Quick search shows the reason is nothing to do with your sarcasm.
replyIts origin is traced back to a 1929 company, Solar Aircraft Company.
How is this sarcasm? I had almost the exact same thought in earnest: A gas turbine company being called Solar Turbines is quite interesting and unexpected if you're not familiar with that particular corporate history.
replyI agree with OP that the name, while maybe not deliberately, is really confusing in 2026. I thought that was a wind turbines or a solar panel technology, definitely not gas.
replyAnd it takes all of 30seconds to look up instead of posting sarcastic hyperbole that the company is trying to greenwash their product by name when it’s a 100 year old company name.
replyConfusing as it may be for people like yourself, I don’t think it really defends posting sarcasm that is not based in reality.
I didn't really think it was greenwashing, just hilarious to have one of the largest gas turbine companies in the world named "solar turbines"
reply> "It's green energy, we put solar in our name"
replyYou can call this whatever you want.
We call them "jokes"
replyIt's 2026 - they should change their fucking name.
replyHow did that work out for X? I mean, Twitter. Or Meta? You mean Facebook?
replyName recognition matters especially to people in particular segments.
Solar Turbines is one of the world's leading manufacturers of industrial gas turbines, with more than 17,000 installed in 100 countries
replyMuch like that scoundrel Aurelian reviving the cult of Sol Invictus to greenwash the late roman empire. /s
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