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GE Vernova (GEV) — moat facet

GE Vernova leads the gas turbine market alongside two peers who are sold out too, while it retreats from wind and fights six rivals in grid equipment.

GE Vernova names its competitors segment by segment, and the lists say a great deal. In Power: Siemens Energy, Mitsubishi Power, Westinghouse, Framatome and Rolls-Royce. In Wind: Vestas, Siemens-Gamesa, Nordex, Envision and Goldwind. In Electrification: Hitachi Energy, Siemens Energy, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Mitsubishi Electric and ABB1.

Named competitors in the FY2025 10-K, by segment5Power5Wind6ElectrificationGE Vernova Form 10-K FY2025, Item 1 competition
Sixteen named rivals across three segments.

The four relationships that matter are different in kind. In gas turbines there are two peers, Siemens Energy and Mitsubishi Power, and all three are sold out; Global Energy Monitor found the three supplying two-thirds of the turbines for gas plants under construction2. In wind GE Vernova is losing, and has chosen to shrink. In grid equipment it competes with six large names in a market short of capacity. And a set of substitutes, from fuel cells to engines to batteries, lives off the turbine queue itself.

The Bloom Energy and Vistra pages describe the turbine shortage from the buyer's side. What they show is that customers who cannot get a turbine in time are looking elsewhere; what this page shows is who they look at.

GE Vernova's own 10-K concedes the shift: with demand exceeding capacity, "we face growing competition from emerging threats"3. A third-party study put its share of the gas turbine market at over 18.5% in 2025, the largest of any maker4.

The competition is also regional. Global Energy Monitor estimated that GE Vernova held 38% of Asia's under-construction gas turbine market in 20245, and Europe was $7,594 million of GE Vernova's 2025 revenue, the Middle East and Africa $5,389 million6. A rival that is strong in one region can take share there without touching GE Vernova's position in the others, which is one reason no single competitor dominates all three segments.

The rivals are also expanding in nuclear. The 10-K lists Westinghouse, Framatome and Rolls-Royce among Power competitors7, three companies that compete with GE Vernova's Nuclear unit for new reactors. That contest is small in revenue today, $1,018 million for GE Vernova's Nuclear Power in 20258, but the order sizes in nuclear are large and few.

The competitive position is narrow and stable: strong in gas, weak in wind, contested in the grid. The number that would move it is the gas turbine market share, an estimate of 18.5% for 2025; if later studies show it falling while GE Vernova's order book is full, rivals will be taking the customers who cannot wait.

Moat trajectory: Holding steady

Gas turbine share over 18.5% (2025, estimate); wind orders shrinking; grid orders rising.

The number that tests this moat
Third-party estimate
Gas turbine market share, third-party estimate
Over 18.5% (2025)

GE Vernova's hold on the market that carries the company; a fall while its order book is full would mean rivals are taking the customers who cannot wait.

Source: Global Market Insights, gas turbine market ↗
Dig deeper
DIG DEEPER 01
Siemens Energy and Mitsubishi Power: The Other Two Queues
GE Vernova, Siemens Energy and Mitsubishi Power are all sold out, so for now they are peers sharing a shortage rather than rivals fighting over price.
DIG DEEPER 02
Vestas and the Wind Makers: The Contest GE Vernova Is Leaving
GE Vernova is losing the wind market to five named rivals and has chosen to shrink rather than fight on price.
DIG DEEPER 03
Hitachi Energy, ABB and Schneider: Grid Rivals in a Seller's Market
GE Vernova competes with six named grid rivals, and it bought Prolec GE's factories so that lead times would not decide the contest.
DIG DEEPER 04
Fuel Cells, Engines and Batteries: The Machines That Skip the Queue
GE Vernova sells its own stopgaps, aeroderivative turbines and storage, to keep impatient customers from fuel cells and engines.
References
  1. ReportedIn Electrification: Hitachi Energy, Siemens Energy, Siemens, Schneider Electric, Mitsubishi Electric and ABB.
    GE Vernova Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 - Item 1 business: products, installed base, competitors and employees. — FY2025 · publ. 29 January 2026 · source ↗
  2. Third-party estimateIn gas turbines there are two peers, Siemens Energy and Mitsubishi Power, and all three are sold out; Global Energy Monitor found the three supplying two-thirds of the turbines for gas plants under construction.
    Global Energy Monitor, 'Leading three manufacturers providing two-thirds of turbines for gas-fired power plants under construction' - GE Vernova almost 55 GW of turbines under construction. — August 2024 · publ. August 2024 · source ↗
  3. ReportedGE Vernova's own 10-K concedes the shift: with demand exceeding capacity, "we face growing competition from emerging threats".
    GE Vernova Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 - Item 1A risk factors. — FY2025 · publ. 29 January 2026 · source ↗
  4. Third-party estimateA third-party study put its share of the gas turbine market at over 18.5% in 2025, the largest of any maker.
    Global Market Insights, gas turbine market report - GE Vernova led the gas turbine market with over 18.5% share in 2025. — 2025 · publ. 2026 · source ↗
  5. Third-party estimateGlobal Energy Monitor estimated that GE Vernova held 38% of Asia's under-construction gas turbine market in 2024, and Europe was $7,594 million of GE Vernova's 2025 revenue, the Middle East and Africa $5,389 million.
    Global Energy Monitor, 'Leading three manufacturers providing two-thirds of turbines for gas-fired power plants under construction' - GE Vernova almost 55 GW of turbines under construction. — August 2024 · publ. August 2024 · source ↗
  6. ReportedGlobal Energy Monitor estimated that GE Vernova held 38% of Asia's under-construction gas turbine market in 2024, and Europe was $7,594 million of GE Vernova's 2025 revenue, the Middle East and Africa $5,389 million.
    GE Vernova Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 - financial statements: income, balance sheet, cash flow, taxes and capital returns. — FY2025 · publ. 29 January 2026 · source ↗
  7. ReportedThe 10-K lists Westinghouse, Framatome and Rolls-Royce among Power competitors, three companies that compete with GE Vernova's Nuclear unit for new reactors.
    GE Vernova Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 - Item 1 business: products, installed base, competitors and employees. — FY2025 · publ. 29 January 2026 · source ↗
  8. ReportedThat contest is small in revenue today, $1,018 million for GE Vernova's Nuclear Power in 2025, but the order sizes in nuclear are large and few.
    GE Vernova Form 10-K for fiscal 2025 - segment revenue by business unit and by equipment and services, and Offshore Wind contract losses. — FY2025 · publ. 29 January 2026 · source ↗
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Generated September 28, 2026