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Front cover: Thurrock Power, a collaboration


between Statera, INNIO and Clarke Energy, consists of 95 gensets, totalling 450 MW. See p 18 and 21. (Photo: Clarke Energy, INNIO, Statera)


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Gas turbine developments Mitsubishi megadeals


14 Regulars


04 World news 13 Market forces 39 Power plant products 42 Contacts


Update: nuclear power


US DoE selects TVA and Holtec as SMR first movers 16


Piston power


Opinion: lean carbon, a middle way for Africa


Largest reciprocating-engine- based power plants worldwide


Wärtsilä’s first power plant with syncon 240 MW of Everllence recips for Malaysia


Cat’s new gas genset offers ‘diesel like’ performance


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Bergen ships first data centre engines Golden O&M opportunity for Wärtsilä


23 Energy storage


A future in store for old coal plants: Aalborg CSP’s vision 26


Datacentre


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developments Fermi America partners with MVM EGI B&W selects Siemens Energy turbines Meta opts for the nuclear option Data centre growth and change in 2026


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Hydrogen and power-to-X


A few home truths about H2 A data centre power systems supplier’s perspective


Mixed messages from the IEA The hydrogen sector continues to grow despite persistent barriers and project cancellations, concluded the IEA’s 2025 Global Hydrogen Review


Weakest link: H2 distribution


Heriot-Watt University patent research finds hydrogen transport infrastructure is developing at half the pace of other clean tech, putting net zero targets at risk


Grid-friendly rectifiers for hydrogen electrolysers There are risks to the grid if the power management equipment at the electrolyser park is inadequately specified


World first power-to-X at Kassø, Denmark


Schneider Electric technology underpins the Kassø facility in Denmark, said to be the world’s first commercially viable e-methanol plant


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Carbon dioxide capture


CCS with CCGT: GE Vernova strives for integration Toshiba and GE Vernova have signed an MoU aimed at working together on combined cycle technology with integrated carbon capture


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Power from waste and biomass WtE expands in Asia


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