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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A number of different HRSG designs are possible, and space limitations prevent a chemistry discussion of these variations. For this article, we will utilize a very common design shown schematically ...

Long-term equipment maintenance and service programs are known by many names: long-term maintenance programs, contractual service agreements, and perhaps most commonly, long-term service agreements, ...

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 ...

Data center developers are looking for power on timelines that do not always line up with the equipment market. That mismatch has put much of the industry’s attention on gas turbines, aeroderivative ...

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 ...

Wärtsilä’s 34SG engines. Source: Wärtsilä. A wave of procurement announcements over the past two weeks has underscored how quickly reciprocating engines and aeroderivative turbines are moving from ...

Nuclear fusion startup Pacific Fusion has introduced itself to the public, alongside the announcement that it has raised over $900 million in Series A funding. Led by Eric Lander, a principal leader ...

Dominion Energy said its 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project is more than 70% complete and remains on track to deliver its first power to the grid by March, even as executives ...

Image art via ChatGPT-5. After several years of steady but restrained dealmaking, 2025 marked a clear inflection point for the U.S. power and utilities sector. Mergers and acquisitions surged in value ...