The very first independently developed 110-megawatt heavy-duty gas turbine from China – Taihang 110, left the assembly line of one of the turbine facilities on September 8, 2025, and is all set for its commercial delivery.
This deployment ushers in the commercial operations of the most powerful homegrown gas turbine in China, as it is going to throttle the national efforts to attain its carbon emissions objectives, as per Aero Engine Corporation of China – AECC.
Heavy-duty gas turbines, which happen to be the core equipment as well as a symbol of industrial strength, can be independently developed by only some countries.
Apparently, the Taihang 110 goes on to boast a very fast start-up time, a high level of combined-cycle thermal efficiency, and also low maintenance needs. It would be capable of running on fuel, which includes natural gas or even, for that matter, low-to-medium heating value gases, and will be apt for combined heat as well as power generation, natural-gas-peaking power plants, and also combined-cycle power generation.
Enhancing upon the thermal power generation units having similar capacity, the 110-megawatt heavy-duty gas turbine could as well reduce carbon emissions by more than 1 million tonnes per year. In its combined-cycle mode, it can go ahead and generate over 150,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity that can very well meet the everyday electricity demand of more than 10,000 households.
Aero Engine Corporation of China has also gone on to initiate the research and development of hydrogen-fueled gas turbines and has attained breakthroughs in certain major areas of fast hydrogen-air mixing, along with low-emission hydrogen combustion organization, and also the balanced combustion control when it comes to hydrogen fuel, opined the head of gas turbines at AECC, Lu Jibin.
