Gas-fired – the five largest natural gas power plants in the world

Largest gas power plants in the world and their capacities

Surgutskaya GRES-2, Russia – 5,597 MW

With an installed capacity of 5,597 MW, Surgutskaya GRES-2 (Sugrut-2), a combined cycle power plant in the Russian city of Surgut, is the largest gas-fired power plant in the world. The facility is owned and operated by E.ON Russia.

The Surgut-2 power plant consists of six 800 MW units commissioned between 1985 and 1988 and two advanced gas-fired CCGT units with a total capacity of 797.1 MW commissioned in July 2011. The latest units added to the power plant are based on GE 9FA gas turbines and have an efficiency of 55.9%.

Surgutskaya GRES-2 consumes about 10 billion m3 of gas annually, most of which comes from the oil fields in Russia’s Tyumen region. The power plant generated 39.85 billion kWh of electricity in 2013.

Futtsu Power Plant, Japan – 5,040 MW

The 5,040 MW Futtsu thermal power plant based on liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Chiba, Japan, is currently the seventh largest thermal power plant in the world. It is owned and operated by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). It consists of four combined cycle power plants that were commissioned between 1985 and 2010.

The first two systems, each with 1,000 MW of installed capacity, were put into operation in 1986 and 1988. They consist of 14 combined cycle power plants based on GE’s 9E gas turbines. The third plant, Futtsu-3, consisting of four 380 MW GE 109FA+e combined cycle power plants with a thermal efficiency of 55.3% of design, was commissioned in 2003. The 1,520 MW Futtsu-4 was commissioned between 2008 and 2010 and consists of three GE 109H combined cycle power systems with a thermal efficiency of 58.6%.

The LNG fuel for the Futtsu thermal power plant is supplied via a subsea pipeline from the nearby Futtsu LNG terminal, which has the capacity to handle nine million tons of LNG per year.

Kawagoe Power Plant, Japan – 4,802 MW

Chubu Electric Power Company’s Kawagoe Thermal Power Plant in Kawagoe, Mie, Japan, is the third largest gas-fired power plant in the world with an installed capacity of 4,802 MW. The plant consists of four generating units, all of which run on LNG.

Kawagoe’s first two LNG-fired units, each producing 700 MW, were commissioned in 1989 and 1990. The boilers and steam turbines for these units were provided by Mitsubishi and Toshiba respectively. The third and fourth LNG-based combined cycle power units, consisting of Hitachi’s MS7001FA gas turbines and Mitsubishi’s “F” series gas turbines, respectively, were commissioned in 1996 and 1997.

The story continues

The power plant uses six LNG tanks with a total storage capacity of 840,000 m3. The last two tanks, each with a capacity of 180,000 m3, were installed in March 2013.

Dah-Tarn (Tatan) Power Plant, Taiwan – 4,384 MW

The 4,384 MW Dah-Tarn (Tatan) Power Plant in Guanyin, Taoyuan, northern Taiwan is the fourth largest gas-fired power plant in the world. The gas turbine combined cycle power plant is owned and operated by Taiwan Power Company (Taipower).

The facility was developed in two phases between 2005 and 2009. The first phase consisted of two generating units, each based on three Mitsubishi M501F gas turbines. Stage 2 included three generating units, each based on two Mitsubishi M501G gas turbines.

The plant uses natural gas supplied by Taiwan’s state-owned Chinese Petroleum Corporation (CPC), which committed in 2003 to supply the plant with gas for 25 years.

Chita Thermal Power Plant, Japan – 3,996 MW

With an installed capacity of 3,996 MW, the Chita Thermal Power Plant in Chita, Aichi, Japan is the fifth largest natural gas power plant in the world. The power plant, which began operations in 1968, is owned and operated by Chubu Electric Power Company.

The Chita power plant currently consists of six LNG-fired units, four of which operate in combined cycle mode. The first four units, commissioned between 1966 and 1974 and originally designed to generate electricity by burning heavy crude oil, were converted to LNG-based electricity generation in 1985. The fifth and sixth LNG-operated blocks were also put into operation in 1978, as the first and second blocks of the plant were converted to combined cycle operation between 1992 and 1996.

The power plant’s cumulative electricity production reached 500 billion kWh in 2002. The Chita LNG terminal received its 3,000th tanker in November 2011.

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