grid modernization Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/grid-modernization/ 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 Tue, 02 Dec 2025 10:13:48 +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 grid modernization Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/grid-modernization/ 32 32 Data Centers and the Grid: Key Insights from POWER’s Inaugural Data Center POWER eXchange Summit https://www.powermag.com/data-centers-and-the-grid-key-insights-from-powers-inaugural-data-center-power-exchange-summit/ https://www.powermag.com/data-centers-and-the-grid-key-insights-from-powers-inaugural-data-center-power-exchange-summit/#respond Mon, 01 Dec 2025 15:59:27 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=245428 POWER breaks down the top insights from Data Center POWER eXchange, its unique one-day summit curated by POWER’s editorial team and convened to examine the collision between accelerating data center load and tightening grid constraints.  The rise of artificial intelligence is poised to create the fastest, largest, and most concentrated surge of electricity demand in […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/data-centers-and-the-grid-key-insights-from-powers-inaugural-data-center-power-exchange-summit/feed/ 0 POWER Interview: CyrusOne Expert on How AI Is Reshaping the Data Center–Utility Relationship https://www.powermag.com/power-interview-cyrusone-expert-on-how-ai-is-reshaping-the-data-center-utility-relationship/ https://www.powermag.com/power-interview-cyrusone-expert-on-how-ai-is-reshaping-the-data-center-utility-relationship/#respond Wed, 12 Nov 2025 13:54:26 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=244776 CyrusOne’s Jim Roche details how AI-driven workloads, high-density racks, and liquid cooling are transforming the data center–utility relationship. Only a decade ago, few in the power sector could have predicted that the digital economy’s engine—the data center—would become a central concern for utility planners, grid operators, and energy policymakers. For much of its history, data […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/power-interview-cyrusone-expert-on-how-ai-is-reshaping-the-data-center-utility-relationship/feed/ 0 Oracle Taps VoltaGrid for 2.3-GW Modular Gas Fleet to Power AI Data Centers Across Texas https://www.powermag.com/oracle-taps-voltagrid-for-2-3-gw-modular-gas-fleet-to-power-ai-data-centers-across-texas/ https://www.powermag.com/oracle-taps-voltagrid-for-2-3-gw-modular-gas-fleet-to-power-ai-data-centers-across-texas/#respond Wed, 15 Oct 2025 20:30:43 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=243158 Texas-based rapid-deployment power specialist VoltaGrid will deploy 2,300 MW of modular, ultra-low-emissions natural gas generation to support Oracle Cloud Infrastructure’s (OCI’s) artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, backed by firm fuel from Energy Transfer’s 140,000-mile pipeline and storage network. Under the collaboration announced Oct. 15, VoltaGrid said its proprietary modular platform—featuring INNIO Jenbacher reciprocating engines and […]

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This VoltaGrid microgrid in Midland, Texas, supplies 70 MW of natural gas-generated power to support production operations and a low-carbon hydraulic fracturing site. The system transmits 40 MW via a dedicated 25-kV line to an electrical submersible pump (ESP) production grid, ensuring continuous, 24/7 operations. A second independent 30-MW line powers a low-carbon electric fracturing site, where portable, custom-designed mobile substations convert the voltage for site distribution. Courtesy: VoltaGrid

]]> https://www.powermag.com/oracle-taps-voltagrid-for-2-3-gw-modular-gas-fleet-to-power-ai-data-centers-across-texas/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 Bill Gates: ‘The Future of Energy Is Subatomic’ https://www.powermag.com/blog/bill-gates-the-future-of-energy-is-subatomic/ https://www.powermag.com/blog/bill-gates-the-future-of-energy-is-subatomic/#respond Thu, 02 Oct 2025 17:53:31 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?post_type=blog&p=242513 I’m lucky to learn firsthand about some of the world’s most cutting-edge technologies. I’ve seen artificial intelligence ace an AP biology test, long before AI became an everyday tool. I’ve seen genetically modified mosquitoes that stop malaria in its tracks. I’ve seen geothermal wells that go 15,000 feet below the surface of the earth.   But […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/blog/bill-gates-the-future-of-energy-is-subatomic/feed/ 0 Doubling Down on Reliability: Karachi’s Engineered Smart Grid Breakthrough https://www.powermag.com/doubling-down-on-reliability-karachis-engineered-smart-grid-breakthrough/ https://www.powermag.com/doubling-down-on-reliability-karachis-engineered-smart-grid-breakthrough/#respond Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:17:04 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=238096 Faced with soaring demand and limited visibility into upstream grid assets, Karachi-based K-Electric engineered an in-house special protection system that delivers more than 600 MW of secure power imports to

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/doubling-down-on-reliability-karachis-engineered-smart-grid-breakthrough/feed/ 0 Out of Sync: The Infrastructure Misalignment Undermining the U.S. Grid  https://www.powermag.com/out-of-sync-the-infrastructure-misalignment-undermining-the-u-s-grid/ https://www.powermag.com/out-of-sync-the-infrastructure-misalignment-undermining-the-u-s-grid/#respond Thu, 12 Jun 2025 03:11:19 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=235272 U.S. power infrastructure—the intricate physical fabric that laces together generation, transmission, and distribution—is under intensifying strain. Outdated and overextended, it must now absorb relentless growth from electrification and data centers or risk escalating reliability threats, surging costs, and a weakened global competitive edge. POWER examines the dysfunction and what it will actually take to future-proof […]

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Cubist Vision of the Grid: A stylized interpretation of America’s aging power infrastructure under rising strain from electrification and digital growth

]]> https://www.powermag.com/out-of-sync-the-infrastructure-misalignment-undermining-the-u-s-grid/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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]]> https://www.powermag.com/doe-chief-backs-fossil-nuclear-push-amid-budget-and-staffing-questions/feed/ 0 PJM Taps Google and Tapestry to Use AI for Grid Interconnection Planning https://www.powermag.com/pjm-taps-google-and-tapestry-to-use-ai-for-grid-interconnection-planning/ https://www.powermag.com/pjm-taps-google-and-tapestry-to-use-ai-for-grid-interconnection-planning/#respond Thu, 10 Apr 2025 20:28:12 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=232258 PJM, the largest grid operator in North America, has launched a multiyear partnership with tech giant Google and its Alphabet X moonshot Tapestry to streamline PJM’s grid interconnection process using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. The companies said the effort could significantly improve planning and decision-making as grid pressures intensify. Under the initiative, announced on April […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/pjm-taps-google-and-tapestry-to-use-ai-for-grid-interconnection-planning/feed/ 0 The Evolving State of Power Plant O&M https://www.powermag.com/the-evolving-state-of-power-plant-om/ https://www.powermag.com/the-evolving-state-of-power-plant-om/#respond Mon, 10 Feb 2025 14:17:00 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=228435 As power plants confront aging infrastructure, surging demand, and the sweeping changes of rapid electrification, operations and maintenance (O&M) are being redefined to tackle unprecedented challenges and

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