The 2026 7F Users Group Annual Conference is scheduled for May 18-22 at The Woodlands Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center in The Woodlands, Tex. The agenda combines offsite shop tours, vendor solutions presentations, user-only technical sessions, and GE Vernova sessions addressing outage execution, controls modernization, casing condition, TILs, and RCAs. 2026 steering committee Chair: […]

Among the portfolio of conferences under the umbrella of Power Users, the 2025 7F Users Conference certainly vies for the one with the most content shared directly from owner/operator (O/O) organization representatives. Which makes it especially valuable for the ~50% of attendees who were first timers. One key take-home tidbit: Most, if not all, of

Quantum Energía emerged as a major player in Mexico’s power sector after Mexico Infrastructure Partners along with Federal Government and Mexico’s pension funds acquired Iberdrola’s 13-plant portfolio in 2024. The company now manages about 8.5 GW of generation, nearly all modern combined-cycle capacity. At Altamira V, a 2025 major outage on Block 2 shows how

The recent rebranding of Power Systems Manufacturing LLC (PSM) to Hanwha Power is not a cosmetic move. It is a signal that the gas-turbine aftermarket has become strategic again, and an aggressive growth plan paired with innovative engineering is needed to keep up with unprecedented demand. At January’s PSM Asset Managers Conference, a few months