Harbin Electric and GE Vernova have announced that Chinese state-owned power utility Shenzhen Energy Group Corporation‘s 2 GW Guangming gas fired combined cycle power plant has achieved the start of operations in Shenzhen Guangming, a district of Guangdong province, China. Powered by three GE 9HA.01 gas turbines, the Guangming plant has been built to help power the most populous province in the country, with a population of 127 million.
China aims to achieve a carbon emissions peak by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060. Driven by these goals the country is committed to reduce coal’s share of its energy mix and expedite the building of efficient gas-powered combined cycle plants. This project is also aligned to local government policy reform in the Greater Bay Area focused on the coal-to-gas energy transition.
The 9HA.01 gas turbine has the capability to burn up to 50% by volume of hydrogen when blended with natural gas, offering a pathway to even lower carbon emitting operations.
For this project, Harbin Electric provided steam turbines and generators, and the gas turbines were provided by the joint venture ‘General Harbin Electric Gas Turbine (Qinhuangdao) Co., Ltd’ which was formed in 2019 between GE Vernova and Harbin Electric as a joint effort to focus on heavy duty gas turbine localisation.
