RESTON, Va. -- Leidos has agreed to acquire ENTRUST Solutions Group from private equity firm Kohlberg in a transaction valued at approximately $2.4 billion, significantly expanding its engineering services footprint in the U.S. energy and utilities sector.

The deal will roughly double the size of Leidos’ energy infrastructure engineering business, which currently generates about $600 million in annual revenue. That business provides engineering and technical services to electric utilities, primarily focused on transmission and distribution systems. Leidos has operated in the sector for more than 20 years, supporting commercial utility customers across the United States.

ENTRUST Solutions Group brings a broader set of engineering capabilities that span power generation, transmission and distribution for both electric and gas utilities. The acquisition is expected to expand Leidos’ utility customer base and deepen its involvement across the full power delivery lifecycle, from generation assets to downstream grid infrastructure.

Following the transaction, Leidos’ combined energy engineering workforce will exceed 5,500 professionals. The company said the acquisition aligns with its long-term growth strategy, which prioritizes infrastructure modernization, engineering services and technology-enabled solutions for critical national systems.

The transaction comes as U.S. utilities prepare for large-scale investment to modernize aging grid infrastructure, expand capacity and improve resilience against extreme weather. Industry forecasts project utilities will invest roughly $1 trillion over the next decade to upgrade and secure the electrical grid in response to rising electricity demand, electrification trends and reliability concerns.

The acquisition is subject to customary regulatory approvals and closing conditions.

The Leidos-ENTRUST deal highlights accelerating consolidation in the energy engineering and infrastructure services market as utilities face mounting pressure to modernize the U.S. power grid. By combining scale, technical depth and a broader customer base, Leidos is positioning itself to capture a larger share of long-term utility spending tied to grid resilience, energy security and national infrastructure priorities.

Source: Forecast International
Associated URL: leidos.com

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. - Progress continues on new natural gas generation units at Plant Yates in Coweta County, Georgia, located about an hour southwest of Atlanta. Georgia Power recently received delivery of the latest major components - including the turbine and generator - to complete the new Unit 9 combustion turbine (CT). Each new Plant Yates CT includes a state-of-the-art Mitsubishi Power M501JAC simple-cycle gas combustion turbine and a Mitsubishi Electric Power VP-X Series turbine generator. Assembled at Mitsubishi Power’s Savannah Machinery Works facility, the units were transported to the site using both rail and truck.

Georgia Power is building three new CTs at Plant Yates that were approved by the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) in the 2023 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) Update and, thanks to the efficient planning and construction timelines available for natural gas generation, are expected to be online by the end of 2027 to meet new energy demand in the state. Components for Unit 8 were delivered in August and the components for Unit 10 are expected to be delivered in early 2026. When all units are in service, the three units will provide 1,300 megawatts (MW) of generation capacity for customers.

The three advanced-class gas turbines at Plant Yates will provide higher output and greater efficiency than previous generations of simple-cycle CT designs, and each turbine weighs nearly 350 tons and is 50 feet long and 18 feet wide. The air-cooled Mitsubishi Power M501JAC Series design provides operational flexibility by eliminating the need for steam cooling, offering a shorter start-up time of approximately 30 minutes and a lower turn down rate. As a contingency in the unlikely event that natural gas is unavailable, the units have built-in flexibility to run on oil, with on-site oil storage capability to provide reliability and resiliency benefits to the electric system. With minor future modifications, the M501JAC is also capable of using a hydrogen mix as a fuel. Blending technology continues to advance as an option across the industry in the pursuit of reduced carbon emissions, and Georgia Power is leading the way in this innovative research, recently partnering with Mitsubishi Power for a 50% hydrogen-blending project at Plant McDonough-Atkinson.

The three Mitsubishi Electric Power VP-X generators are highly efficient, hydrogen cooled units that are rated at 583 megavolt-amperes (MVA) each, representing the total apparent power generated by the unit. These generators have achieved world-leading high efficiency of 99%. Each unit weighs approximately 779,782 pounds.

Source: Georgia Power
Associated URL: https://www.georgiapower.com/news-hub/press-releases/turbine-generator-unit-9-plant-yates.html

SAN DIEGO, Calif. - Vertiv (NYSE: VRT), a global leader in critical digital infrastructure, and Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT), a global leader in power systems, today announced the signing of a strategic undertaking to collaborate on advanced energy optimization solutions for data centers. This initiative will integrate Vertiv’s power distribution and cooling portfolio with Caterpillar’s, and its subsidiary Solar Turbines’, product and expertise in power generation and CCHP (Combined Cooling, Heat and Power) to deliver pre-designed architectures that simplify deployment, accelerate time-to-power and optimize performance for data center operations.

This collaboration directly addresses the growing demand for on-site energy solutions that deliver reliable power and cooling. Together, the companies are able to offer a fully integrated solution with validated interfaces and performance, enabling customers to accelerate design, installation and deployment.

· Caterpillar and Solar Turbines will supply power generation solutions, such as natural gas turbines and reciprocating engines, to deliver dependable, scalable electric power and thermal energy for CCHP.

· Vertiv will provide a complete portfolio of power and cooling solutions and services, packaged as modular, pre-designed blocks, to shorten design cycles and standardize deployment.

This initiative directly addresses the growing demand for on-site energy solutions and offers a coordinated, customer-first approach to solution design and implementation. The Vertiv and Caterpillar Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) represents a pivotal step in further refining this ecosystem, enabling customers to overcome energy constraints and deploy optimized AI centers.

Source: Solar Turbines
Associated URL: https://www.solarturbines.com/en_US/about-us/news-and-press-releases/vertiv-and-caterpillar-press-release.html