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Mesa Power Solutions has opened a new $70 million manufacturing and administrative campus in Evansville, Wyoming, consolidating 300 employees and expanding the company's capacity to produce natural gas power generation equipment for utilities, data centers, and other commercial and industrial customers. The 220,000-square-foot facility at One Mesa Way (Figure 1) will serve as a hub [...]The post Mesa Power Solutions Expands With $70 Million Wyoming Manufacturing Campus appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Trump administration's decision to unwind offshore wind leases through negotiated buybacks has predictably reignited the debate over renewable energy. Many welcome the move as a correction to policies that heavily favored offshore wind during the previous administration. That debate is perfectly legitimate. However, the recentagreementsinvolving TotalEnergies, Bluepoint Wind, Golden State Wind, Duke, Invenergy, and [...]The post Energy Dominance Requires Commitments That Last appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Wind turbine blade health strategies must get smarter to adequately support rapid advancements in turbine engineering. Over the last decade, global wind capacity has almost tripled. One of the keys to this growth story has been the sector's ability to manufacture and deploy ever-larger wind turbines at pace. Today's onshore models are, on average, three [...]The post The Billion-Dollar Blind Spot in Wind Turbine Maintenance appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Blue Energy and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) have signed an agreement to launch the next phase of their collaboration on a planned 2.5-GW gas-plus-nuclear power project in Victoria, Texas, moving the closely watched data-center power concept from an announced collaboration to engineering, licensing, and safety analysis. TheAug. 13-announced agreementwill advance project definition for [...]The post Texas 2.5-GW Gas-Plus-Nuclear Project Proceeds to Engineering, Licensing Phase appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A California-based fusion energy company announced it has reached an industry milestone. Fuse Energy Technologies Corp. on August 10 published a report noting the company set a record for the highest fusion neutron yield-1.27*10^1^2 in a single shot-by any commercial fusion company.The post Fuse Touts Highest' Neutron Yield by Any Fusion Company appeared first on POWER Magazine.

More than 3 GW of data center load left the PJM system on July 22, 2026, after a single transmission fault. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) investigated the same failure mode in 2024 and found that utility equipment shed none of it. Customer-side protection did all of it. Those settings are about to [...]The post 3 GW Off PJM, Again: What NERC's 2024 Investigation Already Told Us appeared first on POWER Magazine.

When federal emergency powers become routine operating procedure, the system is not holding up. It is operating at its ceiling. And the customers who kept their lights on paid triple for the privilege, which means the event that operations survived is one that affordability did not.The post Alarm Bells Are Sounding for the Grid: Answering Them Takes More Than Megawatts appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A growing group of data center operators-including Dallas-based Skybox Datacenters, Austin-headquartered bitcoin miner and hyperscale developer Mara, and global colocation giant Digital Realty-have publicly committed to comply with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's data center standards and the state's active audit of projects in the Texas grid operator's interconnection queue. They join QTS Data Centers, Blackstone's [...]The post More Data Center Operators Commit to Abbott's Texas Standards as Power Companies Endorse ERCOT Batch Framework appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Aug. 3 order pausing all new data center connections to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid until a comprehensive audit is complete could delay 49.8 GW ofnew data center electricity demand from advancing on the ERCOT system-nearly 20% of the U.S. development pipeline-BloombergNEF (BNEF) said in an Aug. 5 [...]The post Texas Audit Could Delay 49.8 GW of Data Center Load, Cost Projects Up to $15 Billion, BNEF Warns appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Ruggedly engineered and manufactured switchgear provides safe, redundant power while also delivering the resilience and continuous operation expected in large-scale data center environments. As demand for cloud services, large-scale data processing, and artificial intelligence continues to grow, hyperscale data centers have expanded dramatically in size. It is now typical for a single campus to encompass [...]The post Rugged Switchgear-A Reliable Data Center's Bedrock appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Three companies at the forefront of nuclear energy technology have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to evaluate fuel technologies to support advancement of next-generation nuclear power.The post Curio, NuScale, Framatome Join to Support Fuel Solution for Advanced Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A New York-headquartered group that pursues investments in North American power and energy infrastructure said it has a deal to acquire a natural gas-fired power plant near Houston, Texas.The post LS Power Acquiring 606-MW Texas Gas-Fired Plant From Constellation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

California-based Deep Fission said the DOE signed off on the Nuclear Safety Design Agreement (NSDA) for its Gravity Nuclear Reactor. The group called it a major regulatory milestone that confirms Deep Fission's reactor design warrants advancement under the DOE Reactor Pilot Program.The post DOE Approves Safety Design of Deep Fission's Underground SMR appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Oklo's Groves Isotope Test Reactor in Lockhart, Texas, has become the fifth reactor to achieve criticality under the U.S. Department of Energy's Reactor Pilot Program (RPP), and the first under the program to do so on private land. The low-power test reactor reached criticality at 9:19 p.m. ET Aug. 5, achieving a controlled, self-sustaining nuclear [...]The post Oklo's Groves Becomes Fifth DOE Pilot Reactor to Reach Criticality, First on Private Land appeared first on POWER Magazine.

NRG Energy on Aug. 4 unveiled its first Bring Your Own Power (BYOP) project, a 1.2-GW combined-cycle plant in Texas supported by a 15-year contract with an investment-grade leading global cloud and artificial-intelligence hyperscaler." The $3.2 billion facility, backed by a customer parent guarantee, is targeted for commercial operation in late 2029 and could be [...]The post The POWER Interview: NRG's Case for Bring Your Own Power-and the Labor to Build It appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Growth in artificial intelligence (AI) is outpacing the world's ability to generate enough power to sustain it. As AI adoption accelerates worldwide, it's colliding with a power system that wasn't built for its level of demand. Vittorio Pierangeli, senior vice president PowerGen at Rolls-Royce Power Systems (Figure 1), explains why electricity, not chips or algorithms, [...]The post AI's Obstacle: Why the Grid Can't Keep Pace With the Data Center Boom appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) marked the start of construction on Princeton Road Station with a groundbreaking ceremony the morning of July 17, drawing state and local officials, community stakeholders, and NPPD staff to the site just north of Hallam, Nebraska. The 694-MW dual-fuel facility will be the largest natural gas generation plant in NPPD's [...]The post Nebraska Public Power District Breaks Ground on 694-MW Princeton Road Station appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to conduct a comprehensive audit of every data center advancing through the state's interconnection queue, warning that projects that fail to disclose ownership, financial, water, and community-impact information could be denied grid access. The [...]The post Abbott Orders Full Audit of Texas Data Center Interconnection Queue, Threatens to Deny Grid Access appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The global energy landscape is experiencing increased uncertainty. Recent geopolitical tensions have created volatility in oil and gas markets, highlighted vulnerabilities in global supply chains, and renewed attention on energy security. While these events often dominate headlines, the effects extend far beyond energy producers and governments. For businesses that depend upon reliable power to keep [...]The post Energy Security During Uncertainty: Why Hydrogen Power Matters More Than Ever appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The transition to sustainable energy infrastructure has been experiencing steady progress in recent years across the globe, while simultaneously undergoing constant fluctuation. Actual progress is influenced by a wide variety of factors, such as the drivers behind participants' motivations and the technologies enabling the transition, as well as the status of supply chains and geopolitical [...]The post Resilience and Digital Transformation Spearhead the Energy Infrastructure Transition appeared first on POWER Magazine.

For most of the last two decades, the anxiety in power planning was about demand: would consumption grow fast enough to justify new capacity, and how would an aging fleet keep pace? That question has inverted. Demand is no longer the uncertain variable-it is the one thing forecasters are confident about. The uncertainty now sits [...]The post The Power Sector's New Constraint Isn't Demand-It's Everything Else appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Critical infrastructure operators should view recent incidents where artificial intelligence (AI) agents escaped containment from test environments and executed successful cyberattacks on a relatively sophisticated production infrastructure as near-misses. This challenge is urgent precisely because AI moves fast and infrastructure moves slow. All indications suggest these were not malicious uses of AI for targeted attacks. [...]The post Minutes to Exploit-Months to Recover appeared first on POWER Magazine.

As utility-scale battery energy storage systems (BESS) scale from megawatts to gigawatts, the engineering complexity grows exponentially. Higher-voltage architectures and denser rack configurations are pushing the limits of conventional component design and exposing gaps that can compromise system performance and site safety. For the electrical engineers and systems integrators building these projects, the cells, fire [...]The post Scalable, Grid-Ready Storage: How Connector Design Is Shaping the Next Generation of Energy Systems appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Developers and contractors at a recent event described how the generation buildout is forcing earlier engineering, procurement, and construction contractor involvement; deeper supply-chain tracking; repeatableThe post Is the Power Project Crunch Upending the Owner-EPC Model? appeared first on POWER Magazine.

For Rayburn Electric Cooperative, ownership of the 758-MW combined cycle plant in Sherman, Texas, means stable rates, hardened reliability through heat waves and winter storms, and a hedge against theThe post Rayburn Energy Station: A Cooperative's Answer to Texas-Sized Risk appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A North Dakota-based membership cooperative teamed with a major infrastructure engineering and construction group to build a new natural gas-fired power station, supporting an urgent need for power generation capacity in the region.The post A Pioneering Approach to Building New Generation Resources appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Engro Powergen Thar Limited turned an untapped desert coalfield into Pakistan's cheapest power-and a template for energy independence. Pakistan entered the second half of the 2010s in chronic powerThe post In the Thar Desert, Pakistan Proves Its Indigenous Coal Can Be a Reliable Power Resource appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A deliberate shift from reactive maintenance to a reliability-centered operating culture cut the 500-MW combined cycle plant's forced outage rate by 90%-and delivered perfect availability through Texas'sThe post From 18 Forced Outages to Zero Missed Starts: How CPS Energy's Arthur von Rosenberg Plant Rebuilt Its Reliability appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Vietnam's growing economy and need for more electricity is being served by the country's first power plant to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Nhon Trach 3 and 4 expansion project is a finalist for a POWER Top Plant award for gas-fired generation.The post Innovation Powers a Country's Energy Transition appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Seatrium Limited, the Singapore-based offshore, marine, and energy engineering group formed in 2023 from the merger of Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Offshore & Marine, delivered its first electrons from itsThe post Seatrium's Floating, Remote-Controlled DER Platform Sends First Electrons to Singapore's Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Facing potential supply constraints along the Makkah-Jeddah corridor, Saudi Arabia's power sector compressed a combined cycle schedule by months driven by early alignment, staged authorization, andThe post Speed as Strategy: Rabigh Reinforcement Delivers 1,179 MW on an Accelerated Timeline appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The conversation around electrification often centers on power generation and the grid capacity needed to support a more energy-intensive future. But an equally pressing challenge is emerging inside theThe post Keeping Pace With Electrical Complexity in the Age of Electrification appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Inconsistent fuel quality puts constant strain on aging waste-to-energy boiler systems. Modernizing startup burners, combustion controls, and flame detection can restore reliability and keep plantsThe post Making Waste-to-Energy Plants More Reliable With Burner Retrofits appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Integrate high-load data centers and renewable energy without compromising grid reliability. Grid reliability hinges on the flexibility identified, managed, and optimized by operational technology (OT). TheThe post Enabling Modern Grid Flexibility With Coordinated, Location-Specific Optimization appeared first on POWER Magazine.

When designed to interface directly with a utility's medium-voltage infrastructure, battery energy storage systems (BESS) must meet stringent performance, protection, and reliability requirements that extendThe post The BESS Connection to the Grid-Ensuring Flexibility and Reliability appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Waste-to-energy technologies, long viewed mainly for waste management, are finding renewed relevance.The post Unlocking Waste-to-Energy for Energy Security and Regional Growth appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Nuclear power is experiencing yet another boom. This time it may genuinely lead to a sharp expansion of the global reactor fleet. Several drivers are at work: decarbonization requirements, growing energyThe post The Two-Component Future: Fast Reactors Step Out of the Shadows at FR26 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Modern power challenges-from renewables and microgrids to artificial intelligence factories-are driving renewed adoption of digital twins as flexible, high-fidelity environments for zero-riskThe post Rediscovering Digital Twins for a New Power Era appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Demand for electricity-particularly for large-load users like data centers-is increasing, raising the question of how best to meet the new demand.The post Will Siting Keep SMRs From Reaching Critical Mass? appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Government officials in China have given the green light for construction of eight new nuclear reactors, as the country looks to add more electricity to meet growing demand for power.The post Chinese Government Approves Eight New Nuclear Units as Major Reactor Buildout Continues appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Advanced nuclear firm Aalo Atomics has formed a strategic partnership with energy-first AI infrastructure company Crusoe to develop a nuclear-powered AI Factory" data center in a project that will combine Aalo's advanced reactor development program at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) with Crusoe's modular AI data center platform. The companies said on July 30 that under [...]The post Aalo, Crusoe Plan 2027 INL Demonstration Pairing Nuclear Power and AI Data Center Load appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved the License Termination Plan (LTP) for the Oyster Creek Generating Station in New Jersey, a regulatory milestone that clears the final phase of decommissioning and sets the stage for Holtec International to pursue construction of four SMR-300 small modular reactor units at the Lacey Township, New Jersey, [...]The post Holtec Targets 2036 for 1.36-GW SMR-300 Project at Oyster Creek appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A varied group of investors has provided Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) with another $1 billion in equity financing, with the company on July 30 saying the funding supports the group's continuing work toward operating a commercial fusion energy power plant.The post Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises Another $1 Billion as Work on Commercial Power Plant Continues appeared first on POWER Magazine.

What is the best mix of power generation to build and use in the years ahead? For U.S. integrated electric utilities balancing reliability, affordability, and state and federal policy, resource plans are the answer. But like with any model, these plans are only as robust as the information that is fed into them. Investors are [...]The post The Hidden Biases in Utility Resource Modeling That Stack the Deck Against Clean Energy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A coalition led by Brookfield and NextEra Energy has unveiled plans to build a $100 billion, privately funded artificial intelligence (AI) data center campus at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE)Paducah Sitein Western Kentucky, paired with up to 4.6 GW of dedicated new power generation that will be built and paid for solely to serve [...]The post Brookfield, NextEra to Develop $100B Data Center Campus at DOE's Paducah Site, Paired With 4.6 GW of Dedicated Generation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Department of Energy (DOE) has selected Utah, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Idaho as initial contenders to host Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses-voluntary federal-state partnerships designed to co-locate fuel fabrication, enrichment, spent fuel reprocessing, and waste disposition within integrated, fullcycle nuclear ecosystems. U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright signed non-binding memorandums of understanding (MOUs) with the [...]The post Five States Emerge as Finalists for DOE's Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campuses appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Last week, Microsoft announced a $60 million, multiyear commitment to the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Genesis Mission, the national initiative to embed artificial intelligence (AI) across the country's 17 national laboratories. The company's stated goal, echoing DOE's own framing, is to help double the productivity and impact of American research and innovation within a decade." [...]The post Microsoft's $60 Million Genesis Mission Commitment Puts Nuclear AI at the Center appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Battery storage developer Viridi has announced a strategic partnership with the Dept. of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee to support research into next-generation utility grid technologies that advance grid resilience and reliability.The post Viridi BESS Installed at Oak Ridge Lab as Part of Grid Technology Research appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Energy Vault, a global energy infrastructure company that supports power grid reliability and next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing infrastructure, on July 27 announced that construction has commenced at its powered AI infrastructure campus in Snyder, Texas, for Crusoe Cloud.The post Energy Vault Breaks Ground on AI Campus in Texas for Crusoe Spark Modular Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.