Magnolia energy site completed in Louisiana Blackstone Energy Transition Partners announced February 26 that it has completed construction of the Magnolia Power Generating Station, a 694-megawatt greenfield combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana, marking " the beginning of commercial operations at the plant," per a corporate press release. Blackstone, through its North American power platform, Kindle Energy, started developing Magnolia Power in 2021,

Conference Board's latest report paints an ambivalent picture The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index increased by 2.2 points in February to 91.2 (1985=100), from an upwardly revised 89.0 in January. The Present Situation Index —based on consumers’ assessment of current business and labor market conditions—decreased by 1.8 points to 120.0 in February. The Expectations Index —based on consumers’ short-term outlook for income, business, and labor market conditions—rose

Early scoop on key voices for this year's event in Berlin CWIEME Berlin has announced its first confirmed speakers for the 2026 edition, bringing together leaders from research, materials, component manufacturing and power systems: • Dr. Anna Ermakova , University of Bristol • Niilo Härmä , Stora Enso • Dr.-Ing. Markus Brams , FISENS GmbH • Marco Gubitosa , Industrie Saleri Italo S.p.A. • Andre Xavier , Nidec Power Taking place May 19-21, 2026 in Berlin, CWIEME Berlin is wide

Additive manufacturing presents: the fully printed electric motor Material extrusion additive manufacturing can process a wide variety of functional materials including electrically conductive, magnetic, and mechanically compliant polymer composites. Is it possible that we've somehow overlooked (or perhaps undervalued) 3D printing, amidst the avalanche of digital innovations over the past few decades? Recent work from the Virtual and Physical Prototyping publication provides