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 ...
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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 ...
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Duke Energy Indiana agrees to Cayuga coal unit feasibility study, new on-site gas units

Duke Energy Indiana and Reliable Energy Inc., which represents several of Indiana’s major coal producing companies, have reached an agreement about Duke’s plan to build a new natural gas power plant ...
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Proper Steam Bypass System Design Avoids Steam Turbine Overheating

Combined-cycle power plants operate by integrating a combustion turbine generator (CTG) and heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) with a steam turbine generator (STG). However, during some modes of ...
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Calpine lands 190-MW agreement for new hyperscale data center in Texas

Houston-based Calpine Corporation announced a new 190-megawatt (MW) agreement with Dallas-based CyrusOne, a global data center developer and operator, to serve a new data center adjacent to the Thad ...
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Oracle, Bloom Energy strike data center power deal

Bloom Energy announced that it will deploy its fuel cell technology at select Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) data centers in the U.S., with the company claiming it will deliver onsite power for an ...
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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; ...
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The day has arrived: Here are the recipients of $7 billion in federal hydrogen hub funding

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on Oct. 13 named seven regional clean hydrogen hubs to receive $7 billion in federal funding, a long-awaited announcement for an initiative aimed at accelerating ...
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DOE doles out $900 million for next-gen small modular reactor deployment

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Notice of Intent (NOI) to fund up to $900 million to support the initial U.S. deployments of Generation III+ small modular reactor (SMR) technologies. DOE ...
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Coal stockpiles at plants to remain healthy

Image art by Kevin Clark via ChatGPT-4o. U.S. coal-fired power plants will stay well-stocked through the end of next year, despite a temporary increase in coal consumption for power generation in 2025 ...
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New study favors co-locating data centers with nuclear plants

Talen Energy owns a large majority of the Susquehanna Nuclear Station in Salem Township, Pennsylvania. Source: Talen Energy. A new study is highlighting the benefits of co-locating data centers at ...
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FirstEnergy won’t exit coal by 2030

FirstEnergy Corp. has abandoned a plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, utility executives announced on a call with shareholders last week. Two coal-fired plants – Fort Martin and Harrison in ...