Power Engineering

Data centers drive record surge in GE Vernova power equipment orders as turbine slots tighten through 2030

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 ...
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Data center power crunch lifts engines, aeroderivatives into larger role

Wärtsilä’s 34SG engines. Source: Wärtsilä. A wave of procurement announcements over the past two weeks has underscored how quickly reciprocating engines and aeroderivative turbines are moving from ...
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Fervo lands first offtaker for Phase 1 of Cape Station geothermal project, expands to 500 MW

Drilling operations at Fervo’s Cape Station (Image: Fervo). Fervo Energy, a player in next-generation geothermal development space, announced the execution of a 15-year power purchase agreement with ...
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New Benchmarks for Steam Turbine Efficiency

In the 20th century, steam turbines became the most powerful electric power generators available, accounting for more than 50 percent of the world’s installed power generation capacity. However, many ...
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Data centers have a PR problem – POWERGEN 2026’s third Keynote addresses the elephant in the room

(From left to right: Simon Tusha, CEO - TECfusions; Gene Alessandrini, SVP of Energy and Location Strategy - CyrusOne; Jennifer Knott, Executive Director, Strategy Implementation - NextEra Energy; ...
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Onsite gas turbines, reciprocating engines to power Meta data center

A natural gas-fired plant to be located behind-the-meter of an Ohio data center campus was approved for construction this week. The 200-megawatt (MW) Socrates South Power Generation Project is to be ...
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Constellation touts co-locating data centers with nuclear

Constellation Energy CEO Joe Dominguez said co-locating data centers with nuclear power plants is “the fastest and most cost-effective way to develop critical digital infrastructure without burdening ...
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Biden EPA proposes stronger standards to regulate NOx from combustion turbines

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) last week proposed to strengthen limits on nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from most new and existing combustion turbines. The proposed New Source ...
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Oh, that’s not good: Energy prices at PJM capacity auction skyrocket 9x

And you thought the cost of a Big Mac was putting a damper on your finances? PJM Interconnection, the largest electrical grid operator in the United States, held its annual power market auction ...
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Proper Steam Bypass System Design Avoids Steam Turbine Overheating

Combined-cycle power plants operate by integrating a combustion turbine generator (CTG) and heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) with a steam turbine generator (STG). However, during some modes of ...
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For the first time, a U.S. utility seeks permit to build small modular reactor

Scott Hunnewell, vice president of the utility’s New Nuclear Program and POWERGEN committee member, signs the construction permit application to build a small modular reactor at the CLinch River site ...
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Xcel Energy plans more than half a gigawatt of new generation in the Southwest US

Xcel Energy subsidiary Southwest Public Service Company (SPS) has announced new generation resource additions, adding up to more than half a gigawatt (GW), as part of an overall portfolio to meet the ...