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ONE Nuclear Energy (HVII) announced the Louisiana Portfolio, a planned 5 GW, three‑project energy and technology program to support growing datacenter, industrial and manufacturing power demand.
The portfolio combines Project Cayman, a 2.88 GW modular natural‑gas and battery storage project with potential co‑located datacenter campus; Project Amberjack, a standalone small modular reactor campus targeting up to 1 GW of advanced nuclear capacity; and Barracuda, a master‑planned 1.2 GW Energy Park and Technology Campus including up to about 1 GW of critical IT datacenter capacity, 1.2 GW of natural‑gas generation and 300 MW/1.2 GWh of four‑hour battery storage. ONE Nuclear has site control for Cayman and Amberjack and a binding letter of intent for Cayman’s site, and plans a public information meeting in October 2026 as studies, permitting and financing progress.
ONE Nuclear Energy (HVII) is advancing its 1 GW-scale Project Amberjack SMR development in Louisiana into a detailed technical and environmental evaluation phase. The company has secured site control and completed preliminary work, including initial nuclear siting and constraints analyses, supporting assessment memoranda, siting screens and conceptual layouts for a standalone, multi-unit SMR campus. This work does not constitute U.S. NRC approvals or licenses but provides a basis for a site-specific development program and a defined sequence toward future federal regulatory engagement.
The next phase targets NRC pre-application readiness, with planned land, geotechnical and environmental field studies, cooling-water and logistics evaluations, transmission and interconnection analysis and vendor-neutral SMR technology screening. ONE Nuclear is also increasing stakeholder engagement at local and state levels as Project Amberjack advances within Louisiana’s broader nuclear strategy.
ONE Nuclear Energy announced a binding letter of intent with a Louisiana landowner group, securing site control for Project Cayman, a planned 2.88 GW natural gas power plant with a 700 MW / 2.88 GWh battery energy storage system and a co-located high-capacity data center campus. The project is sited near Louisiana’s RiverPlex MegaPark and recent industrial expansions and is intended to provide dispatchable generation, storage and technology infrastructure to support regional grid reliability and economic development. Community outreach, including public information meetings, is expected from September through December 2026.
On August 24, 2026, shareholders of Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII (NASDAQ: HVII) approved its previously announced business combination with ONE Nuclear. The combined company is expected to trade on a national exchange under ticker ONEN in the second half of 2026, subject to customary closing conditions.
Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII (NASDAQ: HVII) announced that shareholders approved its previously disclosed business combination with ONE Nuclear Energy LLC at an extraordinary general meeting held on August 24, 2026. ONE Nuclear develops large-scale energy solutions using natural gas and advanced nuclear technologies.
According to the company, at closing Hennessy VII intends to domesticate as a Delaware corporation, make ONE Nuclear a direct, wholly owned subsidiary, and change its name to ONE Nuclear Energy Inc. The common stock is expected to trade on a national securities exchange under the ticker “ONEN”, subject to satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including exchange listing approval.
Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII (NASDAQ: HVII) and ONE Nuclear Energy will host an investor update call on August 20, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. ET. Management will discuss ONE Nuclear’s business, recent announcements, and the anticipated timeline to close their previously announced proposed business combination.
The call precedes Hennessy VII’s virtual extraordinary general shareholder meeting on August 24, 2026 at 12:00 p.m. ET, where shareholders of record as of July 31, 2026 will vote on the business combination. The SEC declared the related registration statement effective on August 3, 2026, and a definitive proxy statement has been filed and mailed.
ONE Nuclear Energy, an independent developer of large-scale natural gas and advanced nuclear infrastructure, appointed Ann Anthony as Chief Financial Officer and nominated Elizabeth Williams as an independent director, expected to chair the Audit Committee, ahead of its planned Nasdaq listing.
With Williams joining independent directors Darryl Willis, Kyle Crowley and Dan Hennessy, the post-combination board is expected to have seven members, four of whom will be independent, effective upon closing of ONE Nuclear’s planned business combination with Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII (NASDAQ: HVII), targeted for the third quarter of 2026. According to ONE Nuclear, the SEC declared the business combination Registration Statement effective on August 3, 2026, and Hennessy VII has filed and is mailing the definitive proxy statement to shareholders of record as of July 31, 2026.
ONE Nuclear Energy (HVII) announced the acquisition of Amino Sustainability Group, an energy and digital infrastructure development advisory firm. Terms were not disclosed. The deal adds Amino’s proprietary development methodologies and institutional playbooks to support AI data centers and integrated industrial energy campuses ahead of ONE Nuclear’s planned NASDAQ listing.
Founder of Amino, Christopher Hansmeyer, has been appointed Chief Development Officer of ONE Nuclear. He will oversee the full development lifecycle from site origination and community engagement through interconnection, permitting and final investment decisions. According to ONE Nuclear, the acquisition strengthens its development team, expands its project pipeline and is intended to accelerate time to first revenues.
Hansmeyer brings over 28 years of experience across energy, water and digital infrastructure, with responsibility for more than 50 GW of capacity and prior executive roles at Abengoa (Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure), LG Electronics and Lightsource bp.
Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII (NASDAQ: HVII) and ONE Nuclear Energy LLC announced that the SEC has declared effective their Form S-4 registration statement for a proposed business combination. The definitive proxy statement/prospectus will be used for an extraordinary general meeting of Hennessy VII shareholders on August 24, 2026, held virtually.
The record date for voting and notice is July 31, 2026. Shareholders may exercise redemption rights until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 20, 2026. If approved and closing conditions are satisfied or waived, ONE Nuclear will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Hennessy VII, which will be renamed ONE Nuclear Energy Inc., with common stock expected to trade on Nasdaq Global Market under ticker “ONEN”. At closing, every twelve Hennessy VII rights will convert into one share of common stock, and the rights will not be listed on Nasdaq post-combination. ONE Nuclear notes its commercial relationships, including with Rolls-Royce and Black & Veatch, are currently based on non-binding arrangements subject to definitive agreements.
ONE Nuclear Energy, an HVII-related developer of large-scale energy solutions, signed a Letter of Intent with Sunshine Partners to evaluate joint power projects on a five-site, ~18,275‑acre West Texas Platform in ERCOT West.
Potential uses include natural gas, SOFC, advanced nuclear, solar, BESS, data centers, and advanced manufacturing to serve rising Texas power demand.
ONE Nuclear Energy (BP) announced on May 7, 2026 that Kyle Crowley and Darryl Willis have agreed to be nominated as independent directors of its public company board, effective upon closing of its business combination with Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII (NASDAQ: HVII).
Crowley is expected to chair the Audit Committee and join Compensation and Nominating & Governance; Willis is expected to chair Compensation and join Audit. Crowley brings experience leading over $38 billion in transactions and advisory roles; Willis brings digital and global energy operations experience from Microsoft, Google Cloud, and BP.