POWER Magazine

Engine Power Plants Surge as Data Centers Drive Unprecedented Demand

Data center energy demand is soaring, driving gigawatt-scale growth in fast-start reciprocating engine power plants worldwide ...
Power Engineering

The Evolution of Reciprocating Engines

The Fairmont Energy Station is a 25-MW project equipped with four Cat G16CM34 generator sets. The plant was commissioned in 2014. Photo courtesy: Caterpillar Inc. In southern Minnesota, where wind ...

Inside the Gas Engine Strategy Powering AI’s Next Wave

AI data centers face grid delays and turbine shortages, pushing developers toward gas reciprocating engines for fast, scalable gigawatt power.
Power Engineering

Wall of sound: Managing acoustics around reciprocating engines

Noise has become a hot topic for nearly every industry, and power generation is no exception. There are evolving regulations and interpretations to consider as well as the community response to noise.
autoevolution

Avadi Is Developing a Reciprocating Engine That Works As a Rotary

It is quite ironic that internal combustion engines (ICEs) have remained basically the same for more than one hundred years. It is only now – when they are allegedly on the verge of disappearing – ...
Business Insider

Wärtsilä engines to deliver reliable power for generating facility

HOUSTON, Nov. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply generating sets and auxiliary equipment for Tampa Electric Company’s new generating facility in ...
autoevolution

All-Fuel Internal Combustion Engine Could Power Cars, Planes, Ships, Factories, and Homes

The rise to power of electrified powertrains had some believe, for a short while, that internal combustion engines (ICE) were done. To some extent, meaning the medium-term evolution of the automotive ...