Aaron Larson
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Aaron Larson

  • GAS POWER Direct—April 9, 2025

    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 […]

  • T&D POWER Direct—April 7, 2025

    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 […]

  • TVA’s Clinch River Nuclear Power Project: Where Things Stand Today

    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 […]

  • COAL POWER Direct—April 2, 2025

    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) […]

  • POWER’s Power Industry Market Index: A Relative Health Gauge for the Industry

    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

  • Best of POWER—March 31, 2025

    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 […]

  • NUCLEAR POWER Direct—March 26, 2025

    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 […]

  • April 2025 POWER Magazine Preview

    For a preview of the April 2025 issue of POWER magazine, watch this video featuring the editors of POWER.  

  • How Virtual Power Plants Enhance Grid Operations and Resilience

    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 […]

  • Best of POWER—March 17, 2025

    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 […]