Blogs & Articles

Supply Chain Management 39 minutes read
Industrial Energy Supply Chain 2026: Equipment Lead Tim...

See 2026 lead-time benchmarks for transformers, turbines & switchgear, plus a 90...

Procurement 13 minutes read
Industrial Equipment Procurement Contracts: Incoterms,...

What Incoterms 2020 do not cover, how to choose a rule for equipment commissione...

EPCM Services 25 minutes read
What an EPC Company Is, and What Its Risk Transfer Is A...

EPC transfers risk to the contractor, up to a point. Liability is typically capp...

Procurement 23 minutes read
Procurement Technology for Capital Equipment: Where Ent...

Procurement software splits spend into direct and indirect. A gas turbine is nei...

O&M Services 30 minutes read
How to Choose a Power Plant O&M Provider: OEM LTSA, Ind...

Only ~10 GW of turbine slots remain for 2029-2030. Compare OEM LTSA, independent...

Supply Chain Management 10 minutes read
Petrochemical Plant Reliability: Equipment, Critical Sp...

Cut petrochemical downtime with the right critical-spares and equipment supply c...

Data Centers 12 minutes read
Specifying Data Center Backup Power Equipment: Generato...

Specify backup power correctly: ISO 8528-1 duty ratings and the 70% load factor...

EPCM Services 24 minutes read
EPC Engineering: The Six Gates, and What the Owner Sign...

An EPC project passes six gates, and at each one the owner approves something. M...

Retail IPPs 23 minutes read
Independent Power Producers: Status, Revenue, and What...

An IPP is defined by ownership and wholesale sale, not by fuel. QF or EWG status...

O&M Services 23 minutes read
Power Plant O&M: The Three Numbers, the Definitions, an...

Availability can be calculated several ways, and the contract decides which. Wha...

Green Hydrogen 9 minutes read
Green Hydrogen vs Traditional Energy Sources in Power G...

Compare green hydrogen against natural gas, batteries, and CCUS on LCOE, efficie...

I and C Services 11 minutes read
Solar PV Commissioning: IEC 62446 Testing, Documentatio...

What commissioning proves and how: IEC 62446-1 Category 1 and 2 tests, I-V curve...

Power Generation 12 minutes read
Power Plant Efficiency: Heat Rate, Degradation, and Per...

Combined cycle plants run 7,000 to 8,000 Btu/kWh at about 46% efficiency. See wh...

I and C Services 15 minutes read
How to Choose an Installation and Commissioning Partner

Four things you can verify: named credentials, TRIR and EMR safety records, stan...

Retail IPPs 6 minutes read
Benefits of Choosing the Right Retail Electricity Provi...

Discover the top benefits of choosing the right retail electricity provider, fro...

Distributed Energy Services 10 minutes read
How to Implement Distributed Energy for Industrial and...

Implement distributed energy for industrial operations: microgrid design, IEEE 1...

I and C Services 24 minutes read
SCADA Systems: Architecture, Protocols, and What You Ac...

Modbus has no authentication. DNP3 gives 1 ms event resolution. 50,000 tags on p...

Renewables 20 minutes read
Renewable Energy Economics for Industrial Operators: Wh...

The July 4, 2026 construction deadline closed wind and solar tax credits for new...

Power Generation 22 minutes read
Gas Turbines in Power Generation: Aeroderivative or Hea...

Aeroderivative lead times run 12 to 24 months against 4 to 6 years for heavy dut...

Data Centers 22 minutes read
Data Center Energy: Efficiency Cuts the Bill, It Does N...

US data centres used 192 TWh in 2024, 4.7 percent of national electricity, headi...

EPCM Services 9 minutes read
How to Choose a Reliable EPC Service Provider: Criteria...

Vet EPC contractors on TRIR, EMR, and financial stability, compare LSTK vs cost-...