Renewables Round Up: google and voltus grow their virtual power plant tenfold

Google and Voltus expanded their virtual power plant in the PJM market tenfold, to roughly 1.17 GW, putting hyperscaler money into demand-side capacity on the existing grid without waiting on new generation.

BloombergNEF projects a record 89 GW of clean energy additions this year and next in its latest US Clean Energy Market Outlook, driven largely by AI and data center load, while flagging 68 GW of new gas capacity through 2030.

Amazon joined American Electric Power and X-energy in Indiana to explore a 960 MW advanced reactor project, as Westinghouse Electric Company committed roughly $1 billion to a new nuclear fuel factory in South Carolina.