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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.

Global investment firm Strategic Value Partners (SVP) said its SVP Funds group is acquiring a minority equity interest in the 1,182-MW South Field Energy natural gas-fired power plant in Columbiana County, Ohio.The post Strategic Value Partners Takes Stake in 1.2-GW Ohio Gas-Fired Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The pace of change in energy markets has never been faster. Price signals that once evolved over days now shift within settlement windows. Geopolitical shocks that once took weeks to propagate through commodity markets now ripple across interconnected European power grids and global liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chains in hours. And amid this acceleration, [...]The post Strategy Amid Uncertainty: Why Decisioning Maturity Is the Critical Differentiator in Today's Power Markets appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Congress and the White House advanced parallel tracks this week to keep large data centers from shifting their grid costs onto electricity customers, reflecting a concern that has gathered momentum among state regulators, consumer advocates, and members of both parties. On July 21, the House Energy and Commerce Committee voted 52-0 to advance theRatepayer Protection [...]The post White House Expands Data Center Ratepayer Pledge as Congress Moves to Codify Protections appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A federal appeals court has upheld the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's (NRC's) use of a generic environmental analysis for nuclear plant license renewals, rejecting claims that the agency failed to adequately consider how aging components and climate change could affect the risk of severe reactor accidents. The July 21 decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals [...]The post Federal Court Upholds NRC's Generic Severe-Accident Review for Nuclear Plant License Renewals appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A major operator of power plants in the U.S. has a new name. IHI Power Services Corp. (IPSC) will now be known as Kyuden Energy Partners Corp. after the company finalized its acquisition by Japan-headquartered Kyuden International.The post IHI Power Services Rebrands After Acquisition by Japan's Kyuden appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A California-based solar power equipment group said it has signed two separate five-year, 5-GW commercialization partnerships with a pair of India's leading solar module manufacturers.The post Caelux Signs Partnership Deals With Leading India Solar Module Makers appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Why Generative Engine Optimization Is the Next Reputation Management Secret Weapon for Energy Brands Energy has become a kitchen-table issue. Bills are climbing. Data centers are being built at a breakneck pace, and new technologies are being launched faster than ever before, often facing NIMBY concerns. As customers and stakeholders look for answers, they may [...]The post Your Customers Are Asking AI About You. Do You Know What It's Saying? appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) computing is, for most utilities, a problem to be absorbed: gigawatts of new data-center demand arriving faster than transmission can be planned or built. The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Genesis Mission does not dispute that framing. But buried in the national research portfolio it unveiled July 22 is [...]The post AI Is Usually Cast as a Grid Burden. The Genesis Mission Is Betting It's a Grid Tool. appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Renewable energy developer Avantus said its Aratina 1 solar-plus-storage project has entered commercial operation in California. The 200-MW/500-MWh installation in Kern County has long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE), a pair of community choice aggregators.The post Avantus Brings Aratina 1 Solar-Plus-Storage Online in California appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Artificial intelligence and high-performance computing have helped electrical utilities modernize how they model, forecast, and manage grid operations. These tools already play a central role in maintaining reliability, balancing supply and demand, and planning new infrastructure. But as electrical grids become more distributed, data-intensive, and renewable-heavy, some of the most complex decision-making problems are becoming [...]The post Quantum Computing Is Emerging as a Tool for Tomorrow's Electrical Grids appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Power industry severe service applications can be difficult, but new advanced trim designs and external noise reduction devices have created higher-performing and more cost-effective alternatives. Power industry applications practically define the phrase severe service." Elevated temperatures and pressures, cavitation, erosive solids, and high noise all conspire to push control valve technology to its very limits. [...]The post Severe Service Control Valves for Power Plants: Reducing Cavitation, Noise, and Maintenance Costs appeared first on POWER Magazine.

President Trump's four nuclear executive orders issued on May 23, 2025, represented a historic liftoff for American nuclear energy. COMMENTARY As electricity demand surges, geopolitical energy competition intensifies, and America's power infrastructure faces mounting strain, the administration acted decisively. It recognized that American energy dominance-and leadership in the digital age-requires a resurgence of nuclear reactor [...]The post America Needs a Fifth Nuclear Executive Order appeared first on POWER Magazine.

For years, utility wildfire liability was largely framed around a straightforward question: who caused the fire? That question still matters, but it is no longer the only one that matters.The post Wildfire Liability Is Becoming a Data Problem, Not Just a Legal One appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A micro-modular nuclear reactor developer with global headquarters in Italy and a U.S. corporate office in Pennsylvania said it has been selected to deploy its equipment for data center infrastructure in Latin America and Brazil.The post Terra Innovatum, Waiken ILW Will Deploy Microreactors for Data Center Infrastructure appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has directed the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) to file one or more new or modified mandatory reliability standards governing the integration of computational loads-a category defined broadly enough to cover generative-AI data centers, cryptocurrency mines, and other information-technology facilities-by Dec. 31, 2026. FERC's order, issued on July [...]The post FERC Orders Mandatory NERC Reliability Standards for Data Center and Other Computational Loads appeared first on POWER Magazine.

California-headquartered Pacific Fusion announced that a pulsed-power prototype designed and built at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has surpassed 3,000 shots under a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement with the company. Pacific Fusion on July 16 said this marks a key milestone in the development of high-gain fusion, and provides a practical example of government-industry [...]The post Pacific Fusion Says Pulsed-Power Prototype Hits Milestone at National Lab appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Siemens name is coming off one of the power industry's largest equipment and service suppliers. Siemens Energy announced July 14 that it has begun preparing the transition to an independent corporate brand, with Siemens Energy and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy to be united under a single new name: Omterra. The rebranding process is scheduled [...]The post Siemens Energy Will Shed the Siemens Name, Rebrand as Omterra appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Why AI Data Centers Can No Longer Be Treated as Passive Customers For decades, even very large electric customers fit inside a familiar planning model. A factory, refinery, industrial campus, hospital complex, hospital system, or manufacturing facility requested service. The utility studied the load, identified required facilities, assigned costs, and folded the demand into its [...]The post The New Large-Load Compact appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Tom Linebarger, the new CEO at Mainspring Energy who spent 30 years at Cummins, where he also served as CEO, provides POWER with insight about Mainspring and why the time is right for adoption of Mainspring's linear generator technology.The post The POWER Interview: Mainspring Looks to Make Linear Generators Mainstream appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Qcells, a provider of complete energy solutions and in the U.S. solar manufacturing market, said the company has taken a lead role in delivering the Atlas V (237 MWdc) and Atlas VI (135 MWdc) solar projects in La Paz County, Arizona. These two phases, totaling 372 MWdc, are part of the broader Atlas Energy Park, [...]The post Qcells Announces Equipment Deliveries for Major Arizona Solar-Plus-Storage Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Argo Infrastructure Partners LP, an independent mid-market infrastructure investment manager, said it has acquired a commercial and industrial (C&I) solar portfolio from NuGen Capital Management, LLC. The deal announced July 9 includes a portfolio consisting of eight sites, with six in Massachusetts and two in New Jersey. The acquisition of this established, operational solar portfolio [...]The post Argo Infrastructure Partners Acquires Solar Portfolio from NuGen appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE), a major U.S. renewable energy developer, provided details about its 725-MW solar power fleet in Oklahoma during a recent celebration, including the company's support of Google's operations in the state.The post LRE Celebrates $1.5-Billion Investment in 725-MW Oklahoma Solar Fleet appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Renewable energy developer Avantus said the company has secured more than $525 million in construction financing for the Aratina 2 Solar and Storage Project in California.The post Avantus Secures $525 Million to Support Major California Solar-Plus-Storage Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The U.S. Department of Energy has closed a loan of up to $3.26 billion to AEP Texas to finance a portfolio of nearly 100 transmission projects, the agency's Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF)said on July 8. The financing will fund the rebuilding, reconductoring, and new construction of roughly 2,800 miles of transmission lines across [...]The post DOE Closes $3.26 Billion Transmission Loan to AEP Texas appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A Canada-based consortium is moving forward with plans for a major natural gas-fired power plant project in Alberta. The Greenlight Electricity Centre (GLEC) is a proposed $3.2-billion 932-MW gas-fired combined cycle power generation facility that will serve a major data center development.The post New Gas-Fired Power Plant in Alberta Will Serve Data Center Development appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has proposed a major rewrite of its National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rules, opening yet another front in the agency's fast-moving campaign to modernize as directed by a series of recent executive orders, statutory NEPA amendments, and a Supreme Court precedent. The rule proposed on July 7, Implementation of the [...]The post NRC Targets Faster Nuclear Licensing With NEPA Streamlining Proposal appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Join energy leaders in the Space Solar Power Symposium at Experience POWER 2026 in Washington, D.C. A few weeks ago, while opening a panel on Space Solar Power (SSP) at SF Climate Week 2026 co-hosted by the Space Frontier Foundation and the Young Professionals in Energy, Bay Area, I asked the audience a simple question: [...]The post Space Solar Power Is Coming Home to the Energy Industry appeared first on POWER Magazine.

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.