Gas Turbines

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of September 22, 2025, covers news from Rolls-Royce, Doosan Enerbility, Everllence, and Siemens Energy.

The planned 11-GW AI campus will pair natural gas generation with nuclear power, leveraging Siemens Energy’s F-class gas turbines, steam turbines, and Westinghouse AP1000 reactors.

The European Union’s Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking aims to transform aviation toward decarbonization, sustainability, and new propulsion concepts.

The pre-commissioned skid contains three C65 microturbines fueled by pipeline-derived natural gas, accommodating additional load growth and same-day connection/startup.

The 2025 Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia provides participants with up-to-date information on the latest technologies, including supercritical equipment, hydrogen systems, and AI.

Dr. Eric Petersen, Director of the Texas A&M Turbomachinery Lab, discusses a focus on centrifugal compressors, vibration and reliability, and new short courses at TPS 2025.

Facing rising demand, decarbonization targets, and supply chain volatility, John Crane’s Nico Schmaeling urged turbomachinery professionals at the 2025 Turbomachinery & Pump Symposium to address the energy trilemma—security, affordability, and sustainability—through smarter design, efficiency upgrades, and cross-industry collaboration.

The company’s gas turbine and refrigerant compressor technology supports an additional 6 MTPA of LNG capacity and lower emissions at the Texas-based facility.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of September 8, 2025, covers news from GE Vernova, Mitsubishi Power, Rolls-Royce, and NextDecade.

The new gas turbines, steam turbines, and auxiliary equipment will increase power generation capacity to meet rising industrial and residential electricity demand.

The international consortium partners are progressing on the engine demonstrator, technologies for additive manufacturing, cooling systems, and high-pressure compressor design.

Following Mitsubishi’s large-frame turbine deliveries, the O Mon 4 power plant will raise Petrovietnam’s total installed capacity to over 9,300 MW.

The life-extension project will add up to 30 MW of additional power, with 1.8% efficiency gains, a 5% reduction in CO2 emissions, and improved grid stability.

With new power plants taking longer to come online, EthosEnergy helps customers extend their current assets through condition monitoring, refurbishment, and a commitment to efficiency.

The five-year contract addition allows EthosEnergy to continue life-extension strategies, maximizing asset uptime and minimizing cost for Spirit Energy’s gas assets.

The company will execute reconstruction while six installed machines, boilers, and other equipment remain in full operation, presenting a challenge that requires extensive coordination.

The large-scale permanent carbon sequestration facility, under the CarbonSAFE initiative, will store CO2 from industrial emitters across the Mountain West region.

The Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland, will use GE Aerospace’s course material and training to support F110-GE-129E engine maintenance.

Building out the Dangjin LNG storage tank infrastructure aligns with South Korea’s plan to improve domestic LNG supplies and may be completed by December 2029.

The engineering and equipment scope includes five 60-MWe units, turboexpanders, and one BRUSH generator for the Cape Station project in Utah.

The regasification facility will strengthen natural gas supplies across southern Taiwan, using seawater to heat cryogenic LNG into a gaseous state for pipeline transportation.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of August 25, 2025, covers news from Baker Hughes, ACWA Power, ConocoPhillips, Essential Utilities, and GE Vernova.

The Sorel-Tracy facility performs advanced turbine production, with the new investment including 20% more space and new component-manufacturing equipment.

The hyperscale project will be powered by 944 MW of behind-the-meter, natural gas combined-cycle combustion turbines, supported by battery storage and a backup grid connection.

Previously, the company supplied critical power and compression systems for bp’s Tangguh LNG plant in Papua Barat, Indonesia.