BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (By Steve Stewart, Energy Analytics Institute, 5.May.2026, Word: 181) — Blue Energy, a developer of financeable, prefabricated nuclear power plants, and GE Vernova announced a strategically paired 2.5 GW nuclear and natural gas collaboration.
The collaboration aims to advance the world’s first gas-plus-nuclear power plant, which could deliver a new, near-term approach to help meet surging US electricity demand driven by artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced manufacturing.
The collaboration combines Blue Energy’s innovative project financing and nuclear construction techniques with GE Vernova’s world-class reactor technology and flagship turbines, Blue Energy said on 5 May 2026 in an official statement.
The companies plan to design and develop a nuclear power plant using GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy’s (GVH) BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) at Blue Energy’s first planned site in Texas, subject to a final investment decision (FID) in 2027.
To support project advancement, the companies signed a slot reservation agreement for site delivery in 2029 of two GE Vernova 7HA.02 gas turbines for early site energization.
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By Steve Stewart reporting from Baton Rouge. © 1999-2026 Energy Analytics Institute (EAI). All Rights Reserved.
