Deadline Date: January 30, 2026
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has issued a Request for Information to gather insight from entities involved in the manufacture of gas turbines supplying the 60 Hz U.S. market including OEMs, Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers, and Tier 3 material suppliers.
The focus includes factors that constrain domestic turbine manufacturing capability that may include raw materials, component or sub-component supply, limitations in manufacturing processes, trained workforce gaps in areas of manufacturing development, production, or certification, technologies that could improve manufacturing throughput, yield enhancements or scrap reduction, reduction of the amount of material or energy needed, lead-time reduction, quality assurance, non-technical supply chain constraints, sourcing of major components from outside the U.S. that limit production, and related industry component demand such as aviation turbines that may impact land-based power gas turbine component supply.
DOE is seeking input on gaps that constrain the production capacity of U.S. manufacturers of gas turbines and invites responses from interested parties to provide information based on their experience. Respondents can address any number of areas including manufacturing technology constraints, workforce constraints, sub-supplier constraints and materials constraints. This includes feedback across manufacturing methods such as forging, casting, forming, coating, machining, joining, additive manufacturing and assembly.
Responses are intended to help evaluate barriers across manufacturing processes that limit the ability to supply additional components. The information requested includes identification of limitations within organizations’ processes, challenges in attracting or retaining skilled workforce, component limitations from sub-suppliers and material supply limitations from material suppliers.
DOE encourages organizations with relevant experience to contribute input that supports a comprehensive understanding of manufacturing capacity gaps and potential improvements across the gas turbine supply chain.
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