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NTPC Limited, India's largest electric utility, has signed a power purchase agreement with 247 Solar and will deploy that company's Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) technology as part of its energy strategy. The companies on October 15 said it will mark the first commercial project for 247 Solar and its solar thermal tech. The Virginia-based company [...]The post India's Largest Utility Signs PPA With Virginia-Based Solar Group, Will Use Advanced CSP Technology appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Captona LLC, a North American investment firm, has announced its latest preferred equity investment in partnership with Nexamp, a fully-integrated distributed generation and community solar company. The investment announced October 13 support the financing of 55 MW of solar generation and 5 MWh of battery storage capacity across 10 projects in four states (Illinois, Maine, [...]The post Captona Closes Equity Investment With Nexamp in Large Community Solar Portfolio appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Utility-scale solar plants can lose energy without experiencing a complete equipment failure. Dust accumulation can reduce module output, inverter derating can constrain power conversion, tracker faults can leave arrays at suboptimal angles, and communication problems can prevent operators from recognizing underperformance promptly. Some losses are unavoidable, but others can be identified, quantified, and corrected through [...]The post Reducing Performance Losses in Utility-Scale Solar Plants: An O&M Approach appeared first on POWER Magazine.

American Electric Power (AEP) and X-energy have agreed to evaluate a 960-MW small modular reactor (SMR) project in Indiana, backed by Amazon development funding and a proposed long-term power purchase agreement designed to protect existing utility customers from project costs. The 12-reactor project would be the second deployment under Amazon and X-energy's collaboration to develop [...]The post AEP, X-energy Eye 960-MW Nuclear Plant at Retired Indiana Coal Site, Backed by Amazon appeared first on POWER Magazine.

This article draws on lessons from the first triennium of PSE&G's Energy Efficiency (EE) program and how those experiences have helped shape our approach as the program has progressed. Intended for energy companies, industry peers and others involved in shaping or advancing energy efficiency efforts, the article shares insights on program management and delivery, customer [...]The post Building a Successful Large-Scale Utility Energy Efficiency Program: How Early Lessons Continue to Shape PSE&G's Approach appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Pivot Energy, an impact-focused independent power producer of distributed-scale solar and energy storage, announced the closing of a $173-million term loan facility for a portfolio of 51 community-scale solar projects totaling 135 MW across six states. Long-time financial partners First Citizens Bank, Huntington Bank, and BankUnited provided the takeout financing. The facility refinances the projects [...]The post Pivot Energy Closes $173-Million Loan for 135 MW of Solar Capacity appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has updated and renewed the certification of Westinghouse's AP1000 reactor design, incorporating lessons from the construction and operation of Vogtle Units 3 and 4 (the nation's newest nuclear reactors) into the certified design. The action published on October 14 gives future applicants a standardized, field-proven AP1000 design that reflects how [...]The post NRC Updates AP1000 Reactor Design Certification appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Polskie Elektrownie Jdrowe (PEJ) has commissioned Westinghouse Electric Co. to begin procuring long-lead items (LLIs) for the first AP1000 unit of the Lubiatowo-Kopalino nuclear power plant project. This is one of the most important stages in preparing for the start of construction and ensuring that the project is completed on schedule. This is an extremely [...]The post Westinghouse, Poland Begin Long-Lead Item Procurement for Country's First Nuclear Power Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Proposed reliability standards that would require qualifying data centers, artificial intelligence facilities, and cryptocurrency operations to provide grid data, coordinate protection settings, and respond to grid operators' instructions have passed their final stakeholder ballot, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) announced Oct. 15. The standards and associated implementation plans will next go before NERC's [...]The post NERC Reliability Standards for Data Centers and Crypto Loads Pass Final Ballot, Advance to Board Review appeared first on POWER Magazine.

American Electric Power (AEP), which said in July that it had secured about 13 GW of gas turbines for deployment through 2031, this week announced plans for a $4 billion, 702-MW Bloom Energy fuel cell plant in Wyoming to supply Google and purchased 190 MW of Mainspring Energy linear generators under an agreement for up [...]The post AEP Plans $4 Billion Fuel Cell Power Plant for Google, Signs Up to 1.6 GW Mainspring Generator Deal appeared first on POWER Magazine.

When no suitable vessel was available to carry its gas turbine generators from the U.S. to Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast, the Rabigh Reinforcement project team turned to the heavy-lift charter market at a time when shipping conditions were already challenging. Drawing on its logistics experience and global agreements, the consortium engaged one of the [...]The post Beyond the Contract: How Rabigh Reinforcement Reached First Fire 14 Months After Award appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Wisconsin-based We Energies has announced a plan to build a new natural gas-fired power plant at the site of an existing gas-fired facility in the state. The utility earlier this month filed an engineering plan with state regulators for construction of a 750-MW station at the Fox Energy Center, in Wrightstown in the Fox Valley [...]The post We Energies Unveils Plan for New 750-MW Gas-Fired Plant in Wisconsin appeared first on POWER Magazine.

When the heads of three of the power sector's biggest trade associations shared a stage at Experience POWER on Sept. 30, the most notable thing was how little they disagreed. Whether the question was data center backlash, grid security, or what to do about gas-plant emissions rules, the answer came back to the same point: [...]The post Data Centers, Gas, and Who Pays: Power Association Leaders Find Common Ground appeared first on POWER Magazine.

This year's Data Center POWER eXchange (DPX), whose programming POWER's editors curated, was structured to look beyond the scale of opportunity presented by large-load forecasts and delve into the questions they raise. A key focus: What will it take to deliver power infrastructure and data centers on timelines, terms, and operating conditions that both industries [...]The post Beyond the Demand Forecast: Six Questions About Powering Data Centers From DPX 2026 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Who pays, who bears the risk, who decides, and when? Virginia Commissioner Jehmal Hudson makes a forceful case that serving large-load growth requires credible commitments, earlier coordination, and ratepayer protections built into investment decisions. Good afternoon. Thank you to POWER Magazine for inviting me to join you today. It is a pleasure to be with [...]The post Getting It Right Together: The State Regulatory Lens on America's Large-Load Future appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Hyperscaler Google and Constellation Energy, the largest nuclear operator in the U.S., have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) designed to support $4.3 billion of upgrades at 11 nuclear units across the PJM Interconnection, which is slated to add 890 MW of generating capacity from Constellation's existing reactors by the end of 2032. The [...]The post Google Deal Backs 890 MW of Constellation Nuclear Uprates at 11 PJM Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Power plants have largely optimized individual assets. The next opportunity lies in how assets, resources, and operating decisions work together. Power producers are experts at optimizing equipment. Decades of advancement in engineering and operating practices have improved the performance of gas turbines, pumps, steam systems and other critical assets. Operators can measure unit-level performance in [...]The post Between the Assets and Past the Fence appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Over 2,060 gigawatts. That is the staggering volume of generation and storage capacity currently trapped waiting in U.S. interconnection queues.According to data from RMI, the typical project now takes almost five years-stuck in administrative and transmission review before a single watt can be delivered to the grid. In 2008, it was only two years. For [...]The post How Advanced Nuclear Can Expand Utility Options appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Energy infrastructure developer and investor LS Power said it has successfully closed the LS Power Equity Partners VI (Fund VI) with total fund commitments of about $6 billion. Fund VI, which was launched in January of this year, was oversubscribed and fully allocated against its hard cap by July, which was well in excess of [...]The post LS Power Closes Funding Round With $6 Billion in Commitments appeared first on POWER Magazine.

California-headquartered Clearway Energy Group said it has closed financing and begun construction of the Swan Energy Center, a 650-MW solar facility located on portions of formerly strip-mined land in northwestern Bates County, Missouri. The project is San Francisco-based Clearway's first in Missouri. Its output is contracted under a 20-year power purchase agreement. The Swan array, [...]The post Clearway Starts Construction of 650-MW Solar Facility in Missouri appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Fusion energy company Xcimer Energy said it has finalized an agreement for up to $30.5 million in additional federal funding through the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Milestone-Based Fusion Development Program. The new DOE award, announced October 6, is for the program's second budget period. It brings the total DOE funding for potential Milestone payments [...]The post Denver-Based Fusion Group Receives $30.5-Million Award from DOE appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Fit Energy, a developer of energy solutions for data center projects, has announced plans for a fuel cell power generation and data center project in Newport Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. The project received township zoning approval for both uses in August of this year. Fit Energy on October 6 said engineering and the remaining permitting [...]The post Fit Energy Will Use Gas-Powered Fuel Cells For Pennsylvania Data Center Project appeared first on POWER Magazine.

For most Americans, electricity is so woven into daily life that we rarely consider what its absence means. Hospitals depend on it to preserve medicines and operate equipment. Schools, factories, farms, and businesses depend on it to function. Reliable electricity is one of the foundations of a modern economy. COMMENTARY Yet 655 million people worldwide [...]The post Winning the Nuclear Market Before the Reactor Is Sold appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) has announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $4.2 billion to finance uprates and modernization at Vistra's Beaver Valley nuclear plant in Pennsylvania and its Davis-Besse and Perry plants in Ohio. The projects could add 433 MW of new nuclear capacity and preserve [...]The post Vistra in Line for $4.2B DOE Loan Package to Uprate Nuclear Plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Power plants generate a large amount of maintenance and inspection information every day. Operators complete rounds. Technicians document repairs. Contractors submit reports. Engineers review abnormal conditions. Reliability teams analyze failures. Asset managers track age, condition, criticality, and replacement plans. The challenge is not always that power generation facilities lack data. The challenge is that much [...]The post Why Power Plant O&M Teams Need Better Inspection History, Not Just More Maintenance Data appeared first on POWER Magazine.

It's tempting to think the transition to cleaner homes depends entirely on better technology or larger government incentives. Those certainly matter. But history suggests something else matters just as much: Making the cleaner option easier to understand, easier to finance, and easier to buy. The automobile industry offers perhaps the clearest example. Electric drivetrains existed [...]The post Why Ford's Affordable EV Gives Me Hope for Home Electrification appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The systems used to design, operate, manage and insure energy infrastructure are struggling to keep pace with the rapid buildout of new power capacity, according to a new report by commercial property insurer FM. The FM Power & Renewables Report examines how the rapid expansion of power infrastructure, driven by artificial intelligence (AI), data centers, [...]The post FM Report: With Power and Renewables Risks Evolving, Engineering Must Move Upstream appeared first on POWER Magazine.

U.S. grid planners are preparing for annual electricity demand growth of about 0.9% to 1.6% through 2050, with data centers emerging as a major driver, and EPRI-the Electric Power Research Institute-suggesting they could account for as much as 17% of U.S. electricity demand by 2030. For the wind, solar, and energy storage industry, this represents [...]The post How Data Center-Driven Load Growth Is Reshaping the Renewable Energy Market appeared first on POWER Magazine.

POWER's 2026 Reinvention Award goes to Dominion Energy South Carolina's Parr Station, where new dual-fuel turbines replace decades-old peaking units and extend a century-long pattern of reinvention at oneThe post Parr Station Modernization Writes the Next Chapter in a Century of Reinvention appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Restoring customer supply is not the same event as restoring a process plant. Sarnia's 2003 outages show why power-system resilience has to be carried through safe shutdown, utilities, environmental controls, and staged restart. The Grid Event Was Only the First Failure State At 4:11 p.m. on Aug. 14, 2003, the Northeast blackout began to pull [...]The post The Blackout Behind the Blackout: What Sarnia's 2003 Outages Reveal About Restart Risk appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The integration of intermittent renewable energy to power grids worldwide has meant there's a need for technologies designed to support grid stability.The post Reinvention Award Finalist: Moneypoint Synchronous Condenser appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Central Hudson Gas & Electric, located in Poughkeepsie, New York, and serving the suburbs of metropolitan New York City north to the Capital District at Albany, commemorated more than a century of service in New York state during 2025. The company, which has about 315,000 electricity customers, and 90,00 natural gas customers, provided a program [...]The post Central Hudson Gas & Electric Wins POWER's Community Impact Award appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A high-voltage insulator can look unchanged for years while its operating environment steadily alters the conditions on its surface. Salt carried inland from a coast, industrial residue, road dust, moisture, ultraviolet radiation, and repeated weather cycles create an exposure history that can influence electrical performance and maintenance demands long before an asset reaches a predetermined [...]The post The Grid Reliability Risk Hiding on High-Voltage Insulation appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Just hours before his flight back to work on Aug. 24, 2026, seafarer John Cris Tropicales watched his younger brother graduate with a bachelor's degree in criminology, reported Ulysses Chuckie" Rivera, community relations manager for Quezon Power (Philippines) Ltd. Co. (QPL) and San Buenaventura Power Ltd. Co. (SBPL). It was a milestone that the Tropicales [...]The post Community Impact Award Finalist: Philippine Coal Plants' Scholarship Program appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Small modular reactors (SMRs) borrow steam turbine engineering from both coal-fired and nuclear plants, but the resulting wet steam" problem, with exhaust moisture topping 15%, demands a fresh set ofThe post Redesigning Steam Turbines for the SMR Era appeared first on POWER Magazine.

POWER's 2026 Water Award winner-WA Parish Unit 8 in Texas-integrated commercial-scale thermal evaporation into an operating coal plant, pairing verified performance with a retrofit that leveragedThe post WA Parish Integrates Thermal Evaporation to Tackle FGD Wastewater appeared first on POWER Magazine.

At the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, hosted by Sen. Dave McCormick at Carnegie Mellon University on July 15, 2025, Westinghouse Electric Co. put a live proof of concept on display: an artificial intelligence (AI) system aimed at reducing the cost and schedule risk of building new AP1000 reactors. According to Westinghouse, the demonstration [...]The post Executive Leadership Award Finalist: Westinghouse CTO Dr. Lou Martinez Sancho appeared first on POWER Magazine.

ArcLight Capital Partners, an investor in power and energy infrastructure, said its fund has completed the acquisition of a 50% stake in IATP, a large-scale, 5.4-GW power portfolio comprising 11 power infrastructure assets located across North America. Invenergy will retain its existing 50% ownership interest and operational role in IATP. IATP combines a substantial base [...]The post ArcLight Completes Acquisition of 50% Stake in 5.4-GW Diversified Power Infrastructure Portfolio appeared first on POWER Magazine.

For nearly 25 years, KR Sridhar has argued that large electricity users should not have to wait for the grid to reach them. The proposition once sounded ahead of its time, then specialized, then useful to hospitals, campuses, retailers, telecom networks and data centers that wanted power close to the load. By 2025, as artificial [...]The post POWER Honors Bloom Energy's KR Sridhar with 2026 Executive Leadership Award appeared first on POWER Magazine.

As battery energy storage systems move into larger and denser configurations, fire and explosion risk has become one of the industry's most closely scrutinized engineering challenges. At Wartsila Energy Storage, Mishaal SyedNaveed has focused his work on that challenge. That combination of utility experience, product engineering, testing, and standards work has made SyedNaveed a finalist [...]The post Rising Star Finalist: Mishaal SyedNaveed Advances Battery Storage Fire Safety appeared first on POWER Magazine.

As rental boiler programs expand across the industry, suppliers describe a shift from emergency-only stopgaps to planned capacity and redundancy strategy. When the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)The post Temporary Boilers, Permanent Strategy: How Rental Fleets Are Reshaping Reliability Planning appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), a developer, owner, and operator of thermal and renewable generation projects, with headquarters in Maryland and offices in Massachusetts and Texas, lauded CEO Sherman Knight for his leadership skills.The post Executive Leadership Award Finalist: Sherman Knight of Competitive Power Ventures appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Schneider Electric partnered with the City of Conroe to deploy EcoStruxure Automation Expert (EAE), an open, software-defined automation platform, across all 19 of the city's water and wastewater facilities as part of a $50-million infrastructure upgrade, the most ambitious in the city's history.The post Water Award Finalist: Conroe, Texas, Water System appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Moving Tasmania's abundant renewable power to the mainland means threading a subsea and underground cable through farmland, coastline, and Victoria's Latrobe Valley-each stretch carrying its ownThe post Building the Connections Australia's Energy Transition Needs appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Qatar's strategic potable water storage has grown from about 2.5 days of supply to roughly 5.5 days, according to the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA). The utility credits a program of 15 concrete reservoirs linked by more than 600 kilometers (km) of large-diameter pipeline. The Water Mega Reservoirs Project, a finalist for POWER's [...]The post Water Award Finalist: Mega Reservoirs Project in Qatar appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Late in construction of Total Hydrogen Solutions' new hydrogen plant in Katy, Texas, someone cut and stole the incoming high-voltage cable. The theft forced a complete replacement of the affected run just as the team was preparing for utility energization. It was a frustrating hurdle, but the team coordinated the replacement and kept moving toward [...]The post Hydrogen Award Finalist: Total Hydrogen Solutions' Texas Production Facility appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Power generation operators are navigating a major workforce transition at the same time operations and maintenance (O&M) work is becoming more complex. Deloitte's 2025 Power and Utilities Industry Outlook notes that demand for U.S. electricity surpassed expectations in 2025, driven by artificial intelligence (AI) training workloads and electrification initiatives, naturally creating a corresponding surge in [...]The post Operational Drift Is Risky Business for Power Generators appeared first on POWER Magazine.

ibV Energy Partners, a developer of integrated solar and storage power plants across the U.S., and Exus Renewables North America, an independent owner, developer and operator of utility-scale renewable energy and energy storage projects, on September 29 announced that Exus has acquired four solar projects totaling 715 MWp from ibV. The deal builds on years [...]The post Renewable Energy Group Acquires 715-MW Solar Power Portfolio appeared first on POWER Magazine.

When Arevon Energy needed someone to lead financing on Nighthawk, a 300-MW/1,200-MWh battery storage project the company had been working on when Nimmi Kavasery came onboard as the managing director of Project Finance, she made a battlefield promotion," handing the lead role to Jack Southard-someone she'd only observed peripherally and who had never run a [...]The post POWER's 2026 Rising Star Award Winner appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A South Korean power plant needed a coating that could survive corrosive condensates without sacrificing heat transfer-the industry's usual workaround for that trade-off fell short.The post Seven Years of Operation in Heat Recovery Economizers: A Phenolic Coating Case Study appeared first on POWER Magazine.