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Google Deal Backs 890 MW of Constellation Nuclear Uprates at 11 PJM Reactors
Hyperscaler Google and Constellation Energy, the largest nuclear operator in the U.S., have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) designed to support $4.3 billion of upgrades at 11 nuclear…
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Rethinking Power Architecture for AI Data Centers

As AI workloads drive unprecedented power demand and grid constraints intensify, power availability is becoming a defining commercial risk for data center developers.  Explore how integrated strategies combining onsite generation, battery storage and advanced controls can create more reliable, resilient and flexible power systems built for AI’s speed and variability.

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Redesigning Steam Turbines for the SMR Era
Small modular reactors (SMRs) borrow steam turbine engineering from both coal-fired and nuclear plants, but the resulting “wet steam” problem, with exhaust moisture topping 15%, demands a fresh set of
Nuclear Plant Restarts Show What Government Can Do With a Clear Mandate
On Aug. 30, workers at the Palisades Nuclear Plant in Covert Township, Michigan, began loading 204 fuel assemblies into a reactor vessel that had sat empty since the plant shut…
 
A Greener Grid: Florida Facility Turning Hydrogen into Power
The DeBary Hydrogen Production Storage System, part of the DeBary power plant complex, is the winner of POWER's Top Plant Award for hydrogen. It is the first facility in the U.S. to produce, store, and burn 100% green hydrogen for power generation.
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Plan Ahead: 7FA & 7EA Rotor Life Extension Options

As hundreds of 7FA and 7EA gas turbines approach rotor end-of-life, long forging lead times and limited shop capacity are making early planning critical. MD&A has spent a decade developing an independent solution, from reverse-engineered rotor components to a seed rotor exchange program designed to help minimize downtime.

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Retired and Retiring Coal Plants Offer the Grid's Fastest Path to New Capacity
The issue of load growth for the power grid and electric utilities has an overlooked answer: reinvesting in the coal-fired power plant sites being retired.
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Chernobyl at 40: The World’s Worst Nuclear Power Accident and Where It Stands Now
On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, POWER sent a freelance photographer and correspondent to the site in Ukraine to document the massive decommissioning effort still underway—and the new
Vistra in Line for $4.2B DOE Loan Package to Uprate Nuclear Plants in Ohio and Pennsylvania
The Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) has announced a conditional loan commitment of up to $4.2 billion to finance uprates and modernization at Vistra's Beaver…
Army Selects Three Developers for Commercial Power Projects at Six Installations
The U.S. Army has conditionally selected three private developers to negotiate long-term leases for commercial power generation at six installations in a new Strategic Capital Initiatives round that could bring battery storage,…
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Google, Georgia Power Have Deal to Support Nuclear Power Plant Uprates
Electric utility Georgia Power and tech giant Google said the companies have an agreement under which Google will support power uprates at two of the utility's nuclear power plants.
Parr Station Modernization Writes the Next Chapter in a Century of Reinvention
POWER’s 2026 Reinvention Award goes to Dominion Energy South Carolina’s Parr Station, where new dual-fuel turbines replace decades-old peaking units and extend a century-long pattern of reinvention at one
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