In Japan, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS), a subsidiary of global industry major Toshiba Group has announced that it has won a major contract to retrofit steam turbine as part of a fuel conversion project for Unit 2 at Kansai Electric Power’s Aioi Power Station in Hyogo Prefecture, western Japan. The delivery of the main components will start in the spring of 2021, and the overall retrofit work is scheduled to be completed by early 2023.
(KEPCO), has secured financing for the conversion of Unit 2 at Aioi Power Station from oil to wood pellets.
The 375 MW unit is expected to commence operations in January 2023 (photo courtesy KEPCO).
In 1982, KEPCO began operation of Unit 2 at the Aioi Power Station as a thermal power plant with an output of 375 MW fueled by heavy fuel oil (HFO) or crude oil. The steam turbine and generator of the unit were supplied by Toshiba at that time.
In October 2018, Aioi Bioenergy Corporation, the special purpose vehicle joint venture between Mitsubishi Corporation Power Ltd (MCP) and the Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO) announced it reached financial close and had begun work on a fuel switch to wood pellets at Unit 2. Toshiba ESS was awarded the contract for the steam turbine and generator retrofit that will be derated from 375 MW to 200 MW.
Along with the rise in environmental awareness, there are many projects concerning renewal and fuel conversion for the purpose of improving efficiency of aging thermal power plants all over the world. In line with this trend, we have a number of retrofit records in cooperation with customers.
We are pleased to have been given this opportunity. We will continue to contribute to the realization of environmentally-friendly power plants and a low carbon society by providing our cutting-edge power generation system technology that realizes high efficiency, and services for existing power plants, said Takao Konishi, Director and Vice President of the Thermal & Hydro Power Systems & Services Division at Toshiba ESS.
