Turbomachinery News Network: Mitsubishi Power, Baker Hughes, RMS, and more

Welcome to the sixteenth edition of the Turbomachinery News Network. I’m James Cook, associate editor at Turbomachinery International.

Mitsubishi Power will deliver a 100-MW gas turbine combined-cycle power plant, driven by a M100S small- to medium-sized gas turbine, for Jiangsu Lihuai Steel’s plant in Huai’an City, China. The M100S turbine fires blast furnace gas and will be deployed as a core component of the GTCC plant. Jiangsu Lihuai Steel will begin GTCC operation in 2027, with the turbine and related equipment manufactured and supplied by Takasago Machinery Works.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries announced the world’s first commercial launch of a 30% hydrogen co-firing large-scale gas engine. Since October 2024, KHI has been conducting operational verification at Kobe Works, testing an 8-MW gas engine power generation system that can co-fire natural gas mixed with up to 30% hydrogen as fuel. The verification, completed in September 2025, focused on hydrogen supply, maintainability, and other operational factors.

Bechtel Energy awarded Baker Hughes a contract to deliver liquefaction equipment for Sempra Infrastructure’s Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 project in Jefferson County, TX. The supply scope includes four Frame-7 turbines and eight centrifugal compressors for two LNG trains, as well as two electric motor-driven compressors for the plant’s booster services. These new assets support a nameplate capacity of approximately 13 MTPA.

bp recently approved the Tiber-Guadalupe project in the Gulf of America. The new oil and gas production hub features a floating production platform with the capacity to produce 80,000 barrels of crude oil per day, including six wells in the Tiber field and a two-well tieback from the Guadalupe field. The 100% bp-owned hub will begin production in 2030.

Rotating Machinery Services officially opened an over 150,000-square-foot facility in Pasadena, TX, dubbed RMS Bay Area Blvd, within the Houston Ship Channel’s industrial corridor. It serves as a hub for end-to-end turbomachinery solutions like blade manufacturing, engineering, and field services. Also, BAB is the new headquarters of RMS’s Global Technology Services, hosting advanced laser scanning, virtual assembly, metrology, and other technology-driven capabilities in one location.