GE, which plans to introduce the 2.5xl in North America next year, also says it has received 2.5xl turbine commitments totalling more than a gigawatt of capacity over the next year.

As Recharge reported last week, developer Terra-Gen Power intends to use the 2.5xl in what would be among the first major orders for the new turbine in the US. If approved, the Alta-Oak Creek Mojave project would generate up to 800 megawatts (MW) using 100 of GE’s 1.5MW