BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 27. Thanks to Kawasaki Heavy Industry's cogeneration system, the carried out modifications at Uzbekistan’s Fergana Thermal Power Plant allowed the station to increase its overall efficiency, reaching 83 percent, which was superior to the European and US products of the same class system, a source at Japanese New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) told Trend.
NEDO, a governmental funding agency, commissioned this project by Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd (KHI) and Marubeni Utility Service, Ltd (MUS) from October 2016 to September 2021.
NEDO representative explained that thanks to KHI's technologies, the plant's cogeneration system, producing 7MW of electricity, can deliver 31 units of electricity and 52 units of thermal power for every 100 units of natural gas energy input.
"NEDO conducted the demonstration project at Uzbekistan’s Fergana TPP to achieve the energy conservation and the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction, replacing the heat supply plant and the heat power supply plant with the high-performance cogeneration system using distributed small to medium-sized gas turbines. The impact on energy conservation amounted to 270 terajoules, resulting in a 12 percent reduction annually,” the source said.
The company representative stressed that there was an additional reduction of 15,000 tons of CO2 emissions, equating to a 16 percent decrease per year at the thermal power plant.
It was also noted that the old type of the heat supply plant and the heat power supply plant located in demand area got replaced by world's highest standard efficient cogeneration system using small to medium-sized gas turbines. These transformations at the Fergana TPP enabled flexible responses for local heat and electricity demand, as well as avoiding of losses for electric power transmission.
NEDO representative added that the company currently assesses the energy situation in Uzbekistan and would like to grasp new business issues and support deploying its technology in the future.
Earlier this month, Uzbekistan started the construction of a new solar photovoltaic power plant with a capacity of 1 MW in the Fergana region.
The solar station, which covers an area of 6,300 square meters and is located on both existing and unoccupied parts of the firm, is now undergoing metal structure installation to accommodate solar panels.
According to Uzbekistan's Energy Ministry, once completed and operational, the station will generate 1.8 million kWh of electricity per year. The new solar power plant is said to save 400,000 cubic meters of natural gas every year.
