Energy Video Week 4 July 2023: Energy Northwest and X-energy Ink Deal For 960 MW of Small Modular Reactors

As of 2024, Nissan will make available a Tesla NACS charging adapter for its Ariya models. Starting in 2025, Nissan’s EVs in U.S. and Canadian markets will have NACS ports. 

Energy storage company Energy Dome raises another $60 million. The company’s technology stores energy in pressurized, liquified CO2, in large dome structures. Italian utility A2A has committed to a 20 MW plant with 10 hours of duration, w/planned commissioning in 2024.

Liquid metal battery company Ambri signs agreement with Xcel Energy for 12-month trial of 300 kWh battery in Colorado.

Sustainable aviation fuel start-up Twelve breaks ground at Washington State facility, expected to be operational by 2024. Twelve uses electricity to make synthetic fuel out of water and waste CO2 emissions. 

U.S. to hold first offshore wind power auction in the Gulf of Mexiconext month, with one lease area of 102,000 acres offshore Lake Charles, LA, and two additional locations totaling nearly 200,000 acres offshore Galveston, TX.

NV Energy to submit $1.8 bn plan for approval to transition 500 MW North Valmy coal-fired facility to natural gas and install a utility-owned 400 MW solar farm/400 MW battery storage facility. 

Utility holding company Energy Northwest and small modular reactor developer X-Energy Reactor Company ink joint development agreement for up to 12 small modular reactors in central Washington State yielding up to 960 megawatts of electricity. First unit expected online by 2030.

Advanced geothermal company Fervo Energy demonstrates commercial viability of its drilling technology, generating 3.5 MW of geothermal energy. Full-scale commercial pilot in northern NV laterally drilled 3,250 foot horizontal double-well system, with a water injection well tied to a production well within a high-temperature, hard rock geothermal formation.