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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Today Finland has 125 years of nuclear power reactor operating experience and this gives a good basis for construction and licensing of new nuclear power plants (NPPs). Two VVER-440 type plants are ...

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.

(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; ...

Part 1 of this series discussed the importance of steam condensation in conventional power units and the heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs) of combined cycle plants. Condenser tube waterside ...

For decades, winning regulatory approvals for nuclear power sites has been a daunting process. Dozens of studies spanning many years are typically required before an application can even be considered ...

It is common knowledge that many coal-fired power plants in the United States and other parts ...

Renewable energy is no longer a distant vision of the future – it’s happening here and now. With solar installations set to cross 1 terawatt by 2025 and wind energy already playing a vital role in ...

Calpine announced the acquisition of the 550 MW Quail Run Energy Center natural gas-fired plant in Odessa, Texas, from Lotus Infrastructure Partners, formerly known as Starwood Energy Group Global.

Rio Tinto is making a major investment in the future of clean energy production in Quebec, partnering with GE Vernova to modernize eight turbine-alternator units at its nearly century-old Isle-Maligne ...