Elemental Nuclear Energy announced that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), through Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), has approved a strategic partnership project with the company to support the ...

Over the last 20 years, the power industry has experienced a shift in steam turbine (ST) maintenance strategies driven by two compounding factors. The first factor has become the overwhelming task of ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Ludington pumped storage project in Michigan entered service in 1973. Calling 2025 “the year of the water battery,” the International Hydropower Association (IHA) touted new global pumped storage ...

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 ...

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 ...

An aerial view of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Fort Worth, Texas. Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Vistra announced it has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement with an ...

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 ...

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 ...

Caterpillar moved to the center of the AI infrastructure buildout this week as developer Nscale said it would use the company’s natural gas generator sets to power a major new West Virginia data ...

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 ...