Nuclear and renewables
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The Affected Fuel Assembly: Holtec's Progress Report on the Palisades Restart
On September 21, 2026, Holtec reported that fuel loading at its Palisades nuclear plant in Michigan had begun on August 30 and that one fuel assembly had tilted. Its progression to the next operating modes, it says, remains subject to the satisfactory resolution of that assembly, required testing and modifications, and applicable NRC approvals.
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Iowa's Only Nuclear Power Plant: The Energy Department's Loan for Its Restart
On September 8, 2026, the Energy Department announced the financial close of a loan to help finance restarting a nuclear plant in Linn County, Iowa, which ceased operations in 2020. The release says the restart is pending the nuclear regulator's licensing approvals.
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Battery Storage on the U.S. Grid, in Operation and in Plans: EIA's Note of August 7, 2026
A note of August 7, 2026 from the U.S. Energy Information Administration counts the utility-scale battery storage in operation in the United States at the end of 2025 and at mid-2026. It also gives the additions operators plan through 2028, according to plans they report to the agency.
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Closer to Restarting Operations: Crane in Constellation's Results for the Second Quarter of 2026
Constellation's results release of August 6, 2026 reports two approvals for the restart of its Crane Clean Energy Center, one from the federal energy regulator and one from the nuclear regulator. The company says the nuclear regulator's approval moves it closer to restarting operations in 2027.
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A Demonstration Plant for the TVA Grid: Kairos Power Breaks Ground on Hermes 2
Kairos Power said on April 17, 2026 that it had broken ground on Hermes 2 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, a reactor it calls the first power-producing Gen IV reactor to receive a construction permit from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
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A Record If Realized, and More Than Half of It Solar: EIA on the Capacity Planned for 2026
The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that developers and operators plan to add a record amount of generating capacity to the U.S. grid in 2026, if the plans are realized. Solar makes up the largest share of the plan, followed by battery storage and wind.
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Advanced Reactors and Operating Plants: Meta's Nuclear Energy Agreements of January 2026
On January 9, 2026, Meta announced nuclear energy agreements with three companies, after what it calls its nuclear RFP process. Two support advanced reactors still to be developed, with dates given "as early as" or "targeted," and one buys energy from nuclear plants already operating.
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Never Fully Decommissioned: The Energy Department's Loan to Restart a Pennsylvania Nuclear Plant
The U.S. Department of Energy's release of November 18, 2025 says its Loan Programs Office closed a loan that "will partially finance the restart" of a Pennsylvania reactor which ceased operations in 2019. The power it describes comes once the reactor is restarted, "pending U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission licensing approvals."
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Pending Regulatory Approvals: NextEra Energy and Google on the Planned Restart of Duane Arnold
On October 27, 2025, NextEra Energy and Google announced a 25-year agreement under which Google would buy power from the Duane Arnold Energy Center, a nuclear plant in Iowa shut down in 2020. The release says the plant is expected to deliver electricity by the first quarter of 2029, pending regulatory approvals.
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A Second Round of Conditional Selections: The Energy Department's Fuel Line Pilot Projects for Advanced Reactors
On September 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy picked four companies for a pilot program to build advanced nuclear fuel lines. Each "will be responsible for all costs" of its fuel fabrication facilities, the release says, and the fuel is for "research, development, and demonstration purposes."
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Conditional Commitments, and Contracting as a Next Step: The Energy Department's Second Round of HALEU
On August 26, 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy made conditional commitments to provide high-assay low-enriched uranium, HALEU, to three more U.S. companies. The fuel, the release says, is not currently available from domestic suppliers, and contracting is a next step.
