Company: HVIIR
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form Type: S-4
Source: 0001493152-25-029121
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Company: Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VII
Filing Date: 2025-12-23
Form: S-4
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to utilities and large-scale commercial customers seeking firm, low-carbon baseload power with long-term cost visibility.

Large Addressable Market for Integrated Energy Parks

Across these converging trends, ONE Nuclear believes that a significant and expanding market exists for multi-technology energy parks. Customer segments most exposed to the new reliability and decarbonization constraints include hyperscale AI and cloud operators seeking multi-gigawatt dedicated baseload, clean-hydrogen producers incentivized under the Inflation Reduction Act’s 45V tax credit, industrial manufacturers pursuing electrification and thermal-load decarbonization, utilities facing thermal retirements and reserve-margin deficits, and state or federal agencies requiring secure, long-duration energy infrastructure.

These customers increasingly prioritize reliability guarantees, long-term price visibility, co-location optionality, and compliance with ESG and decarbonization commitments. As the U.S. transitions into a structurally higher load-growth environment at the same time that firm capacity additions lag materially, ONE Nuclear believes the demand for integrated gas-nuclear energy parks will expand sharply over the coming decade and aligns directly with our phased development strategy and long-term competitive positioning.

The Coal-to-Nuclear Opportunity

A key differentiator in ONE Nuclear’s site strategy is the targeting of retired or retiring coal power plants. Transitioning these “brownfield” sites to nuclear offers distinct economic and regulatory advantages:

| ● | Infrastructure                                                                                      
 Reuse: These sites already possess high-capacity grid interconnections, water intake                
 structures, rail spurs, and security perimeters. Repurposing this infrastructure can reduce         
 the upfront capital cost of a nuclear project by an estimated 15% to 35% compared to a “greenfield” 
 build.                                                                                              |

| ● | Regulatory                                                                              
 & Tax Incentives: The Inflation Reduction Act (“IRA”) designates                        
 areas with closed coal mines or plants as “Energy Communities.” Projects built          
 in these zones are eligible for a 10% bonus Investment Tax Credit, increasing above the 
 base 30% credit (or up to 50% with domestic content adders). This materially enhances   
 the internal rate of return for these projects.                                         |

| ● | Workforce                                                                                      
 Retention: Coal plants employ skilled thermal operators, electricians, and maintenance         
 staff whose skills are highly transferable to nuclear operations. By retaining this workforce, 
 ONE Nuclear preserves the local tax base and generates community goodwill, which is essential  
 for securing local zoning and permitting approvals.                                            |

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Customer and Offtake Framework