Westinghouse Electric Company submitted a draft registration statement for an IPO with the SEC, amid rising electricity demand and a $17.5 billion DOE loan for 10 new AP1000 reactors.

Entergy's Grand Gulf Nuclear Power Station (Source: Entergy). Entergy will consider adding up to 275 megawatts (MW) of capacity through uprates at its existing nuclear plants, CEO Drew Marsh told ...

The gas turbine market is heading into uncharted territory, with prices expected to hit $600/kW by the end of 2027, nearly tripling from 2019 levels, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie. The ...

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 ...

In the 20th century, steam turbines became the most powerful electric power generators available, accounting for more than 50 percent of the world’s installed power generation capacity. However, many ...

Coal Creek Station in North Dakota. Source: Lignite Energy Council. In yet another development that would disorient a time traveler from three years ago, it looks like North Dakota’s largest ...

Due to the uncertainty over future carbon dioxide emissions regulations, many power companies are turning to combined-cycle power technology for future generation. Of course, the combustion turbine is ...

During the 1990’s, some power plants experimented with fog-based power augmentation by overspraying fog into the compressor – known as wet compression. The results were impressive. They reported a ...

After 15 years of nearly flat electricity consumption, the U.S. power sector is entering a sustained growth cycle that could require installed generating capacity to ...

A steam turbine is designed and optimized for a specific set of steam conditions. After long term operations either the steam path components deteriorate or due to changes in steam conditions, a ...

NextEra Energy and Google Cloud have announced a new expansion in their long-standing energy and technology collaboration. Together, the companies will partner to develop multiple, new gigawatt ...

Amazon is backing 700 MW of new carbon-free generation and storage in Nevada to support future data center operations in the Reno area, including a 20-year geothermal power purchase agreement that ...