Georgia

Energy Storage System

Georgia Power Advances Battery Storage Projects Across Georgia

Georgia Power, a U.S.-based electric utility, has started building new battery energy storage systems (BESS) across Georgia, with a total capacity of 765MW. App…

Green Hydrogen

ADB Approves $104M to Support Georgia’s First Energy Storage Facility and Green Hydrogen Development

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is partnering with Georgia to establish the country’s first energy storage facility and explore green hydrogen developmen…

Nuclear Fuel

Westinghouse’s LEU+ Fuel Loaded Into Vogtle 2

Westinghouse Electric Company has introduced lead test assemblies with LEU+ fuel into Unit 2 of the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia, marking the first use…

RNG

Greengasusa and Darling Ingredients Celebrate First Pipeline Delivery From Dublin RNG Facility

GreenGasUSA and Darling Ingredients Inc. on Feb. 18 announced the first renewable natural gas (RNG) deliveries from a project located at Darling Ingredients&rsq…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Vogtle, Hatch Power Uprates Planned

Vogtle Units 3&4 with Vogtle 1&2 in the backgroundUS utility Georgia Power has filed its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) with the Georgia Public Service Com…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Adjar Energy Invests $460M in Georgian Renewables Projects

The investment boosts Georgia’s competitive stance in the renewable energy market.Adjar Energy, a subsidiary of Turkish company Eksim Holding, has committ…

Nuclear Technology

Georgia Power Plans Additional Nuclear Capacity

The four-unit Vogtle plantGeorgia Power has filed its 2025 Integrated Resource Plan, saying it has proposed power uprates at four units at its Hatch and Vogtle …

Solar Power Plant

Qcells Secures $1.45 Billion of DoE Support for Solar Plant in Georgia

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has finalized a $1.45 billion loan guarantee to Hanwha Qcells to support its solar plant in the state of Georgia. It aims to r…

Hydrogen Project

Hyundai Deploys Hydrogen Trucks for Georgia EV Plant Logistics

Hyundai is using hydrogen fuel cell heavy-duty trucks to bring parts to its US EV plant in Georgia in partnership with a Californian-based logistics firm.Workin…

Pumped Storage

Kleinschmidt Associates Selected By Georgia Power For Wallace Dam Safety Assessment

Kleinschmidt Associates, an engineering and environmental consulting firm, has been chosen byGeorgia Power, a subsidiary of Southern Company, to conduct a compr…

United States

Copper Drops as Dollar Strengthens on Trump Lead in US Election

Copper fell along with most metals, weighed down by a rise in the dollar as Donald Trump took an early lead in the US election.The Associated Press called North…

Nuclear Reactor

Molten Salt Reactor Gets NRC Go-Ahead

Representatives from Natura Resources, the Zachry Group, Abilene Christian University, The University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, and the Georgia …

Biofuel

Georgia Power Seeks to Add 80 MW Biomass Power to Its Portfolio

The Georgia Public Service Commission is expected to vote in September on a proposal that would allow Georgia Power to add nearly 80 megawatts (MW) of biomass p…

Energy Storage System

Georgia Power Identifies Sites for 500MW BESS Projects in US

Each BESS project is poised to benefit from customer cost-reducing tax incentives. Credit: Es sarawuth / Shutterstock.Georgia Power has announced the locations …

Energy Storage System

Here’s Where Georgia Is Installing 500 MW of New Battery Energy Storage

Georgia Power's Mossy Branch battery energy storage system in Talbot County, Georgia (courtesy: Georgia Power)In a continued effort to limit its use of foss…