Heavy-duty gas turbine exported

CHENGDU — China shipped its first domestically developed F-class heavy-duty gas turbine for overseas use on Friday, marking a step forward in its push to enter a global market long ruled by a handful of international manufacturers.

A truck carrying the 50-megawatt G50 turbine, developed by Dongfang Turbine Co Ltd, left Deyang in Southwest China's Sichuan province for Kazakhstan.

The delivery is part of an order signed in November 2025 to supply three G50 units for a power generation project in Kazakhstan. It is the first overseas order for a Chinese-developed F-class heavy-duty gas turbine.

Heavy-duty gas turbines are critical equipment for power generation and mechanical drive applications.

F-class turbines, among the most widely used heavy-duty gas turbines globally, operate at temperatures of around 1,400 C. Their development involves expertise in more than 100 fields, including high-temperature alloys, precision casting and aerodynamics.

The export comes amid rising global demand for gas turbines, driven in part by growing electricity consumption from artificial intelligence data centers and changes in the global energy mix.

XINHUA-CHINA DAILY