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FILE - A Rivian R1S is displayed outside of the auto manufacturer's new space at Ponce City Market.
AutomotiveBusinessElectric Vehicles (EVs)ManufacturingNewsPolitics

Biden administration will loan $6.6 billion to Rivian to build Georgia factory that automaker paused

The Biden administration announced a $6.6B loan to Rivian to build its fuel-efficient vehicles and work toward profitability.

FILE - JLG lifts are operated outside a Hanwha QCells Solar plant Oct. 16, 2023, in Cartersville, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart, File)
BusinessElectricityIndustryNewsPoliticsSolar

US government will loan $1.45 billion to help a South Korean firm build a solar plant in Georgia

Qcells' Georgia plant will develop parts for solar power modules on US soil to take advantage of incentives including tax credits.

The four nuclear reactors and cooling towers are seen at the Alvin W. Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Friday, May 31, 2024, in Waynesboro, Ga. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)
EconomyNewsNuclear PowerPolitics

US Energy Secretary calls for more nuclear power while celebrating $35 billion Georgia reactors

U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm on Friday called for more nuclear reactors to be built in the United States and worldwide.

FILE - Georgia Power Co.'s Plant Vogtle nuclear power plant is shown, Jan. 20, 2023, in Waynesboro, Ga. Georgia Power announced on Monday, April 29, 2024 that the second new reactor has achieved commercial operation, marking the completion of the first two nuclear reactors built from scratch in the United States in decades. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, file)
NewsNuclear PowerUtilities

High price for carbon-free nuclear power in American state of Georgia

Even as U.S. government officials and some utilities are looking to nuclear power to alleviate climate change, the cost of Vogtle, in Georgia,...

ElectricityNatural GasNewsPoliticsUtilities

Bill would give Georgia utility regulators extra years in office without facing voters

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s Public Service Commission is an elected body that’s gone years without having elections because of a redistricting lawsuit. Anticipating...

ElectricityNewsNuclear Power

Second new Georgia reactor begins splitting atoms in key step to making electricity

ATLANTA (AP) — A nuclear power plant in Georgia has begun splitting atoms in the second of its two new reactors, Georgia Power...

Electric Vehicles (EVs)ElectricityNewsNuclear Power

Vibrations in cooling system mean new Georgia nuclear reactor will again be delayed

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. said Thursday that vibrations found in a cooling system of its second new nuclear reactor will delay...

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