Oct 09, 2019

Hitachi Zosen Corporation has received an order for a woody biomass power generation plant from Kamisu Biomass Power Generation LLC,^*1 a joint venture with Okumura Gumi Co., Ltd. (Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, President Takanori Okumura). Hitachi Zosen will principally supply, install, and conduct trial operations of power generation equipment.

Power plant outline

1. 1Power plant name : Kamisu Biomass Power Generation
2. 2Client : Kamisu Biomass Power Generation LLC^*1
3. 3Power plant location : Okunoyahama Industrial Park, Kamisu City, Ibaraki Prefecture
4. 4Power output : 50MW
5. 5Boiler type : Circulating Fluidized Bed boiler(CFB)
6. 6Generation method : Water-cooled reheat-recycle ^*2
7. 7Start of operation : July 2023 (scheduled)

1. *1Kamisu Biomass Power Generation LLC is a Special Purpose Company with ownership interest from Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. (45%), Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Company Limited. (44%),Solariant Capital LLC (6%) and Bio Fuel Co., Ltd. (5%). (Ownership interest in parentheses)
2. *2Water-cooled reheat-recycle method is a technology that allows steam that has been expanded by a steam turbine to be returned to the steam turbine after being reheated, making for more efficient power generation.

The Hitachi Zosen Group has been putting more and more efforts into its biomass power generation business in recent years. In FY2018, we received an order to construct, operate, and maintain a woody biomass power plant in Tokushima City, Tokushima Prefecture. As a business, we have started operation of the Miyanosato Woody Biomass Power Generation Plant (Hitachiota City, Ibaraki Prefecture) in 2015, and the Akita Biogas Power Station (Akita City, Akita Prefecture) in 2017. We intend to continue working to spread renewable energy such as biomass power generation, contributing to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through the realization of a low-carbon society.