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Friday Feature: Live from the Launch of EnergyCapitalHTX

HETI leadership shares their excitement at the launch of the newest site from Gow Media. Photo courtesy of Marco Torres.

While the main room buzzed with excitement for the premiere of EnergyCapitalHTX.com, Michael O'Sullivan, host of the podcast Oilfield Ingenuity from the Oil and Gas Global Network (OGGN), snagged a few guests at last week's launch party for a quick conversation about the newest site from Gow Media.



In this brief clip, Bobby Tudor, founder and CEO of Artemis Energy Partners and chairman of the Houston Energy Transition Initiative, discusses the strengths and expertise Houston offers to the energy industry. Additionally, Jane Stricker, senior vice president and executive director of the Houston Energy Transition Initiative (HETI), shares the perspective held by over 20 companies backing HETI regarding the future of the energy industry.

To hear from others that sat down with Michael during the event, head on over to Oilfield Ingenuity for episode 174.

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A View From HETI

A new joint venture will work on four projects supplying 5 gigawatts of power from combined-cycle power plants for the ERCOT and PJM Interconnection grids. Photo via Getty Images.

Houston-based power provider NRG Energy Inc. has formed a joint venture with two other companies to meet escalating demand for electricity to fuel the rise of data centers and the evolution of generative AI.

NRG’s partners in the joint venture are GE Vernova, a provider of renewable energy equipment and services, and TIC – The Industrial Co., a subsidiary of construction and engineering company Kiewit.

“The growing demand for electricity in part due to GenAI and the buildup of data centers means we need to form new, innovative partnerships to quickly increase America’s dispatchable generation,” Robert Gaudette, head of NRG Business and Wholesale Operations, said in a news release. “Working together, these three industry leaders are committed to executing with speed and excellence to meet our customers’ generation needs.”

Initially, the joint venture will work on four projects supplying 5 gigawatts of power from combined-cycle power plants, which uses a combination of natural gas and steam turbines that produce additional electricity from natural gas waste. Electricity from these projects will be produced for power grids operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and PJM Interconnection. The projects are scheduled to come online from 2029 through 2032.

The joint venture says the model it’s developing for these four projects is “replicable and scalable,” with the potential for expansion across the U.S.

The company is also developing a new 721-megawatt natural gas combined-cycle unit at its Cedar Bayou plant in Baytown, Texas. Read more here.

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