POWER Magazine•15 days ago
Power Generation in the Age of AI: Year-End 2025 Outlook
Key Takeaway
The article establishes an early 2020 baseline of renewable growth, thermal retirement, and market evolution for flexibility, setting the stage for its 2025 AI-driven outlook.
AI Summary
- •Early 2020 expectations included continued compounding growth in renewable energy capacity.
- •Thermal generation capacity was projected to continue retiring, though at a decelerated pace.
- •Markets were anticipated to evolve to better compensate flexible generation assets.
- •Capital investment was observed to be shifting earlier into the power development value chain.
Topics
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Article Content
In early 2020, the prevailing narrative in the power sector was a continuation story of the developments from the decade before: renewable buildout will keep compounding, thermal capacity will keep retiring (albeit at a slower rate), markets will evolve to compensate for flexible generation products, capital will keep moving earlier in the development value chain […] The post Power Generation in the Age of AI: Year-End 2025 Outlook appeared first on POWER Magazine .