据Naureen S. Malik报道，核能初创公司Blue Energy Global Inc.已申请接入德克萨斯电网，成为首家寻求许可从下一代反应堆输送电力以满足数据中心激增需求的公司。
Blue Energy Global Inc., a nuclear startup, has applied to connect to the Texas power grid, the first company to seek permission to deliver electricity from next-generation reactors in a push to meet surging demand from data centers.
根据上周晚些时候发布的数据，该公司已向德克萨斯电力可靠性委员会（ERCOT）运营的电网提交了项目接入申请。
The company submitted an application to connect its project to the grid operated by the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, according to data released late last week.
Blue Energy计划建设多达五套300兆瓦的核能系统。电网运营商表示，这是首份小型模块化反应堆的接入申请。
Blue Energy plans to build as many as five 300-megawatt nuclear systems. The grid operator said it’s the first-ever application for small modular reactors.
数据中心开发商因德克萨斯州商业友好的声誉和充足的土地而被吸引，尽管该州因公众对这些设施的抵制而下令暂停新项目。
Data-center developers have been drawn by Texas’s business-friendly reputation and abundant land, though the state has ordered a temporary pause in new projects amid a public backlash to the facilities.
该行业对能源的旺盛需求正在推动对核能的需求增长，核能可全天候提供清洁能源。这也在推动对尚未商业化的新型反应堆技术的兴趣。
The industry’s voracious appetite for energy is helping boost demand in nuclear power that can deliver clean energy around the clock. It’s also driving interest in new reactor technologies that have yet to be commercialized.
德克萨斯州已拥有四座大型常规反应堆，建于1980年代末和1990年代初，位于南德克萨斯项目和科曼奇峰，总装机容量超过5吉瓦。
Texas already has four large, conventional reactors that date to the late 1980s and early 1990s, at South Texas Project and Comanche Peak, with a total of more than 5 gigawatts of capacity.
总部位于马里兰州的Blue Energy计划建设高达1.5吉瓦的小型反应堆，为Crusoe Inc.的数据中心供电，足以为约26万德克萨斯州家庭供电。
Blue Energy, a Maryland-based company, is planning as much as 1.5 gigawatts of small reactors to supply a Crusoe Inc. data center, enough to power about about 260,000 Texas homes.
该公司采用通用电气日立核能（GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy）的300兆瓦反应堆设计，预计首台机组将于2033年投入运行。
It’s using a 300-megawatt reactor design from GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy, and the company expects the first to go into service in 2033.
根据ERCOT数据，作为同一项目的一部分，该公司还计划初步建设约1吉瓦的天然气发电，两台机组分别计划于2030年和2031年投入运行。
It’s also planning to initially build about 1 gigawatt of natural gas-fired generation as part of the same project, with two units slated to begin operations in 2030 and 2031, Ercot data show.
Blue Energy已提交天然气系统接入德克萨斯电网的申请。
Blue Energy has already submitted an application to connect the gas systems to the Texas grid.