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Blue Energy GE Vernova Hybrid Gas-Plus-Nuclear Plant

USA
Planning
Developer
Blue Energy, GE Vernova
Capacity
2500 MWe
Last updated
9/18/2026

Project overview

Reactor type
BWRX-300
Announced
6/9/2026
Projected operational
6/1/2032

Notes

Blue Energy and GE Vernova developing a 2.5 GW hybrid gas-plus-nuclear plant in Texas. 1 GW from GE Vernova 7HA.02 gas turbines by 2030, transitioning to approximately 1.5 GW from BWRX-300 SMRs by 2032. Uses proprietary Integrated Monopile System with reactors housed in underwater monopiles adapted from offshore wind. Explicitly designed to power Crusoe AI Factory campus, a 1600-acre data center at Port of Victoria. Blue Energy was founded in 2023 and spun out from MIT Nuclear Science and Engineering. On September 16, 2026, Blue Energy filed the first segment of a construction-permit application with the NRC for the project, with a follow-on filing anticipated in the second half of 2027. The company plans to bring GE Vernova gas turbines online first, providing power sooner than waiting solely on nuclear approvals.

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