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In-house SpaceX turbine casting pulls nat-gas turbines forward by up to 18 months

“By doing in-house casting at SpaceX, we can accelerate nat gas turbines coming online by up to 18 months, which is a profound game-changer.”
— Elon Musk · Aug 29, 2026 · @elonmusk on X, Aug 29 2026 ↗
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Said Aug 29 2026 (oEmbed author Elon Musk, html dated August 29 2026; full text via fxtwitter matching oEmbed prefix). Reply to @TeslaBoomerMama. Full tweet also says SpaceX and Tesla are each building 100GW/year of solar 'as fast as possible' and that nat gas will still be needed to bootstrap solar for several years. The 100GW line is present-tense capacity with no dated target, so it is not a second card. Grade the 18-month turbine pull-in. L10: 18 months from 2026-08-29 is 2028-02-29. Distinct from existing solar-roof / solar-plurality cards.

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Aug 29, 2026
The promise: “By doing in-house casting at SpaceX, we can accelerate nat gas turbines coming online by up to 18 months, which is a profound game-changer.” · @elonmusk on X, Aug 29 2026 ↗
Today · Aug 31, 2026
Status: Pending · 547 days left. Still waiting.

On August 29 2026 Elon Musk said the bottleneck in natural-gas turbine production is casting blades and vanes, and that in-house casting at SpaceX can bring turbines online up to 18 months faster. He also said SpaceX and Tesla are each building 100 GW per year of solar production as fast as possible, with natural gas still needed to bootstrap solar for several years. The dated claim on the card is the 18-month turbine pull-in.

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