Power Engineering

America’s data center boom is running into a grid-sized problem

America’s data center boom is moving fast, but the infrastructure needed to power it isn’t always keeping pace. From ...
Power Engineering

Constellation, Vistra uprate deals signal fastest path to new nuclear megawatts

Google, Constellation Energy and DOE are betting billions on nuclear uprates that could add more than 1.3 GW of capacity as U ...
Power Engineering

Data centers are skipping the grid queue — and turning to on-site power

Enverus Intelligence Research forecasts 25.5 GW of new U.S. industrial demand will be served behind the meter through 2030 — ...
Power Engineering

Load growth, water challenges and lean staffs put plant chemistry in focus at POWERGEN 2027

The agenda is live for the 44th Electric Utility & Cogeneration Chemistry Workshop, co-located with POWERGEN 2027 in Salt ...
Power Engineering

Aeroderivative gas turbine installation: How a 180 MW plant went live in ten months

See how a 180 MW aeroderivative gas turbine installation went from groundbreaking to full grid operation in ten months at ...
Power Engineering

Tennessee Valley Authority gets green light to build first BWRX-300 small modular reactor in the US

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has cleared a major regulatory hurdle for a new generation of nuclear power earlier than expected. On Tuesday, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued TVA a ...
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Bechtel exits TerraPower’s Natrium project. What happens next? Bechtel is exiting TerraPower's Natrium project in Wyoming, leading to a rebid of the EPC contract. TerraPower aims to complete Kemmerer ...
Power Engineering

Data centers have a PR problem – POWERGEN 2026’s third Keynote addresses the elephant in the room

(From left to right: Simon Tusha, CEO - TECfusions; Gene Alessandrini, SVP of Energy and Location Strategy - CyrusOne; Jennifer Knott, Executive Director, Strategy Implementation - NextEra Energy; ...
Power Engineering

Vistra secures long-term nuclear PPA from Comanche Peak nuclear plant

An aerial view of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Fort Worth, Texas. Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Vistra announced it has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement with an ...
Power Engineering

Coal plant retirements: A slowdown? And will it matter?

Coal-fired electric power has been like the Incredible Shrinking Man of 21 st century energy in the United States. Low-cost natural gas burned in modern combined cycles, inexpensive and subsidized ...
Power Engineering

Coal-To-Gas Plant Conversions in the U.S.

As anyone familiar with the U.S. utility industry can tell you, the power generation business is cyclical. Fuel prices, regulations and capacity needs create periods of peak new-build and plant ...
Power Engineering

Data centers drive record surge in GE Vernova power equipment orders as turbine slots tighten through 2030

Data centers are driving more power equipment orders than ever before. Data centers generated more orders for GE Vernova’s electrification equipment in the first quarter of 2026 than in all of 2025 ...