SEOUL -- GE Vernova’s Gas Power business has secured an order from Korea Western Power Co.,Ltd (KOWEPO),a subsidiary of Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO), to provide a GE Vernova 7HA.02 gas turbine and a H65 generator for KOWEPO’s power station in Gongju-si, Chungcheongnam-do Republic of Korea. For the project GE Vernova is part of an international consortium, including the Korean engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company Daewoo E&C.

KOWEPO’s aged coal-fired plant is expected to be replaced with Gongju-si natural gas power generation, expected to reach an output of 500 Megawatts, while enabling future fuel mix combustion of up to 30 percent by volume of hydrogen, subject to the development of a hydrogen manufacturing industry of an appropriate size and scale.

The new power plant targets to begin operation in 2027. Switching from a coal plant to its gas equivalent can alone reduce carbon emissions by as much 60 percent, and lower emissions levels for other pollutants such as mercury, NOx, SOx and particulate matter, when using one of the most advanced of GE Vernova’s HA gas turbines.

Source: GE Vernova
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ATLANTA -- GE Vernova’s Gas Power business has secured an order for its 7HA.03 combined-cycle plant equipment from Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company (LG&E and KU), regulated utilities that are part of the PPL family of companies (NYSE: PPL), to power a new natural gas combined-cycle generating unit (NGCC) at the utilities’ existing Mill Creek Generating Station in Louisville, Kentucky.

Last year, the Kentucky Public Service Commission approved LG&E and KU’s plans to retire two aging coal generation units and build a new NGCC at its Mill Creek Generating Station. The commission also approved solar energy projects, battery storage, and a suite of energy efficiency programs.

MC5 is expected to have an output of approximately 645-megawatts (MW) and will feature the most advanced GE Vernova 7HA.03 gas turbine, which will be fueled initially by natural gas, with the ability to utilize up to 50 percent hydrogen (by volume) as hydrogen becomes more available in the future.

GE Vernova will also provide a STF-D650 steam turbine along with a W86 generator, a Vogt Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) and its integrated Mark* VIe control system for gas turbine performance management. NGCCs, like MC5, have the lowest carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and other emissions of all fossil-fuel powered generation.

The performance of the new 7HA.03 gas turbine includes a highly flexible ramp rate of 75MW/min as validated at GE Vernova’s Test Stand 7 in Greenville, South Carolina.

GE Vernova will also provide services to help increase operational efficiency, expected to generate key savings in maintenance costs due to less unplanned maintenance for the combustion turbines. Data collected from sensors throughout the facility will be monitored and analyzed 24/7 at GE Vernova’s Monitoring & Diagnostics (M&D) Center in Atlanta.

The plant will be built by TIC - The Industrial Company, a subsidiary of Kiewit, one of North America’s largest engineering and construction companies.

Source: GE Vernova
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ROME -- The first parallel of the gas turbine of the new combined cycle of EP Produzione Tavazzano and Montanaso thermoelectric power plant took place in recent days.

The synchronization of the gas turbine with the national electricity grid is a crucial step in the commissioning process of the new 800 MW power unit, capable of satisfying the annual consumption of over 1 and a half million households and preparatory to its entry into service. The first parallel follows the first firing by a few days, i.e., the first ignition of the gas turbine, the heart of the plant.

For the Tavazzano and Montanaso unit, Ansaldo Energia oversaw the entire project as EPC Contractor, taking care of the full construction of the new production unit, from foundations to commissioning: the combined cycle consists of a GT36 gas turbine of class H, coupled to a steam turbine and the two related generators, all high-tech components entirely made at the Ansaldo Energia factories.

The GT36 turbine, Ansaldo Energia best performing product, is a highly innovative machine with unique flexibility features in terms of response to the network load requirements, ensuring very high performance and minimal emissions into the atmosphere. In addition, thanks to its characteristics, it is already set up for the combustion of hydrogen, in a mixture of up to 70%.

With the efficiency improvement project of the Tavazzano and Montanaso power plant, EP Produzione will contribute to the security of the national electricity system, thanks to the highly flexible and low-emission production of the new unit, compensating for renewables intermittency. A fundamental intervention to fulfill the energy transition path undertaken by Italy and to achieve the carbon emissions reduction objectives set by the PNIEC.

Source: Ansaldo Energia
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