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| As demand grows and new generation takes longer to bring online, upgrades to existing assets are becoming an increasingly important path to faster capacity, better performance and improved reliability. This topic explores the planning and execution of upgrade strategies that help owner-operators increase output, improve efficiency, modernize plant systems and get more value from existing sites and infrastructure. The emphasis is on practical, executable upgrades that fit real operating schedules, reduce development hurdles and help assets respond to changing market and system needs.
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Power Systems & Upgrades Educational Opportunities
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Pre-registration for this event is required and includes an additional fee. Visit your registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com to reserve your seat. The Lake Side Power Plant, o …
9:15 AM
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Pre-registration for this event is required and includes an additional fee. Visit your registration resource center or reach out to info@powergen.com to reserve your seat. The Gadsby Power Plant, owne …
10:15 AM
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Flexible coal operation starts in the mill, not the boiler. As renewable penetration forces coal units to cycle deeper and more frequently, pulverizer performance becomes a direct constraint on plant …
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Operational conflicts discovered during commissioning are expensive. The schedule pressure is real, the options are limited, and the design is already locked. Simulation-assisted engineering (SAE) add …
11:15 AM
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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 …Chairperson
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Steam boilers were designed for steady baseload operation. As grid conditions push thermal fleets toward more frequent starts, deeper turndowns and aggressive cycling, the operating envelope shifts we …
1:30 PM
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AI data center load profiles, characterized by rapid, large-magnitude transients, create subsynchronous torsional interaction risks for nearby synchronous generators that conventional interconnection …
2:30 PM
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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 …
10:15 AM
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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 …
11:15 AM
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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 …
1:30 PM
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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
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DTE Electric has operated mobile restoration assets as a formal component of its N-1 contingency planning since 2002, deploying mobile generators, mobile ISO transformer trailers and mobile pole ISO t …Chairperson
9:30 AM
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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
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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 …
11:30 AM
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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, …
Other Power Systems & Upgrades News
America’s data center boom is running into a grid-sized problem
America’s data center boom is moving fast, but the infrastructure needed to power it isn’t always keeping pace. From transmission and fuel constraints to construction setbacks, major projects are finding that turning billions of dollars in investment into energized megawatts can take longer than planned.
October 05, 2026
