Turbomachinery News Network: Siemens Energy, Everllence, Doosan Enerbility, and more

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

The European Union’s Clean Aviation program nominated Rolls-Royce to lead a project regarding decarbonized aviation—one of 12 under the Clean Aviation Joint Undertaking with approximately €945 million in funding. The company will lead the UNIFIED consortium, which will execute ground testing for an UltraFan technology demonstrator in the short-to-medium range thrust class.

Doosan Enerbility and Korea Southern Power recently signed a memorandum of understanding to secure technological self-reliance for the local engineering and manufacturing of pumped-storage hydropower plant components. Doosan will secure these components via partnerships with leading players, while KOSPO provides demonstration sites for locally manufactured products and develops sales channels.

The China National Electric Engineering Co. granted Everllence a contract to deliver four high-efficiency, 18-cylinder 51/60DF engines for a 74-MW newbuild power plant in Nouakchott, Mauritania. Each 51/60DF engine generates 18.5 MW of electric power and commissioning is scheduled for completion by late 2026.

ASCO, Landmark, and Rolls-Royce have partnered to commission a 10-MW, gas engine-operated power plant with a carbon-capture system in Worksop, United Kingdom. For the Worksop plant, Rolls-Royce delivered six combined heat-and-power units based on its mtu Series 4000 L64FNER gas engines and will guarantee the plant’s reliable operation via a 10-year maintenance contract.

Fermi America and the Texas Tech University System are signing two letters of intent with Siemens Energy to obtain 1.1 GW of F-class generation equipment for delivery in 2026 and integrate the company’s nuclear steam turbine technologies for a planned 11-GW AI campus. The AI campus aims to pair reliable and quick-to-deploy natural gas generation with nuclear power and modern infrastructure, providing a template for the United States to meet rapidly increasing energy demand from AI and high-performance computing.