Doosan Enerbility said on the 18th it signed a contract with U.S. corporations to supply two 370-megawatt (MW) class steam turbines and two generators each to power data centers.
This is the first time Doosan Enerbility has supplied steam turbines to North America. Doosan Enerbility is solidifying its position in the North American artificial intelligence (AI) data center power market by winning orders for steam turbines following gas turbines from U.S. corporations.
With this contract, Doosan Enerbility was seen as demonstrating its capability to supply a combined-cycle power solution that integrates gas turbines and steam turbines. A steam turbine is a core facility in combined-cycle power that uses waste heat from a gas turbine to produce additional electricity, maximizing energy efficiency. In combined-cycle power, a gas turbine is driven by natural gas, and the resulting heat drives the steam turbine once more in a high-efficiency configuration.
Doosan Enerbility plans to use this order as a springboard to accelerate exports of its combined-cycle model to utility corporations and independent power producers (IPPs) in North America.
Son Seung-woo, head of the Power Service BG at Doosan Enerbility, said, "With this order, we reaffirmed that the North American power market has strong trust in Doosan's power technologies," and added, "We will further strengthen cooperation with customers in North America and cement our market position as a comprehensive supplier covering both gas turbines and steam turbines."