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Bechtel to design, build new 430 MW solar + 340 MWh storage facility in Texas (Thu, 06 Nov 2025)
Bechtel was selected by Doral Renewables to design and build the Cold Creek Solar+Storage project in Schleicher and Tom Green counties, Texas.
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Judge allows Trump administration to reconsider approval for a Massachusetts offshore wind farm (Thu, 06 Nov 2025)
A federal court judge is allowing the Trump administration to reconsider a permit for SouthCoast Wind's offshore project in Massachusetts.
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Revolution Wind developer records $77M impairment due to stop work order (Thu, 06 Nov 2025)
Ørsted A/S reported a $261.8 million loss in Q3 due to a stop work order on the Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island, impacting financials significantly.
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Leading virtual power plant platform more than doubles its load relief from last year (Thu, 06 Nov 2025)
CPower Energy reported its customers delivered 38 GWh of load relief to the grid from January to September, 137% more than in 2024.
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Rising energy bills are rewiring American politics (Thu, 06 Nov 2025)
Voters in Georgia elected Democrats Alicia Johnson and Peter Hubbard to the Public Service Commission, impacting energy policy decisions.
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Beyond AI: How smart manufacturing and the industrial metaverse will reshape the grid (Thu, 06 Nov 2025)
The biggest new load on the grid isn’t just AI data centers, it’s manufacturing coming home.
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Quality Assurance: Powering US Grid Resilience (Wed, 05 Nov 2025)
KEMA Labs President Joshua Underwood discusses how the U.S. power grid is evolving amid unprecedented challenges — from aging infrastructure and extreme weather to surging data center demand. Speaking from KEMA Labs’ Chalfont, Pennsylvania facility, the largest independent high-power testing center in the Americas, Underwood explains how rigorous testing, supply chain reliability, and digital resilience are critical to modernizing the grid. With one in four components failing initial testing worldwide, KEMA Labs’ independent verification is helping utilities and manufacturers strengthen reliability, accelerate innovation, and ensure a safer, cleaner energy future.
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Itron Inspire reveals how people are powering utility innovation (Wed, 05 Nov 2025)
The second day of Itron Inspire shifted focus around technology to what it means for people to drive and enable changes across systems and processes.
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Ohio solar supporters, farmers eager for proposed community power pilot (Tue, 04 Nov 2025)
Ohio lawmakers are working to pass a community power pilot bill to address energy demands, potentially benefiting farmers and residents.
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Xcel Energy wants to build the Upper Midwest’s largest battery site (Tue, 04 Nov 2025)
Xcel Energy plans to build the Upper Midwest’s largest battery storage site at the Sherco Energy Hub in Minnesota, increasing capacity to 600 MW.
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