The history of the gas turbine can be traced back to 150 BC, when a Greek inventor, philosopher, and geometrician, Hero, who lived in Alexandria, Egypt, invented a toy called the “Aeolipile.” The toy ...

The Greek power system provides an interesting energy transition case study. Lignite, the lowest-ranked coal in terms of heat content, was for many years the leading source of power generation in ...

Natural gas–fired power generation has seen its ups and downs over the past couple of decades. In some cases, highly efficient combined cycle units were taken offline because they just weren’t needed.

Over the last few years, there have been drastic changes among gas turbine suppliers. Siemens has taken over Westinghouse while ABB has sold its power generation group, including the gas turbines, to ...

Wait times for the hulking turbines needed to turn natural gas into electricity have doubled in the past year as companies scramble to build data centers for A.I. The blades of a giant metal turbine, ...

Inside Siemens Energy AG’s vast glass and steel assembly hall in central Berlin, engineers are close to completing a 500-ton turbine for a natural-gas power plant. Workers have spent weeks on ...