Coal-fired electric power has been like the Incredible Shrinking Man of 21 st century energy in the United States. Low-cost natural gas burned in modern combined cycles, inexpensive and subsidized ...

The gas turbine market is heading into uncharted territory, with prices expected to hit $600/kW by the end of 2027, nearly tripling from 2019 levels, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie. The ...

Data centers are driving more power equipment orders than ever before. Data centers generated more orders for GE Vernova’s electrification equipment in the first quarter of 2026 than in all of 2025 ...

During the 1990’s, some power plants experimented with fog-based power augmentation by overspraying fog into the compressor – known as wet compression. The results were impressive. They reported a ...

Caterpillar moved to the center of the AI infrastructure buildout this week as developer Nscale said it would use the company’s natural gas generator sets to power a major new West Virginia data ...

An aerial view of the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant near Fort Worth, Texas. Credit: Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Vistra announced it has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement with an ...

Over the last 20 years, the power industry has experienced a shift in steam turbine (ST) maintenance strategies driven by two compounding factors. The first factor has become the overwhelming task of ...

The Ludington pumped storage project in Michigan entered service in 1973. Calling 2025 “the year of the water battery,” the International Hydropower Association (IHA) touted new global pumped storage ...

Talen Energy owns a large majority of the Susquehanna Nuclear Station in Salem Township, Pennsylvania. Source: Talen Energy. A new study is highlighting the benefits of co-locating data centers at ...

As expected, the coal-fired, 1,252-MW St. Johns River Power Park in Jacksonville, Florida permanently shut down this month. The plant was built 30 years ago at a cost of $1.45 billion to both JEA and ...

Coal Creek Station in North Dakota. Source: Lignite Energy Council. In yet another development that would disorient a time traveler from three years ago, it looks like North Dakota’s largest ...

Image art via ChatGPT-5. After several years of steady but restrained dealmaking, 2025 marked a clear inflection point for the U.S. power and utilities sector. Mergers and acquisitions surged in value ...