MHI Nets Gas Turbine Orders from South Korea

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) said it has received a series of orders for its state-of-the-art “M501J” gas turbines, ten units in total, for installation at four power plants in Korea.

The plants are large-scale natural-gas-fired gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation facilities with generation capacities ranging from near 950 to 1,900 megawatts (MW). MHI’s J-Series gas turbines have achieved the world’s highest level of thermal efficiency and the highest output.

The ten gas turbines on order consist of two units each for the Yulchon 2, 2nd-Pyeongtaek and Ulsan 4 power plants and four units for the Dongducheon power plant. All of these GTCC plants, which will have a collective power generation capacity reaching near 4,750 MW, are to be newly constructed.

Yulchon 2 is a near 950 MW power plant being built in Jeollanam-do by MPC Yulchon Generation Co., Ltd., a group company of Meiya Power Company Limited (MPC). MPC is an independent power producer (IPP) based in Hong Kong. MHI received an order for two gas turbines, a steam turbine, two heat recovery steam generators and three generators.

The 2nd-Pyeongtaek, also a near 950 MW power plant, is being built in Gyeonggi-do by Korea Western Power Co., Ltd. (KOWEPO), a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO). MHI has received an order, jointly with Marubeni Corporation, for two gas turbines, a steam turbine and generators.

For the near 1,900 MW Dongducheon power plant, MHI received an order, also jointly with Marubeni, consisting of four gas turbines, two steam turbines and generators. Dongducheon Dream Power Co., Ltd., an IPP jointly established by KOWEPO, Samsung C&T Corporation and Hyundai Development Company, is building the plant in Gyeonggi-do. It will deliver the core components to Samsung C&T and Hyundai Development.

For the near 950 MW Ulsan 4 power plant operated by Korea East-West Power Company, a subsidiary of KEPCO, in Ulsan Metropolitan City, MHI received an order jointly with Daelim Industrial Co, Ltd. for two gas turbines, a steam turbine and generators.

For each of the four orders received, MHI will supply the gas and steam turbines and Mitsubishi Electric will provide the generators.

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LNG World News Staff, March 22, 2012; Image: MHI