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U.S. natural gas consumption grew by 1% to reach a new annual high of 89.4 billion cubic feet per day in 2023, according to the Energy Information Administration, and continued growing in the first nine months of 2024.
Energy Vault Holdings on Dec. 11 announced a strategic partnership with RackScale Data Centers that aims to accelerate the delivery of 2 gigawatts of firm, primary power to data center sites developed by RSDC through the deployment of Energy Vault's proprietary B-Nest™ hyperscale battery energy storage system.
The Gainesville Regional Utilities Authority recently approved a resolution to change the Florida public power utility’s residential electric tier structure beginning Jan. 1, 2025.
Willdan Group has been selected to implement the Snohomish County Public Utility District’s new energy efficiency program for telecommunications and data center facilities.
California Resources Corporation and its carbon management business, Carbon TerraVault announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with Net Power Inc. to develop Net Power’s ultra-low emission power plants in California.
The New York Power Authority Board of Trustees recently approved $8 million in funding for clean energy workforce training and development programs.
Orlando, Fla.-based public power utility OUC has been authorized by its Board of Commissioners to move forward with a multiyear plan “to empower customers with new opportunities to save money, better align costs with how electricity is used, and optimize OUC’s reliable, affordable, and sustainable power grid,” the utility said on Dec. 11
Building enough infrastructure for unconstrained data center demand in Virginia “will be very difficult and meeting half that demand is still difficult,” a recently released report concludes.