Gas turbine and combined cycle assets remain central to capacity growth, dispatch flexibility and grid reliability through the late 2020s. This topic covers new build execution, major maintenance, performance tuning, uprates, fuel strategy, emissions compliance, cycling impacts and supply chain constraints. For utilities, IPPs, OEMs and EPCs, these technologies remain both a near-term growth area and a long-term operational priority.


 

Gas Turbines & Combined Cycle Educational Opportunities 

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9:00 AM
  1. 250B
    180 mins
    These courses are included for all-access badge holders. You can pre-register for your preferred course; however, seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. COURSE DESCRIPTION:   This c …
10:15 AM
  1. Thermal & Nuclear Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 1238
    50 mins
    Pipeline curtailments during extreme weather events have made on-site fuel back-up a reliability requirement, not just a contingency plan. For plant managers and directors of generation operating gas …
11:15 AM
  1. 251B
    50 mins
    With new combined-cycle lead times stretching to 2029 and beyond, the strategic value of optimizing existing gas turbine assets has never been more direct. This session presents an updated fleet-wide …
  2. 250D
    50 mins
    Gas turbine order books are full into the next decade, interconnection queues are lengthening, and data center load growth is compressing the timeline between resource planning decisions and capacity …
1:30 PM
  1. 250F
    50 mins
    Getting a power generation project from development decision to commercial operation has always been complex. In the current market, the variables are compounding: gas turbine lead times stretching to …
2:30 PM
  1. 251B
    50 mins
    As inverter-based resources displace synchronous generation, the inertia and reactive power that large rotating machines provided are declining faster than most grid operators planned for. Synchronous …
  2. 250B
    50 mins
    When an aging 25 MW CHP asset at an industrial facility in Ohio reached end of life, the customer needed more behind-the-meter capacity, not a construction project to manage. DTE Vantage is delivering …
10:15 AM
  1. Thermal & Nuclear Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 1238
    50 mins
    Not all megawatts are equal. For combustion turbine peaking units, location is the primary driver of economic performance, and operational flexibility determines how much of that location advantage is …
  2. 250F
    50 mins
    Power generation and data center construction projects are increasingly competing for the same pool of electricians, pipefitters, welders, millwrights, and commissioning personnel, often in the same g …
11:15 AM
  1. Thermal & Nuclear Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 1238
    50 mins
    Grid operators are asking combined-cycle and simple-cycle gas turbines to turn down deeper and more frequently than their original designs anticipated. Emissions-compliant operation at lower loads is …
  2. 250B
    50 mins
    TVA operates more than 100 natural gas and fuel oil generators across 17 sites. Meeting NERC MOD-026 and MOD-027 compliance requirements on a fleet that size, using traditional on-site stage testing w …
  3. Data Center & New Demand Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 5004
    50 mins
    As hyperscalers and colocation developers move toward behind-the-meter and off-grid generation at gigawatt-scale campuses, the engineering requirements for onsite power plants have grown substantially …
1:30 PM
  1. 250D
    50 mins
    Post-combustion carbon capture is increasingly relevant to utilities and IPPs managing emissions compliance on existing thermal assets, but the integration questions, energy demand, solvent performanc …
  2. 250F
    50 mins
    Gas turbine lead times stretching to 2029 and beyond have forced a structural change in how thermal power projects are executed. Owners and developers are now procuring long-lead powertrain equipment …
  3. Data Center & New Demand Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 5004
    50 mins
    Load growth from data centers and AI infrastructure is compressing the timeline between resource planning decisions and the capacity the grid actually needs. For generation owner-operators managing ex …
2:30 PM
  1. 250E
    50 mins
    On-site generation at data center campuses is growing faster than the decarbonization frameworks designed to govern it. Diesel backup conflicts with emissions targets. Natural gas prime power triggers …
  2. Data Center & New Demand Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 5004
    50 mins
    Hyperscale data centers need power on 12 to 24-month timelines. Interconnection queues run five years or longer. Meanwhile, oil and gas producers across North America are managing stranded gas, flarin …
9:30 AM
  1. Data Center & New Demand Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 5004
    50 mins
    Data centers require 99.999% reliability, roughly five minutes of downtime per year. Achieving that with a fleet of reciprocating gensets means procuring more units than the load requires, and knowing …
  2. 250E
    50 mins
    Retired coal sites often come with something new generation sites do not: existing transmission interconnection, water systems, fuel infrastructure and balance-of-plant assets that can materially comp …
10:30 AM
  1. 250C
    50 mins
    Supercritical CO₂ power cycles have been in development for two decades. They are now approaching commercial deployment, and the applications relevant to the POWERGEN audience are specific: gas turbin …
  2. 250E
    50 mins
    Permitting, financing and engineering are not sufficient to deliver a major generation project if stakeholder opposition can halt regulatory momentum or disrupt construction timelines. This session ex …
  3. Thermal & Nuclear Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 1238
    50 mins
    A combined-cycle plant ordered today will operate in a grid that looks materially different by the time it reaches its mid-life maintenance window. Designing for that reality, rather than for current …
11:30 AM
  1. Thermal & Nuclear Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 1238
    50 mins
    The U.S. has more than 134 GW of installed simple-cycle gas turbine capacity. Most of it was never paired with a steam bottoming cycle for straightforward reasons: high capital cost, large footprint, …
  2. O&M and Reliability Zone - Exhibit Hall Booth 4455
    50 mins
    Gas-side fouling deep within HRSG harp sections, including ferrous oxide scale, ammonium bisulfate deposits from SCR ammonia slip and insulation debris, accumulates on finned tube bundles where conven …

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Elon Musk has a plan to dominate domestic solar and gas turbine manufacturing

Elon Musk aims to build 200 GW of solar manufacturing capacity through Tesla and SpaceX, while also developing gas turbines in Texas to meet immediate AI energy demands.
September 14, 2026

PowerTransitions buys up another New York power plant, eyes energy campus 

PowerTransitions acquired the 1,242 MW Roseton Generating Facility in Newburgh, New York, expanding its portfolio to 1.8 GW, aiming to develop a multi-use energy campus.
September 11, 2026

OG&E’s new gas unit at Horseshoe Lake plant is ready for operation six months ahead of schedule

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company announced that its Horseshoe Lake Unit 11 gas turbine passed performance tests and will enter service next month, six months early, enhancing power reliability.
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