Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) announced that it has received an order of engineering, procurement and construction for Aluto Langano Geothermal Wellhead Power System in central Ethiopia. Toyota Tsusho Corp. and Turkish engineering company Egesim Energy Electro-Mechanic Construction Contracting Co., Ltd are also partners in the award.
Aluto Langano Geothermal Wellhead Power System is a 5 MW small scale geothermal power plant where EEP plans to commence commercial operations in August 2021. Toshiba ESS will deliver its small-scale geothermal power generation system at this power plant.
The geothermal project is developed by the Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP). Toshiba ESS will oversee the supply of the steam turbine and the generator. The project will proceed under the Grant Aid scheme of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), according to the press statement from the company.
The small-scale geothermal power generation system that has been developed by Toshiba ESS generates power from geothermal resources with outputs ranging from 1 MW to 20 MW. Capable of being installed within a short period for early operation and it is a portable power generation system that can effectively utilize a small number of drilled wells.
Toyoaki Fujita, Business Development Executive at Toshiba ESS, said, “We are extremely proud to receive this facilities order, which is our first in Ethiopia for power plant. We have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on a comprehensive partnership in geothermal power with EEP in September 2014.
“Based on this MOU, we have been supporting them on human resources development activities such as training some of their executives and managers at our company utilizing various Japanese government support programs. When Prime Minister of Ethiopia came to Japan in August 2019, he visited our Keihin Product Operations to see our manufacturing technology of geothermal power. Going forward we will maintain ongoing initiatives in human resources…”