Rolls-Royce launches modular gas engine power plants | Rolls-Royce

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Modular power plants
  • Flexible, decentralized power generators ensure power supply
  • Strong backbone for the energy transition
  • Ready for use in 12 to 18 months thanks to preconfigured models

Rolls-Royce is launching a new modular solution for gas engine power plants that will provide security of supply and accelerate the implementation of the German Government’s Power Plant Strategy. The turnkey plants deliver between five and several hundred megawatts of power, depending on requirements and are H2-ready solutions suitable for the future use of hydrogen. Thanks to preconfigured, factory-tested modules with 10, 20 and 30 megawatts each, the power plants can be connected to the grid within 12 to 18 months of ordering.

The power generation plants are available as backup and compensate for fluctuations in the feed-in from wind and solar energy. This is particularly important during periods of low wind and low sunlight, when gaps of between 10 hours and several weeks need to be bridged. In some applications, they can also act as a bridging solution – providing continuous power until a connection can be made to the grid, or another power source such as nuclear, at which point the gensets can switch to providing backup power. Rolls-Royce will be presenting its new solutions at the E-world energy trade fair in Essen from February 10 to 12, 2026, at booth 6H106 in Hall 6.

Tobias Ostermaier, President Stationary Power Solutions at Rolls-Royce Power Systems explained:

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With our modular gas engine power plants, we are implementing the German Government’s Power Plant Strategy quickly and economically. Our partner network ensures speed and local value creation. Utilities and data centers around the world rely on our solutions – more than 17 gigawatts of installed capacity speak for themselves.”

Modular gas engine power plants combine resilience, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability

Since 2014, the UK has been relying on a capacity market to switch its energy supply from coal to renewable and gas-fired power plants. Rolls-Royce has been supporting the British energy transition with highly efficient gas gensets ever since – around 500 mtu gas gensets are now in use to support the power grid.

Modular gas engine power plants combine resilience, cost-effectiveness, and sustainability

Decentralized gas engine power plants increase grid resilience and support the further integration of renewable energies into the grid. Instead of a few large, centralized units, they rely on many smaller units that can be switched on or off individually as needed and always operated at optimum efficiency – a plus for economic efficiency and climate protection, especially when using biomethane and biogas.

Michael Stipa, Senior Vice President Strategy, Business and Product Development Stationary Energy Solutions at Rolls-Royce Power Systems said:

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True resilience comes from decentralization, not centralization. An energy system based on many distributed, modular generation units is less susceptible to large-scale disruptions and bottlenecks. Modular gas engine power plants offer exactly this structure.”

Please see further information on the mtu gas engine power plants here: Power Resilience

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About Rolls-Royce Holdings plc
  1. Rolls-Royce is a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. Our products and service packages help our customers meet the growing need for power across multiple industries; enable governments to equip their armed forces with the power required to protect their citizens; and connect people, societies, cultures and economies together.
  2. Rolls-Royce has a local presence in 48 countries and customers in over a hundred more, including airlines and aircraft leasing companies, armed forces and navies, and marine and industrial customers.
  3. Through our multi-year transformation programme, we are building a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing Rolls-Royce. We are building the financial capacity and agility to allow us to successfully develop and deliver the products that will support our customers through the energy transition.
  4. Annual underlying revenue was £17.8 billion in 2024, and underlying operating profit was £2.46 billion.
  5. Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a publicly traded company (LSE: RR., ADR: RYCEY, LEI: 213800EC7997ZBLZJH69)5.
  6. Rolls-Royce Power Systems is headquartered in Friedrichshafen in southern Germany and employs more than 10,350 people. The product portfolio includes mtu-brand high-speed engines and propulsion systems for ships, heavy land, rail and defence vehicles and for the oil and gas industry. The portfolio also includes diesel and gas systems and battery containers for mission critical, standby and continuous power, combined generation of heat and power, and microgrids. With its climate friendly technologies, Rolls-Royce Power Systems is helping to drive the energy transition.
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