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The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of November 24, 2025, covers news from Baker Hughes, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Idemitsu Kosan, and November/December 2025.

The Myth Busters Klaus Brun and Rainer Kurz cover the latest technological updates and trends in centrifugal compressors, including AI integration and the penetration of renewables.

The precision and efficiency of laser-based welding systems can address key industry challenges, such as labor shortages, operational downtime, and quality consistency.

The company’s Kawasaki CO2 Capture was originally developed for submarines and space stations and will be installed at Kobe Works to capture and separate CO2 from the atmosphere.

Fogging and wet compression systems not only apply to gas turbines across power generation, oil and gas, and petrochemicals, but can also aid diesel and gas reciprocating engines.

Mechanical design decisions—ranging from stress management to natural frequency tuning—play a critical role in the reliability of steam turbines across demanding mechanical drive applications.

Combining Overwatch’s SIDE Platform with Idemitsu’s natural gas supply will help meet rising demand from hyperscalers, GPU-cloud providers, and investors seeking to build AI computing.

The November/December 2025 issue covers steam turbine blade dynamics and aerodynamics, gas turbine bucket repair, a TPS 2025 recap, a Q&A with Ebara Elliott Energy, and much more.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of November 17, 2025, covers news from Air Liquide, ITT Inc., Vertiv and Caterpillar, GE Vernova, and MHI Thermal Systems.

Per Thomas Mee, installing fogging and wet compression technology may extract 10 – 20% more power output from the existing gas turbine fleet, countering longer lead times.

On the power generation side, Caterpillar and Solar Turbines will supply natural gas turbines and reciprocating engines to provide data centers with electric power and thermal energy.

Separate from liquid ammonia operation, the ME-LGIA also sends real-time engine and operational data to Everllence shore-based monitoring to improve performance.

Kozienice is transitioning away from coal-fired power generation, instead using natural gas to generate up to 60% less emissions compared to fossil-fired plants of a similar size.