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 ...
Power Engineering

Combined cycle power and cogeneration: The efficiency leaders

Image by Kevin Clark via Chat GPT 5.2. As a follow-up to the recent condenser performance monitoring series for Factor This Power Engineering, I am revisiting a topic from several years ago. It ...
Power Engineering

Holtec completes primary system passivation at Palisades, marking next step toward nuclear restart

Steam rises from the Palisades plant during scheduled system heat-up and testing trials, marking a key milestone in the restart program (Credit: Holtec) Holtec announced it has completed passivation ...
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Westinghouse seeks to update AP1000 design certification with Vogtle lessons built in

Westinghouse has asked the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to renew and amend the design certification for its AP1000 reactor, submitting a revised Design Control Document that would align ...