AGP Executive Report
Last update: 6 hours agoGrid Stress From Heat and Water: Poland’s Enea cut output at coal plants Kozienice and Połaniec as Vistula River levels and extreme heat threatened cooling, while Hungary dimmed major landmarks and rationed power to protect its Danube-cooled nuclear reactor. Data Centers vs. Reliability: A U.S. court backed FERC’s push to speed grid interconnection, a move aimed at clearing renewable backlogs as AI demand rises; in Arizona, APS set an all-time peak of 9,164 MW during a heatwave. Policy and Market Moves: Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger said she’ll intervene at the SCC in the Dominion–NextEra merger; Armenia extended the Hrazdan-5 thermal license to 2027. Renewables and Storage Buildout: We Energies broke ground on Wisconsin solar and wind plus battery projects tied to Vantage’s Port Washington AI campus; Germany’s Zelestra secured BESS tolling deals as regulators set a 2029 deadline. Tech for the Next Grid: EPRI launched SAFERai.power to help utilities deploy AI with safety and reliability guardrails; Power Integrations demonstrated 2200V GaN for higher-voltage power conversion. Nuclear for New Loads: Deep Fission won DOE approval for its Gravity™ reactor safety design agreement, and new behind-the-meter nuclear talks emerged via Nuclea’s MOU with New Mining.
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