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Antora plans 5.8 GWh thermal battery at Pratt Energy's Kansas biorefinery
Antora Energy said on October 1, 2026 that it will deploy a 5.8 GWh, multi-day thermal energy storage project at Pratt Energy's ethanol biorefinery in Pratt, Kansas, with deliveries under a long-term heat offtake agreement to start in 2027; Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners led the third-party equity financing, with Grok Ventures and University Pension Plan Ontario participating, and Antora expects over 100 construction and operations jobs. The release gives no dollar amount, contract term, megawatt rating, construction date, or electricity supplier.
Deep Fission lowers full-size canister replica 100 feet into a borehole
Deep Fission said on September 10, 2026 that a commercial drilling crew lowered a full-size, non-nuclear prototype of its Gravity reactor canister, 20 feet long, to a depth of 100 feet in a 34-inch borehole and retrieved it on September 3, 2026, using equipment already in commercial drilling service. The company's design places a pressurized water reactor about one mile underground; it said on August 6, 2026 that DOE had approved its Nuclear Safety Design Agreement under the Reactor Pilot Program.