2021: A Dark Year for Electricity Security, Reliability
While 2021 kicked off short on optimism given chaos from the COVID-19 pandemic, the year was characterized by an extraordinary series of critical energy| POWER Magazine
While 2021 kicked off short on optimism given chaos from the COVID-19 pandemic, the year was characterized by an extraordinary series of critical energy| POWER Magazine
EPA’s No-Win Rule for the Electricity Grid| POWER Magazine
It’s no secret the solar industry has been stockpiling components such as panels and racking since before the Inflation Reduction Act. Under threat of a shortened runway to qualify for credits recently made reality with the passage of the reconciliation bill, the trend has very definitely accelerated.| POWER Magazine
Hydroelectric power generation hit a 10-year high in Europe in 2024, while hydro growth in other regions—most notably China—kept the technology at the top of the list when it comes to global energy output from renewable resources. The International Hydropower Association (IHA) in its 2025 World Hydropower Outlook said hydro is playing a "stablizing role" in Europe and elsewhere when it comes to power supplies at a time of heightened concern about volatile markets and shifting policies ar...| POWER Magazine
The Uptime Institute’s Tier standard is a globally recognized framework that classifies data centers into four tiers based on their infrastructure’s| POWER Magazine
Advanced nuclear technology firm Oklo is partnering with Texas-based prime and backup solutions company RPower to roll out an innovative “phased energy| POWER Magazine
The rapid rise of data centers has put many power industry demand forecasters on edge. Some predict the power-hungry nature of the facilities will quickly| POWER Magazine
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Talen Energy has restructured and significantly expanded its nuclear energy agreement with Amazon Web Services (AWS), finalizing a 17-year, $18 billion| POWER Magazine
How outdated and overextended is U.S. power infrastructure, and can it handle surging electrification and data center growth? POWER’s in-depth feature investigates.| POWER Magazine
What happens when a political U-turn suddenly upends years of decarbonization strategy? As the U.S. House of Representatives moves to dismantle key clean| POWER Magazine
Discover the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition as we navigate from fossil fuels to sustainable energy solutions.| POWER Magazine
Power generators and transmission system engineers have to rethink their planning strategies, and must continue to develop tools to allow more solar,| POWER Magazine
Japan’s Sumitomo Corp and Perennial Power Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Sumitomo Corp. of Americas, have set up a joint venture with Virginia-based CEP| POWER Magazine
Adding new reactors to the U.S.’s fleet of nuclear power plants doesn’t happen every day. In fact, prior to the addition of Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4, it hadn’t been done from scratch in decades| POWER Magazine
Microsoft has announced a deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. It’s the latest move by a technology company to use| POWER Magazine
An executive with the TC Energy, a group that is among the largest operators of natural gas pipelines in North America, said electricity demand from| POWER Magazine
In a deal that marks the first corporate agreement to deploy multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) in the U.S., Kairos Power and Google have signed a Master Plant Development Agreement that could facilitate the development of a 500 MW fleet of molten salt nuclear reactors by 2035 to power Google’s data centers. The first reactor is expected to be operational by 2030.| POWER Magazine
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted nearly 70 coal-fired U.S. power plants a two-year exemption from federal requirements to reduce emissions of toxic chemicals such as mercury, arsenic and benzene. It's another move by the Trump administration to boost the U.S. coal industry, measures that include encouraging electric utilities to continue operating coal-fired power plants that might otherwise be closed.| POWER Magazine
In-depth: While the past year has marked stunning triumphs for nuclear energy, experts caution that high costs, regulatory bottlenecks, and the need for market alignment remain major hurdles on the path to a true nuclear renaissance.| POWER Magazine
Driven by artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and the digital transformation, U.S. data centers consumed an estimated 150 TWh of electricity in| POWER Magazine
Technology companies are looking at various ways to source electricity for energy-intensive data centers. Google on Dec. 10 unveiled a plan to join with| POWER Magazine
A major Pennsylvania coal-fired power plant, the largest coal-burning facility in the state before it was closed in 2023, may be converted to a natural| POWER Magazine
LS Power, a development, investment, and operating company focused on the North American power and energy infrastructure sector, on March 14 announced it has applied to build about 700 MW of new generation supply as part of PJM's Reliability Resource Initiative (RRI), which is designed to expedite connecting shovel-ready, high-reliability projects to the grid.| POWER Magazine
Increasing adoption of cloud computing gave rise to the development of data centers, but the rapid growth of artificial intelligence (AI) and the| POWER Magazine
The Trump administration has announced several regulatory rollbacks designed to curb limits on power plant emissions, along with cutting protections for| POWER Magazine
The power generation sector is looking at numerous ways to provide enough electricity to satisfy demand from data centers. Bloomberg Intelligence recently| POWER Magazine
The debate over just how much power will be needed to support the artificial intelligence (AI) industry became heated when a Chinese company said it has a| POWER Magazine
Competitive generation giant Constellation has agreed to acquire Calpine Corp. in a $16.4 billion deal that is set to create the largest producer of clean| POWER Magazine
There has been a major shake up in the contractors involved in the Vogtle and V.C. Summer AP1000 nuclear power plant projects under construction in the U.S.| POWER Magazine
Georgia Power names Bechtel as the lead contractor for continuing construction of its Vogtle nuclear expansion; Fluor is now off the project.| POWER Magazine
The road was long and the challenges difficult, but Plant Vogtle is now the largest nuclear power plant in the U.S., as Unit 4 was declared commercially| POWER Magazine
COMMENTARY Texas has the most wind capacity of any state, generating about 16% of its electricity from wind. In August, as temperatures rose above 100F| POWER Magazine
