POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   May 12, 2025 Understanding the April 2025 Iberian Peninsula Blackout: Early Analysis and Lessons Learned On April 28, 2025, at 12:33 p.m. local time, a significant blackout affected the entire Iberian Peninsula, plunging Spain and Portugal into darkness. During a… Google Will […]

On April 28, 2025, at 12:33 p.m. local time, a significant blackout affected the entire Iberian Peninsula, plunging Spain and Portugal into darkness. During a webcast on May 6, Sean McGuinness, Transmission and Distribution Protection Research Program Manager with EPRI, provided background on the Spanish and Portuguese power grids, and an overview of the events […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   May 7, 2025 Trump's EPA Grants Dozens of Coal Plants Exemption From Emissions Rules The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted nearly 70 coal-fired U.S. power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   May 5, 2025 How PG&E Is Supporting EV Growth Without Expensive Grid and Home Upgrades As electric vehicles (EVs) surge in popularity, many American homeowners are discovering a hidden obstacle to the EV transition: the aging electrical infrastructure of the nation’s housing […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   May 1, 2025 What Trump’s First 100 Days Have Meant to the Power Industry U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into office for the second time on Jan. 20, 2025. That means April 30 marked his 100th day back in office. A […]

As electric vehicles (EVs) surge in popularity, many American homeowners are discovering a hidden obstacle to the EV transition: the aging electrical infrastructure of the nation’s housing stock. While

Modern pumping systems and precision control valves are revolutionizing how power generation facilities manage their critical fluid systems, delivering substantial energy savings, reduced emissions, and

U.S. President Donald Trump was sworn into office for the second time on Jan. 20, 2025. That means April 30 marks his 100th day back in office. A lot has happened during that relatively short period of time (Figure 1). The Trump administration has implemented sweeping changes to U.S. energy policy, primarily focused on promoting […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   April 28, 2025 Duke Energy, GE Vernova Strike Major Gas Turbine Deal to Support Explosive Demand Growth Duke Energy has signed a sweeping partnership with GE Vernova for the supply of advanced gas turbines and associated equipment—potentially securing up to 11 of […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   April 24, 2025 Duke Energy, GE Vernova Strike Major Gas Turbine Deal to Support Explosive Demand Growth Duke Energy has signed a sweeping partnership with GE Vernova for the supply of advanced gas turbines and associated equipment—potentially securing up to 11 of […]

The power industry supply chain is facing unprecedented strain as utilities race to upgrade aging infrastructure against a backdrop of lengthening lead times and increasing project complexity. As one Midwestern utility executive recently noted, “Transformers that once arrived in three months now take up to two years to source,” highlighting a crisis that extends far […]

As the global energy landscape undergoes unprecedented transformation, Hitachi Energy stands at the forefront of technologies driving the transition toward a more sustainable and flexible power system. In this exclusive interview with POWER, Massimo Danieli, managing director for Hitachi Energy’s Grid Automation business unit, offers valuable insights into how electrification, renewable integration, and digital solutions […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   April 23, 2025 Group Projects 100-GW Rise in Global Nuclear Power Capacity Across Next Decade A new report from GlobalData, a data and analytics group, projects global nuclear power capacity will hit 494 GW by 2035. The group said capacity gains will […]

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POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   April 17, 2025 Trump's EPA Grants Dozens of Coal Plants Exemption From Emissions Rules The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted nearly 70 coal-fired U.S. power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   April 14, 2025 Nation’s Power Operators Warn Congress of a Coming Reliability Shortfall Seven major U.S. grid operators have raised a unified alarm about an impending capacity crunch, warning that the pace and scale of explosive demand—including from data centers, manufacturing, and […]

As the presidential inauguration loomed on the horizon in January this year, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Loan Programs Office (LPO) published a “year-in-review” article, highlighting accomplishments from 2024 and looking ahead to the future. It noted that the previous four years had been the most productive in the LPO’s history. “Under the Biden-Harris […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   April 9, 2025 Nation's Largest Gas-Fired Plant Planned at Former Pennsylvania Coal Plant Site Officials in Pennsylvania have announced the redevelopment of a former coal-fired power plant site into a $10-billion-plus data center campus that will be powered by natural gas, in […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   April 7, 2025 Heathrow Airport Transformer Fire Prompts Urgent Inquiry, Exposes Cracks in Grid Resilience One week after a catastrophic fire at the North Hyde electrical substation plunged the UK’s flagship Heathrow Airport into chaos, questions are mounting about what went wrong—and […]

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has for many years been evaluating emerging nuclear technologies, including small modular reactors, as part of technology innovation efforts aimed at developing the energy system of the future. TVA—the largest public power provider in the U.S., serving more than 10 million people in parts of seven states—currently operates seven reactors […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   April 2, 2025 Trump's EPA Set to Undo Limits on Power Plant Emissions The Trump administration has announced several regulatory rollbacks designed to curb limits on power plant emissions, along with cutting protections for air and water quality. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) […]

I think most POWER readers are familiar with financial indexes such as the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and the S&P 500. These indices are widely reported on by news outlets and followed by many

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   March 31, 2025 More Natural Gas-Fired Plants Planned to Support Ohio Data Centers An Ohio town known as a hub for the burgeoning data center industry may soon have one or more new natural gas-fired power plants to support the area's need […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   March 26, 2025 DOE Reissues $900M Nuclear SMR Opportunity, Scraps Community Criteria to Focus on Technical Merit The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has reissued a $900 million funding opportunity to accelerate deployment of Generation III+ small modular reactors (SMRs), removing community […]

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A virtual power plant (VPP) is a network of decentralized, small- to medium-scale power generating units, flexible power consumers, and storage systems that are aggregated and operated as a single entity through sophisticated software and control systems. Unlike a traditional power plant that exists in a single physical location, a VPP is distributed across multiple […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   March 17, 2025 Canada Bitcoin Miner Acquiring Two Pennsylvania Coal Plants A Canada-based crypto mining company is acquiring two Pennsylvania coal-fired power plants as part of its purchase of a digital mining group. Sponsored Content Three Steps Power Facilities Must Prioritize to […]

Net-demand energy forecasts are critical for competitive market participants, such as in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) and similar markets, for several key reasons. For example, accurate forecasting helps predict when supply-demand imbalances will create price spikes or crashes, allowing traders and generators to optimize their bidding strategies. It’s also important for asset […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   March 10, 2025 Lawmakers Scrutinize Power Sector's Future as Surging Demand Raises Alarms In a hearing that underscored the mounting challenges facing the American power sector, industry leaders warned Congress that the nation’s power infrastructure is approaching a precarious juncture as unprecedented […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   March 5, 2025 Canada Bitcoin Miner Acquiring Two Pennsylvania Coal Plants A Canada-based crypto mining company is acquiring two Pennsylvania coal-fired power plants as part of its purchase of a digital mining group. LG&E, KU Propose $3.7B Power Buildout: 1.3 GW of […]