In This Issue
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NuclearReactor Restart Rekindling Japan’s Nuclear Renaissance
Japan is rebuilding its nuclear power fleet after the Fukushima disaster, with upgrades targeted toward ensuring safe operations. Japan continues work to restart its nuclear power fleet, which supplied about a
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EngineeringSaeul 3’s Nine-Year Nuclear Odyssey to Operation
Saeul 3 is the latest evolution of South Korea’s APR1400 program, completed after an extraordinary interruption in national nuclear policy, fortified during construction to address newer safety requirements
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gas turbinesAnsaldo Returns to U.S. Gas Turbine Market as Equipment Crunch Widens Supplier Field
A widening gas turbine supply crunch has prompted Ansaldo Energia to explore a new path back into the U.S. generation market after more than 30 years. The Italian manufacturer will supply California-based
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RenewablesEuropean Countries Boost Variety of Renewable Energy Projects
More solar power projects paired with energy storage are taking shape across Europe, with a variety of investors supporting assets in the UK and Italy, among other countries.
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BusinessIs the Smart Money Buying Operators Rather Than Megawatts?
The wait for a large gas turbine now runs longer than the time it takes to design, permit, and build the plant it will sit in. Order one today from any of the three largest manufacturers, and the delivery slot
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Data CentersPOWER Digest [September 2026]
Australia Moves to Make Data Centers Bring Power. The Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has urged energy ministers to require large data centers connecting to the National Electricity Market to bring
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CommentaryCoal Got an Order. Nuclear Got a Meeting
The most consequential number in current American energy planning is one that nobody in the room where it gets made believes.
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Legal & RegulatoryMake Every Data Center a Power Hub
America is debating data centers as though technological leadership and affordable electricity are competing goals. That framing misses the opportunity.
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Connected PlantCondenser Chemistry Management: From Grab Samples to Predictive Digital Twins
When I walk into the main office of a power plant, it’s always on the main TV screen, along with heat rate, load, and other critical numbers. I’m talking about condenser backpressure. Every power plant manager watches this number (Figure 1), and they should. A PEPSE (Performance Evaluation of Power System Efficiencies) analysis of a […]
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TechnologyMaking Energy Intensity a Controlled Variable
Rising power costs and load increases have elevated energy monitoring and analysis on plant agendas, but consumption only becomes controllable once it is reliably measured per unit produced and modeled
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Data CentersAI Data Centers Demand a New Model for Power Infrastructure
Unprecedented scale and load volatility are pushing developers beyond traditional generation strategies toward integrated, digitally orchestrated power systems built for speed, stability, and resilience. As
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WaterManage Water Use in Power and Energy With Reliable Process Instrumentation
From green hydrogen and coal wastewater, to data center cooling and steam cycle chemistry, reliable measurement helps power producers moderate water use, protect critical equipment, and comply with
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GasCleaner Gas, Smarter Design: A Practical Path to Lower-Emissions Power
Lower-emissions gas sourcing, efficient combined-cycle generation, and carbon capture-ready construction offer hyperscalers a way to meet data center power demands without compromising on emissions. As
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GasSupercritical CO2 for Gas Turbines: Accelerating Speed to Power
Many simple-cycle gas turbines are running harder than they were ever intended to—yet steam retrofits have never penciled out for most of that fleet. Supercritical CO 2 bottoming cycles change the economics
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Supply ChainsMatching Fasteners to the Application: Five Quality Controls
According to the U.S. Department of Energy, the domestic power system is facing mounting pressure from growing electricity demand, a backlog of generation interconnection requests, and an aging transmission
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HydrogenJapan’s Hydrogen Strategy Is About More Than Hydrogen
Japan for nearly a decade has been one of the world’s most committed proponents of hydrogen. It was among the first countries to establish a national hydrogen strategy, and it continues to invest heavily in
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O&MHow IoT and Industrial AI-Enabled Grids Are Transforming Utility Operations
Electricity grids historically have been relatively predictable systems. Power flowed in one direction, from centralized generation facilities through transmission and distribution networks to homes and
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EngineeringHow Full-Train Validation Is Raising the Reliability Benchmark for High-Power Steam Turbines
Triveni Turbine validated a complete 60-MW turbine-generator train—not just the turbine—inside its own factory, using a dynamometer to simulate real load conditions before the package ever reached its