.January 21, 2025

Industry leaders unite to accelerate Small Modular Reactor deployment

The Tennessee Valley Authority announced that it is leading an application for $800 million from the U.S. Department of Energy's Generation III+ Small Modular Reactor Program.

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U.S. DOT proposes rule to strengthen safety requirements for carbon dioxide pipelines

The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking will strengthen existing standards for hazardous liquid and CO₂ pipelines (including CO₂ that is transported in a supercritical fluid state), and for the first-time, establish new standards for transporting carbon dioxide in a gaseous state via pipeline. Read More

Equinor, Standard Lithium project awarded $225M from DOE

Standard Lithium Ltd. and Equinor announced that its jointly-owned U.S. subsidiary, SWA Lithium LLC, has closed the $225 million grant from the Department of Energy’s Office of Manufacturing & Energy Supply Chains. The grant will support construction of Phase 1 of the South West Arkansas project. Read More

Port Houston awarded $25M grant

The Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration announced that the agency awarded nearly $25 million in grant funding to the Port of Houston Authority. This award will be used to construct and operate a hydrogen fueling station for heavy-duty trucks. Read More

DOE announces $15B loan to PG&E to expand hydropower generation, battery energy storage and transmission

The loan guarantee for PG&E’s Project Polaris is designed to support a portfolio of projects to expand hydropower generation and battery storage, upgrade transmission capacity through reconductoring and grid enhancing technologies, and enable virtual power plants throughout PG&E’s service area. Read More

Kinder Morgan proposes $3B natural gas pipeline expansion in the Southeast

If the South System Expansion 4 Project is approved, it will provide an additional 1.3 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas capacity throughout the Southeast. Read More

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