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WIND Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico to enable all eight units to go online on
will account for 90% of a record 16 GW of schedule,” Porntipa Chinvetkitvanit, Deputy
Global wind power new capacity expected in Latin America CEO, Gulf Energy Development Public
between 2021 and 2023. This will be driven
Company Limited, said in a statement.
installations hit record by an increase in commercial and industrial 25-year long-term service agreement (LTSA)
Mitsubishi Power also was selected for a
demand, coal retirements, and auctions.
levels in 2020 WOOD MACKENZIE for these units. The construction of the
remaining seven units have commenced and
114 GW of new wind capacity was added are scheduled for full launch of commercial
globally in 2020, representing an 82% increase GAS-FIRED GENERATION operations in 2024.
year-over-year (YoY), according to new “We are pleased to continue supporting
research from Wood Mackenzie. This is the Thai CCGT plant puts first Thailand’s push for sustainable economic
highest global annual installation total on development through our highly efficient
record. M701JAC gas turbine into and reliable gas turbines,” Koji Nishikawa,
China’s National Energy Administration President and Managing Director of
reported 72 GW of installed capacity in 2020, operation Mitsubishi Power (Thailand), said. “Going
which alone would have qualified as the most forward, we will continue our longstanding
capacity added globally in a single year, says The first M701JAC series gas turbine in commitment to the country as we work to
Wood Mackenzie. This total includes partially southeast Asia has gone into commercial bring the remaining seven units online to
completed projects, as developers claimed operation as part of a new gas-fired power grow a stable supply of power in Thailand.”
full capacity to capitalise on the onshore wind plant in Thailand. The two ultra-large-scale power plants are
subsidy before it expired at the end of last year. Japan’s Mitsubishi Power started operation under construction in Chonburi and Rayong
As noted in the Wood Mackenzie report, of the newly completed M701JAC installment. Provinces, approximately 130 kilometers
the rest of the world - excluding China - The gas turbine is the first brought online at southeast of Bangkok. Each plant will have an
added nearly 43 GW in 2020, a 15% increase the Chonburi Province combined cycle power output of 2,650 MW and use natural gas as its
YoY. Significant contributions came from the plant operated by Gulf SRC. primary fuel source, along with four power
US (+6,565 MW YoY), Brazil (+1,055 MW The M701JAC is the first of eight units trains each incorporating a gas turbine, steam
YoY), the Netherlands (+1,878 MW YoY), and ordered on a full-turnkey basis. These eight turbine, heat recovery steam generator and
Australia (+1,363 MW YoY). units will comprise gas turbine combined generator.
Luke Lewandowski, Wood Mackenzie cycle (GTCC) systems with a total output of Mitsubishi Power will manufacture and
Research Director, said: “The global wind 5,300 megawatts (MW). supply the gas and steam turbines as well as
power industry will add nearly 1 TW of new The project is part of a joint venture ancillary equipment, while Mitsubishi Electric
capacity from 2021 to 2030, underscoring the between Gulf Energy Development Public Corporation will provide the generators. The
important role wind technologies will play in Company Limited, one of Thailand’s largest power generated will be sold to the Electricity
the energy transition. independent power producers (IPP), and Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT).
“China’s 1,200 GW target of wind and solar Mitsui & Co., Ltd. Mitsubishi Power’s M701J series have a
by 2030 will result in 408 GW of new wind “This initial success supports our turbine inlet temperature of 1,600 degrees
capacity from 2021 to 2030, representing expectations that the company will continue Celsius.
41% of global build. Offshore capacity in to exercise outstanding project management MITSUBISHI POWER
the country will grow by 73 GW during this
period, an 800% increase in installed capacity
in this sector.”
The rest of Asia Pacific will add 126 GW
throughout Wood Mackenzie’s 10-year
outlook, with India accounting for half of that.
Annual GW-scale offshore capacity additions
in the region began this year, driven largely by
Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam.
Lewandowski added: “Another key region
that will spur wind power growth through
2030 is Europe. The EU’s decarbonisation plan
will motivate 248 GW of new wind capacity
over our 10-year outlook. Additionally, 66%
of this capacity will be onshore due to larger
turbine models unlocking space-constrained
markets, the repowering of an aging fleet, and
increased development in Eastern Europe.”
A late 2020 extension of the Production
Tax Credit (PTC) in the US has strengthened
near-term expectations of 35 GW of new
capacity from 2021 to 2023. From 2024
through 2030, new offshore capacity in the
country is expected to average 4.5 GW per
year and will comprise 40% of annual wind
turbine build.

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