Siemens has received its first order from Japan for the delivery of two H-Class gas turbines. The two 400 MW SGT5-8000H units will form the core of the Kobe Steel Ltd (KOBELCO) combined cycle power plant in Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture in Japan. The customer is Fuji Electric Co, which will be erecting the plant on a turnkey basis for the end customer KOBELCO at its site.
The plant is located inland some 50km west of the Pacific coast and is therefore to be equipped with an air-cooled condenser. It is scheduled to begin commercial operation at the end of 2019. Approval of the environmental impact assessment for the power plant, which will have one of the most efficient machines in this performance category available in the world, is expected to be granted in mid-2016.
With an installed capacity of more than 1.2 GW and an efficiency level of more than 61 %, this will be the most powerful and most efficient gas-fired power plant in the country.
The fleet of Siemens H-class gas turbines achieved more than 100 000 equivalent operating hours by the end of September 2014. Including this order, Siemens has now sold 41 H-class gas turbines worldwide. Thirteen of these machines are currently in commercial operation and are said to exhibit a high degree of starting reliability and availability.
"Our H-Class turbine series, with its record-setting levels of performance and efficiency, is excellently suited for countries which need to meet their power demands quickly and with the latest technology and using machines with proven reliability", commented Roland Fischer, CEO of the Siemens Power and Gas division.
