The DOE closed a $1.9B loan with NextEra Energy to restart Iowa's Duane Arnold nuclear plant, backed by a 25-year power deal with Google for AI

The U.S. Department of Energy under the Trump administration has financed three plant restarts and made other conditional commitments to bring nuclear power online.

NextEra Energy is one of three U.S. energy companies to win backing from the Department of Energy to revive shut-down nuclear plants to meet soaring power…