General Electric TM2500

The TM2500 is a mobile aeroderivative gas turbine generator set now sold by GE Vernova. It is the trailer-mounted, portable version of the LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine: the turbine and generator ride on trailers and the supporting equipment comes in containers, so a unit can be driven to a site and put on the grid in days rather than months. The maker quotes an installation time of about 14 days, a start time of about five minutes and roughly 37 MW from each set, with further sets added in 37 MW blocks as demand grows. It runs on gas, liquefied petroleum gas or distillate liquid fuel and is used as a bridge to permanent power, as backup after natural disasters or plant shutdowns, and in places with weak grids. GE says more than 350 units are installed worldwide, with the 50 hertz sets packaged in Veresegyhaz, Hungary and the 60 hertz sets near Houston, Texas. The 2010 TM2500+ cut the package from four trailers to two, and the later TM2500 DLE is a waterless version.