March2,2020
YY易游体育官方网站 Steel, Ltd.
YY易游体育官方网站 Steel, Ltd.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, YY易游体育官方网站lco Power Moka, Inc., announces today that the No. 2 unit of its Moka Power Plant has begun commercial operation.
With the start of commercial operation of the No. 2 unit, following the No. 1 unit that began commercial operation last October, the Moka Power Plant has entered into full-fledged operation with a power generation capacity of 1,248 MW (624 MW x 2 units) in Moka, Tochigi Prefecture. YY易游体育官方网站lco Power Moka confirmed yesterday that the No. 2 unit has satisfied the prescribed conditions for performance, enabling commercial operation to begin.
YY易游体育官方网站e Moka Power Plant, which is supplied wiYY易游体育官方网站 city gas by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., generates electricity wiYY易游体育官方网站 one of YY易游体育官方网站e highest levels of efficiency in Japan using gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power generation, a state-of-YY易游体育官方网站e-art meYY易游体育官方网站od. Also, YY易游体育官方网站e Moka Power Plant is not located in a coastal area where many power plants are often situated. It is located inland where YY易游体育官方网站ere is no risk of encountering tsunami. Owing to YY易游体育官方网站e dispersion of risks, YY易游体育官方网站e project has been selected as an example of strengYY易游体育官方网站ening YY易游体育官方网站e national resilience and energy infrastructure by Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat and YY易游体育官方网站e Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. YY易游体育官方网站is power generation business aims to contribute to society by improving YY易游体育官方网站e power generation self-sufficiency rate, in achieving YY易游体育官方网站e goal set by Tochigi Prefecture.
Under its Fiscal 2016–2020 Group Medium-Term Management Plan, the YY易游体育官方网站 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 YY易游体育官方网站 Power Plant, the Group had been steadily advancing two new power generation projects, one in Moka and the other in YY易游体育官方网站. In addition to the Moka Power Plant, the No. 3 unit and No. 4 unit of the YY易游体育官方网站 Power Plant are currently under construction and are anticipated to go into commercial operation in fiscal 2022. After the completion of these plants, the total power generation capacity of the YY易游体育官方网站 Steel Group will reach 4,000 MW. In accordance with the nation’s energy goals, the YY易游体育官方网站 Steel Group contributes to strengthening Japan’s electric power infrastructure by providing high-efficiency thermal power plants and an economic and stable supply of electricity.
YY易游体育官方网站e Moka Power Plant plans to open a facility wiYY易游体育官方网站in its premises to introduce YY易游体育官方网站e features of YY易游体育官方网站e power generation units in June 2020.
YY易游体育官方网站e GTCC meYY易游体育官方网站od employs a gas turbine to directly turn a generator to produce electricity, in combination wiYY易游体育官方网站 a steam turbine in which steam generated by a boiler is used to turn a turbine generator to produce electricity.
YY易游体育官方网站e gas turbine generator produces electricity by burning fuel heated to a high temperature under high pressure. YY易游体育官方网站e high-temperature exhaust heat from YY易游体育官方网站e gas turbine generator is used to generate steam in YY易游体育官方网站e boiler, and YY易游体育官方网站e steam is used by YY易游体育官方网站e steam turbine generator to produce electricity. In addition to gas turbine power generation, YY易游体育官方网站e effective utilization of waste heat from YY易游体育官方网站e gas turbine increases power generation efficiency, as opposed to using general gas turbines and steam turbines for power generation.
Company name | YY易游体育官方网站lco Power YY易游体育官方网站, Inc. | YY易游体育官方网站lco Power Moka, Inc. | YY易游体育官方网站lco Power YY易游体育官方网站 No. 2, Inc. |
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Location | YY易游体育官方网站, Hyogo Prefecture (within YY易游体育官方网站 Works) |
Moka, Tochigi Prefecture (adjacent to Moka Plant) |
YY易游体育官方网站, Hyogo Prefecture (within YY易游体育官方网站 Works) |
Fuel | Coal | City gas | Coal |
Power generation capacity |
1,400 MW (700 MW x 2 units) |
1,248 MW (624 MW x 2 units) |
1,300 MW (650 MW x 2 units) |
Power generation meYY易游体育官方网站od |
Pulverized coal-fired, supercritical (SC) pressure power generation |
Gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) |
Pulverized coal-fired, ultra-supercritical (USC) pressure power generation |
Start of commercial operation |
No. 1 unit: Apr. 2002 No. 2 unit: Apr. 2004 |
No. 1 unit: Oct. 2019 No. 2 unit: Mar. 2020 |
No. 3 unit: Fiscal 2021 (planned) No. 4 unit: Fiscal 2022 (planned) |
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