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 ...
Nuclear fusion startup Pacific Fusion has introduced itself to the public, alongside the announcement that it has raised over $900 million in Series A funding. Led by Eric Lander, a principal leader ...
Panelists during the afternoon Keynote on February 11, 2025. Photo by Clarion Events. For decades, power providers in the United States could count on electricity demand remaining more or less ...
Image art by Kevin Clark via ChatGPT-4o. U.S. coal-fired power plants will stay well-stocked through the end of next year, despite a temporary increase in coal consumption for power generation in 2025 ...
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 ...
GE Vernova's gas power segment grew equipment orders by over 30%, driven by seven gigawatts (GW) of new gas turbine orders in the first three months of 2025. Source: GE Vernova. GE Vernova reported ...
Sodium-ion battery storage startup Peak Energy has announced its first shipment of its system that will be used in a shared pilot with nine utility and independent power producers (IPP) this summer.
A new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) study found hundreds of coal power plant sites could convert to nuclear, dramatically increasing dispatchable, carbon-free energy as the country strives to meet ...
As anyone familiar with the U.S. utility industry can tell you, the power generation business is cyclical. Fuel prices, regulations and capacity needs create periods of peak new-build and plant ...
Limerick Clean Energy Center. Source: Constellation. Constellation announced the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a License Amendment Request for the Limerick Clean Energy ...
Martin Lake Power Plant (By Larry D. Moore, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=80251398) There’s plenty of hype surrounding AI— no matter ...
In its pure state, hydrogen is fine, but a mixture of air and hydrogen can be explosive. Then, why hydrogen? Operating an electric power generator produces large amounts of heat that must be removed ...