

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SPP expansion a boon for grid reliability and a non-carbon future, supporters say

SPP is the country’s first regional transmission organization to span two interconnections, with an increased service area comprised of 25 utilities in seven states.

Western United States electrical transmission network map showing power grid infrastructure by voltage class from 500 kV to lower voltages.

Inside EnergiAcres' plan to pair data centers with on-site power and food production

Data centers waste half their energy every day. EnergiAcres has a fix.

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Why Texas and California are lapping the Eastern grid on storage

Texas and California's battery storage strategy underscores the Eastern grid's infrastructure weakness.

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