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The utilities best positioned to limit outages, liability, and regulatory scrutiny as they mitigate wildfire risk will manage vegetation as an integrated risk intelligence system, directly connected to their network model, enterprise data strategy, and field execution platforms.The post After the L.A. Wildfires: Why Vegetation Management Can't Afford to Stay on a Fixed Cycle appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Fusion's first challenge is scientific: can we make it work at scale? Its second, far tougher test is economic: can we make it cheap enough to matter? Global private investment has passed$10 billion, governments are launching new programs, and regulators are beginning to streamline pathways for advanced fusion machines. But one question will determine whether [...]The post Fusion Energy: The $50/MWh Target appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Lucy Darago, chief commercial officer with XGS Energy, shares her insight about the advancements in geothermal, including how new systems are being supported by technology from oil and gas exploration. XGS is utilizing those innovations to enhance its geothermal systems.The post The POWER Interview: How the Oil and Gas Industry Is Advancing Geothermal appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Corporate America has become one of the most consequential forces shaping the U.S. electricity system. Speaking as a guest on The POWER Podcast, Rich Powell, CEO of the Corporate Energy Buyers Association (CEBA), explained how the country's largest energy buyers are responding to unprecedented demand growth, betting on a widening mix of clean technologies, and [...]The post How Corporate Energy Buyers Are Reshaping the U.S. Grid: CEBA CEO Rich Powell on Data Centers, Nuclear, and Permitting Reform appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a subsequent license renewal (SLR) for Duke Energy's Robinson Nuclear Plant, clearing the 54-year-old reactor to continue generating electricity in the Pee Dee region through 2050. The decision, announced on Thursday, comes roughly a year after Duke Energy filed its renewal application in April 2025. It extends Robinson's [...]The post Duke Energy's Robinson Nuclear Plant Gets NRC Approval to Operate Until 2050 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

TerraPower's Natrium reactor at Kemmerer, Wyoming, reached official construction start on April 23, 2026. Here's a full timeline from ARDP selection to construction start. TerraPower on April 23, 2026, officially started construction on Kemmerer Unit 1, its flagship Natrium sodium-cooled fast reactor plant in Kemmerer, Wyoming-a milestone that marks the most consequential step yet in [...]The post TerraPower's Kemmerer 1 Enters Construction: Timeline of the Natrium Project's Road to First Power appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The race to bring new power online has intensified with data centers and other large loads pushing electricity demand to levels never seen before. Utilities are signing power purchase agreements, independent power producers (IPPs) are scrambling to interconnect new generation, and distributed power providers are stepping in where the grid cannot move fast enough. Amid the fight for electrons, a source of clean, reliable electricity is being systematically overlooked.The post Rethinking Load Growth: New Partnerships Between Power Developers and Midstream Natural Gas Companies appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Air Force's ANPI program has tapped Radiant, Antares, and Westinghouse to develop firstofakind nuclear microreactors at Buckley, Malmstrom, and Joint Base San Antonio, with initial deployments targeted as early as 2028. The Department of the Air Force (DAF) has named three microreactor vendors-Radiant Industries, Westinghouse Government Services, and Antares Nuclear-to develop and operate contractor-owned [...]The post Air Force ANPI Picks Put Radiant, Antares, Westinghouse on Track for First OnBase Microreactors by 2028 appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Cuban state-owned Cuba Petroleo (Cupet) announced in April 2026, via its Facebook page, that Cuba's first biomethane plant, located in the municipality of Marti, Matanzas province, has progressed to its final assembly and production phase. Edrey Rocha Gonzalez, Cupet's general director, supervised the work on this facility, designed to produce biomethane to fuel buses [...]The post Cuba's First Biomethane Plant: Renewable Fuel for Buses and Electricity appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A catastrophic boiler explosion at Vedanta Limited's Chhattisgarh Thermal Power Plant (VLCTPP) in eastcentral India has left scores of workers dead and injured, prompting questions over boiler safety enforcement and operator oversight at privately owned coal plants in the country. The explosion, which occurred on April 14, has triggered parallel criminal, technical, and administrative investigations [...]The post Death Toll From Boiler Explosion at Vedanta's India Coal Power Plant Rises to 24, Triggers Probes appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The largest private energy company in Ukraine said it will invest 1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) for construction of the 650-MW Poltavska wind farm in that country.The post DTEK Will Build $1.4-Billion, 650-MW Wind Farm in Ukraine appeared first on POWER Magazine.

I have spent my entire career working at the intersection of infrastructure and power. Collaborating with colleagues in the utility industry has been an enormous part of my job for almost three decades. So much so, that I have been humbled by how many familiar faces have come up to me at recent power-focused conferences [...]The post The Blueprint for Meeting the Power Needs of AI appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Geothermal offers a variety of benefits when compared with other renewable energy resources.The post The POWER Interview: Advantages of Geothermal Deployment appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Electricity bills keep climbing, with Americans paying on average 32% more than five years ago. One of the key dynamics contributing to higher prices is electricity supply is not keeping up with surging demand. Demand growth is a positive marker of American economic expansion and innovation, but consumers can't keep footing rising costs. The U.S. [...]The post Reprocessing Gamble Could Drain Nuclear Waste Fund, Raise Electricity Prices appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Solx, a U.S.-based solar manufacturer, and Caelux, a U.S.-based leader in perovskite solar technology, announced a five-year, 3-GW strategic partnership and unveiled their breakthrough U.S.-made high-performance solar module.The post Solx, Caelux Partner to Scale Solar Energy Technology appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Ultra-long duration energy storage group Noon Energy announced an agreement with technology company Meta Platforms to reserve up to 1 GW/100 GWh of energy storage capacity. Noon on April 21 said the initial phase of the deal will be for a 25-MW/2.5-GWh project, set for completion by 2028.The post Meta Secures Power From Noon Energy to Serve Data Centers appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Next week, roughly 1,500 electric cooperative leaders will gather in Washington, D.C., to meet with lawmakers and federal agencies at a pivotal moment for the nation's energy future. They represent not-for-profit utilities that power 42 million Americans-many in rural communities-and they are coming with a clear message: smart energy policies are urgently needed to address [...]The post Electric Cooperative Leaders Advocate for Federal Policies Essential to Maintaining Affordable, Reliable Power appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Chinese officials have said they will revive a multibillion-dollar coal gasification project, in part due to global gas supply disruptions caused by the U.S. and Isreal's war with Iran.The post China Restarting Massive Coal-to-Gas Project After Decade-Long Pause appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Japan's largest power generation company has made a proposal to invest $2 billion for construction of a 500-MW combined-cycle and simple-cycle natural gas-fired power plant on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.The post Japanese Group Proposes $2-Billion Gas-Fired Power Plant for Hawaii appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Leading corporations are advancing their sustainability goals by investing in renewable energy, particularly through community solar credits that support both environmental and social impact. This trend follows the ever-growing solar market, driven by new production contracted by these large companies and utilities, businesses, and residential solar panel users. But to be sustainable, there's more to [...]The post Making Solar Truly Sustainable: The Case for Recycling End of Life Panels appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has set a June 2026 deadline to act in a high-stakes rulemaking that could redefine how massive new power users-including AI-driven data centers-connect to the U.S. interstate transmission system. In an April 16 order in its Interconnection of Large Loads to the Interstate Transmission System" docket (RM26-4-000), the commission [...]The post FERC Sets June Deadline to Rewrite Large-Load Grid Rules for AI-Era Power Demand appeared first on POWER Magazine.

After decades of relatively flat electricity demand, the U.S. power sector is suddenly racing to keep up-and rural electric cooperatives, which serve 42 million people across 54% of the nation's land mass, are feeling the squeeze as acutely as anyone. As a guest on The POWER Podcast, Jim Matheson, CEO of the National Rural Electric [...]The post Rural Co-ops Navigate a New Era of Load Growth, Rising Costs, and Policy Pressure appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The White House has launched a coordinated federal initiative to deploy nuclear reactors in space, directing NASA and the Department of War (DOW) to run parallel design competitions for fission systems that could power lunar bases and in-space missions by the end of the decade, and tasking the Department of Energy (DOE) to support fuel [...]The post White House Launches Space Nuclear Initiative, Sets Timeline for Lunar Reactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The data center industry is having a power problem. The problem is at the rack. Artificial intelligence (AI) is driving rack power into ranges where conversion losses are no longer background noise. Every piece of equipment in a data center rack-graphics processing units (GPUs), central processing units (CPUs), storage-runs on direct-current (DC) power. Most facilities [...]The post High-Density AI Is Forcing a Power Reckoning at the Rack appeared first on POWER Magazine.

For more than a decade, EPRI has been collaborating across the global supply chain to mature a technology that has the potential to fundamentally change how large nuclear components are manufactured. With the release of EPRI's Quick Insights: Electron Beam Welding for Heavy Section Components, we now have a clear picture of how far electron [...]The post Electron Beam Welding: Unlocking a New Era for Heavy Section Nuclear Components appeared first on POWER Magazine.

On April 7, Anthropic announced Project Glasswing, a coalition of 12 major technology companies marshaling a new frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model to find and fix critical software vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. While the announcement is framed around technology infrastructure broadly, the implications for the power sector are immediate and serious. Partner posts [...]The post Project Glasswing: What Power Companies and Grid Operators Need to Know appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Cassidy DeLine has spent more than 16 years developing renewable power plants. Now, as the founder and CEO of Linea Energy, she's building an independent power producer that she believes can do the work better, not by tearing up the playbook, but by running every play better. As a guest on The Power Podcast, DeLine [...]The post Renewables Reenvisioned: How Linea Energy Built a 7-GW Renewable Pipeline in Under Two Years appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A Florida-based startup intends to build factory-produced nuclear systems designed to fit in shipping containers and run for 30 years without refueling. Here's how the technology works-and where it stands. The global appetite for electricity is surging. Data centers, industrial electrification, and perhaps a coming wave of humanoid robotics are layering exponential demand onto a [...]The post Inside AMPERA's Bet on Subcritical Thorium Microreactors appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Longtime France-headquartered nuclear energy group Framatome and representatives from four utilities have signed a contract to advance the development of Framatome's 100% sovereign European VVER 440 fuel design.The post Framatome Joins Four Utilities to Advance VVER 440 Nuclear Fuel Design appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Energy resilience solutions provider Rehlko said that it has entered into a multi-year strategic engine framework agreement with INNIO Group, securing the supply of about 1.25 GW of gas engine capacity over the next three years.The post Rehlko, INNIO Have Deal For 1.25 GW of Gas Engine Capacity appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Tango Holdings announced it has commenced commercial operations at two new solar projects in Indiana and Ohio. The installations each have 100 MW of generation capacity.The post Tango Holdings Brings Indiana, Ohio Solar Projects Online appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Social media group TikTok said it would invest 1 billion ($1.16 billion) to build the company's second data center in Finland. TikTok on April 7 said the new facility would be in Lahti, in southern Finland, and would have capacity of 50 MW, scalable to 128 MW.The post TikTok Investing $1.16 Billion for Second Data Center in Finland appeared first on POWER Magazine.

With the ever-surging demand to power everything from data centers to growing industries, the need to incorporate new energy sources into our grid has never been more pressing, nor challenging.The post New Universal Shock Absorber' Is Stabilizing Force for Tomorrow's Grid appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Bad actors are quite savvy. Knowing that utility workers are distracted and resources are strained, bad actors like to ramp up their efforts during natural disasters.While handling these high-pressure situations, information technology (IT) personnel are faced with a challenge on multiple fronts: they have to quickly restore critical services, while simultaneously defending the network against heightened risk of cybersecurity threats.The post When the Levee Breaks: Managing Cybersecurity Threats During Natural Disasters appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Officials with Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said the energy company plans to resume operations at two coal-fired units for at least three months, as the country seeks to support its supply of electricity due to the energy impacts of the Iran war.The post Taiwan Joins Others in Asia Restarting Coal-Fired Units Due to Iran War appeared first on POWER Magazine.

BWX Technologies (BWXT) has formally notified the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of its intent to seek a uranium enrichment license for a new production facility in Erwin, Tennessee, as a concrete step toward restoring a domestic supply of highly enriched uranium (HEU) for naval nuclear propulsion. The Erwin facility will be a centerpiece of [...]The post BWXT Initiates NRC Pre-Application Process for HEU Enrichment Facility in Erwin, Tennessee appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Energy and analytics group Enverus said it has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-based platform that will serve as a new execution layer for the energy industry.The post Enverus Launches AI-Based Platform to Support Energy Industry appeared first on POWER Magazine.

GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) said it has entered into a main services agreement with AFRY, a Sweden-headquartered engineering, project management, and advisory company, to support deployment of GVH's BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) technology in that country.The post GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy Supporting Deployment of SMR in Sweden appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A subsidiary of Italy-headquartered Turboden has a turbine supply agreement with Texas-based Fervo Energy, a deal that will further support U.S. geothermal energy projects.The post Fervo, Turboden Sign 1.7-GW Turbine Deal for Geothermal Power Plants appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Westinghouse has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to renew and update the design certification for its AP1000 reactor, formally proposing Vogtle Unit 4's asbuilt configuration as the new standard reference plant for future AP1000 projects in the U.S. If accepted and docketed, the submittal-Revision 20 of the AP1000 Design Control Document (DCD)-would establish a [...]The post Westinghouse Files to Update AP1000 Design Certification, Make Vogtle Expansion the U.S. Reference Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

California-headquartered Antares, an advanced nuclear energy company, said it has received U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) approval of the Documented Safety Analysis for the company's Mark-0 reactor.The post Antares Receives DOE Approval of Mark-0 Demonstration Reactor appeared first on POWER Magazine.

A new think tank assessment argues that economics, proliferation concerns, and waste management barriers have shifted enough to make commercial nuclear fuel recycling viable in the U.S.-but only if Washington acts before the window closes. A think tank has warned the Trump administration that it has a narrow window to make the U.S. the first [...]The post Nuclear Recycling Has Reached a Prime Moment-and the U.S. May Be Running Out of Time appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The current state of the national power grid in Cuba is a response to an exceptionally complex scenario, marked by the intensification of the U.S. embargo and its direct impact on fuel supplies. This was the message delivered by First Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines, Argelio Jesus Abad Vigoa, during his appearance on the [...]The post Keeping the Lights On: How Cuba Is Fighting an Energy Crisis Under Tightened Sanctions appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Across the U.S., more than 60 advanced reactor developers are innovating with billions of dollars in public and private capital to meet rapidly growing electricity demand. But innovation alone does not deliver power. If nuclear power is to be an essential source for exploding power demands across the nation, we must make a strategic choice: [...]The post Scaling Advanced Nuclear Power: Picking Winners Now appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Officials in Italy have said they are prepared to restart that country's four remaining coal-fired power plants if supply issues for oil and natural gas persist due to the Iran war. The comments from Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin earlier this month came just days after government officials in an energy bill said they would [...]The post Italy Ready to Restart Coal-Fired Plants, Postpone Total Coal Phaseout appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved another 20-year operating license for California's lone nuclear power plant.The post NRC Extends Operating License for California's Diablo Canyon Nuclear Plant appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Since May 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued more than 40 emergency orders and extensions under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act-more than in any comparable period in the past two decades. The orders have fallen into two broad categories:retirement deferrals, which compel utilities and grid operators to keep specific generating [...]The post DOE's Section 202(c) Emergency Orders Since May 2025: 43 and Counting appeared first on POWER Magazine.

The Southwest Power Pool (SPP) said it has successfully expanded its service territory. The SPP's expanded operations took effect on April 1, and tThe regional transmission organization, or RTO, is now aligned with the Western Interconnection of the U.S. power grid.The post Southwest Power Pool Announces Expansion of Service Territory appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Renewable energy developers, independent power producers, utilities and investors have spent the past several years navigating a shifting trade environment affecting solar modules, batteries and wind components. Due to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, that now has changed for those who have utilized international supply chains to build their qualifying electric assets.The post Energy Projects May Qualify for Millions in Refunds: Revisiting Project Costs After IEEPA Ruling appeared first on POWER Magazine.

Aggreko has finalized a landmark power purchase agreement (PPA) with international mining company Harmony Gold for the Eva Copper Mine Project in Northwest Queensland, Australia. The PPA announced April 2 supports development of Australia's largest off-grid renewable hybrid power facility.The post Aggreko Signs PPA with Mining Group for Hybrid Power Facility in Australia appeared first on POWER Magazine.