Entergy

Power industry “at an inflection point” regarding EPA rules

A finalized rule for proposed carbon emission rules affecting coal-fired plants and new and existing natural gas-fired plants is expected this spring.

As the host utility for POWERGEN International 2024, Entergy will play a pivotal role in driving discussions around the future of the power generation industry.

Entergy breaks ground on 1.2 GW CCGT plant

The plant – approved by Texas regulators in November 2022 – would have the initial capability of using up to 30% hydrogen.

Entergy requests to add nearly 225 MW of solar power in Louisiana

The two projects would both be online by early 2026.

Entergy RFP calls for 2,000 MW of renewables in Texas

The RFP represents a substantial increase from prior solicitations. Since 2019, Entergy Texas has issued two RFPs totaling 600 MW.

Entergy approved to build 1.2 GW CCGT plant that will run on hydrogen, gas

The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved Entergy’s proposal to build the Orange County Advanced Power Station, a 1,215 MW combined cycle plant that will be located near Bridge City.

Holtec wants to pair SMR with ‘green boiler’ solar and storage

Holtec International and Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) are launching an effort to accelerate the design of Holtec’s SMR-160 small modular r…

Entergy solar project will be Arkansas’ largest

Entergy Arkansas plans to build the state’s largest solar project to power steel manufacturing plants near Osceola in Mississippi County….

Entergy Louisiana to evaluate offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Mexico

Efforts will initially focus on the evaluation of grid interconnection to determine the optimal size and locations of future offshore wind development….

Entergy exec: Southeast Texas ‘well positioned’ in growing hydrogen industry

The utility is working to bring the Orange County Advanced Power Station (OCAPS) to Bridge City, Texas….

Holtec teases out possible sites for SMR and ‘giga-manufacturing’ plant

Holtec said that Entergy entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) under which the utility is excpected to evaluate the feasibility of deploying one or more …

Holtec adds two more Entergy nukes to decommission

Holtec International said it completed its acquisition of the 800 MW Palisades Power Plant and the Big Rock Point site from Entergy Corp. This asset transfer wa…

Palisades nuclear power plant retires early

Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan shut down eleven days earlier than expected….

AP: Post-Ida recovery in New Orleans: Beer and beignets are back

About 201,000 of Entergy’s 205,000 customers, or 98% percent, now have power, the company said, and those that don’t had more severe damage….

Thousands face weeks without power in Ida’s aftermath

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana communities beginning the huge task of clearing debris and repairing the damage inflicted by Hurricane Ida are facing the dispiri…