Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) announced that it has received full notice to proceed on a $2.4 billion design-build agreement with Base Electron, an independent power producer backed by Applied Digital, to ...

NRC authorizes construction permit for TerraPower Natrium reactor in Wyoming The first U.S. commercial reactor construction approval in nearly a decade also marks the NRC’s first non-light-water ...

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 ...

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 ...

Big hailstones are a significant concern for large solar farm operators. However, there hasn’t been clear data on how widespread the risk is – until now. The annual industry report features studies ...

GE Vernova announced it has completed the sale of a portion of its steam power business to EDF. The transaction includes the manufacturing of conventional island equipment for new nuclear power plants ...

Duke Energy's existing W.S. Lee Station in Anderson County, South Carolina. Source: Duke Energy. Duke Energy plans to file an application with the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC) ...

Gas turbines, once designed for steady baseload operation, are now being cycled daily to fill the gaps left by renewable generation. This new role creates different degradation mechanisms and ...

The Georgia Public Service Commission last week approved five new power purchase agreements (PPAs) for Georgia Power, adding more than 1,000 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar capacity across the ...

Natural gas is yet again making headlines for its role in providing reliable power to maintain grid stability. Amid federal and state mandates driving the sector toward cleaner and more efficient ...

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 ...

Vistra Corp. announced it has executed definitive agreements to acquire Cogentrix Energy, consisting of ten natural gas generation facilities totaling approximately 5,500 MW of capacity. Cogentrix is ...