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  • Power Generation in the Age of AI: Year-End 2025 Outlook

    In early 2020, the prevailing narrative in the power sector was a continuation story of the developments from the decade before: renewable buildout will keep compounding, thermal capacity will keep retiring (albeit at a slower rate), markets will evolve to compensate for flexible generation products, capital will keep moving earlier in the development value chain […]

  • Data Centers, the Grid, and the Assumptions That Don’t Hold Up

    The power sector is grappling with a fundamental mismatch: hyperscale data centers demand electricity at unprecedented speed and scale, while the infrastructure to serve them operates on timelines measured in years, not months. According to Stephen Empedocles, PhD, founder and CEO of Clark Street Associates (CSA), an advisory firm specializing in government funding for technology […]

  • Amazon Data Centers Aren’t Raising Your Electric Bills—They May Be Lowering Them

    [Ed. update 1/6/2026: This article has been updated to include additional context about the scope and methodology of the E3 study referenced herein.] As electricity demand from data centers continues to surge, a persistent question has dogged the industry: Are residential ratepayers footing the bill for massive tech infrastructure? According to Amazon Web Services (AWS) […]

  • Lebanon, Egypt Sign Deal to Supply Natural Gas for Lebanese Power Plant

    Officials from both Egypt and Lebanon have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deliver Egyptian natural gas to the Deir Ammar power plant in Lebanon.

  • DOE’s ‘Genesis Mission’ Enlists AI to Double U.S. Research Productivity in a Decade

    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched the “Genesis Mission,” a national effort to build an integrated artificial intelligence (AI) platform across its 17 national laboratories. According to The White House, the initiative will “accelerate scientific discovery, strengthen national security, secure energy dominance, enhance workforce productivity, and multiply the return on taxpayer investment into […]

  • NKT Completes Investment of New Test Hall and Capacity Expansion at Swedish Cable Accessories Site

    To support the high demand for high-voltage power cable accessories in Europe, NKT has invested in the construction of a new test hall, the expansion of production capacity, and a new office building at its cable accessories factory in Alingsas, Sweden. The new facilities are now fully operational, enhancing both the factory’s capacity and its […]

  • GE Vernova to Modernize a Key High-Voltage Power Transmission Link in India

    Contract from POWERGRID for Chandrapur 2 x 500-MW back-to-back high-voltage direct-current (HVDC) link Scope includes advanced HVDC controls and valves, delivered from GE Vernova’s facilities in India First HVDC refurbishment project awarded to GE Vernova in India GE Vernova Inc. announced that its Electrification Systems business has been awarded a contract by Power Grid Corp. […]

  • The Next Wave in Hydropower Condition Monitoring

    The hydropower industry stands at a critical juncture where traditional operation and maintenance are quickly becoming obsolete. As global energy demand surges and grid systems become increasingly dynamic, hydropower operators face unprecedented challenges in maintaining optimal machine performance under variable operating conditions while at the same time managing aging infrastructure and reduced staffing levels. Not […]

  • Entergy Arkansas Adding New Gas-Fired Power, Extending Nuclear as Part of Investment Plan

    Entergy Arkansas, the utility that provides electricity to about 735,000 customers in 63 counties in that state, announced a plan to add about 2.6 GW of new power generation capacity, in part by converting old coal-fired units to burn natural gas. It also is renewing the operating license for the 1.8-GW Arkansas Nuclear One power plant, the state’s only nuclear power station, with plans to invest in new equipment that would increase the facility’s output.

  • Japan Prepares to Restart Unit at World’s Largest Nuclear Power Plant

    Local government officials in Japan have given approval for the restart of a reactor at the world’s largest nuclear power plant. The Kashiwazaki-Kariwa facility, where seven reactors have total generation capacity of nearly 8,000 MW, has sat idle since early 2012 in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011, which caused Japan to shut down its nuclear power industry.