power generation Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/power-generation/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:53:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg power generation Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/power-generation/ 32 32 Flamanville 3: Europe’s Hard-Won Nuclear Milestone https://www.powermag.com/flamanville-3-europes-hard-won-nuclear-milestone/ https://www.powermag.com/flamanville-3-europes-hard-won-nuclear-milestone/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 14:53:52 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245530 Flamanville 3 synchronized to the French grid in December 2024 after a prolonged, hard-fought build—an achievement that reflects years of technical recovery, regulatory rigor, and lessons now shaping

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/flamanville-3-europes-hard-won-nuclear-milestone/feed/ 0 Investor-Owned Utilities to Spend $1.1T in Grid Boost as Power Demand Spirals https://www.powermag.com/investor-owned-utilities-to-spend-1-1t-in-grid-boost-as-power-demand-spirals/ https://www.powermag.com/investor-owned-utilities-to-spend-1-1t-in-grid-boost-as-power-demand-spirals/#respond Thu, 09 Oct 2025 21:14:26 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=242883 America’s investor-owned electric companies are poised to deploy record-setting investment to launch one of the most aggressive infrastructure modernization campaigns in industry history in a bid to confront unprecedented electricity demand growth and prepare for a fundamentally transformed energy landscape. In total, over the next five years, the industry is poised to invest more than […]

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Total capital expenditures by U.S. investor-owned electric companies, 2015–2029. EEI projects $1.1 trillion in new grid investment over the next five years. Courtesy: Edison Electric Institute, Industry Capital Expenditures—2025 Projections (October 2025)

]]> https://www.powermag.com/investor-owned-utilities-to-spend-1-1t-in-grid-boost-as-power-demand-spirals/feed/ 0 LandBridge and NRG Strike 1.1-GW Gas-Fired Deal to Power Delaware Basin Data Center in Texas https://www.powermag.com/landbridge-and-nrg-strike-1-1-gw-gas-fired-deal-to-power-delaware-basin-data-center-in-texas/ https://www.powermag.com/landbridge-and-nrg-strike-1-1-gw-gas-fired-deal-to-power-delaware-basin-data-center-in-texas/#respond Thu, 25 Sep 2025 22:08:42 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=242087 LandBridge Co., a Permian-focused land and infrastructure firm with 277,000 surface acres in the Delaware sub-region in Texas, and NRG Energy, one of the U.S.’s largest independent power producers, have inked a strategic agreement for a potential 1,100 MW natural gas–fired generation facility in Reeves County, Texas, to power a hyperscale data center. The agreement, […]

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Map of U.S. data center power demand by region: PJM leads with about 67 GW and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) with over 20 GW, together accounting for around 60 % of national development. Courtesy: Enerdatics, US Data Center Power Demand Surpasses 150 GW (Aug. 4, 2025)

]]> https://www.powermag.com/landbridge-and-nrg-strike-1-1-gw-gas-fired-deal-to-power-delaware-basin-data-center-in-texas/feed/ 0 Japan’s First SOEC Hydrogen Demonstration Launched at Thermal Power Plant https://www.powermag.com/japans-first-soec-hydrogen-demonstration-launched-at-thermal-power-plant/ https://www.powermag.com/japans-first-soec-hydrogen-demonstration-launched-at-thermal-power-plant/#respond Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:34:47 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=242076 Japanese utility giant JERA and automotive technology firm DENSO have begun Japan’s first demonstration of hydrogen production using solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) systems at JERA’s Shin-Nagoya Thermal Power Station in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, a 3,058 MW combined-cycle LNG facility. The demonstration tests 200-kW SOEC water electrolysis systems developed by DENSO with the key aim […]

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Hydrogen production demonstration facilities equipped with DENSO’s solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) system installed at JERA’s Shin-Nagoya Thermal Power Station in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture. Courtesy: JERA

]]> https://www.powermag.com/japans-first-soec-hydrogen-demonstration-launched-at-thermal-power-plant/feed/ 0 PJM’s Record-High Capacity Prices Spark Sector Reckoning as Market Signals, Policy Battles Intensify https://www.powermag.com/pjms-record-high-capacity-prices-spark-sector-reckoning-as-market-signals-policy-battles-intensify/ https://www.powermag.com/pjms-record-high-capacity-prices-spark-sector-reckoning-as-market-signals-policy-battles-intensify/#respond Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:51:06 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=238618 Capacity prices in PJM Interconnection’s latest auction spiked to the market’s price ceiling, hitting $329.17/MW-day across the board for the 2026/2027 delivery year—the maximum allowed under new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rules. The regional transmission organization’s (RTO’s) competitive Base Residual Auction (BRA), conducted on July 9, 2025, and released on July 22, secured 134,311 […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/pjms-record-high-capacity-prices-spark-sector-reckoning-as-market-signals-policy-battles-intensify/feed/ 0 Buyer Beware: Deeper Pockets Funding Deeply Speculative Power Sector Expansion https://www.powermag.com/buyer-beware-deeper-pockets-funding-deeply-speculative-power-sector-expansion/ https://www.powermag.com/buyer-beware-deeper-pockets-funding-deeply-speculative-power-sector-expansion/#respond Mon, 30 Jun 2025 18:36:01 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=236617 As billions of dollars flood into the historically niche electricity sector, U.S. power generation is having a moment and entering what may be its most consequential investment cycle in decades. The U.S. power space saw record levels of capital investments in 2024. These billions in new investments are coming not just from legacy participants, but […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/buyer-beware-deeper-pockets-funding-deeply-speculative-power-sector-expansion/feed/ 0 GE Vernova, IHI Launch Test Hub to Enable 100% Ammonia Combustion in F-Class Gas Turbines by 2030 https://www.powermag.com/ge-vernova-ihi-launch-test-hub-to-enable-100-ammonia-combustion-in-f-class-gas-turbines-by-2030/ https://www.powermag.com/ge-vernova-ihi-launch-test-hub-to-enable-100-ammonia-combustion-in-f-class-gas-turbines-by-2030/#respond Mon, 23 Jun 2025 13:18:21 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=235999 Japanese integrated heavy industry group IHI Corp. and GE Vernova have inaugurated a new Large-Scale Combustion Test (LCT) facility at IHI’s Aioi Works in Hyogo, Japan, marking a pivotal step in their joint effort to commercialize gas turbine combustors capable of burning up to 100% ammonia by 2030. The facility will accelerate full-scale prototype testing […]

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A 6F.03 GE Vernova F-class gas turbine. Courtesy: GE Vernova

]]> https://www.powermag.com/ge-vernova-ihi-launch-test-hub-to-enable-100-ammonia-combustion-in-f-class-gas-turbines-by-2030/feed/ 0 NuScale Advances SMR-Powered Desalination and Hydrogen Production with Integrated Brine Reuse Strategy https://www.powermag.com/nuscale-advances-smr-powered-desalination-and-hydrogen-production-with-integrated-brine-reuse-strategy/ https://www.powermag.com/nuscale-advances-smr-powered-desalination-and-hydrogen-production-with-integrated-brine-reuse-strategy/#respond Wed, 18 Jun 2025 14:54:32 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=235684 Small modular reactor (SMR) technology developer NuScale Power has unveiled research programs that could advance an energy system that integrates its nuclear technology to produce desalinated water and hydrogen, while reusing brine waste as an industrial feedstock. The research, developed in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/nuscale-advances-smr-powered-desalination-and-hydrogen-production-with-integrated-brine-reuse-strategy/feed/ 0 The Outlook for Energy M&A Amid Global Tariff War https://www.powermag.com/the-outlook-for-energy-ma-amid-global-tariff-war/ https://www.powermag.com/the-outlook-for-energy-ma-amid-global-tariff-war/#respond Tue, 27 May 2025 19:20:14 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=234547 The uncertainty surrounding the global tariff war is reshaping the landscape of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) within the energy sector. This dynamic environment presents both challenges and opportunities for investors, compelling them to navigate a complex web of trade policies, supply chain disruptions, and geopolitical shifts.

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/the-outlook-for-energy-ma-amid-global-tariff-war/feed/ 0 DOE Chief Backs Fossil, Nuclear Push Amid Budget and Staffing Questions https://www.powermag.com/doe-chief-backs-fossil-nuclear-push-amid-budget-and-staffing-questions/ https://www.powermag.com/doe-chief-backs-fossil-nuclear-push-amid-budget-and-staffing-questions/#respond Thu, 08 May 2025 20:04:53 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=233805 U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright on May 7 told lawmakers that the Department of Energy (DOE) is entering what he called “a golden era of American energy dominance,” outlining the Trump administration’s strategy to prioritize fossil fuels, nuclear power, grid modernization, and permitting reform, while positioning the U.S. to lead in artificial intelligence (AI) […]

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