Google is a step closer to achieving his nuclear ambitions now when he works with Public Power Utility Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to buy electricity from the novel generation reactor. This is the first contract for the purchase of power for This advanced technology According to companies, American usability.
The plan is to buy electricity from a reactor developed by the Kairos Power engineering company at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. After starting the reactor, expected in 2030, he should start supplying electricity to a local network, which supports Google data centers in Tennessee and Alabama.
If they manage to do it all, it can support in the jumping of a completely novel era of nuclear energy
If they manage to do all this, it can support in combining a completely novel nuclear energy era in the USA. The current fleet of nuclear reactors in the country uses ten -year technology that fought for competing with budget-friendly electricity from gas fired power plants as well as solar and wind farms. Cairos Power builds one of the first reactors that supporters hope that the revival of nuclear energy can initiate and satisfy the growing demand for electricity from Massive Tech and AI.
Oak Ridge, Tennessee – where Kairos builds Hermes 2 – he was once a seat for Manhattan project. Now, instead of housing plants enriching Uranus with the first atomic bombs, Oak Ridge has become a nuclear energy center and testing center.
Ultimately, Google aims to support Kairos in implementing 500 megawats novel nuclear capabilities in the USA by 2035. In the context of 94 nuclear reactors in America had Combined capacity of 97,000 MW in 2024 And it constituted almost 20 percent of the American electric mixture. Hermes 2 is to reach a capacity of 50 MW.
Companies that generate electricity without carbon pollution, such as nuclear energy and renewable energy sources, can earn money by selling the power of the power network AND selling so -called Pure energy attributes which are like separate certificates representing environmental benefits from avoiding fossil fuel emissions. Google will receive pure energy attributes from the Hermes 2 plant via TVA.
Technology companies with climate goals often buy pure energy attributes to try to cancel pollution caused by the employ of electricity. Adjusting the consumption of electricity to these certificates, the company may claim that it operates on pure energy, even if it is connected to the power grid, which still works on filthy energy. Additional income from pure energy attributes should support programmers add more energy -free energy to the network (although studies have shown that environmental benefits are often overestimated). Google carbon emissions increased last year when it increases the AI offer.