DOE Seeks Input on Gas Turbine Manufacturing to Increase Domestic Energy Production

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office (HGEO) today issued a request for information (RFI) focused on evaluating challenges faced by U.S. manufacturers that currently constrain gas turbine production capacity. Natural gas turbines offer several benefits for domestic electricity generation, including high operational flexibility, efficiencies, and reliability. DOE will use stakeholder feedback to inform effective research and development that can increase the pace of manufacturing these crucial energy generating technologies. This effort supports President Trump’s commitment to boost production of our domestic energy resources to ensure affordable and reliable energy for all Americans and protect our national and economic security.

According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, electricity demand, which remained relatively flat for the last two decades, is now expected to grow at an average rate of 1.7% per year in the short-term forecast and to exceed 6,000 terawatt-hours by 2050, a 50% increase from 2024 levels. Such demand—due in part to rapid growth in data centers and artificial intelligence, reshoring of American manufacturing, and increased electrification in building operations, transportation, and industry—will strain equipment supply chains, especially gas turbines, which provide more than 40% of electricity in the United States.

Further, with the recent spike in electricity demand, the delivery wait time for gas turbines has doubled from two to three years to as many as seven years, resulting in price increases due to the limited supply. Such long lead times and high prices threaten to constrain the effective supply of electricity to meet demand. 

To assist DOE in evaluating the gaps that constrain the production capacity of U.S. manufacturers of gas turbines, DOE is seeking input from interested parties in the categories of manufacturing technology, workforce, sub-suppliers, and materials.

To review the RFI, please click here. Responses must be submitted electronically to TurbineManufacturingRFI@netl.doe.gov, with the subject line “U.S. Turbine Manufacturing RFI Response.” Responses are due no later than 5:00 pm ET on January 30, 2026.

This RFI is for information-gathering only and is not a Notice of Funding Opportunity. DOE is not accepting applications to this RFI, nor will DOE reimburse any costs in preparing a response.