Mesa Associates, Inc

Mesa Associates, Inc. is honored for being selected as Entergy's 2024 Emerging Excellence Award winner! 🏆 Brett Varner, Mesa's Senior Vice President of Power Delivery Transmission and Distribution, notes, "We are both honored and humbled to have been selected as this year’s Emerging Excellence Award winner. It takes a cohesive team that works together on each and every project to provide #reliable and #resilient power to customers. In this case, the #valued and #trusted partnership between Entergy and Mesa will benefit the State of Louisiana now and into the future, and this award reflects the true power of #teamwork and #partnership.” The award was presented at Entergy’s recent premier supplier awards event in New Orleans. Reggie Headrick Jennifer Moore Aaron Haithcock, P.E., PMP Michael Rhymes Anastasia Minor

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has completed its final safety evaluation for the proposed Hermes 2 demonstration plant to be built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. In its Final Safety Evaluation Report (FSER) released on July 19, NRC staff determined there are no safety aspects that would preclude issuing the construction permit for the facility. The conclusion aligns with the findings of the independent Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards issued two days earlier and comes just one year after Kairos Power submitted the Hermes 2 construction permit application in July 2023. In harmony with Kairos Power’s rapid iterative development approach, Hermes 2 would build upon learnings from the Hermes low-power demonstration reactor, adding power generation to demonstrate complete plant architecture and supply clean electricity to the grid. Its objectives would be to further reduce risk on the path to commercializing KP-FHR technology, accelerating Kairos Power’s experience in licensing, construction, operations, training, and decommissioning to help achieve cost certainty for future commercial plants. “We are proud to have partnered with the NRC on an effective and efficient review and are delighted with the staff’s completion nearly four months ahead of schedule,” said Peter Hastings, Kairos Power Vice President of Regulatory Affairs and Quality. “We have expended a tremendous effort to provide all the necessary information to support the staff’s findings while identifying opportunities to streamline review processes and demonstrating definitively that advanced reactors can be licensed under the existing regulatory framework.” “We are very happy to be in the position to pilot the NRC’s newly updated process for streamlining the mandatory hearing,” said Darrell Gardner, Senior Director of Licensing. “We look forward to continuing to discern possibilities for additional efficiencies. Demonstrating regulatory successes is not only essential to advancing Kairos Power’s mission to enable the clean energy transition; it is also important to reinforce the nation’s nuclear energy leadership goals.” Thank you to the entire Kairos Power team for making this achievement possible – an important milestone for advancing our clean energy mission in East Tennessee and across the country. Read more in the NRC’s press release: https://lnkd.in/g9M96ggz

We’re excited to announce that we've been awarded a $10 million grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) for our long-duration battery storage project in partnership with ESS, Inc.! The project will showcase the capability and reliability of iron-flow battery technology, which complements renewable energy sources like wind and solar by storing energy and strategically dispatching it based on demand to support the grid as we transition to a clean energy future! Check out the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/dVGbgyp9 #EnergyStorage #BatteryStorage #CleanEnergyFuture #2030ZeroCarbon

Journey into the heart of the Pacific Northwest and experience the region's energy production with us!💧 Witness how two mammoth hydropower plants, the Mayfield Dam and the Mossyrock Dam, reshape the mighty Cowlitz River into a powerhouse!💡 Mark your calendars for Monday, October 7 as we tour the impressive Cowlitz River Project, complete with fisheries, wildlife programs, and gorgeous parklands. 🌲🐟 Check out all the details here for this and other tours at Clean Currents 2024: https://bit.ly/4cRmjB3 #Hydropower #CleanEnergy #CC24 #CleanCurrents

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Great work from our Energy Supply team!

We are turning sunshine into megawatts! This week, construction began on a 4 MW solar facility in Ridgely, Tenn.! Once online, this site will help contribute to our already 60% carbon-free generation portfolio. Find out more about our renewable and clean energy generation: http://tva.me/J1ph50SAKEp

More affordable, reliable clean power was added to the grid! #ACPMember Primergy Solar recently celebrated the commercial operation of its 690 MW solar PV and 380 4-hour battery storage Gemini project. The Nevada project created 1,300 jobs during construction and contributed $463 million to the state’s economy. Learn more: https://bit.ly/3Ydmu5d

Join this webinar to learn how insulators can redefine resilience for modern power networks. https://lnkd.in/epB_RHAH

Mesa Associates, Inc. is proud to announce our donation of $5000 to TECH CORPS in Columbus, OH! By building strategic partnerships and deploying TECH CORPS signature programs, TECH CORPS is building the framework and infrastructure to swiftly and efficiently meet the changing #technology needs of our nation’s K-12 students and schools. At Mesa, we believe in corporate responsibility and giving back to the communities we serve. One of the ways Mesa demonstrates this responsibility is through our Giveback Program, which reinvests a portion of our profits back into the local communities through charities and nonprofit organizations. These organizations are chosen via committee with the goal of being fair, diverse, and impactful. We are proud and blessed to support these organizations and to be afforded the opportunity to pay it forward. Join us in making a difference! #giveback #community #charity #blessed