Gas Turbines

Previously, the undisclosed operator shifted its strategy from equipment availability to long-term reliability and enlisted John Crane to solve sealing inconsistency issues at a flagship refinery.

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.

With U.S. power demand increasing due to data centers and ruled-out renewables, fogging and wet compression technology can help generate power quickly and inexpensively.

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.

Although the upstream and midstream compressor markets are currently outperforming downstream, historic economic cycles suggest that a recession may arrive by 2031.

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 Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of November 3, 2025, covers news from Yokogawa Electric, GE Vernova, Everllence, Concepts NREC, and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries.

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.