Power
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Gas
A Pioneering Approach to Building New Generation Resources
A North Dakota–based membership cooperative teamed with a major infrastructure engineering and construction group to build a new natural gas–fired power station, supporting an urgent need for power generation capacity in the region.
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Top Plant
In the Thar Desert, Pakistan Proves Its Indigenous Coal Can Be a Reliable Power Resource
Engro Powergen Thar Limited turned an untapped desert coalfield into Pakistan’s cheapest power—and a template for energy independence. Pakistan entered the second half of the 2010s in chronic power
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O&M
From 18 Forced Outages to Zero Missed Starts: How CPS Energy’s Arthur von Rosenberg Plant Rebuilt Its Reliability
A deliberate shift from reactive maintenance to a reliability-centered operating culture cut the 500-MW combined cycle plant’s forced outage rate by 90%—and delivered perfect availability through Texas’s
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Gas
Innovation Powers a Country’s Energy Transition
Vietnam’s growing economy and need for more electricity is being served by the country’s first power plant to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG). The Nhon Trach 3 and 4 expansion project is a finalist for a POWER Top Plant award for gas-fired generation.
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Distributed Energy
Seatrium’s Floating, Remote-Controlled DER Platform Sends First Electrons to Singapore’s Grid
Seatrium Limited, the Singapore-based offshore, marine, and energy engineering group formed in 2023 from the merger of Sembcorp Marine and Keppel Offshore & Marine, delivered its first electrons from its
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Energy Security
Speed as Strategy: Rabigh Reinforcement Delivers 1,179 MW on an Accelerated Timeline
Facing potential supply constraints along the Makkah-Jeddah corridor, Saudi Arabia’s power sector compressed a combined cycle schedule by months driven by early alignment, staged authorization, and
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Energy Security
World’s Largest Energy Lender Steers Federal Financing Toward Baseload, Transmission, and Nuclear
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) closed a loan of up to $3.26 billion to American Electric Power (AEP) Texas on July 8, the office’s third utility
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Electrification
Safety at Speed: Modern Grids Demand a Different Approach
At 4:30 a.m., before the sun is up, a lineworker steps onto a site that did not exist six months ago. By mid-morning, crews from three different contractors will be working in parallel: civil teams finishing trenching, electricians pulling cable, another crew preparing for energization. The schedule is tight. The handoffs are constant. On paper, […]
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Renewables
POWER Digest [August 2026]
VSB Group, part of TotalEnergies, in June said it had awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for a 20-MW solar project in Loberitz, Germany, to UK-headquartered INTEC Energy Solutions.
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Electrification
Keeping Pace With Electrical Complexity in the Age of Electrification
The conversation around electrification often centers on power generation and the grid capacity needed to support a more energy-intensive future. But an equally pressing challenge is emerging inside the
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O&M
Making Waste-to-Energy Plants More Reliable With Burner Retrofits
Inconsistent fuel quality puts constant strain on aging waste-to-energy boiler systems. Modernizing startup burners, combustion controls, and flame detection can restore reliability and keep plants
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Smart Grid
Enabling Modern Grid Flexibility With Coordinated, Location-Specific Optimization
Integrate high-load data centers and renewable energy without compromising grid reliability. Grid reliability hinges on the flexibility identified, managed, and optimized by operational technology (OT). The
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Energy Storage
The BESS Connection to the Grid—Ensuring Flexibility and Reliability
When designed to interface directly with a utility’s medium-voltage infrastructure, battery energy storage systems (BESS) must meet stringent performance, protection, and reliability requirements that extend
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Waste to Energy
Unlocking Waste-to-Energy for Energy Security and Regional Growth
Waste-to-energy technologies, long viewed mainly for waste management, are finding renewed relevance.
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Nuclear
The Two-Component Future: Fast Reactors Step Out of the Shadows at FR26
Nuclear power is experiencing yet another boom. This time it may genuinely lead to a sharp expansion of the global reactor fleet. Several drivers are at work: decarbonization requirements, growing energy
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Technology
Rediscovering Digital Twins for a New Power Era
Modern power challenges—from renewables and microgrids to artificial intelligence factories—are driving renewed adoption of digital twins as flexible, high-fidelity environments for zero-risk
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Legal & Regulatory
Will Siting Keep SMRs From Reaching Critical Mass?
Demand for electricity—particularly for large-load users like data centers—is increasing, raising the question of how best to meet the new demand.
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Nuclear
Chinese Government Approves Eight New Nuclear Units as Major Reactor Buildout Continues
Government officials in China have given the green light for construction of eight new nuclear reactors, as the country looks to add more electricity to meet growing demand for power.
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Fusion
Commonwealth Fusion Systems Raises Another $1 Billion as Work on Commercial Power Plant Continues
A varied group of investors has provided Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) with another $1 billion in equity financing, with the company on July 30 saying the funding supports the group’s continuing work toward operating a commercial fusion energy power plant.
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Commentary
The Hidden Biases in Utility Resource Modeling That Stack the Deck Against Clean Energy
What is the best mix of power generation to build and use in the years ahead? For U.S. integrated electric utilities balancing reliability, affordability, and state and federal policy, resource plans are the answer. But like with any model, these plans are only as robust as the information that is fed into them. Investors are […]
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Commentary
Your Battery Doesn’t Know What an Hour Is
Lithium-ion forklift battery life is measured in cycles, not hours. Here’s why hours-based promises mislead, and a simple formula to calculate real battery lifetime for your operation. The average human life expectancy in the U.S. is about 687,000 hours. That number is accurate, but it is also completely useless for estimating your individual lifetime. Car […]
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Energy Storage
Viridi BESS Installed at Oak Ridge Lab as Part of Grid Technology Research
Battery storage developer Viridi has announced a strategic partnership with the Dept. of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee to support research into next-generation utility grid technologies that advance grid resilience and reliability.
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Press Releases
Energy Vault Breaks Ground on AI Campus in Texas for Crusoe Spark Modular Data Centers
Energy Vault, a global energy infrastructure company that supports power grid reliability and next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing infrastructure, on July 27 announced that construction has commenced at its powered AI infrastructure campus in Snyder, Texas, for Crusoe Cloud.
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Partner Content
Digital transformation in nuclear power: How unified data platforms drive operational excellence
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Gas
Strategic Value Partners Takes Stake in 1.2-GW Ohio Gas-Fired Power Plant
Global investment firm Strategic Value Partners (SVP) said its SVP Funds group is acquiring a minority equity interest in the 1,182-MW South Field Energy natural gas-fired power plant in Columbiana County, Ohio.
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Commentary
Strategy Amid Uncertainty: Why Decisioning Maturity Is the Critical Differentiator in Today’s Power Markets
The pace of change in energy markets has never been faster. Price signals that once evolved over days now shift within settlement windows. Geopolitical shocks that once took weeks to propagate through commodity markets now ripple across interconnected European power grids and global liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply chains in hours. And amid this acceleration, […]
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Business
IHI Power Services Rebrands After Acquisition by Japan’s Kyuden
A major operator of power plants in the U.S. has a new name. IHI Power Services Corp. (IPSC) will now be known as Kyuden Energy Partners Corp. after the company finalized its acquisition by Japan-headquartered Kyuden International.
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Solar
Caelux Signs Partnership Deals With Leading India Solar Module Makers
A California-based solar power equipment group said it has signed two separate five-year, 5-GW commercialization partnerships with a pair of India’s leading solar module manufacturers.
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Research and Development
AI Is Usually Cast as a Grid Burden. The Genesis Mission Is Betting It’s a Grid Tool.
The explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) computing is, for most utilities, a problem to be absorbed: gigawatts of new data-center demand arriving faster than transmission can be planned or built. The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Genesis Mission does not dispute that framing. But buried in the national research portfolio it unveiled July 22 is […]
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Renewables
Avantus Brings Aratina 1 Solar-Plus-Storage Online in California
Renewable energy developer Avantus said its Aratina 1 solar-plus-storage project has entered commercial operation in California. The 200-MW/500-MWh installation in Kern County has long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE), a pair of community choice aggregators.