Arizona's utilities kept our power on despite higher demand. But that won't forever. Nuclear power is a viable option.

PHOENIX — Triple comes up big again at an Arizona nuclear plant. The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station west of Phoenix broke its output record last year and for the 24th time was the highest ...

Arizona already has one of the largest nuclear power plants in the nation and more might be coming — though possibly in smaller form and years down the road. In an unusual joint announcement on ...

PHOENIX — Arizona public utility Salt River Project announced Wednesday the company’s largest solar plant in the state will be developed northwest of Flagstaff. Scheduled to be operational by ...

APS, which serves residential and business customers in 11 of Arizona’s 15 counties, has a commitment to provide 100% clean power, including nuclear, by 2050. APS’ current energy mix is about ...

Arizona's new plant will join nearly 100 biomass plants in the country, said Bill Carlson, chairman of the Redding, Calif.-based USA Biomass Power Producers Alliance, a national group of owners ...

G lobal solar cell and module manufacturer JA Solar has leased space for its first manufacturing facility in the U.S. in Phoenix, AZ. The $60 million facility will produce high-performance ...

One of Arizona’s largest solar power plants will deliver 400 MW of renewable energy to the state by 2024. Located about 30 miles northwest of Flagstaff on 2,400 acres of private land in Coconino ...

Beyond Arizona, nuclear energy’s place in the carbon-free future of the West is an open question. In California, whose renewable goal is already 50 percent by 2030, nuclear plants have closed ...

The power plant was built to power the Southwest and a canal system that delivers Colorado River water to Arizona’s major metropolitan areas. It shut down in November 2019 .

The largest utility companies in Arizona — Tucson Electric Power, Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project — say a new nuclear reactor could be operating in the state in ...