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Google Signs Agreement for New Renewable Energy to Power AI Facilities

FoxNews.com: Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report

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Google recently signed its first ever energy power contract for nuclear fusion technology with Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) in taking the next step forward in renewable clean energy. “CFS is an MIT spin-out working to build one of the world’s first commercial fusion reactors. This Google fusion deal marks a pivotal moment for the tech giant as it looks to secure reliable, carbon-free power for its growing AI operations.”

Google plans to purchase up to “200 megawatts of power from CFS’s planned ARC fusion power plant in Chesterfield County, Virginia, which will help power Google’s expanding network of AI data centers.”

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Could Advanced Conductors Like AECC Technology Replace ACSR Transmission and Distribution Lines for Power Grid Improvements?

EnergyCentral.com: Jason Huang & T&DWorld.com: Gene Wolf

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Since aluminum conductor steel reinforced (ACSR) technology took over nearly all of power utilities’ transmission lines and overhead distribution lines, there has not been many advancements in newer and more feasible power delivery conductors. The ACSR technology has been around for over a century, but a new conductor technology is shaping up as an optimal replacement.

“AECC (Aluminum Encapsulated Carbon Core) technology represents a natural evolution that combines advanced conductor performance with traditional conductor safety and reliability. The design uses a pre-tensioned carbon fiber core protected by a seamless aluminum encapsulation layer, paired with annealed aluminum trapezoidal outer strands.”

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“Advanced conductor technologies are gaining acceptance with utilities and grid operators. Reconductoring with advanced conductors can put a huge dent in the transmission capacity shortage”

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Public Power Regulators Grant AEP’s Request for Data Center Owners to Fund Infrastructure Improvements

DailyEnergyInsider.com: Kim Riley

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“The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO)” recently awarded AEP of Ohio to partner with data center owners for “establishing financial obligations” to support electrical grid infrastructure improvements that directly accommodate them.

The ruling provides a huge win for AEP, reducing the need for other AEP rate payers to be partially expensed through gradual rate increases to fund AEP’s required energy grid upgrades for bringing new data centers online. New data center owners will be “required to pay a minimum of 85% of AEP’s energy they are subscribed to use to help cover the costs of bringing power to those facilities.”

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How Will Solar and Wind Energy Continue to Thrive with Tax Credits Being Phased Out?

EnergyLiveNews.com

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Recent changes in U.S. policy and approved “legislation are slashing federal support for both wind and solar renewable projects.” As the tax credits and clean energy incentive benefits for constructing new green power plants are hastily eliminated, how much will the wind and solar markets decline?

This change in American policy “is likely to throw fresh uncertainty over renewable energy investments, especially as the sector struggles to keep pace with surging electricity demands across the U.S.”

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Are the Expected Trump Tariffs Going to Cripple the Power Energy Sector?

Utility Dive: Brian Martucci

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The threat of trade tariffs by the Trump administration are causing disarray, madness and confusion with the Power Energy markets, and particularly the battery energy storage sector. With no major signs of improvements in inflationary pressures, will new tariffs aid or harm the somewhat “booming energy storage industry?”

How will new imposed tariffs affect the nations battery storage performance and valuation based on cost fluctuations for batteries, energy storage demand (variations for new orders), goods for raw materials (delays in supply chain), and so on?

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The Forecast for Renewable Resources Could Rise 300 Percent Based on Future Energy Demands

NBCNews.com – Energy, Spencer Kimball (CNBC)

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“Renewable energy demand will triple over the next seven years as data center growth accelerates to facilitate the proliferation of artificial intelligence, NextEra Energy CEO John Ketchum said Wednesday.

NextEra added 3,000 megawatts of renewable and storage projects to its order backlog in the second quarter. Of those, 860 megawatts — or 28% — come from agreements with Google to power the tech company’s data centers.”

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