A 3rd gas-fired unit deliberate at an influence plant in Uzbekistan will use tools from Mitsubishi Energy, the corporate introduced on Feb. 13.
Mitsubishi stated the 600-MW Navoi 3 facility is anticipated to come back on-line in 2026. The plant will provide each electrical energy and industrial steam and district heating for the Navoi Free Financial Zone round Navoi, situated about 220 miles southwest of the capital of Tashkent. The Navoi Energy Plant is operated by JSC Thermal Energy Vegetation, the state-owned electrical energy cooperation of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
Mitsubishi on Tuesday stated Navoi 3 will characteristic an M701JAC (J-series air-cooled) fuel turbine. The mixed cycle plant will generate 600 MW of electrical energy, together with 200 Gcal/h (gigacalorie per hour, about 233 MW) of warmth. The corporate stated that is Mitsubishi Energy’s third order for fuel turbine mixed cycle tools at Navoi, a posh that features the adjoining Navoi 1 and Navoi 2 items that got here on-line with Mitsubishi generators in 2013 and 2019, respectively.
Mitsubishi Energy stated it can deal with “the design, procurement, manufacture, and commissioning of the core elements of the facility era amenities and main auxiliary tools at Navoi, similar to air-cooled condensers and fuel compressors. The generator will probably be manufactured by Mitsubishi Electrical Corp.”<
Reliant on Pure Fuel
Uzbekistan depends on pure fuel for greater than 70% of its energy era, with hydropower and coal-fired era accounting for the remainder. Authorities officers final yr introduced extra particulars of a $1.2-billion venture to construct a 1.6-GW gas-fired mixed cycle plant in Shirin Metropolis in Syrdarya, with Mitsubishi Energy offering two M701JAC generators for that Syrdarya II plant, which additionally is anticipated on-line in 2026. Mitsubishi stated its tools powers greater than 90% of Uzbekistan’s large-scale gas-fired era.
The prevailing gas-fired era at Syrdarya is a 10-unit energy plant with greater than 3 GW of capability. The items had been commissioned between 1972 and 1981.
A lot of Uzbekistan’s new gas-fired era is being financed by worldwide teams, together with the Japan Financial institution for Worldwide Cooperation (JBIC). Different teams concerned in supporting tasks within the nation embody Mizuho Financial institution, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp., Societe Generale (a French multinational monetary providers firm), and the Worldwide Finance Corp. (IFC).
JBIC in June 2020 signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with IFC to reinforce cooperation between the 2 organizations. The Syrdarya venture is the second co-financing with IFC for the reason that signing of the MOU.
Uzbekistan’s energy era technique is a part of what officers have referred to as the electrical energy sector’s roadmap towards 2050, what it calls “A Carbon-Impartial Electrical energy Sector in Uzbekistan.” The federal government has stated it helps the continued growth of extra environment friendly, low-carbon power-generation infrastructure, and has prioritized the modernization or alternative of present gas-fired energy vegetation. Lots of the nation’s present gas-fired items had been constructed when Uzbekistan was nonetheless a part of the Soviet Union. Japan, which established diplomatic relations with Uzbekistan in 1992, is a serious backer of the nation’s vitality tasks.
—Darrell Proctor is a senior affiliate editor for POWER (@POWERmagazine).
