Under the contract, MHI will deliver six M501J gas turbines for a 2,600MW gas-fired gas turbine combined cycle (GTCC) power generation plant, which Taiwan Power is constructing in the country.
MHI claims that the 60Hz M501J gas turbine is currently considered as the most advanced, high-efficiency gas turbine available.
According to MHI, the J-Series fleet is experiencing rapid growth and now stands at 24 M501J gas turbines, eight of which in commercial operation and have logged over 17,000 actual operating hours.
The first of six single-shaft blocks at Kansai Electric Power ‘s 2,919 MW Himeji No. 2 combined cycle power station went commercial in August 2013, while six turbines are also operating in simple cycle at three different plants in South Korea.
Scheduled to be constructed at a site in Tunghsiao Township, Miaoli County, the GTCC plant is designed to address Taiwan’s increasing electricity demand.
