In the United States (US), Turboden America LLC, a subsidiary of the technology provider for power generation and heat electrification, Turboden S.p.A., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group company, has announced that it has been selected by energy solutions company Tallgrass for three new Waste-Heat-to-Power (WHP) organic rankine cycle (ORC) plants at gas compressor stations in Columbus and Chandlersville, Ohio (OH), and St. Paul, Indiana (IN).
These projects follow the initial Turboden WHP system procured in 2024 for a facility in Fayette County, Ohio, bringing the total to four installations and 46.1 MW of clean, reliable baseload power.
The announcement comes as electricity demand across the United States continues to rise, placing sustained pressure on grid infrastructure and exposing capacity constraints in several regions.
Unlocking incremental capacity
The three new WHP units will each supply around 10 MW of additional clean electricity to local utilities in rural areas of Ohio and Indiana – recycling turbine exhaust heat into baseload, grid-stabilizing power.
It will be supported by Turboanalytics, the company’s cloud-based AI monitoring system, to provide anomaly detection, predictive maintenance, and forecasting.
By converting existing thermal energy into additional megawatts without new fuel consumption or water use, the projects demonstrate how operators can unlock incremental capacity from existing infrastructure.
In regions where gas turbine supply, pipeline capacity, and grid interconnections are increasingly constrained, waste-heat-to-power offers a practical pathway to strengthen grid reliability while reducing emissions.
These projects also qualify as Waste Energy Recovery Properties (WERP) eligible for Investment Tax Credit (ITC) incentive under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), improving operational margins and long-term value.
Major gas infrastructure operator
Tallgrass operates key interstate natural gas networks, with more than 7,000 miles of FERC-regulated pipelines, including the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX), Ruby, Trailblazer, Tallgrass Interstate Gas Transmission, and Cheyenne Connector.
In January 2025, Tallgrass also received approval for its development of the Crusoe AI data center – a 1.8 GW natural gas-powered data center campus with the ability to scale to 10 GW, making it one of the largest AI compute complexes ever announced.
The company is responsible for energy and fuel supply, carbon sequestration, pipeline access, water infrastructure, and energy-to-grid distribution for the project.
We are proud that Tallgrass has placed its trust in our ORC waste-heat-to-power technology. We hope that the Investment Tax Credit will remain in place for these projects, encouraging other oil and gas companies to follow Tallgrass’s example and helping this approach become a best practice for gas compressor stations. Improving energy efficiency and reducing CO₂ emissions in oil and gas processing and transportation are areas of strong interest for Turboden and the MHI Group. As power demand continues to rise across the United States, projects like these highlight the growing role of efficiency-driven, water-free baseload solutions in supporting energy security and long-term grid resilience, commented Paolo Bertuzzi, President of Turboden America, and CEO of Turboden.
Turboden has over four decades of experience creating bespoke utility-grade ORC solutions, with 470+ installations in 50 countries.
This renewed collaboration with Tallgrass underscores the strategic value of Turboden America, established in Houston, Texas (TX) in October 2024 to support US customers and accelerate Turboden’s growth in key sectors such as midstream oil & gas, power utilities, industrial manufacturing, and data centers.
