Startup Arbor Energy clinched a billion-dollar deal to deliver up to 5 GW of modular, 3D-printed turbines to data centers and industrial customers. (TechCrunch)
For context: Traditional turbine OEMs are backlogged through 2032, bottlenecked by specialty blade manufacturing and limited workforce. In the meantime? Arbor says its 3D-printed components sidestep that chokepoint.Â
The tech: Arbor’s Halcyon turbines are inspired by rocket turbomachinery and can run on natural gas or biomass. Arbor claims carbon emissions can be sequestered from either process—they aim for <10 grams of CO2/kWh, 40X lower than natural gas power plants without carbon capture.
Arbor sold 200 of the 25-MW turbines to GridMarket, a company that helps secure power for increasingly energy-hungry projects like data centers. The goal is to link the first turbine to the grid in 2028, and eventually churn out 10 GW of new capacity annually.