Turbomachinery News Network: November/December 2025, Baker Hughes, KHI, and more

Welcome to the 24^th edition of the Turbomachinery News Network. I’m James Cook, associate editor at Turbomachinery International.

Dynamis Power Solutions ordered 25 aeroderivative gas turbines from Baker Hughes, including the LM2500, LM6000, and LM9000, totaling 1.3 GW of mobile power generation for oil and gas applications in the upstream, refining, and petrochemical industries. Per a signed agreement, Dynamis will package these gas turbines and associated generators as mobile power systems.

Per a signed agreement, Idemitsu Kosan and Overwatch Capital will support the development of resilient, next-generation AI data centers across 10 U.S. states: Ohio, Texas, Illinois, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, South Carolina, and Pennsylvania. Idemitsu will deliver natural gas for on-site power generation systems capable of providing up to 1 GW, while Overwatch contributes its SIDE Platform to integrate generation, battery storage, cooling, and more.

Kawasaki Heavy Industries successfully constructed a commercial-scale CO₂ capture and separation demonstration facility at Kobe Works in Kobe City, Japan. The facility will demonstrate the company’s proprietary technology, Kawasaki CO₂ Capture, within two separate units: direct air capture to collect CO₂ from the atmosphere and post-combustion capture to capture CO₂ from exhaust gas emitted by an in-house power plant.

Turbomachinery International’s November/December 2025 issue is live and includes insights from Nikon Corp., Ebara Elliott Energy, the Myth Busters Klaus Brun and Rainer Kurz, Amin Almasi’s Turbo Tips, and the 2025 Turbomachinery & Pump Symposia. Make sure to check it out!

The cover story, Steam Turbine Optimization for Mechanical Drive Applications, Part 2: Blade Dynamics and Aerodynamic Performance, shifts the focus from aerodynamic design to the mechanical challenges that shape turbine durability and long-term performance. It also outlines methods for managing mean and alternating stress, showing how trade-offs in mass, shape, frequency response and damping affect blade life.