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Arizona Public Service (APS) said it plans to convert two closed coal-fired units at its Cholla Power Plant to burn natural gas. The utility this month said construction on the conversion would begin in 2028, with the new units-designed to generate 380 MW of electricity-coming online the following year.The post APS Will Convert Retired Coal Units to Burn Natural Gas at Cholla Site appeared first on POWER Magazine.

WeaveGrid, a grid-edge orchestration software provider for electric utilities, is collaborating with GM Energy to support access to utility programs across the country. The collaboration is aligned with General Motors' vehicle-to-grid (V2G) efforts and is designed to help eligible Chevrolet, GMC, and Cadillac EV drivers participate in utility programs that can help support a more [...]The post WeaveGrid, GM Advance Grid-Integrated EV Charging and Home Energy Programs appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Proxima Fusion, a Munich, Germany-based group that is considered among the leading European companies working on fusion energy, said it completed a 411 million ($468 million) funding round. Proxima on July 7 said investors included technology giant Google along with global energy company RWE.The post Google Invests in $468-Million Funding Round for German Fusion Group appeared first on POWER Magazine.

South Carolina-based ES Foundry, a crystalline solar cell production company, said it has completed a 2-GW expansion of its factory in Greenwood, South Carolina. The company on July 7 said the first solar cell has come off the new production line at the site, and said its total annual solar cell manufacturing capacity is now 3 GW.The post ES Foundry Completes 2-GW Solar Cell Factory Expansion appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Fuel cell systems developer Bloom Energy and investment firm Brookfield said the companies are expanding their partnership agreement and increasing their project financing to $25 billion. The companies initially announced a $5-billion partnership deal in October of last year.The post Brookfield, Bloom Energy Expand AI Infrastructure Partnership to $25 Billion appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Battery energy storage promises fast response, grid flexibility, and predictable output, yet most discussions rely on modeled projections rather than actual operating data. This article presents first year performance results from Caballero, a 100-MW/400-MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) active in the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) grid since early 2025. It also examines a [...]The post First Year in Operation: Performance Lessons From a 100-MW/400-MWh CAISO Battery appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Aalo Atomics' Aalo-X Critical Test Reactor (CTR)-dubbed Project First Light"-has reached criticality at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), marking the fourth Department of Energy (DOE)-authorized advanced reactor startup under the federal push to accelerate reactor testing and demonstration. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) said July 6 that Aalo's test reactor, which DOE referred to as [...]The post Aalo Atomics' Test Reactor Reaches Criticality at INL, Fourth DOE-Authorized Advanced Reactor by July 4 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Warsaw-based small modular reactor (SMR) developer SGE has unveiled plans to deploy 14 GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) BWRX-300 units across three U.K. sites. The company says the 4.2-GW privately financed fleet could ultimately meet roughly 11% of UK power demand. The plan,announced by SGE on July 2, was submitted as an application under [...]The post SGE Bids to Build 14 BWRX-300 SMRs Across the UK in 4.2-GW Fleet Play appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Advanced energy technology group AMPERA announced the company has completed production of what it called the first full-scale, 3D-printed nuclear reactor module.The post AMPERA Produces First 3D-Printed Nuclear Reactor Module appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Centrus Energy has finalized a $900 million task order with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that clears the way for the company to transition its pioneering high-assay low-enriched uranium (HALEU) cascade in Piketon, Ohio, from a government-funded demonstration to private commercial operation. The Bethesda, Maryland-headquartered firm on July 1announcedthat its wholly owned subsidiary American [...]The post Centrus Signs $900M DOE Contract, Pivots Sole U.S. HALEU Cascade to Commercial Operation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed what may be its most consequential reactor-licensing overhaul in a generation, a 553-page rulemaking that seeks to rewrite core pieces of the regulatory framework governing how commercial nuclear plants are sited, licensed, built, modified, operated, renewed, fueled, and ultimately decommissioned. Issued July 1, the proposed rule, Modernizing Reactor [...]The post NRC Proposes Landmark Reactor Licensing Overhaul, Bundling Decades of Modernization Into One Rule appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Deployable Energy's Unity demonstration reactor has achieved criticality at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), making it the third Department of Energy (DOE)-authorized advanced reactor to reach the milestone ahead of the July 4 deadline set under President Trump's May 2025 nuclear executive order. The U.S. DOE on July 1 said Deployable Energy's Unity reactor completed a [...]The post Deployable Energy's Unity Nuclear Reactor Achieves Criticality at INL, Third Under DOE Nuclear Push appeared first on POWER Magazine.

After decades of ambition and 14 years of construction, Ethiopia's 5.15-GW Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam has become Africa's largest hydropower project. The 13-unit plant gives Ethiopia a singleThe post GERD: How Ethiopia's Blue Nile Vision Became Africa's Largest Hydropower Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

GE Vernova modernized four hydro units at the plant that supplies roughly 40% of Kyrgyzstan's electricity-without ever taking the plant fully offline. The project is a POWER Top Plant award finalist. WhenThe post Modernizing the Plant That Powers 40% of Kyrgyzstan appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A decade after Dominion Energy secured a federal lease off Virginia Beach, the 2.6-GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project has cleared the full U.S. permitting stack, survived a federal stop-workThe post Against the Wind: Inside the Completion of America's Largest Offshore Wind Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Arevon's Eland solar-plus-storage project in California provides power for the Los Angeles region and is helping the state progress toward its goal of providing more renewable energy.The post A Model for a Clean Energy Future: Arevon's Eland Solar-Plus-Storage Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

At a 57-year-old hydro plant where the real product is drinking water for 2.7 million people, GE Vernova replaced two original generators on a four-month outage window-proving that reliability, not outputThe post A Water Plant That Happens to Make Power: Inside the Moccasin Rewind appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A milder reliability assessment, 58 GW of new resources, and softening load forecasts have eased the near-term mood. Analysts and executives warn the breathing room is borrowed time. For the first time inThe post Why a Calmer Summer Outlook Hasn't Settled the Capacity Question appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Brian Kemp is a Republican. Katie Hobbs is a Democrat. The governor of Georgia campaigns on tax cuts and a growth agenda; the governor of Arizona calls herself a social worker who came to the job from aThe post A Republican and a Democrat Walk Into EEI-and Agree on Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.

At a recent energy conference, power sector stakeholders agreed the looming fleet of hyperscale data centers will require vast amounts of clean, firm capacity. But while nuclear looks like the most plausibleThe post Blue Energy, GE Vernova Advance Gas Bridge' Model to Unlock Nuclear Finance appeared first on POWER Magazine.

For decades, the most radioactive category of low-level waste in the U.S. has had a disposal plan that exists only on paper: a deep geologic repository that was never built. Late last week, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) moved to replace that plan with one that can actually be licensed. The agency proposed a sweeping [...]The post NRC Charts a Disposal Path for Nuclear Waste Stuck at a Dead End' appeared first on POWER Magazine.

For decades, the pitch for community-owned electric utilities has been simple enough to fit on a bill insert: lower rates, reliable service, and decisions made close to home. The numbers still back that up. What has changed, according to Scott Corwin, president and CEO of the American Public Power Association (APPA), is the difficulty of [...]The post Public Power's Affordability Edge Faces Its Hardest Test in Years appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Electricity demand is climbing at a pace the power industry hasn't seen in a generation, and the companies trying to feed it with geothermal energy are mostly racing in one direction: drill faster. Ormat Technologies is making a different bet. The company that has built and run geothermal plants for six decades thinks the constraint [...]The post Ormat Bets on Standardization to Win the Geothermal Race appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed a materials-licensing rule that would revise several regulatory handoffs outside the reactor license, including pilot fuel lines, spent fuel reprocessing, dry storage cask approvals, advanced-fuel storage definitions, construction timing, and reporting requirements for fuel-cycle and materials facilities. The proposed rule, Modernizing Materials Licensing, released June 18, seeks to [...]The post NRC Proposes Licensing Rewrite for Advanced Nuclear Fuel Infrastructure appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The International Hydropower Association (IHA) said global installed hydropower capacity reached 1,469 GW in 2025 after the addition of 28 GW of new capacity during the year, including a record 11.6 GW of pumped storage. Pumped storage capacity surpassed 200 GW globally for the first time.The post Pumped Storage Additions Lead Global Hydropower Growth appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Ore Energy, the Netherlands-based iron-air multi-day energy storage company, on June 22 announced an agreement with Budget Thuis, one of the largest Dutch energy suppliers, to deploy 1 GWh of iron-air long-duration energy storage (LDES).The post Ore Energy Will Deploy 1 GWh of Iron-Air Long-Duration Energy Storage in Europe appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The unique demands of floating offshore wind turbines require a blend of specialized coating systems engineered to help prevent corrosion and extend asset service life in some of the world's harshest environments.The post Blending Marine and Energy Technologies for Floating Offshore Wind appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The global hunt for clean, always-on power is intensifying. Data centers powering artificial intelligence (AI) are signing long-term energy contracts at extraordinary speed. Against this backdrop, geothermal energy-carbon-free and available around the clock-is attracting serious capital for the first time in a generation.The post Geothermal Has Its Own Ghawar Fields-Nobody Is Looking for Them Yet appeared first on POWER Magazine.

An independent developer of utility-scale nuclear power projects said it has an agreement with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy for a nuclear power plant utilizing small modular reactors (SMRs). Elementl Power on June 18 said the facility, sited along the Ohio River about 100 miles southeast of Columbus, has a planned capacity of as much as 1.5 GW.The post Elementl Power Developing Ohio SMR Project with GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

REV Renewables (REV), an LS Power company and a developer, owner, and operator of renewable energy and energy storage projects, said the company marked a major milestone with the commissioning of its Tumbleweed Energy Storage facility in Kern County, California.The post REV Renewables, Community Choice Aggregators Bring Energy Storage Project Online appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Soltec has announced that it is now able to provide PFE-compliant certification for its U.S. SFOne and SF7 series 1P and 2P trackers, reinforcing the company's ability to support utility-scale solar projects in the U.S. under the new regulatory and market conditions.The post Soltec Touts PFE-Compliant Certification for Solar Trackers appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Valar Atomics has achieved self-sustaining criticality and completed zero-power testing at Ward 250, its Gen IV tri-structural isotropic (TRISO)-fueled modular high-temperature gas reactor (HTGR), at the Utah San Rafael Energy Lab in Emery County. The project is the second advanced reactor to go critical under the Department of Energy's (DOE's)Reactor Pilot Programand the first DOE-authorized [...]The post Valar Atomic's Ward 250 Becomes Second Reactor to Go Critical Under DOE Pilot Program appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has voted unanimously to issue tailored show-cause orders under Section 206 of the Federal Power Act to each of the six regional transmission organizations (RTOs) and independent system operators (ISOs) under its jurisdiction, directing them to either defend or reform tariff rules governing how data centers, manufacturing facilities, and [...]The post FERC Orders All Six Regional Grid Operators to Justify or Rewrite Large-Load Tariffs appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The steam turbine and generator package for Oklo's first Aurora powerhouse at Idaho National Laboratory (INL)-a pioneering application of a commercially established industrial turbine platform at the heart of a first-of-a-kind advanced reactor's conventional island-is in active production at Siemens Energy's facilities in Gorlitz and Erfurt, Germany. In details provided toPOWER, both companies confirmed the [...]The post In a First for Advanced Nuclear: Siemens Energy Turbine Package Advances for Oklo's Aurora-INL appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Meeting the increasingly important but complex needs of the energy industry requires not only excellent design and engineering, but also advanced sensor capabilities that extend beyond the limits of current technology. A piece of the solution for enhanced technology will come from quantum sensors, which leverage quantum mechanics to deliver tools that will push past [...]The post Quantum Sensor Ambitions: A New Horizon for Utility Innovation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Energy giant GE Vernova said the company continues to advance electrification and decarbonization goals as it adds more generation capacity to global power grids. The company on June 17 released its 2025 Sustainability Report, highlighting its emphasis on bringing new innovation and breakthrough technologies to the power generation space.The post GE Vernova Highlights More Generation, Carbon Reductions, New Technologies in Sustainability Report appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A Connecticut-based developer of distributed energy resources said it has begun construction on solar power installations at four municipal landfill sites in that state.The post Verogy Starts Work on Solar Facilities at Municipal Landfills appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A $350 million Department of Energy (DOE) coal-revival program has put $18.5 million toward the TerraSpark Energy Campus, a 1.6-GW greenfield project in West Virginia pairing Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) supercritical boilers with Mantel Capture's molten borate carbon capture. In responses to POWER, developer TerraSpark laid out a 2030 startup target, a 95% to 98% [...]The post A New Coal Plant in the U.S.? Once Unthinkable, Now a Strong Maybe appeared first on POWER Magazine.

MiCo Co. Ltd. announced that its subsidiary, Hyundai Heavy Industries Power Systems Co. Ltd. (HPS), has signed a share purchase agreement (SPA) to acquire a 100% stake in Netherlands-based NEM Energy B.V. from Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, a German-listed investment firm. The transaction, which includes NEM Energy's German subsidiary NEM Balcke-Durr GmbH, is scheduled [...]The post MiCo Acquires Global HRSG Leader NEM Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Elevate Infrastructure and ArcLight Capital Partners on June 11 announced the companies have begun operating the 150-MW/600-MWh Prospect Power battery energy storage project in Rockingham County, Virginia.The post Elevate, ArcLight Bring Energy Storage Facility Online in Virginia appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Technology giant Meta said it has expanded its partnership with major renewable energy developer RWE through a long-term corporate power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 298-MW Rabbit's Foot Solar installation in North Texas.The post Meta Announces PPA With RWE for 298-MW Texas Solar Power Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Cypress Creek Energy has announced financial close on the first two phases of the three-phase Steel River Energy Center in Arkansas. The company on June 11 said it secured $3.5 billion in financing for the project. Phase 1 and Phase 2 combined will feature 1.63 GW of solar power along with 1.9 GWh of battery energy storage.The post Cypress Creek Closes $3.5-Billion in Financing for Large Arkansas Solar+Storage Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A Colorado-based fusion energy company said the U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) has approved the company's preconceptual technical design for its commercial fusion power plant.The post DOE Approves Xcimer Energy Fusion Power Plant Design appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A Texas-based power producer has broken ground on a new natural gas-fired power plant that is part of the state's plan to increase its supply of dispatchable electricity.The post Texas Utility Building New 570-MW Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

System planners and grid operators are treating extreme heat as an assumed operating condition given new pressures, including drought, demand growth, and fuel concerns. Will it be enough? For decades, the U.S. power system treated extreme heat as a tail risk, managed through seasonal readiness-something for which to prepare. But hotter conditions are now arriving [...]The post From Tail Risk to Design Baseline: How the Grid Is Adapting to Extreme Heat appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Wildfires are no longer isolated disasters limited to the western United States-they are a growing threat to communities, infrastructure, and electric grid reliability nationwide. For the 42 million Americans served by electric cooperatives, the risk is especially acute. Co-ops power more than half the nation's landmass, primarily in rural areas where wildfire danger is highest [...]The post Wildfire Risk Is Rising. Electric Cooperatives Are Acting-Congress Must Too appeared first on POWER Magazine.

As fire-weather risk expands beyond California, utilities are turning to sub-kilometer, asset-level forecasts to support public safety power shutoff decisions they can defend in front of regulators. When the National Weather Service (NWS) issued routine convective outlooks on the morning of May 27, 2025, public guidance for the Houston metro called for widespread 30 to [...]The post Advanced Weather Forecasting: How Sub-Kilometer Models Are Reshaping Utility Risk and Wildfire Decisions appeared first on POWER Magazine.

NextNav, a Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) company with a history of telecommunications mergers, requested a rule change that would allow it to build out a network of high-power broadband operations. The proposed rule would impact every U.S. electric utility.The post What Utilities Need to Know About the 900-MHz NextNav' FCC Proceeding appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Utilities, federal agencies, and the national labs have finally assembled the tools to harden the grid against an increasingly hostile environment. The question is whether they can put them together fast enough. When a line of storms tore across the Northeast in late April 2025, racing from Ohio into central Pennsylvania, meteorologists recognized the signature [...]The post How the Power Sector Is Bracing for a More Violent Climate appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Summer is the season utilities brace for. Demand peaks as air conditioners run flat out, equipment runs hot, and the workforce that keeps the grid alive does so under some of the year's most punishing conditions. The same months that strain transformers and conductors also strain the people climbing structures and pulling cable beneath them. [...]The post The Heat Is On: Summer Safety for Power Crews appeared first on POWER Magazine.