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Agreement signed

Capacity under contract is not energy supplied.

Open question

Who has committed to buy the output, on what stated terms, and has any energy been supplied?

  • Not established in reviewed sources: PPA price, term and whether it is binding
  • Not established in reviewed sources: Any Google payment terms for Hermes 2
  1. Earlier statementAgreement signed18 August 2025 · Joint release · Kairos Power

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Kairos Power ↗

  2. Current stateAgreement signed18 August 2025 · Customer statement · Google (blog)

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Google (blog) ↗

  3. Earlier statementAgreement signed2025 · Customer statement · Tennessee Valley Authority (annual report, Form 10-K, FY2025)

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Tennessee Valley Authority (annual report, Form 10-K, FY2025) ↗

  4. Earlier statementAgreement signed14 October 2024 · Joint release · Kairos Power

    Before: Not established in reviewed sources. Source: Kairos Power ↗

Evidence detail

Agreement signed

Google's account of the Hermes 2 PPA between Kairos Power and TVA

Capacity under contract is not energy supplied.

“Today we announced the first deployment of Kairos Power’s advanced nuclear reactor — the Hermes 2 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee — through a new power purchase agreement (PPA) between Kairos Power and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA).”
Attribution
Customer statement
Publisher
Google (blog)
Dated
18 August 2025
First public disclosure
18 August 2025
State before
Not established in reviewed sources
Counterparty
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); Google
Detail
Bindingness not stated
Source read
11 November 2026

Inspect primary source: Google (blog) ↗

What this does and does not establish

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