Gas Turbines

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.

Among other causal factors, stress concentrations accumulate in areas with sharp edges, so filleting and chamfering is required to enable the smooth flow of stress streamlines.

In comparison to traditional supercomputers, quantum computing offers a notable speed advantage and may accelerate simulation time exponentially.

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

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.

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.

Dynamis Power Solutions will package multiple LM9000 gas turbines as a mobile solution, providing increased versatility for large-scale power consumers in the oil and gas space.

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.

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.

Performance Plus combines data-driven monitoring, expert consultancy, and hands-on training to help turbomachinery users reduce downtime and boost reliability and long-term resilience.

Under the additional contract for Train 5, Baker Hughes will deliver two Frame-7 gas turbines and six centrifugal compressors to support approximately 6 MTPA at the facility.

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

MARA Holdings will construct numerous power generation facilities and data centers near MPLX’s natural gas processing plants across the Delaware Basin.

The new update improves volute modeling with enhanced 3D models and tongue geometries, in addition to expanded leakage path capabilities with a secondary network solver.

When using gear units within turbomachinery trains, operators should consider wear and degradation, torsional problems, lubrication, and more.

By 2030, the Jafurah gas field may produce up to 630,000 barrels of natural gas liquids and condensates, in addition to over 420 million cubic feet of ethane per day.

Under the pilot project, the partners will develop ammonia cracking systems to build out hydrogen and ammonia supply chains and decarbonization technologies.

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.