by Emily | Dec 11, 2025 | Clean Energy News
TransAlta photo. In an announcement earlier this week, TransAlta Corporation signed a long-term agreement with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) to convert its Centralia Unit 2 facility from coal to natural gas-fired generation. The agreement will provide a fixed-price payment...
by Emily | Dec 9, 2025 | Clean Energy News
Caterpillar (CAT®) generators, Idaho Falls Power photo Last week, Idaho Falls Power celebrated the formal launch of its new natural gas peaking generation plant. This represents a major milestone in the community-owned utility’s 125-year legacy of reliable,...
by Emily | Dec 4, 2025 | Clean Energy News, Nuclear
A mockup of a fuel bundle for TerraPower’s Natrium reactor. (TerraPower Photo) Nuclear power company TerraPower has passed the Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff’s final safety evaluation for a permit to build a reactor in Wyoming. The Washington-based company backed...
by Emily | Dec 2, 2025 | Clean Energy News
Photo by Werner Slocum, NREL 80159 According to the news release from the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been renamed the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR), with the new name reflects the laboratory’s...
by Emily | Nov 25, 2025 | Clean Energy News
A team searches for seaweed samples on the shore of Moira Bay, Alaska. Photo by Stefanie Van Wychen, NREL In the spring, NREL chemist Stefanie Van Wychen and a team of five departed Juneau, Alaska, and flew to Ketchikan, a city known for its “feisty salmon,”...
