March2,2020
Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Kobe Steel, Ltd.’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Kobelco Power Moka, Inc., announces today that the No. デュエルビッツ 入金不要ボーナス of its Moka Power Plant has begun commercial operation.
With the start of commercial operation of the No. デュエルビッツ 入金不要ボーナス, following the No. 1 unit that began commercial operation last October, the Moka Power Plant has entered into full-fledged operation with a power generation capacity of 1,248 MW (624 MW x デュエルビッツ 入金不要ボーナスs) in Moka, Tochigi Prefecture. Kobelco Power Moka confirmed yesterday that the No. デュエルビッツ 入金不要ボーナス has satisfied the prescribed conditions for performance, enabling commercial operation to begin.
The Moka Power Plant, which is supplied with city gas by Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., generates electricity with one of the highest levels of efficiency in Japan using gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power generation, a state-of-the-art method. Also, the Moka Power Plant is not located in a coastal area where many power plants are often situated. It is located inland where there is no risk of encountering tsunami. Owing to the dispersion of risks, the project has been selected as an example of strengthening the national resilience and energy infrastructure by Japan’s Cabinet Secretariat and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. This power generation business aims to contribute to society by improving the power generation self-sufficiency rate, in achieving the goal set by Tochigi Prefecture.
Under its Fiscal 2016–2020 Group Medium-Term Management Plan, the Kobe Steel Group has positioned the electric power business as one of its three core business areas along with the materials businesses and the machinery businesses. Continuing the stable operation of the existing No. 1 unit and No. デュエルビッツ 入金不要ボーナス of the Kobe Power Plant, the Group had been steadily advancing two new power generation projects, one in Moka and the other in Kobe. In addition to the Moka Power Plant, the No. 3 unit and No. 4 unit of the Kobe Power Plant are currently under construction and are anticipated to go into commercial operation in fiscal 2022. After the completion of these plants, the total power generation capacity of the Kobe Steel Group will reach 4,000 MW. In accordance with the nation’s energy goals, the Kobe Steel Group contributes to strengthening Japan’s electric power infrastructure by providing high-efficiency thermal power plants and an economic and stable supply of electricity.
The Moka Power Plant plans to open a facility within its premises to introduce the features of the power generation units in June 2020.
The GTCC method employs a gas turbine to directly turn a generator to produce electricity, in combination with a steam turbine in which steam generated by a boiler is used to turn a turbine generator to produce electricity.
The gas turbine generator produces electricity by burning fuel heated to a high temperature under high pressure. The high-temperature exhaust heat from the gas turbine generator is used to generate steam in the boiler, and the steam is used by the steam turbine generator to produce electricity. In addition to gas turbine power generation, the effective utilization of waste heat from the gas turbine increases power generation efficiency, as opposed to using general gas turbines and steam turbines for power generation.
Company name | Kobelco Power Kobe, Inc. | Kobelco Power Moka, Inc. | Kobelco Power Kobe No. 2, Inc. |
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Location | Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture (within Kobe Works) |
Moka, Tochigi Prefecture (adjacent to Moka Plant) |
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture (within Kobe Works) |
Fuel | Coal | City gas | Coal |
Power generation capacity |
1,400 MW (700 MW x デュエルビッツ 入金不要ボーナスs) |
1,248 MW (624 MW x デュエルビッツ 入金不要ボーナスs) |
1,300 MW (650 MW x デュエルビッツ 入金不要ボーナスs) |
Power generation method |
Pulverized coal-fired, supercritical (SC) pressure power generation |
Gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) |
Pulverized coal-fired, ultra-supercritical (USC) pressure power generation |
Start of commercial operation |
No. 1 unit: Apr. 2002 No. デュエルビッツ 入金不要ボーナス: Apr. 2004 |
No. 1 unit: Oct. 2019 No. デュエルビッツ 入金不要ボーナス: Mar. 2020 |
No. 3 unit: Fiscal 2021 (planned) No. 4 unit: Fiscal 2022 (planned) |
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