Combined Cycle

The ACES Delta project uses hydrogen production, salt cavern storage, and gas turbines to deliver dispatchable power to California while supporting long-term decarbonization goals.

The keynote highlighted how data center growth, rising electricity loads, and infrastructure constraints are accelerating changes across generation, transmission, and resource planning.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of January 12, 2026, covers news from Ansaldo Energia, Duke Energy, Babcock & Wilcox, Oglethorpe Power, and Arabelle Solutions.

Once operational, the combined-cycle facility will support long-term, system-wide load growth for homes, businesses, and existing industries across Monroe County, GA.

The FLEX4H2 technology uses the company’s Constant Pressure Sequential Combustion system, which burns fuel across two stages and allows independent control, lower emissions, and more.

This project accelerates Vietnam’s transition to natural gas-based power generation, which may produce up to 60% less carbon emissions than coal-fired plants of a similar size/power output.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of December 29, 2025, covers news from Rotating Machinery Services, Doosan Enerbility, Ansaldo Energia, Baker Hughes, and Energy Transfer.

Functional testing validated the system’s ability to process the high volumes of operational data generated by progressively larger and higher performance gas turbines.

Hydrogen is gaining traction as the turbomachinery industry balances near-term emissions reductions with long-term fuel flexibility amid evolving regulatory and infrastructure conditions.

The Qatar Facility E Independent Water and Power Production facility includes a 2,400-MW gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant approximately 10 km southeast of Doha.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of December 15, 2025, covers news from Air Liquide, Boom Supersonic, Capstone Green Energy, and ENGIE.

The GT26 gas turbine will aid Hungary’s decarbonization and power supply initiatives by delivering lower CO2 emissions, hydrogen-ready capabilities, faster load ramping, and more.

The major milestones for Belgium’s electricity supply include a combined-cycle gas turbine plant, a battery energy storage system, and the Coo pumped-storage plant.

The partners will pursue aging power projects across Central Asia, Africa, and Southeast Asia, executing plant performance improvements and rehabilitation work.

Newlab New Orleans is currently evaluating power generation facilities capable of hosting a demonstration-scale project, seeking to validate advanced solvents, membranes, and more.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of December 1, 2025, covers news from Doosan Škoda Power, Rolls-Royce, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, and Entergy Louisiana.

The combined-cycle combustion turbine facilities will comprise the Franklin Farms Power Station, delivering approximately 1,500 MW to a Meta data center and regional customers.

On the modernization side, Doosan Skoda will deliver a turnkey solution covering the design, manufacturing, civil works, installation, and commissioning of the Opatovice Power Plant.

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.

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.

Compared to traditional boiler-based systems that directly burn fuel, the H-25 gas turbine improves plant efficiency and lowers CO2 emissions for cogeneration applications.

The loss of experienced personnel, underdeveloped manufacturing locations, and bottlenecked supply chains are posing significant challenges for building gas turbine capacity.

Ever-increasing energy demands are placing a harsh spotlight on the supply chain and workforce challenges plaguing the turbomachinery industry.

Roiled by executive orders, agency rulemakings, and other initiatives, the U.S. power generation landscape has shifted dramatically this year from renewables to dispatchable generation. What’s more, vast and ever-rising estimates of electric demand growth created by data centers, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing are adding to the turbulence.