Unprecedented Demand. Unmatched Opportunity.

A surge in data centers, industrial expansion, and electrification is reshaping power generation planning across North America. Utilities are under mounting pressure to maintain reliability and add new capacity. IPPs are accelerating project development to capture opportunity. EPCs and OEMs are finding innovative ways to build faster, smarter, and stronger amid supply chain and permitting headwinds.

At POWERGEN 2026, we’re focusing on what it takes to deliver real megawatts and how collaboration across the generation ecosystem can meet the moment.

WHO ATTENDS POWERGEN?

Utilities

Resource planning and reliability are front and center. Learn how utilities are adapting to surging load needs, distributed generation, and long-term partnerships with developers and technology providers.
 

Independent Power Producers

POWERGEN connects IPPs with utilities, data center operators, and large offtakers to accelerate projects, secure financing, and meet market demand for new generation.

 

EPCs

Speed, scalability, and execution define today’s competitive edge. Hear how EPCs are overcoming workforce shortages and material constraints to deliver projects under pressure.

 

OEMs and Technology Providers

Showcase solutions that add capacity quickly, improve reliability, and enable hybrid and onsite generation—gas, nuclear, hydrogen, storage, geothermal, and more.

Are you a generation owner or operator?

Join the Power Producer Exchange for exclusive rates and perks designed for utilities, IPPs and self-generators.

Opening Keynote Revealed - Click here

TRENDING TOPICS AT POWERGEN

Load Growth
Onsite Power
Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Policy & Regulation

STAY IN THE KNOW ABOUT OUR 2026 EVENT

Stay informed on key updates, important deadlines, and exclusive opportunities for POWERGEN 2026. 

FAQ'S

Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
900 E Market St
San Antonio, TX 78205

We kick off POWERGEN 2026 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center on Monday, January 19th with a content-filled day including POWERGEN University, off-site tech tours, partner programs, and networking. 

Registration Hours:

  • Sunday, January 18 | 11am - 4pm
  • Monday January 19 | 7:30am - 5pm
  • Tuesday, January 20 | 7:45am - 5pm
  • Wednesday, January 21 | 7:45am - 4pm
  • Thursday, January 22 | 8am - 12pm

 

Exhibition Hours:
Sunday, January 20 – Tuesday, January 22, 2026

  • Tuesday, January 20 | 10am - 5pm
  • Wednesday, January 21 | 10am - 5pm
  • Thursday, January 22 | 9am - 1pm

Click here to register today!

Please click here and fill out the form to access our 2026 exhibitor list.

Click here to view the full schedule of events.

Click here to view the special events map.

Click here to learn more about our hotel accommodations, and fun things to do while you're in town.

 

EVENT NEWS

Re-emphasizing HRSG feedwater chemistry evolution

A look at how outdated assumptions about oxygen control persist despite decades of advances in HRSG water and steam chemistry.
November 20, 2025

Beating the turbine backlog: how fog-based updates deliver reliable power and cooling solutions fast

Field-proven fogging and wet compression systems offer fast, low-cost turbine output gains that help operators meet rising demand without major capital projects.
November 14, 2025

How Digital Twins is strengthening O&M

POWERGEN 2026 speakers will show how practical deployment steps, clean data and workforce training can turn digital twins into reliable plant tools.
November 13, 2025

Engineering reliable power for the data center boom

At POWERGEN 2026, Siemens Energy’s Joshua Brooks explores how dispatchable generation, advanced controls and storage integration can meet soaring digital demand.
October 24, 2025

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