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- Workshop
- Carbon Capture and Emission Controls
- Hydrogen and Low-Carbon Fuels
- Utility-Scale Renewables
- O&M Zone
- Networking
- Breakfast Roundtables
- Onsite Power and Flexible Generation
- All About the Gas Turbine
- Powergen University
- Nuclear's Evolution
- Optimizing Plant Performance
- Keynote
- Technical Tour
- Powering the Future
- Energy Storage Deployments
- Exploring Trends in Hydropower
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This Powergen University course is open to any attendee at an additional fee. To pre-register and reserve a seat, please visit the registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com. Learn …
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This Powergen University course is open to any attendee at an additional fee. To pre-register and reserve a seat, please visit the registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com. Learn …
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The Power Cycle & Energy Systems Laboratory (PCESL) hosts the STEP Demo hardware, the world’s largest indirectly-heated supercritical carbon dioxide (sCO2) pilot facility. The STEP Demo project is a D …
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A favorite from the former HYDROVISION International conference, Waterpower Hydro Basics is a practical training designed to equip professionals with essential knowledge of hydropower. Ideal for newco …
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Pre-registration for this event is required and may include an additional fee. Visit your registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com. The Coal Users’ Group (formerly the PRB Coal …
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Now in its 43rd year, the Electric Utility & Cogeneration Chemistry Workshop (EUC2W) brings together leading experts and plant personnel to address the most pressing water/steam chemistry, cooling wat …
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This Powergen University course is open to any attendee at an additional fee. To pre-register and reserve a seat, please visit the registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com. Learn …
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This Powergen University course is open to any attendee at an additional fee. To pre-register and reserve a seat, please visit the registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com. Learn …
07:00 AM
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Pre-registration for this event is required and may include an additional fee. Visit your registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com. The Coal Users’ Group (formerly the PRB Coal …
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State of the Industry: Executives Discuss
The POWERGEN Opening Keynote will feature a 45-minute “state of the industry” panel that brings together executives from across the power generation value chain. This conversation will provide a big-picture view of today’s rapidly evolving energy landscape, offering diverse perspectives on market drivers, investment strategies, key technologies, and regulatory challenges.
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Reliability and availability of power plants often hinge on the performance of generator circuit breakers (GCBs), critical assets that connect generators to step-up transformers. Traditional monitorin …
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Hydrogen has been hailed as a cornerstone of the energy transition, yet its deployment in power generation is proving slower and more expensive than expected. This opening session of the Hydrogen and …
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Infrared inspection has long been a critical but limited tool for detecting electrical risks, requiring dangerous arc-flash PPE and often missing issues that only appear under full load. A new generat …
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Digital twin technology is reshaping how the power sector approaches operations and asset management, but achieving consistent success in deployment remains a challenge. Too often, projects falter whe …
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At nearly 70 years old, Avista’s Cabinet Gorge Hydroelectric Plant faced the familiar challenges of aging infrastructure: end-of-life electrical systems, safety risks and reliability concerns. To mode …Speakers
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Large-scale energy users like data centers and manufacturers are increasingly facing years-long delays in utility interconnections, putting critical project timelines at risk. This session, featuring …
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Many aging gas turbine units struggle to maintain dispatch competitiveness due to output and heat rate limitations, while supply chain constraints slow major upgrades or replacements. Fog-based wet co …
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Despite significant progress, the path to commercial deployment for carbon capture remains complicated by technical, economic and regulatory hurdles. This panel brings together a uniquely diverse grou …
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As the Western Interconnect surges toward nearly 200 GW of solar and wind capacity by 2030, curtailments are already exposing the limits of variable generation. In 2024 alone, CAISO curtailed 3,500 GW …
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On the path to net-zero, energy companies must make bold choices about which low-carbon technologies to prioritize. This session spotlights three cutting-edge approaches shaping tomorrow’s power secto …
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Nuclear plants once thought permanently closed are now being brought back to life as demand for reliable, carbon-free electricity surges. Constellation is working to restart the Crane Clean Energy Cen …Chairperson
12:00 PM
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Join us for the Connections Lunch, designed to help you connect with fellow attendees over shared interests. Taking place on the exhibit hall floor, this lunch provides a chance to engage in meaningfu …
01:00 PM
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All badge holders are eligible to attend. With explosive load growth projected from data centers, manufacturing and electrification, grid operators are warning of looming capacity shortfalls. At the s …
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The Membrane Technology & Research (MTR) Carbon Capture Large Pilot at the Wyoming Integrated Test Center is the largest membrane capture plant in the world, designed to demonstrate a fully integrated …
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As data centers continue to expand, securing sufficient power from the grid has become a growing challenge, driving interest in onsite generation. Many developers are turning to simple-cycle natural g …
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Platte River Power Authority (PRPA), the municipal utility serving four northern Colorado cities, is in the midst of a major investment to support its transition toward a lower-carbon portfolio. Follo …
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Securing reliable onsite generation for data centers is often complicated by air permitting requirements that can impose operational restrictions and delay construction schedules. New fossil fuel-fire …
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Methane pyrolysis offers a unique pathway by splitting methane into clean hydrogen and solid carbon: Eliminating CO₂ emissions at the point of production. This session will share findings from a detai …
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Both flexibility and heat rate are key drivers of thermal plant competitiveness and supporting pillars of the energy transformation. Navigating this transformation presents industry several complex an …
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With demand for gas turbines at levels not seen since the early 2000s, many owners and developers are reserving manufacturing slots and entering Turbine Purchase Agreements (TPAs) under tight timeline …
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As time-to-power demands of data centers and manufacturing expansion pressure the transmission grid, how can utilities use behind-the meter onsite power generation to provide grid relief and utility r …
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Pre-registration for this event is required and may include an additional fee. Visit your registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com. The Coal Users’ Group (formerly the PRB Coal …
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All badge holders are eligible to attend. As artificial intelligence and data centers drive electricity demand to unprecedented levels, the power sector must rethink how it plans and invests. This key …
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Federal hydrogen incentives remain uncertain, leaving utilities searching for solutions that don’t depend on subsidies or massive new infrastructure investment. This session introduces a new solution, …
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With technologies ranging from gigawatt-scale plants to modular reactors as small as 10 MW, nuclear solutions are emerging for applications as varied as data centers, chemical production, defense and …
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Infrared inspection has long been a critical but limited tool for detecting electrical risks, requiring dangerous arc-flash PPE and often missing issues that only appear under full load. A new generat …
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Global shipping manufacturer Hanwha Ocean is adopting an ammonia-capable combustion retrofit on Baker Hughes small-scale gas turbines for use in marine e-propulsion, showing how gas turbine technology …
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Data centers are expanding at breakneck speed, pushing the limits of grid capacity and raising the stakes for reliable, sustainable and cost-effective power. Beyond securing enough megawatts, operator …
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Gas turbines remain the backbone of reliable, dispatchable power in the U.S., even as renewables and data center growth reshape the grid. Yet until now, the industry has lacked a clear, nationwide pul …
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2025 was a year of change. With a new President, regulatory repeals and reconsiderations affecting the power sector swiftly dropped, while courts put many Biden-era challenges on hold. The year closed …
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Improving efficiency and reliability across the existing generation fleet is a top priority as the industry seeks to meet rising demand while lowering costs and emissions. A breakthrough nano-coating …
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Battery storage systems are being deployed at record pace to support renewable integration and grid reliability, yet the industry still lacks standardized test codes to verify performance. Today, most …
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Behind-the-meter (BTM) nuclear projects are emerging as a way for end-users to directly benefit from reliable, carbon-free generation. Co-located facilities, such as data centers and industrial plants …
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Join us for the Connections Lunch, designed to help you connect with fellow attendees over shared interests. Taking place on the exhibit hall floor, this lunch provides a chance to engage in meaningfu …
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All badge holders are eligible to attend. Power projects are taking longer than ever to build—not because of technology, but due to a confluence of external headwinds. Supply chain bottlenecks are del …
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Manufacturing, healthcare, food production and warehousing facilities are now facing delays in expansion due to utility interconnection bottlenecks and urban permitting constraints. Yet fuel cells are …
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A large-scale pilot project in Springfield, Illinois, is putting carbon capture technology to the test under real-world conditions. At the City Water Light and Power coal-fired plant, BASF’s OASE® blu …
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In June 2024, New York’s Public Service Commission set a new target of 6,000 MW of energy storage by 2030. Learn how the New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA) is advancing t …Chairperson
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Natural gas turbines generate more than 40% of U.S. electricity, yet much of the installed fleet is aging and faces increasing pressure from load growth, renewable integration and market volatility. W …
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The power generation sector is undergoing rapid transformation, driven by evolving technologies, shifting regulations and tariffs, and changing customer demands. This session will provide industry lea …
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Utilities are under growing pressure to manage increasingly complex generation assets with precision, scalability, and efficiency. Evergy, along with 1898 & Co., is demonstrating how advanced technolo …
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Microgrids aren’t just a buzzword, they’re proving themselves as real tools for resilience, flexibility and grid support. Still, plenty of myths linger, from doubts about their role in utility capacit …
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The U.S. electric grid is being tested like never before, strained by surging demand, aging infrastructure, renewable integration, rapid technological change and shifting regulations. Ensuring reliabi …
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As nuclear energy reasserts its role as a cornerstone of clean, reliable generation, generative AI is beginning to transform operations behind the scenes. From automating document reviews to streamlin …
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Automation and operational technologies (OT) are proving critical to overcoming complexity and ensuring reliable performance in green hydrogen projects. This session draws on lessons learned from Plug …
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The biggest hurdles for carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) projects often aren’t just technical, they’re financial. Securing capital for these massive undertakings depends on investor confidence, …
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After nearly two decades of flat demand, U.S. electricity consumption is now skyrocketing. Utilities, IPPs and grid operators are under pressure to deliver capacity quickly while balancing affordabili …
07:00 AM
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Pre-registration for this event is required and may include an additional fee. Visit your registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com. The Coal Users’ Group (formerly the PRB Coal …
08:00 AM
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Full-conference badge is required for admittance. You can pre-register for this event, however, seats are first-come, first-served.Visit your Visitor Hub to add this event onto your badge. Join us on …
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Global geopolitics, supply constraints and advancing technologies are reshaping the nuclear fuels landscape at a time when demand for carbon-free baseload power is accelerating. This session will prov …
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When Avista undertook the first rotor rewind in over 40 years at its Kettle Falls Generating Station—a biomass-fired plant fueled by woodchips—the project combined technical complexity with a compress …
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While natural gas dominates gas turbine fuel use, liquid fuels have historically played only a limited role due to cost, emissions and reliability concerns. The growing availability of renewable liqui …
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The high integration of inverter-based resources (IBRs) into power systems is driving the evolution of standards and protection requirements to maintain system stability and reliability while enabling …
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With AI and data center growth pushing electricity demand to new heights, the challenge for power producers is delivering reliable, low-carbon power at scale. Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) plants …
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From a fuel cell microgrid powering a hyperscaler’s operations in the Northwest, to combustion turbines serving gigawatt-scale data centers in ERCOT and PJM, this session will highlight real-world ons …
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As renewable energy takes on a larger share of generation, grid operators are under pressure to keep systems reliable, flexible and fair. The growth of wind, solar and distributed generation, along wi …
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The U.S. is facing unprecedented electricity demand growth over the next decade, putting new pressure on supply chains and generation assets. As the backbone of the grid, dispatchable gas turbines wil …Chairperson
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The U.S. grid is straining under unprecedented demand from data centers, artificial intelligence, electrified transportation and industrial expansion—all while pressure mounts to deliver around-the-cl …
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As electricity demand surges from data centers and other large energy users, the need for reliable, low-emission onsite power is growing. Solid oxide fuel cells are emerging as a practical solution, o …
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With the rapid growth of solar and electric vehicle charging infrastructure, utilities face mounting challenges in managing and interconnecting distributed energy resources (DERs). Increasingly, utili …
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Brazil’s distributed generation market has already surpassed 35 GW of installed capacity, more than half of it connected to the low-voltage grid. This rapid growth has introduced significant operation …
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Extreme cold weather continues to expose vulnerabilities in the power sector, with Winter Storm Elliot underscoring how quickly outages at gas and coal plants can ripple across the grid. For utilities …
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The U.S. power sector is in a new era: after decades of flat demand, electricity consumption is now surging, driven by artificial intelligence data centers, large-scale electrification and high-tech m …
