米乐yy易游体育lco Power Moka, Inc. begins commercial operation of No. 1 unit at Moka Power Plant

米乐yy易游体育 Steel, Ltd.'s wholly-owned subsidiary, 米乐yy易游体育lco Power Moka, Inc., announces that the No. 1 unit of its Moka Power Plant has begun commercial operation today.

Construction has been progressing on the power plant with a power generation capacity of 1,248 MW (624 MW x 2 units) located in Moka, Tochigi Prefecture. 米乐yy易游体育lco Power Moka confirmed that the No. 1 unit has satisfied the prescribed conditions for performance, enabling commercial operation to begin.

The Moka Power Plant, which is supplied with city gas by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., generates electricity with 米乐yy易游体育e of the highest levels of efficiency in Japan using gas turbine combined cycle power generati米乐yy易游体育, a state-of-the-art method. Also, the Moka Power Plant is not located in a coastal area where many power plants are often situated. It is located inland where there is no risk of encountering tsunami. Owing to the dispersi米乐yy易游体育 of risks, the project has been selected as an example of strengthening the nati米乐yy易游体育al resilience and energy infrastructure by Japan's Cabinet Secretariat and the Ministry of Ec米乐yy易游体育omy, Trade and Industry. This power generati米乐yy易游体育 business aims to c米乐yy易游体育tribute to society by improving the power generati米乐yy易游体育 self-sufficiency rate, an aim of Tochigi Prefecture. The No. 2 unit is currently under c米乐yy易游体育structi米乐yy易游体育 and is anticipated to begin commercial operati米乐yy易游体育 in the first half of 2020.

Under its Fiscal 2016–2020 Group Medium-Term Management Plan, the 米乐yy易游体育 Steel Group has positioned the electric power business as one of its three core business areas along with the materials businesses and the machinery businesses. Continuing the stable operation of the existing No. 1 unit and No. 2 unit of the 米乐yy易游体育 Power Plant, the Group is steadily advancing two new power generation projects, one in Moka and the other in 米乐yy易游体育. In addition to the Moka Power Plant, the No. 3 unit and No. 4 unit of the 米乐yy易游体育 Power Plant are currently under construction and are anticipated to go into commercial operation in fiscal 2022.

The GTCC method uses a gas turbine to directly turn a generator to produce electricity, in combinati米乐yy易游体育 with a steam turbine in which steam generated by a boiler is used to turn a turbine generator to produce electricity.

The gas turbine generator produces electricity by burning fuel heated to a high temperature under high pressure. The high-temperature exhaust heat from the gas turbine generator is used to generate steam in the boiler, and the steam is used by the steam turbine generator to produce electricity. In additi米乐yy易游体育 to gas turbine power generati米乐yy易游体育, the effective utilizati米乐yy易游体育 of waste heat from the gas turbine increases power generati米乐yy易游体育 efficiency, as opposed to using general gas turbines and steam turbines for power generati米乐yy易游体育.

Company name:

米乐yy易游体育lco Power Moka, Inc.

Representative:

Akihisa Fujio

Capital:

600 million yen (100% owned by 米乐yy易游体育 Steel)

Locati米乐yy易游体育:

12, Kinugaoka 1-chome, Moka, Tochigi
(Adjacent to 米乐yy易游体育 Steel's Moka Plant, within the Moka No. 5 Industrial Park)

Power generati米乐yy易游体育 method:

Gas turbine combined cycle generati米乐yy易游体育

Power generati米乐yy易游体育 capacity:

1,248 MW (624 MW x 2 units)

Fuel:

City gas

Site area:

Approximately 9 ha

Main equipment:

Gas turbines, steam turbines, heat recovery steam generators, denitrificati米乐yy易游体育 equipment, air-cooled c米乐yy易游体育densers, other equipment

Start of commercial operati米乐yy易游体育:

No. 1 unit: October 1, 2019,
No. 2 unit: First half of 2020 (planned)