GTCC (Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plants)
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GTCC (Gas Turbine Combined Cycle Power Plants)
Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (GTCC) power plants utilize fossil fuels to deliver the cleanest and most efficient power generation.
In addition to power generation with a gas turbine, the system also combines a steam turbine to create power through the use of waste heat to ensure excellent power generation efficiency. MHI Group’s state-of-the-art J-series gas turbines enable plants to achieve world’s highest power generation efficiency of 64% or more, which is 20% higher than conventional coal-fired thermal power generation systems. In addition, this enables CO2 emissions to be reduced by approximately 50%.

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About GTCC

When power is generated by a standalone gas turbine in what is called the simple cycle or open cycle method, the gas turbine releases exhaust gas at high temperatures of around 600°C into the atmosphere.
Combined cycle power generation is intended to improve the general thermal efficiency of the plant by recovering this high-temperature exhaust gas. Many combined cycle power generation plants for business adopt a waste heat recovery cycle, in which exhaust gas from the gas turbine is led to the waste heat recovery boiler to generate steam using the recovered heat to drive the steam turbine.

Waste Heat Recovery Cycle

Mitsubishi Power’s GTCC Business

In 1984, we delivered a combined cycle power plant to the Higashi-Niigata Thermal Power Station of Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. to achieve a revolutionary thermal efficiency over 44%, then the world' s highest. It attained far greater energy efficiency than conventional thermal power plants.
In 1999, a combined cycle power plant incorporating the G-series gas turbine was constructed and delivered for the No. 4 Series for the same power station. The thermal efficiency of the plant exceeded 50%. In 2018, the combined cycle power plant with the J-series gas turbine reached a cumulative total operation time of 600,000 hours as a commercial system. A cumulative total operation time of more than 600,000 hours is a yardstick for the reliability of gas turbines in the power generation industry.
As Japan' s one and only manufacturer engaging in design, manufacturing, civil engineering, installation, commissioning and after-sales services with its own technologies, we proudly hold a great track record.
For overseas markets, we have exported the combined cycle power plants to about 20 countries mainly in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America and South America.

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