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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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AI Innovations in Renewable Energy: Transforming the Sector

AI is transforming renewable energy. It can optimize performance, improve efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance reliability. But emerging risks must be addressed to fully realize AI’s potential for a smarter, more sustainable energy future.

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WA Parish Integrates Thermal Evaporation to Tackle FGD Wastewater
POWER’s 2026 Water Award winner—WA Parish Unit 8 in Texas—integrated commercial-scale thermal evaporation into an operating coal plant, pairing verified performance with a retrofit that leveraged
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.
 
Central Hudson Gas & Electric Wins POWER's Community Impact Award
Central Hudson Gas & Electric, located in Poughkeepsie, New York, and serving the suburbs of metropolitan New York City north to the Capital District at Albany, commemorated more than a…
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The Handover Opportunity: Turning Investment Into Performance

Record capital investment and long equipment lead times are raising the stakes for power projects.  As new assets move from commissioning into operation, success depends on more than getting them built.  It requires ensuring critical information, context, and decisions move with them.  Discover why getting the handover right is critical to turning capital investment into operational performance.

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POWER's 2026 Rising Star Award Winner: Jack Southard
When Arevon Energy needed someone to lead financing on Nighthawk, a 300-MW/1,200-MWh battery storage project the company had been working on when Nimmi Kavasery came onboard as the managing director…
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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,…
ArcLight Completes Acquisition of 50% Stake in 5.4-GW Diversified Power Infrastructure Portfolio
ArcLight Capital Partners, an investor in power and energy infrastructure, said its fund has completed the acquisition of a 50% stake in IATP, a large-scale, 5.4-GW power portfolio comprising 11…
Renewable Energy Group Acquires 715-MW Solar Power Portfolio
ibV Energy Partners, a developer of integrated solar and storage power plants across the U.S., and Exus Renewables North America, an independent owner, developer and operator of utility-scale renewable energy…
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POWER Honors Bloom Energy’s KR Sridhar with 2026 Executive Leadership Award
For nearly 25 years, KR Sridhar has argued that large electricity users should not have to wait for the grid to reach them. The proposition once sounded ahead of its…
Community Impact Award Finalist: Philippine Coal Plants’ Scholarship Program
Just hours before his flight back to work on Aug. 24, 2026, seafarer John Cris Tropicales watched his younger brother graduate with a bachelor’s degree in criminology, reported Ulysses “Chuckie”…
Executive Leadership Award Finalist: Westinghouse CTO Dr. Lou Martinez Sancho
At the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, hosted by Sen. Dave McCormick at Carnegie Mellon University on July 15, 2025, Westinghouse Electric Co. put a live proof of concept…
Executive Leadership Award Finalist: Sherman Knight of Competitive Power Ventures
Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), a developer, owner, and operator of thermal and renewable generation projects, with headquarters in Maryland and offices in Massachusetts and Texas, lauded CEO Sherman Knight for his leadership skills.
Rising Star Finalist: Mishaal SyedNaveed Advances Battery Storage Fire Safety
As battery energy storage systems move into larger and denser configurations, fire and explosion risk has become one of the industry’s most closely scrutinized engineering challenges. At Wärtsilä Energy Storage,…
Rising Star Award Finalist: Naphtal Haya of DNV Energy USA
POWER's Rising Star Award focuses on individuals who have had a positive impact on the power generation sector early in their careers.
Reinvention Award Finalist: Moneypoint Synchronous Condenser
The integration of intermittent renewable energy to power grids worldwide has meant there's a need for technologies designed to support grid stability.
Water Award Finalist: Conroe, Texas, Water System
Schneider Electric partnered with the City of Conroe to deploy EcoStruxure Automation Expert (EAE), an open, software-defined automation platform, across all 19 of the city’s water and wastewater facilities as part of a $50-million infrastructure upgrade, the most ambitious in the city’s history.
Water Award Finalist: Mega Reservoirs Project in Qatar
Qatar’s strategic potable water storage has grown from about 2.5 days of supply to roughly 5.5 days, according to the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation (KAHRAMAA). The utility credits…
Hydrogen Award Finalist: Total Hydrogen Solutions’ Texas Production Facility
Late in construction of Total Hydrogen Solutions’ new hydrogen plant in Katy, Texas, someone cut and stole the incoming high-voltage cable. The theft forced a complete replacement of the affected…
The Blackout Behind the Blackout: What Sarnia’s 2003 Outages Reveal About Restart Risk
Restoring customer supply is not the same event as restoring a process plant. Sarnia’s 2003 outages show why power-system resilience has to be carried through safe shutdown, utilities, environmental controls,…
Operational Drift Is Risky Business for Power Generators
Power generation operators are navigating a major workforce transition at the same time operations and maintenance (O&M) work is becoming more complex. Deloitte’s 2025 Power and Utilities Industry Outlook notes…
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