{"id":190597,"date":"2024-09-24T14:58:59","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T18:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/noticias\/constellation-and-the-crane-clean-energy-center\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T16:27:52","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T20:27:52","slug":"constellation-and-the-crane-clean-energy-center","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/constellation-and-the-crane-clean-energy-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Constellation opens Crane Clean Energy Center for carbon-free energy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Constellation Energy<\/strong> announced the startup of the Crane Clean Energy Center<\/strong>(CCEC<\/em>) through a 20-year power purchase agreement with Microsoft.\nThis center will be responsible for restarting Three Mile Island<\/strong>(TMI<\/em>) Unit 1, a nuclear plant that operated safely and reliably until its closure in 2019. <\/p>\n\n

The Crane Clean Energy Center nuclear power plant<\/h2>\n\n

Constellation CEO Joe Dominguez highlighted the relevance of nuclear power plants<\/strong> as reliable sources of energy.\nAccording to Dominguez, these facilities are critical to meeting energy needs in critical sectors, such as data centers, which rely on constant electricity consumption.\nThe new project will honor Chris Crane, former CEO of Constellation, who dedicated his career to the safe growth of the nuclear industry. nuclear industry.<\/a><\/strong> <\/p>\n\n

The agreement with Microsoft<\/strong> has a major impact on the technology company, which is looking to use carbon-free energy for its data centers.\nMicrosoft’s vice president of energy, Bobby Hollis, commented that this agreement is a step towards its goal of reducing its carbon footprint by using more sustainable energy sources. <\/p>\n\n

The CCEC <\/strong>will create approximately 3,400 direct and indirect jobs and generate more than 800 megawatts of clean energy for the grid.\nIn addition, the plant’s reactivation is expected to contribute $16 billion to Pennsylvania’s GDP and $3 billion in state and federal taxes. <\/p>\n\n

Pennsylvania Building and Construction Trades Council<\/strong> President Rob Bair stressed that this project will strengthen the local economy and make Pennsylvania a benchmark in clean energy, ensuring reliable jobs for decades to come.<\/p>\n\n

Public support for the project is strong, with 70% of state residents supporting the use of nuclear power, according to a recent poll.\nPennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro praised the initiative for its impact on reducing energy costs and improving grid reliability.\nIn addition, the nuclear plant, now called Crane Clean Energy Center, will continue to operate under strict state and federal regulation, ensuring that safety remains a priority. <\/p>\n\n

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Source and photo: Constellation Energy<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With this relaunch, CCEC plans to restore thousands of jobs and add carbon-free energy to the U.S. power grid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8404,"featured_media":190411,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13026,13044],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-190597","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-energy","categoria_noticias-new-energies"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/190597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/190597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=190597"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=190597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}