Gas – TRIPCLOUD

From Backup to Prime Power: How AI Data Centers Are Bypassing the Grid

Fri, 22 May 2026 12:56:30 +0000

Data centers have traditionally depended on uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and backup generators to keep them online during a power cut, grid event, or natural disaster. But the critical nature of modern artificial intelligence (AI) workloads is such that there is no tolerance of downtime. Further measures must be in place to ensure energy […]

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MD&A Positions Itself as Alternative Source for 7FA and 7EA Gas Turbine Rotor Life Extensions

Thu, 21 May 2026 12:56:29 +0000

With hundreds of 7FA and 7EA gas turbines approaching end-of-life thresholds and industry-wide constraints on forgings and shop capacity, MD&A has invested a decade in reverse engineering, supply chain development, and production of rotor components to offer utilities an independent path forward. The gas turbine bubble of 2000 to 2004 saw between 600 and 700 […]

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Record Power Burn Expected This Summer as Coal Retirements and Data Centers Drive Gas Demand

Fri, 15 May 2026 12:55:42 +0000

U.S. natural gas supply is expected to reach a record 117 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) this summer, including 111.7 Bcf/d of dry gas production, but growing demand from liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports, data center load, industrial activity, and power generation is absorbing much of that growth, leaving less gas available for storage […]

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PJM’s First Reformed Queue Cycle Draws 811 Projects, 220 GW

Sun, 03 May 2026 12:56:06 +0000

PJM Interconnection’s first interconnection “cycle” under its revamped, clustered review process has attracted 811 new generation projects representing roughly 220 GW of nameplate capacity. The effort now moves to a validation phase, under which the grid operator will confirm that applicants have met baseline technical and financial requirements—including site control and readiness commitments—before advancing qualified […]

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China Restarting Massive Coal-to-Gas Project After Decade-Long Pause

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 12:57:49 +0000

Chinese officials have said they will revive a multibillion-dollar coal gasification project, in part due to global gas supply disruptions caused by the U.S. and Isreal’s war with Iran.

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DOE’s Section 202(c) Emergency Orders Since May 2025: 43 and Counting

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:58:17 +0000

Since May 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued more than 40 emergency orders and extensions under Section 202(c) of the Federal Power Act—more than in any comparable period in the past two decades. The orders have fallen into two broad categories: retirement deferrals, which compel utilities and grid operators to keep specific generating […]

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Italy Ready to Restart Coal-Fired Plants, Postpone Total Coal Phaseout

Sat, 18 Apr 2026 12:58:22 +0000

Officials in Italy have said they are prepared to restart that country’s four remaining coal-fired power plants if supply issues for oil and natural gas persist due to the Iran war. The comments from Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin earlier this month came just days after government officials in an energy bill said they would […]

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Taiwan Joins Others in Asia Restarting Coal-Fired Units Due to Iran War

Tue, 14 Apr 2026 12:56:09 +0000

Officials with Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) said the energy company plans to resume operations at two coal-fired units for at least three months, as the country seeks to support its supply of electricity due to the energy impacts of the Iran war.

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Rehlko, INNIO Have Deal For 1.25 GW of Gas Engine Capacity

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 12:57:11 +0000

Energy resilience solutions provider Rehlko said that it has entered into a multi-year strategic engine framework agreement with INNIO Group, securing the supply of about 1.25 GW of gas engine capacity over the next three years.

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