GE completes upgrade at Japan’s Yokohama power plant

• 6 years ago (2018-01-17)
• David Flin

Asia 846 Gas 369

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GE’s Power Services business has announced that it has successfully completed its largest ever flange-to-flange (F2F) replacements project in Japan at Block 7 and Block 8 of TEPCO Fuel & Power’s (TEPCO) Yokohama power plant in Japan. This is expected to save approximately $71 million in annual fuel costs. The project involved a total of eight gas turbines ranging from 9FA.01 to 9FA.03 models being upgraded to improve performance and reduce lifecycle costs for TEPCO.

The upgrade achieved the following: Increased total plant output by 216 MW; improved efficiency by 1.7 per cent under customer load conditions; and lowered emissions by 30,000 tons annually per unit, ultimately contributed to a total reduction of approximately 240,000 tons of CO2 annually.

Jim Vono, Region General Manager of GE’s Power Services business, said: “Our longstanding relationship with TEPCO is built on years of mutual respect and trust, and we are pleased to deliver on our promise in helping them improve their plant performance and achieve savings in both fuel and lifecycle costs through modernisation of all eight 9FA gas turbines. We look forward to continued collaboration with customers like TEPCO in helping revitalise the Japanese power industry through modernisation of local power plants.”