Image by Kevin Clark via Chat GPT 5.2. As a follow-up to the recent condenser performance monitoring series for Factor This Power Engineering, I am revisiting a topic from several years ago. It ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Hunterstown power plant in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. (Photo credit: Platinum Equity Advisors) PJM Interconnection’s initiative aimed at fast-tracking interconnection for generation projects has ...
And you thought the cost of a Big Mac was putting a damper on your finances? PJM Interconnection, the largest electrical grid operator in the United States, held its annual power market auction ...
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is planning to explore opportunities for new nuclear generation at its Wesleyville site in Ontario. This was one of the talking points the crown utility discussed in its ...
A new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study found hundreds of coal power plant sites could convert to nuclear, dramatically increasing dispatchable, carbon-free energy as the country strives to meet ...
In its pure state, hydrogen is fine, but a mixture of air and hydrogen can be explosive. Then, why hydrogen? Operating an electric power generator produces large amounts of heat that must be removed ...
A new combined cycle gas turbine is delivered to Duke Energy's Lincoln Station power plant near Denver, N.C. in 2019. Credit: Duke Energy Contributed by Bobby Noble, Gas Turbine Senior Program Manager ...
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 ...
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