Combined cycle power plants continue to be selected for future generation needs as coal plants are retired. But just like coal plants, rigorous control of heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) ...

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 ...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has acquired Talen Energy’s data center campus connected to the Susquehanna nuclear station in northeast Pennsylvania. In a statement, Talen said it had sold the 960 MW ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Duane Arnold nuclear facility. Source: NextEra Energy. Google will be the primary buyer of electricity from NextEra Energy’s Duane Arnold nuclear plant, according to an announcement by the companies ...

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 ...

A rendering of the Castle Bluff Energy Center. Source: Ameren Missouri. Ameren received approval from the Missouri Public Service Commission to build an 800 MW simple-cycle natural gas energy center ...

Prevalon Energy, a Mitsubishi Power spinoff known for its energy storage solutions, announced it has successfully completed large-scale fire testing (LSFT) of its HD5 energy storage enclosure — ...

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 ...

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 ...