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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.

At POWERGEN International 2026, EPRI’s Stephen Storm covers several proactive approaches to manage flexible operations and performance for gas turbine-driven thermal plants.

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

The final investment decision will boost production capacity at the Eastern Mediterranean project, supporting regional energy supply later this decade.

The agreement covers 1 MTPA of LNG and marks a key step toward financing and a final investment decision targeted for early 2026.

The acquisition provides MIRATECH with increased catalyst production capacity, supporting growth across power generation, gas compression, and industrial/OEM applications.

Per Klaus Brun and Rainer Kurz, properly executed scheduled and condition-based maintenance methods are adequate to prevent failures, costly shutdowns, and interventions.

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.

Electrolyzer-derived green hydrogen will be stored and, when demand is highest, used in a combustion turbine equipped with GE Vernova’s hydrogen co-firing technology.

Additionally, Glenfarne and Donlin will jointly establish a method to develop and construct an approximately 315-mile-long natural gas pipeline from southcentral to southwest Alaska.

The Turbomachinery News Network, for the week of January 5, 2026, covers news from GE Vernova, Mitsubishi Power, Woodside Energy, Kawasaki, and Intensity Infrastructure.

The Applied Digital AI Factory project uses a proven plant configuration: A gas-fired boiler generates heat and steam to drive the turbines, producing reliable and dispatchable energy.

The acquisition broadens Encore Oilfield Services’ physical footprint with two 80-ton overhead cranes, 70-foot eave heights, and 103,000-square-feet of manufacturing space.

Firm transportation commitments support development of the 36-inch pipeline project aimed at meeting growing power, data center, and industrial demand in the state.

The 40,000-cubic-meter vessel will support a government-backed demonstration aimed at commercializing the global transport of liquefied hydrogen by 2030.

The MK2 project will convert Golar’s LNG tanker—Fuji LNG—into a floating LNG vessel with an expected annual production capacity of 3.5 million tons.

As global demand for lower carbon ammonia increases, the soon-to-be-operational Beaumont New Ammonia facility may approximately double ammonia exports from the United States.

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.

LNG will be supplied from Woodside’s under-construction Louisiana LNG project, bolstering the Turkey-U.S. relationship focused on energy security and economic growth.

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.

Rising electricity demand from data centers and AI is driving renewed investment in gas turbines in 2025, as utilities and operators seek fast, reliable power solutions amid grid constraints.

Digital tools, AI, and predictive maintenance are reshaping turbomachinery and driving gains in reliability, efficiency, and long-term asset performance in 2025.

The company will integrate EthosEnergy’s TurboCare team, technical data, and intellectual property to support a broad range of OEM technologies.

Increasing pipeline capacity will satisfy demand growth in the Desert Southwest region, which includes initiatives to retire and/or convert coal-fired plants to natural gas usage.