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From two-year bushing lead times and hyperscaler demand to U.S. manufacturing expansion and the emerging 765-kV build-out, Trench Group CEO Bahadir Basdere explains where high-voltage equipment supply is under the most pressure. High-voltage grid components are becoming a critical constraint as utilities, transmission developers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and hyperscalers compete for equipment needed to [...]The post Can U.S. High-Voltage Grid Equipment Supply Keep Pace With 765-kV Expansion and Data Center Demand? appeared first on POWER Magazine.

America's emerging electricity challenge is increasingly an infrastructure challenge. For much of the energy transition, attention concentrated on the cost of producing electricity. Solar developers focused on module prices, battery developers compared cell costs and round-trip efficiency (RTE), and utilities evaluated competing resources using measures such as levelized cost of electricity (LCOE). Those calculations remain [...]The post How Energy Security, Load Growth and Infrastructure Arbitrage Could Reshape America's Power Market appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Nuclear energy is entering a new era. Across the United States and around the world, countries are looking to nuclear power to provide reliable electricity, strengthen energy security, and support economic growth. Advanced reactors and other innovative technologies are creating opportunities that would have been difficult to imagine when many of our current regulations were [...]The post Modern Regulation for a New Nuclear Era appeared first on POWER Magazine.

As data center developers confront tighter power supplies, longer interconnection timelines, and growing scrutiny over who should pay for the grid infrastructure required to serve large loads, those pressures are beginning to reshape another part of the development equation: talent. As states and utilities reconsider how the costs of serving large data center loads should [...]The post The POWER Interview: How the Data Center Power Crunch Is Reshaping the Talent Market appeared first on POWER Magazine.

California utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) on September 3 announced SHARE (Smart Home Assets for Reliability and Efficiency), a first-of-its-kind virtual power plant designed to help communities benefit from rising electric demand, while improving affordability and reliability for all customers. PG&E, together with Rewiring America, Google, Carrier Global Corporation, Tesla, Sunrun, Renew Home, Demand [...]The post PG&E, Google, Rewiring America Launch VPP in California appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Construction of the final segment of the Southwest Intertie Project, a 576-mile transmission corridor connecting an area from Idaho to just south of Las Vegas, Nevada, is underway. Officials celebrated the latest milestone for the installation during a groundbreaking ceremony in Ely, Nevada, on September 3.The post Construction Starts on Last Segment of Major Western U.S. Transmission Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

NextEra Energy says an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven dispatch and outage-scheduling tool has saved its customers more than $20 million so far this year. Santee Cooper expects a custom AI weather-forecasting model to help it avoid spot-market purchases that can cost $100,000 an hour during extreme weather. Both utilities say the tools moved from concept to [...]The post NextEra, Santee Cooper Point to Real Dollar Savings From AI Deployments appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The U.S. power grid is entering a period unlike any it has experienced in decades. Rapid electrification, domestic manufacturing, and the exponential growth of artificial intelligence are reshaping electricity demand. A recent report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, projects that data centers alone could account for between 9.5% [...]The post Three Questions Every Utility Should Ask About Advanced Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Utilities and independent power producers have spent years adding sensors to their generating fleets and creating dashboards to view what they relay. But visibility into how a plant is operating isn't the same as knowing what to do about it-and that gap is where Siemens Energy's Omnivise Energy Management System is increasingly shedding light, explained [...]The post Energy Management Goes Beyond Monitoring to Decision-Making appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Following a competitive evaluation, Swedish nuclear technology company Studsvik AB has selected GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy and Samsung C&T as strategic collaborators for a proposed four-unit BWRX-300 project totaling about 1,200 MWe. The project is planned for either Studsvik's licensed nuclear site in Nykoping or Malma in Valdemarsvik, and the first unit is expected [...]The post Studsvik Selects GE Vernova Hitachi, Samsung C&T for 1.2-GW Swedish BWRX-300 Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Florida-headquartered ONE Nuclear Energy said the company has executed a binding letter of intent (LOI) that would provide site control for development of Project Cayman, a 2.88-GW gas-fired power plant and 700-MW/2.88 GWh battery energy storage system (BESS) sited alongside a data center complex.The post One Nuclear Signs Deal for 2.88-GW Gas-Fired Plant, Large BESS for Louisiana Data Center Campus appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Texas data center developer TIDAL PWR, which says it has seven projects totaling 9.87 GW in its artificial intelligence (AI) campus development pipeline and designs its campuses to combine utility service and behind-the-meter generation, is collaborating with quantum technology company BTQ Technologies to determine how power and data center infrastructure could eventually accommodate quantum computing [...]The post TIDAL PWR, BTQ Develop Blueprint for Quantum-Ready Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.

As reciprocating engines/gensets assume a larger role in distributed generation, data center infrastructure, and other critical duty applications, crankcase ventilation and the resulting emissions warrant increased attention and mitigation. When power generation professionals discuss engine emissions, the conversation typically focuses on the exhaust stack. While this emphasis is justified, it underestimates another emissions pathway: the [...]The post Why Crankcase Ventilation Matters in Engine-Based Power appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Japan is rebuilding its nuclear power fleet after the Fukushima disaster, with upgrades targeted toward ensuring safe operations. Japan continues work to restart its nuclear power fleet, which supplied about aThe post Reactor Restart Rekindling Japan's Nuclear Renaissance appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Saeul 3 is the latest evolution of South Korea's APR1400 program, completed after an extraordinary interruption in national nuclear policy, fortified during construction to address newer safety requirementsThe post Saeul 3's Nine-Year Nuclear Odyssey to Operation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A widening gas turbine supply crunch has prompted Ansaldo Energia to explore a new path back into the U.S. generation market after more than 30 years. The Italian manufacturer will supply California-basedThe post Ansaldo Returns to U.S. Gas Turbine Market as Equipment Crunch Widens Supplier Field appeared first on POWER Magazine.

More solar power projects paired with energy storage are taking shape across Europe, with a variety of investors supporting assets in the UK and Italy, among other countries.The post European Countries Boost Variety of Renewable Energy Projects appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The wait for a large gas turbine now runs longer than the time it takes to design, permit, and build the plant it will sit in. Order one today from any of the three largest manufacturers, and the delivery slotThe post Is the Smart Money Buying Operators Rather Than Megawatts? appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Australia Moves to Make Data Centers Bring Power. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has urged energy ministers to require large data centers connecting to the National Electricity Market to bringThe post POWER Digest [September 2026] appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The most consequential number in current American energy planning is one that nobody in the room where it gets made believes.The post Coal Got an Order. Nuclear Got a Meeting appeared first on POWER Magazine.

America is debating data centers as though technological leadership and affordable electricity are competing goals. That framing misses the opportunity.The post Make Every Data Center a Power Hub appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Canada-headquartered Revolve Renewable Power Corp., a North American owner, operator and developer of power generation and digital infrastructure projects, announced it has entered into a MXN$450 million ($24 million) project-level, non-recourse-style financing facility with Banco Multiva, S.A., Institucion de Banca Multiple, Grupo Financiero Multiva. The facility is secured by project cash flows and contracted revenues [...]The post Revolve Renewable Power Secures $24 Million from Mexico Bank for Project Financing appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Five advanced nuclear companies will build, own, and operate more than 20 commercial nuclear microreactors across five U.S. Army installations under the Janus Program, a milestone-based effort designed to place the first project into useful service by September 2028 and establish repeatable commercial products. In exclusive interviews, the selected companies toldPOWERthey intend to use the [...]The post The Janus Five: 20+ Commercial Nuclear Microreactors, Starting in 2028 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The U.S. Army has mobilized up to $2.2 billion for a five-year effort to build and operate more than 20 commercial nuclear microreactors across military installations, selecting five reactor developers and five initial sites for a program designed to push advanced nuclear systems beyond federal test programs and into sustained operation by a Sept. 30, [...]The post U.S. Army Mobilizes $2.2B Janus Program to Deploy More Than 20 Commercial Microreactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Maryland-based investment firm Hull Street Energy announced it has completed its acquisition of two Midwestern power plants that provide electricity in the PJM Interconnection.The post Hull Street Acquires Two PJM-Based Power Stations from Rockland Capital appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A U.S. developer, owner, and operator of distributed energy infrastructure announced it has received an $857-million capital infusion to accelerate growth of its distributed solar energy program.The post Dimension Energy Secures $857 Million to Support Distributed Solar appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A recent flurry of state and federal action points to a marked pivot from treating data center growth as a grid-planning challenge to requiring large-load customers to show who pays for grid upgrades, what capacity supports the load, and how projects will operate during system stress. Morgan Lewis partner Arjun P. Ramadevanahalli spoke with POWER [...]The post The POWER Interview: How Is Rising Scrutiny Changing the Way Data Centers Secure Power? appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Westinghouse's eVinci microreactor has completed zero-power criticality testing at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC), a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) facility at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The company said the milestone, achieved at 10:39 a.m. PT on Aug. 24 in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Idaho National Laboratory [...]The post Westinghouse eVinci Reaches Criticality Milestone at Nevada Test Site appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Reactor Innovation Center (NRIC) has selected 13 new projects across 12 companies for its Nuclear Energy Launch Pad initiative in a significant expansion of the DOE-authorization pathway that channels advanced reactor and fuel-cycle developers toward demonstration on federal and non-federal sites. The selections-spanning microreactor developers, enrichment startups, fuel fabrication [...]The post NRIC Adds 13 Projects to Nuclear Energy Launch Pad, Expanding Advanced Reactor and Fuel-Cycle Pipeline appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Technology giant NVIDIA is furthering its support of artificial intelligence (AI) and data center construction. Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a group that supports the AI buildout by providing power sources and infrastructure for site development, on August 21 said it has entered into a strategic partnership with NVIDIA to advance the development of digital infrastructure across the [...]The post NVIDIA, Cloverleaf Partnering to Advance Data Center Development appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Arevon Energy said its largest standalone battery energy storage project is now operational. The company on August 13 announced that the 300-MW Nighthawk Energy Storage Project has come online in Poway, California.The post Arevon Brings Nighthawk Energy Storage Project Online in California appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A new federal effort to develop nuclear lifecycle" campuses has produced something Washington, D.C., has rarely seen: states competing for a role in managing America's used nuclear fuel.The post Don't Ask States to Become Nuclear Waste Dumps. Make Them Partners in Solving the Problem appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order on Aug. 18 that raises the bar for large data center development in the state, directing agencies to condition favorable permitting treatment and tax benefits on compliance with new energy, infrastructure, environmental, workforce, and community requirements. Executive Order 2026-05applies its central permitting provisions to data centers with [...]The post Shapiro Sets Binding GRID Requirements in Pennsylvania, Targets Data Center Power Costs appeared first on POWER Magazine.

For decades, most large electricity users in the U.S. relied on the grid for the vast majority of their power needs. As long as the grid could deliver reliable, affordable power, there was little reason to think differently. Now, electricity demand is rising faster than new generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure can often be planned, [...]The post The Forgotten Generation: Why Cogeneration Is Re-Emerging in the Age of AI appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A Brazilian natural gas company has launched a new model for power generation. Eneva, the largest natural gas operator in Brazil, said it started commercial operation of the first asset in its Azulao Complex, part of the company's Reservoir-to-Wire" (R2W) model. Officials on August 19 said the Azulao installation, which will feature two gas-fired power [...]The post Brazilian Group Supporting Grid With New Gas-Fired Power Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.

PJM Interconnection has proposed a new framework that would allow large data centers and other major electricity users to enter service without first securing enough new capacity to cover their demand-but would make the uncovered portion of that load available for reduction before PJM calls on existing pre-emergency demand-response resources if electricity supplies become dangerously [...]The post PJM Widens Response to Data Center Load as Capacity Shortfalls Deepen appeared first on POWER Magazine.

As artificial intelligence (AI)-driven data center demand strains grid infrastructure across the U.S. and beyond, operators are facing rising scrutiny from utilities, regulators, and the communities where they build. Caspar Herzberg, CEO of industrial software company AVEVA, argues that the industry's response can't stop at sustainability commitments-it requires operational transparency and measurable performance data that [...]The post AVEVA CEO: Sustainability Commitments Must Be Backed by Measurable Results appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The conversation around data center development has changed dramatically over the past few years. Earlier, when developers needed to evaluate a new facility, the questions were relatively straightforward. Is the market attractive? Can we secure the land? Can we obtain reliable power? Can we raise the necessary capital? All those questions still matter. But a [...]The post The New Economics of AI Infrastructure: Why Tax Strategy Is Now Part of Energy Strategy appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's (WVDEP) Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has determined that Purcellville, Virginia-based Fundamental Data satisfied the site-control requirements associated with its August 2025 air quality permit for the Ridgeline Facility-a gas turbine power plant that Fundamental Data is planning as the first phase of a project intended to include [...]The post Contested 5-GW Ridgeline Gas, Solar, and Data-Center Complex in West Virginia Clears Site-Control Question appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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.