Constellation’s Clean Energy Centers Faced Climate Crisis Head-On With Near Full Power Summer Performance
18 Septembre 2024 - 4:00PM
Business Wire
Fleet of 21 nuclear reactors generates enough
carbon-free electricity to power the equivalent of nearly 15
million homes
As the country endured yet another brutal summer of extended
heatwaves and extreme weather brought upon by climate change,
Constellation’s carbon-free clean energy centers ran at nearly full
power. The company’s 21 nuclear reactors at 12 sites from the
Midwest to the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast operated at a 98.1%
capacity factor during the months of June, July and August to keep
the lights on and air conditioners humming 24/7 for nearly 15
million homes and businesses.
Constellation technical experts prepared for the extreme summer
heat by performing tens of thousands of tasks at nuclear plants
during spring refueling and maintenance outages designed to help
all reactors run uninterrupted during the hot summer months.
Nuclear professionals completed important technology upgrades and
equipment refurbishments, tested electrical and distribution
equipment, and loaded new fuel. These tasks are beginning anew for
the fall maintenance season in preparation for increased winter
demand.
“There is no doubt that as extreme weather events and intense
heat increase, especially during summer months, Constellation’s
clean energy centers remain indispensable assets providing reliable
and affordable carbon-free energy to American homes and
businesses,” said Bryan Hanson, Constellation’s executive vice
president and chief generation officer. “As we transition to cooler
temperatures this fall, our fleet’s nuclear experts have already
begun a comprehensive winter preparedness campaign to ensure the
reliability of our facilities will continue in the winter months
ahead.”
Constellation’s nuclear fleet in the mid-Atlantic and Northeast
U.S. includes Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant in Calvert County,
Maryland; Pennsylvania facilities Limerick Generating Station and
Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Montgomery and York counties;
and New York facilities Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant and Nine
Mile Point Nuclear Station in Oswego County and Ginna Nuclear Power
Plant in Wayne County. Its Illinois nuclear fleet includes
Braidwood Generating Station in Will County, Byron Generating
Station in Ogle County, Clinton Power Station in DeWitt County,
Dresden Generating Station in Grundy County, LaSalle County
Generating Station, and Quad Cities Generating in Rock Island
County.
About Constellation
A Fortune 200 company headquartered in Baltimore, Constellation
Energy Corporation (Nasdaq: CEG) is the nation’s largest producer
of clean, carbon-free energy and a leading supplier of energy
products and services to businesses, homes, community aggregations
and public sector customers across the continental United States,
including three fourths of Fortune 100 companies. With annual
output that is nearly 90% carbon-free, our hydro, wind and solar
facilities paired with the nation’s largest nuclear fleet have the
generating capacity to power the equivalent of 16 million homes,
providing about 10% of the nation’s clean energy. We are further
accelerating the nation’s transition to a carbon-free future by
helping our customers reach their sustainability goals, setting our
own ambitious goal of achieving 100% carbon-free generation by
2040, and by investing in promising emerging technologies to
eliminate carbon emissions across all sectors of the economy.
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Brett Nauman Constellation Communications 309-433-6894
brett.nauman@constellation.com
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