Historically, generator inspections require rotor removal (Figure 3). There’s a significant level of risk during this process due to possible generator damage during the disassembly, and it also requires

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 30, 2024 Google Could Use Small Nuclear Reactors to Power Data Centers Google's top executive confirmed the company is working on large-scale data centers that would use more than 1 GW of power. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, in […]

In May, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and IRS released additional guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act’s (IRA’s) domestic content bonus, part of President Biden’s economic strategy to boost American manufacturing, and iron and steel production. The domestic content bonus credit is available to taxpayers that certify their qualified facility, energy project, or energy […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 25, 2024 Project Pele, DOD’s HTGR Mobile Nuclear Microreactor, Breaks Ground Groundbreaking has kicked off at Idaho National Laboratory (INL), where Project Pele—the Department of Defense’s (DOD’s) full-scale transportable microreactor prototype—will be placed for testing in 2026. When operational, the reactor… […]

Fusion energy is a promising form of power generation that aims to harness the same process that powers the sun and stars. Fusion involves combining two light atomic nuclei to form a heavier nucleus, releasing a large amount of energy in the process. This is the opposite of nuclear fission, which splits heavy atoms apart. […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 18, 2024 Impact of the IRA on U.S. Renewable Energy Manufacturing and Supply Chains The Inflation Reduction Act  was designed to enhance domestic manufacturing and secure domestic supply chains. The act, signed by President Biden in 2022, was sponsored by Sens. […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 16, 2024 How Trump or Harris Would Alter the U.S.’s Energy and Power Landscape A new U.S. president will be inaugurated in about four months. Polls show the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to be very close, with potentially […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 12, 2024 $2.33 Billion Solar-Plus-Storage Project Set in Nevada A solar-plus-storage project valued at more than $2.33 billion is preparing for construction after receiving a Record of Decision (ROD) from the U.S. Dept. of the Interior. Arevia Power on… GE Vernova […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 11, 2024 Major Project Rejected in Texas' Flagship Dispatchable Power Loan Program The Texas Energy Fund (TEF), a flagship loan program designed to boost the state's dispatchable generation, faced its first setback when the Public Utility Commission of Texas… Sponsored Content […]

Digital technology poses critical challenges for the power sector. As the backbone of modern society, any disruption to power infrastructure can have far-reaching consequences. To learn steps leading power companies can take to protect their systems, POWER interviewed Apu Pavithran, founder and CEO of Hexnode. Hexnode’s award-winning Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) platform has empowered organizations […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 9, 2024 $2.2B for 13 GW of New Transmission Capacity: DOE Unveils Latest Boost for U.S. Grid Modernization The Biden administration will invest $2.2 billion in eight projects under its Grid Resilience and Innovation Partnership (GRIP) program to bolster the nation's […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   September 4, 2024 Supreme Court Showdown: EPA Defends Carbon Capture Amid Power Industry Backlash The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has doubled down on its stance that carbon capture is “adequately demonstrated” in a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court as part […]

A run-of-river hydro project on the St. Joseph River in downtown South Bend, Indiana, spearheaded by the University of Notre Dame, was one of the first ever in the U.S. to utilize the StreamDiver propeller

Pumped-storage hydropower is seen as a key technology in China to balance the grid and store excess energy from intermittent sources like wind and solar. The 1.2-GW Jinzhai pumped-storage project is a model

Anyone who works in the power industry knows how important fasteners, such as nuts, bolts, and rivets, and gaskets are to plant operation. Fasteners provide structural integrity, effectively holding everything

Every year, I look forward to attending several power industry events. Among my favorites is the big event POWER hosts, known as Experience POWER Week. The conference will be held this year at the Renaissance

A new U.S. president will be inaugurated in less than five months. Polls show the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to be very close, with potentially only a few swing states deciding the election. While energy policy may not be a deciding factor for many Americans in choosing who they will vote for, […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   August 28, 2024 TVA Boosts Nuclear Funding with $150M for SMR Development at Clinch River The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA’s) board of directors has approved an additional $150 million for the public power utility’s $200 million New Nuclear Program to boost continued […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   August 26, 2024 The POWER Interview: Using Home Batteries to Support the Grid The Dell name is synonymous with technology and innovation, so perhaps it’s not surprising that a member of that famous computing family is working to solve the challenge of […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   August 12, 2024 Another Fourth-Generation Nuclear Reactor Begins Construction in the U.S. Construction of Hermes, Kairos Power’s 35-MWth iterative non-power demonstration molten salt nuclear reactor, has officially kicked off in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The effort marks another major step for the burgeoning advanced… […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   August 7, 2024 EIA: U.S. Coal Plant Stockpiles at Highest Level in Four Years Stockpiles of fuel at U.S. coal-fired electric plants are at their highest levels since the start of the pandemic. The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) on August 5 […]

Fuel cells are not some novel new technology. In fact, most history books credit the invention of the fuel cell to Welsh chemist and physicist William Grove, who, in the late 1830s and early 1840s, conducted experiments proving that electric current could be produced from an electrochemical reaction between hydrogen and oxygen over a platinum […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   August 5, 2024 NYISO Announces Interconnection Enhancements and Improvements The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has launched a new interconnection process with significant improvements and enhancements, crucial for integrating a high volume of new generation facilities onto the… Viking Link: The […]

Vietnam Electricity Group’s Ho Chi Minh City Power Corp. (EVNHCMC) deployed a distribution automation system that facilitates automatic—and very quick—fault detection and handling with a success rate of

I thought the title from R.E.M.’s 1987 song was a fitting headline for this article. I contemplated using Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” but I thought R.E.M.’s “stream of

Managers know that valves are important to plant operation. That’s why keeping them in top condition is a priority. Upgrading to advanced valve designs and reducing stress on valve materials are just a

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   July 29, 2024 Nuclear Power Startup Plans 6-GW Fleet of U.S. Plants A Kentucky-based group has announced plans to build a 6-GW fleet of nuclear power stations in the U.S., looking to take advantage of bipartisan support for nuclear technology and the… […]

Former U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-La.), who is now a senior policy advisor for the law firm Van Ness Feldman and co-chair of the Natural Allies Leadership Council, is keen on natural gas and believes it is part of the solution to reaching both domestic and global climate goals. “Natural gas in America is not […]

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   July 24, 2024 Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 Win POWER's Plant of the Year Award Adding new reactors to the U.S.’s fleet of nuclear power plants doesn’t happen every day. In fact, prior to the addition of Plant Vogtle Units 3 […]

In 2018, Cooperative Energy, a generation and transmission co-op headquartered in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, had an issue to deal with. Several years earlier, it had joined the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), giving the power provider access to a competitive market. However, Cooperative Energy’s R.D. Morrow Sr. Generating Station, a 400-MW two-unit coal-fired facility that had […]