Power Engineering

The turbine slot is the new critical path. POWERGEN 2027 examines what that means for plant execution

With gas turbines sold out into 2029, owners are committing capital early. Fluor’s James Brown previews his POWERGEN 2027 ...
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AI moves inside the plant: 1898 & Co. previews its POWERGEN case study

At POWERGEN 2027, 1898 & Co.’s Chris Wiles explains how an AI pilot with Cleco is turning scattered power plant asset data ...
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Black Hills to build 564 MW of new gas, manage 2.1 GW microgrid for Google data center in Wyoming

Black Hills plans $1.8 billion in natural gas generation and will manage a 2.1-GW microgrid to power Google's planned data ...
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Constellation, Vistra uprate deals signal fastest path to new nuclear megawatts

Google, Constellation Energy and DOE are betting billions on nuclear uprates that could add more than 1.3 GW of capacity as U ...
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Data centers are skipping the grid queue — and turning to on-site power

Enverus Intelligence Research forecasts 25.5 GW of new U.S. industrial demand will be served behind the meter through 2030 — with data centers accounting for a whopping 88%.
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Blue Energy files first NRC application for Texas gas-to-nuclear project

Project Rendering at Port of Victoria. Source: Blue Energy. Blue Energy has filed the first part of its construction permit application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission for its inaugural ...
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Google to pay for nuclear uprates at Georgia Power’s Hatch, Vogtle plants

Georgia Power and Google announced a new agreement under which Google will support uprates on Georgia Power’s owned portion of the nuclear units at Plants Vogtle and Hatch that will allow the ...
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Hydropower licensing requirements have exploded. The industry says the grid could pay.

A new analysis from the National Hydropower Association says mandatory licensing conditions for U.S. hydropower projects have increased roughly tenfold since 1980, just as electricity demand enters a ...
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Duane Arnold’s nuclear restart in eastern Iowa gets $1.9B boost from DOE

Duane Arnold nuclear facility. Source: NextEra Energy. NextEra Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) have agreed to a deal providing a loan of up to $1.9 billion to help restart Iowa’s only ...
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PacifiCorp named Host Utility for POWERGEN 2027 in Salt Lake City

POWERGEN is proud to announce that PacifiCorp will serve as the Host Utility for the 2027 annual event, which will take place January 18–21, 2027, at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake ...
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First ‘gas-plus-nuclear’ plant for data centers, advanced manufacturing is closer to becoming a reality

GVH BWRX-300 SMR (Credit: GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy) Blue Energy, a developer of prefabricated nuclear power plants, and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) have announced the signing of ...
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Westinghouse Electric files for IPO as nuclear demand grows

Nuclear contractor Westinghouse Electric Company, a supplier of nuclear technology and services, announced it has confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 with the ...