July / August 2018

The artificial intelligence boom, defined by record OEM backlogs, a 66% surge in plant construction costs, a behind-the-meter revolution, and a decarbonization reckoning, is forcing every layer of the turbomachinery industry to adapt at a pace it has never seen before.

Condition monitoring and digital twins get called "AI" at nearly every industry panel, but neither one qualifies on its own. Klaus Brun and Rainer Kurz break down what actually counts as AI and where it fits into turbomachinery's diagnostic and design tools.

2025 orders hit a four-year high as gas turbine backlogs push data center developers toward a faster fix, but the rebound is landing just as one of the industry's largest OEMs explores selling the business behind it.

GE Aerospace is buying castings maker CPP for $11.75 billion, a week after SpaceX confirmed plans to cast its own gas turbine blades in-house.

Doosan Enerbility signed a $480M turnkey EPC contract with KOSPO to replace two Hadong coal units with an LNG combined-cycle plant, its second major EPC win in a week.

GE Vernova signed new agreements with PDVSA and Corpoelec to restore Venezuela's thermal and hydroelectric generation capacity, building on a June framework.

TÜV SÜD certified GT36's hydrogen readiness and DNV validated the AE94.3A on pure HVO, advancing Ansaldo Energia's fuel flexibility strategy.

MHI Compressor International will supply turbomachinery for Shintech's new 625 KTA PEP-2 ethylene plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana, its second project with the company.