5 years after shutdown, Three Mile Island announces plans to reopen

Editor's note: The above video is from Sept. 3.

Nuclear power plant Three Mile Island today announced plans to restart operations.

Constellation and Microsoft signed a 20-year power purchase agreement that will pave the way for the launch of the Crane Clean Energy Center (CCEC) and restart of Three Mile Island Unit 1. Microsoft will purchase energy from the CCEC in a bid to match the power its data centers use with carbon-free energy.

"This agreement is a major milestone in Microsoft's efforts to help decarbonize the grid in support of our commitment to become carbon negative. Microsoft continues to collaborate with energy providers to develop carbon-free energy sources to help meet the grids' capacity and reliability needs," said Bobby Hollis, VP of Energy for Microsoft, in a press release.

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