| Hidetaro Murata | Gas Turbine Design Section, Turbine Plant Design Dept., Hitachi Works, Power Systems, |
| Jinichiro Goto, Dr. Eng. | Turbine Global Service Section, Thermal Power Plant After Sales Service Dept., Hitachi Works, Power Systems, |
| Norimasa Nakata | Financial Engineering Unit, 4th Dept. of Systems Research, Hitachi Research Lab., |
| Satoshi Kusaka | Power Business & System Planning Section, Business Development Dept, Thermal & Hydroelectric System Div., Power Systems, |
Growing concern about environmental problems caused by thermal power plants is making the reduction of CO2 through more efficient power generation and the reduction of NOx and other emissions a top priority. The deregulation of the electric power industry, meanwhile, is helping to expand the demand for medium-capacity, high-efficiency thermal power plants geared toward IPP (independent power producer) and PPS (power producer and supplier) operations. At the same time, high-speed, broadband communications and security and encryption technologies are being used to deploy low-cost, multi-function monitoring services. Against this background, Hitachi has been working to increase the efficiency of its H-25 gas turbine while developing diverse applications and solution services about it, and has recently delivered three units of a power-generation plant to the Goi Power Plant of Goi Coast Energy, Ltd. This is a single-shaft type combined-cycle plant incorporating a 25-ppm-class low-NOx combustor and applying a high-efficiency H-25 gas turbine. To operate and maintain this plant, Hitachi provides power-generation solution services using remote monitoring with high-speed Internet lines and a risk-management tool for power-generation businesses based on financial technology.
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The Hitachi Hyoron (Japanese Only) |
H-25, gas turbine, combined-cycle, remote monitoring, risk management technology
