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The last operating large coal-fired power plant in Finland has shut down, with the facility's operator saying it now will use electricity, waste heat, and heat pumps-along with burning biomass-to [...]The post Finland Ending Use of Coal as Last Utility-Scale Plant Shuts Down appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Gas power is experiencing a stunning resurgence, driven by soaring electricity demand. But as utilities scramble to secure new capacity, a turbine supply crunch is unfolding, forcing urgent procurementThe post Gas Power's Boom Sparks a Turbine Supply Crunch appeared first on POWER Magazine.

China's construction of coal-fired power plants reached nearly a 10-year high in the past year, even as the country also continues a massive expansion of renewable energy installations. A February reportThe post China Coal-Fired Generation Additions Tied to Economics, Energy Security appeared first on POWER Magazine.

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently reiterated his pledge to more than double his country's current renewable energy capacity, telling delegates to the India Energy Week 2025 conference in New DelhiThe post India Continues to Expand Renewable Energy Resources appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A changing policy landscape presents challenges for moving away from fossil fuels. Executives say that may slow, but won't halt, the momentum to electrify. Remember the slogan electrify everything"? ItThe post Industry Experts: Market Forces Still Support Electrification appeared first on POWER Magazine.

I think most POWER readers are familiar with financial indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the S&P 500. These indices are widely reported on by news outlets and followed by manyThe post POWER's Power Industry Market Index: A Relative Health Gauge for the Industry appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Europe's ambitious push toward carbon neutrality is rapidly replacing fossil fuel-fired power generation with variable renewable resources (VRE), but this shift is exposing the region to a growing risk ofThe post Europe Risks Grid Crisis Without Immediate Action on Dispatchable Power, Group Warns appeared first on POWER Magazine.

U.S. Withdraws from Global Clean Energy Partnership. The U.S. has withdrawn from the Just Energy Transition Partnership (JETP), a 2021-launched financing cooperation mechanism, that seeks to help a selectionThe post POWER Digest [April 2025] appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Maya and Marnie troubleshoot air-cooled condenser performance issues at a New Mexico power plant. Bad sensor data contributes to poor decisions, making the problem more complex. Air-cooled condensers [ACCs]The post Marnie Surfaceblow: The Underperforming Air-Cooled Condenser Mystery appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced on March 27 that it will no longer defend its controversial rules requiring companies to disclose climate-related risks, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, [...]The post SEC Ends Defense of Climate Disclosure Rules, Citing Cost and Intrusiveness appeared first on POWER Magazine.

South African officials will allow some of the country's coal-fired power plants to operate without the need to adhere to regulations on carbon and other emissions. The move comes as [...]The post South Africa Grants Emissions Exemptions to Coal-Fired Plants in Effort to Avoid Blackouts appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Vestas said the company has secured a firm order for 68 of its model V236-15.0 MW wind turbines for Vattenfall's Nordlicht 1 offshore wind project. The agreement announced March 31 [...]The post Vestas Will Supply Turbines for Major German Offshore Wind Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Recognizing their desirable attributes and long-term potential to meet data center demands for power, several technology companies have announced their intention to team up with nuclear developers. At the same time, three companies with shuttered nuclear plants have notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission of their plans to restart those facilities, which were closed for economic reasons.The post Nuclear-Powered Data Centers-What U.S. Developers Need to Know appeared first on POWER Magazine.

One week after a catastrophic fire at the North Hyde electrical substation plunged the UK's flagship Heathrow Airport into chaos, questions are mounting about what went wrong-and what the incident [...]The post Heathrow Airport Transformer Fire Prompts Urgent Inquiry, Exposes Cracks in Grid Resilience appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has reissued a $900 million funding opportunity to accelerate deployment of Generation III+ small modular reactors (SMRs), removing community benefit requirements and shifting the [...]The post DOE Reissues $900M Nuclear SMR Opportunity, Scraps Community Criteria to Focus on Technical Merit appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The increasing reliance on battery-powered devices plays a substantial role in the unfolding environmental crisis. With industries and consumers dependent on single-use and rechargeable batteries, the global waste problem continues to escalate.Lithium-ion batteries, while effective, contribute significantly to environmental degradation due to resource extraction, manufacturing emissions, and disposal challenges. Radio frequency (RF)-based wireless power technology is emerging as a viable alternative.The post From Waste to Wireless: How RF Power is Eliminating Disposable Batteries appeared first on POWER Magazine.

An Ohio town known as a hub for the burgeoning data center industry may soon have one or more new natural gas-fired power plants to support the area's need for energy.The post More Natural Gas-Fired Plants Planned to Support Ohio Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.

An Egypt-based construction group is partnering with a Spanish energy infrastructure company to build a 3-GW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in Saudi Arabia.The post Egypt's Orascom Joins Spanish Group to Build 3-GW Gas-Fired Plant in Saudi Arabia appeared first on POWER Magazine.

German multinational chemical company BASF has commissioned that country's largest proton exchange membrane (PEM) electrolyzer. The company said the 54-MW facility will have an annual capacity of as much as 8,000 metric tons of hydrogen.The post BASF Commissions Electrolyzer for Major German Hydrogen Production Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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Energy experts have called for bold reforms-from transmission planning to permitting streamlining and faster interconnection approvals-to prevent further volatility and ensure PJM Interconnection meets its reliability mandate without disproportionately burdening [...]The post PJM Market Challenges Demand Bold Reforms, Experts Warn appeared first on POWER Magazine.

You may have heard of the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), our nation's largest public utility and source of cheap, clean, and reliable electricity for 10 million people. You may even [...]The post America's Nuclear Renaissance: How the TVA Can Lead Our Energy Future appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Advanced nuclear firm Oklo has signed an Interface Agreement (IAG) with Idaho National Laboratory (INL), marking a key regulatory milestone in the siting and environmental review of its first commercial [...]The post Oklo Advances Siting, On Track for Aurora Nuclear Fast Reactor Deployment at INL in 2027 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Utilities seek to pursue critical advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) 2.0 outcomes, such as advanced analytics, demand response programs, outage management, distributed energy resource integration, and improved customer technology adoption by [...]The post How Utilities Can Prepare for the AMI 2.0 Era appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The energy industry is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by advancements in digital technology and the ever-growing need for real-time data analytics. As energy companies look to modernize their operations, [...]The post How Hybrid Cloud and Edge Computing are Transforming the Energy Sector appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A virtual power plant (VPP) is a network of decentralized, small- to medium-scale power generating units, flexible power consumers, and storage systems that are aggregated and operated as a single [...]The post How Virtual Power Plants Enhance Grid Operations and Resilience appeared first on POWER Magazine.

California-based Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and hydrogen technology group Verne have demonstrated a novel pathway for creating high-density hydrogen through a research program funded by the federal government's ARPA-E [...]The post Lawrence Livermore Lab, Verne Demonstrate Hydrogen Production Program appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Data centers serve as the silent backbone of our daily lives, the epicenter of digital communication, corporate data, and countless innovations including artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and the Internet [...]The post The Security Imperative for Data Centers in an Innovation-Driven World appeared first on POWER Magazine.

GE Vernova said it has an agreement with global energy developer RWE to provide 109 of GE Vernova's 2.8-MW wind turbines for two projects in Texas. The new Honey Mesquite [...]The post GE Vernova Turbines Will Power Texas Wind Farms appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Trump administration has released a second loan disbursement of $56.8 million to Holtec International as part of an up to $1.52 billion loan guarantee for the restart of the [...]The post Trump Administration Backs $1.52B Loan for Palisades Nuclear Restart appeared first on POWER Magazine.

ABB and Canada-based Charbone Hydrogen Corp. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreement to collaborate on the development of up to 15 modular and scalable green hydrogen production facilities [...]The post ABB, Charbone Hydrogen Join to Advance Green Hydrogen Production appeared first on POWER Magazine.

LS Power, a development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, on March 14 announced it has applied to build about 700 MW of new generation supply as part of PJM's Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI), which is designed to expedite connecting shovel-ready, high-reliability projects to the grid.The post LS Power Adding Gas-Fired Capacity as Part of PJM Initiative appeared first on POWER Magazine.

An India-based company said it has started commercial operation of a 1,200-MW natural gas-fired power plant in Malaysia, part of a buildout of power generation capacity as that country's population grows and its economy expands.The post GE Vernova Turbines Powering New 1.2-GW Gas-Fired Plant in Malaysia appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Increasing adoption of cloud computing gave rise to the development of data centers, but the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and the increasing demand for digital services has resulted [...]The post Navigating the Energy Future of Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Net-demand energy forecasts are critical for competitive market participants, such as in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and similar markets, for several key reasons. For example, accurate forecasting [...]The post AI-Powered Energy Forecasting: How Accurate Predictions Could Save Your Power Company appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Trump administration has announced several regulatory rollbacks designed to curb limits on power plant emissions, along with cutting protections for air and water quality. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator [...]The post Trump's EPA Set to Undo Limits on Power Plant Emissions appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The SHINES project, or Showcasing Hydrokinetic energy Innovations for Northwest European Energy Sovereignty, is underway, bringing together 14 partners from France, Ireland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany. Co-financed by [...]The post SHINES Project Will Harness Tidal, River Energy in European Region appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Among the various types of valves on the market, ball valves are critical in high-pressure systems, enabling precise fluid control in industries like power generation, chemical processing, and oil and [...]The post Best Maintenance Practices for Ball Valves in High-Pressure Systems appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Technology company Cisco is among the groups involved in six virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) to secure energy from two solar power plants being developed in Texas.The post Corporate Buyers Sign Deals with Texas Solar Energy Projects appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A coalition of large energy users-including Google, Amazon, Meta, Occidental, and Dow-have pledged their support for tripling global nuclear capacity by 2050. The cross-industry commitment, announced on the sidelines of [...]The post Tech and Industry Giants Pledge to Triple Global Nuclear Power by 2050 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Maryland lawmakers have introduced a bill in the state legislature that sponsors say would provide an easier path to build new power plants, including natural gas-fired facilities, and lower utility bills for ratepayers as part of the process.The post Maryland Officials Support Gas Plants Among Cleaner Forms of Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Uniper Global Commodities SE (Uniper) dispute highlights geopolitical and legal risks in volatile markets. Uniper, once Germany's top Russian gas importer, was nationalized after it faced financial chaos when [...]The post Navigating International Arbitration in Power Generation: Key Insights for Dispute Resolution and Asset Protection appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A Massachusetts-based solar energy firm is merging with the community solar arm of a renewable energy group to create one of the country's largest pure-play community solar companies. Perch Energy, based in Boston, and Arcadia on March 11 said they are joining to manage more than 3 GW of solar power capacity developed by more than 90 groups across 16 states.The post Arcadia, Perch Energy Announce Major Community Solar Deal appeared first on POWER Magazine.

As buildings, EVs, and industrial processes are increasingly electrified, utilities are seeing grid demand rapidly growing. While this shift is necessary to reduce emissions, it also introduces new challenges for grid stability, capacity, and long-term reliability.The post The POWER Interview: Upgrading the Grid Key to Support Electrification appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Two European companies announced an agreement to jointly develop as much as 2.2 GW of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects across Spain.The post UK Groups Supporting 2.2 GW of Battery Energy Storage in Spain appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Imagine unlocking 30% more power from our existing grid overnight. That's the potential we're ignoring, and it's costing us billions. The demand for energy is rising, and utilities are struggling [...]The post Software and DLRs Key to Unlocking Power Grid's Potential appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Dominion Energy has asked Virginia officials to approve its request to build a new 1-GW natural gas-fired power plant, as the company seeks to add more generation capacity to help serve surging demand from data centers.The post Dominion Seeks Virginia Approval for 1-GW Gas-Fired Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Landsnet owns and operates Iceland's power transmission system and is responsible for building and maintaining a secure and reliable electrical grid. Monitoring the grid in Iceland is uniquely challenging because [...]The post Landsnet and Laki Power Tackle Severe Weather Challenges in Iceland appeared first on POWER Magazine.

In a hearing that underscored the mounting challenges facing the American power sector, industry leaders warned Congress that the nation's power infrastructure is approaching a precarious juncture as unprecedented demand [...]The post Lawmakers Scrutinize Power Sector's Future as Surging Demand Raises Alarms appeared first on POWER Magazine.