Electric generators plan more natural gas-fired capacity after few additions in 2024
Developers plan to add 18.7 gigawatts (GW) of combined-cycle capacity to the grid by 2028, with 4.3 GW already under construction, according to our latest Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. Although electricity generators fueled by natural gas have provided more electricity in the United States than any other source since 2016, hardly any new natural gas capacity came online last year.
INITIAL PUBLIC NOTICE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTYWIDE BACKUP GENERATORS AND PUMPS
INITIAL PUBLIC NOTICE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTYWIDE BACKUP GENERATORS AND PUMPS INITIAL PUBLIC NOTICE SAN JOAQUIN COUNTYWIDE BACKUP GENERATORS AND PUMPS SAN JOAQUIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA LPDM-PJ-09-CA-2024-001 The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) intends to provide federal financial assistance under the Legislative Pre-Disaster Mitigation Program to San Joaquin County in San Joaquin County, California, to improve water and storm drainage system reliability and resiliency against power outages during storm and flood events. The proposed action would mitigate impacts from flood hazards by installing five emergency backup generators and upgrading one pump at existing pump stations. Pursuant to
U.S. nuclear generators import nearly all the uranium concentrate they use
In 2023, U.S. nuclear generators used 32 million pounds of imported uranium concentrate (U3O8) and only 0.05 million pounds of domestically produced U3O8. Imports accounted for 99% of the U3O8 they used in 2023 to make nuclear fuel. Foreign producers predominantly supply the U.S. front-end nuclear fuel cycle, but federal policies have been implemented recently to build out the domestic U.S. nuclear fuel supply chain. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently received $2.7 billion in congressional funding to help revive domestic fuel production for commercial nuclear power plants.