reliability Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/reliability/ 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 Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:55:45 +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 reliability Archives https://www.powermag.com/tag/reliability/ 32 32 DOE Launches $100M Retrofit Program Targeting Coal Fleet Reliability https://www.powermag.com/doe-launches-100m-retrofit-program-targeting-coal-fleet-reliability/ https://www.powermag.com/doe-launches-100m-retrofit-program-targeting-coal-fleet-reliability/#respond Thu, 06 Nov 2025 20:52:15 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=244520 The Department of Energy (DOE) has released a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) providing up to $100 million in federal backing for projects focused on restoring and modernizing the nation’s existing coal plant fleet.  The Oct. 31–issued NOFO, administered by DOE’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) under the Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management, […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/doe-launches-100m-retrofit-program-targeting-coal-fleet-reliability/feed/ 0 Energy Sector Teaching AI How to Grow Up https://www.powermag.com/blog/energy-sector-teaching-ai-how-to-grow-up/ https://www.powermag.com/blog/energy-sector-teaching-ai-how-to-grow-up/#respond Mon, 03 Nov 2025 14:27:48 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?post_type=blog&p=244290 When artificial intelligence (AI) manages a power grid, it cannot operate as a black box. A wrong decision will not just frustrate users, it will trigger a blackout. This critical nature of AI deployments in energy is forcing AI to mature faster in energy than in any other sector. When algorithmic decisions affect high-stakes systems […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/blog/energy-sector-teaching-ai-how-to-grow-up/feed/ 0 Miss Kitty: A Western Gas Power Answer to Texas Grid Bottlenecks https://www.powermag.com/miss-kitty-a-western-gas-power-answer-to-texas-grid-bottlenecks/ https://www.powermag.com/miss-kitty-a-western-gas-power-answer-to-texas-grid-bottlenecks/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:20:03 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=241888 Like its Gunsmoke namesake, Miss Kitty—a Plains, Texas behind-the-meter microgrid project—is tough, pragmatic, and distinctly Western. Faced with a hard ceiling on utility power and years-long waits in the

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/miss-kitty-a-western-gas-power-answer-to-texas-grid-bottlenecks/feed/ 0 Jawa Satu: The World’s Largest Single-Shaft Gas Power Plant https://www.powermag.com/jawa-satu-the-worlds-largest-single-shaft-gas-power-plant/ https://www.powermag.com/jawa-satu-the-worlds-largest-single-shaft-gas-power-plant/#respond Wed, 01 Oct 2025 04:11:12 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=241892 Indonesia’s 1,760-MW Jawa Satu pairs world-record single-shaft scale with liquefied natural gas–to-power integration. A POWER Top Plant winner, it reinforces reliability for the nation’s most critical

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/jawa-satu-the-worlds-largest-single-shaft-gas-power-plant/feed/ 0 Two More UK AGR Nuclear Plants Get Further Lifetime Extensions https://www.powermag.com/two-more-uk-agr-nuclear-plants-get-further-lifetime-extensions/ https://www.powermag.com/two-more-uk-agr-nuclear-plants-get-further-lifetime-extensions/#respond Thu, 04 Sep 2025 15:48:14 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=240948 EDF will extend the lifetimes of two UK nuclear power plants—Heysham 1 in Lancashire and Hartlepool in Teesside—by an additional 12 months to March 2028 in a bid to secure the country’s energy security as it faces a looming nuclear capacity cliff and heightened reliance on imported gas. The French-owned utility confirmed that 1.2-GW Heysham 1 in […]

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Heysham 1 Nuclear Power Station, owned and operated by EDF, houses two Advanced Gas-cooled Reactors (AGRs) with a combined capacity of 1,155 MW. Since its beginning in 1983, the plant located on the northwest coast of England near Lancaster has produced 243 TWh of zero-carbon electricity. Courtesy: EDF

]]> https://www.powermag.com/two-more-uk-agr-nuclear-plants-get-further-lifetime-extensions/feed/ 0 TVA, ENTRA1 Sign Agreement for 6-GW, Six-Plant Nuclear SMR Collaboration https://www.powermag.com/tva-entra1-sign-agreement-for-6-gw-six-plant-nuclear-smr-collaboration/ https://www.powermag.com/tva-entra1-sign-agreement-for-6-gw-six-plant-nuclear-smr-collaboration/#respond Tue, 02 Sep 2025 14:14:45 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=240758 The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will collaborate with ENTRA1 Energy—NuScale’s exclusive global strategic partner—to develop a 6-GW nuclear portfolio, including six ENTRA1 Energy power plants on TVA sites, the companies announced on Sept. 2. Under the agreement, ENTRA1 Energy will develop and own nuclear assets across TVA’s seven-state service region, selling electricity to the nation’s […]

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TVA’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant is located on 1,700 acres on the northern end of the Chickamauga Reservoir near Spring City, in East Tennessee. Each unit has a capacity of about 1,150 MW of electricity. Source: TVA

]]> https://www.powermag.com/tva-entra1-sign-agreement-for-6-gw-six-plant-nuclear-smr-collaboration/feed/ 0 Fuel Gas Compression for Gas-Fired Power Generation: Comparing API 619, API 618, and API 617 Technologies https://www.powermag.com/fuel-gas-compression-for-gas-fired-power-generation-comparing-api-619-api-618-and-api-617-technologies/ https://www.powermag.com/fuel-gas-compression-for-gas-fired-power-generation-comparing-api-619-api-618-and-api-617-technologies/#respond Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:04:39 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=240009 Selecting the best fuel gas compressor technology is critical for plant performance and economics. This comprehensive comparison examines three compressor types to help power plant designers choose the optimal

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/fuel-gas-compression-for-gas-fired-power-generation-comparing-api-619-api-618-and-api-617-technologies/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 Adding Stability and Reliability to the Western Australian Grid https://www.powermag.com/adding-stability-and-reliability-to-the-western-australian-grid/ https://www.powermag.com/adding-stability-and-reliability-to-the-western-australian-grid/#respond Tue, 01 Jul 2025 12:34:52 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=235727 Large distances are something you get used to if you live in Australia. Perth, on the west coast, is about 2,500 miles away from Brisbane on the east coast. Even within the state of Western Australia (WA), the

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/adding-stability-and-reliability-to-the-western-australian-grid/feed/ 0 PJM Market Challenges Demand Bold Reforms, Experts Warn https://www.powermag.com/pjm-market-challenges-demand-bold-reforms-experts-warn/ https://www.powermag.com/pjm-market-challenges-demand-bold-reforms-experts-warn/#respond Thu, 20 Mar 2025 20:33:17 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=231179 Energy experts have called for bold reforms—from transmission planning to permitting streamlining and faster interconnection approvals—to prevent further volatility and ensure PJM Interconnection meets its reliability mandate without disproportionately burdening consumers. During a March 19 webinar hosted by Advanced Energy United—a trade group that advocates for policies supporting the transition to 100% clean energy—industry experts […]

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