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The article announces the winners of the magazine's 2016 Projects of the Year (POTY) awards held at POWER-GEN International in Florida in December 2016 including the Brunswick County Power Station in Virginia, the Eight Flags Energy CHP Plant and the Village of Minster Energy Storage Project.

The article examines how the Chivasso power plant in Italy is utilizing big data and analytics for greater reliability and profit. Topics discussed include the formative history of the energy facility and the deployment of an Asset Performance Management software developed by General Electric for managing the complex data produced during the plant's operation. The installation of sensors for measuring and communicating temperature, vibration, and movement is mentioned.

The article focuses on the hybridization of power plants. Topics discussed include the shift from coal-fired generation to renewable energy sources, the economic pressures that impede the adoption of emerging technologies, and the cooperative arrangement that govern hybrid facilities wherein several energy sources are harnessed to produce separate but parallel steam paths. Hybridization examples from the Next Generation Solar Energy Center and the Stillwater Hybrid Power Plant are mentioned.