Global investment group and asset manager Blackstone said it will support construction of a 600-MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in West Virginia. The Wolf Summit Energy facility, which will feature GE Vernova equipment, is affiliated with Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, which serves about 1.5 million customers across three states.

POWER Magazine   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   November 17, 2025 Entergy Mississippi Adding Third Gas-Fired Power Plant to 'Superpower' Strategy Entergy Mississippi announced plans to build a 754-MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired power plant in Vicksburg. The $1.2-billion Vicksburg Advanced Power Station will replace the former Baxter Wilson Steam Electric […]

Securing a reliable supply of electricity requires plenty of research to balance the risks and rewards of striking a deal.

The retirement of older thermal power generation facilities, driven by a transition to cleaner forms of energy, has increased in recent years as utilities and other power generators mothball plants that are uneconomic or simply no longer needed.

POWER Magazine   Why POWER? Gas Power   Jobs   White Papers  Webinars   Events   Store   November 12, 2025 Nuclear, Natural Gas Power Generation Planned for Massive New Mexico Data Center Site A Texas-based developer and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure and integrated power assets announced it has entered into a land option […]

Independent power producer Treaty Oak Clean Energy recently announced it finalized long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with technology group Meta Platforms for two utility-scale solar projects in Louisiana. Meta officials said the company would advance its clean energy and sustainability commitments by buying the environmental attributes generated by the facilities in Morehouse and Sabine parishes, which together will have 385 MW of generation capacity.

A Texas-based developer and operator of next-generation digital infrastructure and integrated power assets announced it has entered into a land option purchase agreement for a site in New Mexico that would feature a vast data center center campus. The plan announced November 6 calls for more than 2 GW of natural gas-fired generation capacity, and 5 GW or more of nuclear power, to energize the 3,500-acre site.

Two companies active in the global clean energy space are collaborating on what they say is Europe’s largest battery energy storage installation. LEAG Clean Power GmbH and Fluence Energy GmbH, a subsidiary of Fluence Energy, on November 7 announced a 1-GW/4-GWh system that will be built in Jänschwalde, Germany.

Global engineering and construction group Bechtel said it will work with Doral Renewables to design and build a 430-MW solar power station in Texas. The Cold Creek Solar+Storage project, sited in Schleicher and Tom Green counties, also will include a 340-MWh battery energy storage system.

California-based Clearway Energy Group said it has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA), along with a 20-year deal to secure energy storage, with a utility organization in Washington state.