GE Vernova has announced an order for three 7HA.03 gas turbines to be installed at The Kansai Electric Power Company’s Nanko power station in Osaka, Japan. GE Vernova’s 7HA.03 units will replace conventional LNG power generation assets (consisting of three boilers and three steam turbines) and are expected to increase the power plant’s efficiency while reducing its carbon dioxide emissions.
Japan has set ambitious targets to achieve net zero by 2050 under the latest Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) plans. Japan’s energy system is in transition, and the country has targeted achieving this decarbonisation goal through setting up investments in lower carbon generation sources and the support of ‘Economic Efficiency’, one of the three ‘S+3E’ pillars within the revised national 6th Strategic Energy Plan, which also includes ‘Safety plus Energy Security’, and ‘Environmental Sustainability’ ambitions.
“The plant is expected … to be the among the most efficient in the country,” said Ramesh Singaram, president and CEO, Asia, GE Vernova Gas Power. “In addition, 7HA.03 gas turbine technology currently has the capability to burn up to 50% by volume of hydrogen when blended with natural gas, with a technology pathway to 100% over the next decade.” GE Vernova is also expected to provide field services.
