June 25, 2026 • 3 min read
Power demand is rising – and experience is shaping how it’s delivered
Global electricity demand is increasing, driven by electrification, data centers, and the broader energy transition. In this context, power is becoming a central driver of growth across the energy sector.
For companies like Worley, this is reshaping where and how they invest, with power emerging as a key growth market.
Worley is focusing on helping customers design and deliver systems that balance reliability, decarbonization, cost, and resilience, while meeting community and regulatory expectations.
“Our focus on power isn’t a pivot – it’s a continuation,” said Rachelle Goebel, Global Power Sector Lead. “We’ve spent more than a century delivering power projects of every scale and complexity, and that experience gives us a real advantage as demand accelerates. We know how to integrate technologies, manage risk and deliver systems that perform over the long term.”
From early work alongside the pioneers of electricity to today’s gigawatt scale energy systems, Worley’s power capability has evolved continuously, and continues to shape its approach to growth in the years ahead.
A legacy that began with the invention of power
Worley’s experience in the power sector began more than a century ago.
In 1906, W.S. Barstow & Co. was engineering power systems at a time when large-scale electricity systems were still being established. Barstow worked alongside pioneers including Thomas Edison, contributing to the early foundations of modern power generation. Through decades of mergers and acquisitions, that legacy continued through Parsons, later WorleyParsons, and lives on today in Worley.
This history underpins a long-standing ability to adapt alongside the changing needs of the global power sector.
Power in numbers
Across the sector, Worley has delivered:
- more than 400 gas turbine projects, supporting over 180 GW of capacity
- over 350 substation and transmission and distribution projects
- 650+ solar projects, from utility scale to distributed systems
- 500+ battery energy storage projects, from campus to grid scale
- more than 60 years of nuclear experience, across 230+ projects globally.
These capabilities span gas, renewables, energy storage, networks, and nuclear, and are increasingly delivered together as integrated systems designed to balance reliability, cost and performance.
“Power has been at the heart of Worley for generations,” said Shaun Kaley, VP of Operations for Worley’s Reading office. “What’s different now is the pace and complexity, and that’s exactly where our depth of experience makes a difference.”
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