{"id":37928,"date":"2025-11-06T13:07:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=37928"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:07:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T06:07:42","slug":"toshiba-and-ge-vernova-sign-mou-to-advance-carbon-reduction-and-efficiency-for-gas-turbine-fired-power-plants-in-japan-and-other-parts-of-asia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/?p=37928","title":{"rendered":"Toshiba and GE Vernova Sign MoU to advance carbon reduction and efficiency for gas turbine fired power plants in Japan and other parts of Asia"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1840378\/Toshiba_Logo_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Objective of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to reduce CO2 emissions combining GE Vernova&#8217;s Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system and Toshiba&#8217;s CO2 capture technologies in natural gas fired power plants in <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span> and other parts of <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>The MoU strengthens a strategic collaboration that has spanned 40 years between the two companies.<\/li>\n<li>This initiative is related to the focus group introduced last June by <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan&#8217;s<\/span> Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and GE Vernova.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">KAWASAKI, Japan<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 6, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.global.toshiba\/ww\/company\/energy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Toshiba Energy Systems &amp; Solutions Corporation<\/a> (Toshiba) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevernova.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">GE Vernova<\/a> (NYSE: GEV) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together on an integrated Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (GTCC) CCS solution to reduce power plant CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions. The solution will combine GE Vernova&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevernova.com\/gas-power\/future-of-energy\/carbon-capture-storage\/exhaust-gas-recirculation-egr-and-carbon-capture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Exhaust Gas Recirculation<\/a> (EGR) system with Toshiba&#8217;s carbon capture solution, which utilizes Toshiba&#8217;s proprietary solvent.\u00a0This initiative is related to the recently created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meti.go.jp\/english\/press\/2025\/0610_002.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">focus group<\/a> between the <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan&#8217;s<\/span> Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and GE Vernova, and it was announced during an event attended by METI&#8217;s Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy, <span class=\"xn-person\">Shinichi Kihara<\/span>, and Toshiba&#8217;s and GE Vernova&#8217;s representatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2815428\/DSC00892_r.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2815428\/DSC00892_r.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"The MoU signing ceremony, in Kawasaki, Japan. November 6, 2025; Front row from left: Mr. Jeremee Wetherby of GE Vernova, Mr. Kensuke Suzuki, Head of New Technology of Toshiba\u2019s Power Systems Division; Back row: Mr. Shinichi Kihara of METI\u2019s Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy\" alt=\"The MoU signing ceremony, in Kawasaki, Japan. November 6, 2025; Front row from left: Mr. Jeremee Wetherby of GE Vernova, Mr. Kensuke Suzuki, Head of New Technology of Toshiba\u2019s Power Systems Division; Back row: Mr. Shinichi Kihara of METI\u2019s Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy\" \/><\/a><br \/><span>The MoU signing ceremony, in Kawasaki, Japan. November 6, 2025; Front row from left: Mr. Jeremee Wetherby of GE Vernova, Mr. Kensuke Suzuki, Head of New Technology of Toshiba\u2019s Power Systems Division; Back row: Mr. Shinichi Kihara of METI\u2019s Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This collaboration aims to improve the efficiency of CO<sub>2<\/sub> separation and capture by integrating their respective technologies in GTCC power plants in <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span> and other parts of <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>, where GE Vernova supplies or will supply the gas turbines. Toshiba and GE Vernova jointly conducted comprehensive feasibility studies with leading utility companies operating GTCC power plants across <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span>. These studies, completed prior to the signing of the MoU, confirmed the significant potential of the collaboration.<\/p>\n<p><b>METI&#8217;s Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy, <span class=\"xn-person\">Shinichi Kihara<\/span> <\/b>said: &#8220;We welcome this initiative, to achieve decarbonization of the power generation by utilizing CCUS technology, as there is a global urgency to simultaneously achieve stable energy supply, economic growth, and decarbonization towards the global common goal of achieving net-zero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Takehiko Matsushita<\/span>, Vice President of Toshiba&#8217;s Power Systems Division<\/b>, said: &#8220;While thermal power plants offer a constant supply of electricity and are a primary power source,\u00a0a growing global commitment to environmental sustainability has made cutting CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions from these facilities a crucial and immediate goal. We are delighted to sign this MoU, which will help us to contribute to the achievement of carbon neutrality while driving further business growth. Through our collaboration with GE Vernova, we aim to advance EGR and CO<sub>2 <\/sub>capture systems in <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span> and other parts of <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jeremee Wetherby<\/span>, Carbon Solutions Leader at GE Vernova<\/b>, said: &#8220;We are pleased to explore the benefits from our steam integration, exhaust gas recirculation system, and high gas turbine backpressure solutions with Toshiba&#8217;s extensive expertise in engineering and constructing of steam cycle systems. These steam systems are critical to the performance of GTCC power plants and will be important design considerations to maximize the performance of the capture systems, as well as reducing the decline in power output that occurs when CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture systems are integrated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Toshiba has extensive expertise in the design and construction of thermal power systems that incorporate steam turbines for GTCC systems, and in the development and refinement of CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture systems. It uses a plant&#8217;s own heat source to raise the temperature of the solvent used to capture CO<sub>2<\/sub>, an approach that eliminates the need for additional boilers to generate steam, and that optimizes and streamlines the system. Comprehensive expertise allows it to do this while minimizing any decline in the plant&#8217;s net power output, its generation capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Integrating GTCC and CCS plants reduces capital costs and improves operational flexibility. GE Vernova solutions\u2014such as steam integration, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), and high gas turbine backpressure\u2014lower costs and expand operational options. For example, GE Vernova&#8217;s EGR system recirculates exhaust gases into the turbine inlet, alters exhaust gas composition, allowing for a smaller carbon capture absorber tower, enhanced performance, reduced operating costs, and increased CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture.<\/p>\n<p><b><span>About Toshiba and GE Vernova collaboration<\/span><br \/><\/b>Toshiba and GE Vernova have built a strong relationship in the GTCC sector since 1982. In 2013, they expanded their <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.global.toshiba\/ww\/news\/corporate\/2013\/01\/pr2401.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">collaboration<\/a>,<\/span> combining GE Vernova&#8217;s gas turbines with Toshiba&#8217;s steam turbines and generators to deliver advanced GTCC systems in <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span>. Since 1982, they have together received orders for 20 GTCC systems worldwide, with a combined capacity of more than 13 Gigawatts (GW), and 18 units are now in operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><!-- wp:html --><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"right\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/1840378\/Toshiba_Logo_Logo.jpg?p=medium600\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" title=\"logo\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"118\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>Objective of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is to reduce CO2 emissions combining GE Vernova&#8217;s Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR) system and Toshiba&#8217;s CO2 capture technologies in natural gas fired power plants in <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span> and other parts of <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>The MoU strengthens a strategic collaboration that has spanned 40 years between the two companies.<\/li>\n<li>This initiative is related to the focus group introduced last June by <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan&#8217;s<\/span> Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and GE Vernova.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">KAWASAKI, Japan<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 6, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.global.toshiba\/ww\/company\/energy.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Toshiba Energy Systems &amp; Solutions Corporation<\/a> (Toshiba) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevernova.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">GE Vernova<\/a> (NYSE: GEV) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to work together on an integrated Gas Turbine Combined Cycle (GTCC) CCS solution to reduce power plant CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions. The solution will combine GE Vernova&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gevernova.com\/gas-power\/future-of-energy\/carbon-capture-storage\/exhaust-gas-recirculation-egr-and-carbon-capture\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Exhaust Gas Recirculation<\/a> (EGR) system with Toshiba&#8217;s carbon capture solution, which utilizes Toshiba&#8217;s proprietary solvent.\u00a0This initiative is related to the recently created <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meti.go.jp\/english\/press\/2025\/0610_002.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">focus group<\/a> between the <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan&#8217;s<\/span> Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and GE Vernova, and it was announced during an event attended by METI&#8217;s Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy, <span class=\"xn-person\">Shinichi Kihara<\/span>, and Toshiba&#8217;s and GE Vernova&#8217;s representatives.<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2815428\/DSC00892_r.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnasia.com\/media2\/2815428\/DSC00892_r.jpg?p=medium600\" title=\"The MoU signing ceremony, in Kawasaki, Japan. November 6, 2025; Front row from left: Mr. Jeremee Wetherby of GE Vernova, Mr. Kensuke Suzuki, Head of New Technology of Toshiba\u2019s Power Systems Division; Back row: Mr. Shinichi Kihara of METI\u2019s Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy\" alt=\"The MoU signing ceremony, in Kawasaki, Japan. November 6, 2025; Front row from left: Mr. Jeremee Wetherby of GE Vernova, Mr. Kensuke Suzuki, Head of New Technology of Toshiba\u2019s Power Systems Division; Back row: Mr. Shinichi Kihara of METI\u2019s Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy\" \/><\/a><br \/><span>The MoU signing ceremony, in Kawasaki, Japan. November 6, 2025; Front row from left: Mr. Jeremee Wetherby of GE Vernova, Mr. Kensuke Suzuki, Head of New Technology of Toshiba\u2019s Power Systems Division; Back row: Mr. Shinichi Kihara of METI\u2019s Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This collaboration aims to improve the efficiency of CO<sub>2<\/sub> separation and capture by integrating their respective technologies in GTCC power plants in <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span> and other parts of <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>, where GE Vernova supplies or will supply the gas turbines. Toshiba and GE Vernova jointly conducted comprehensive feasibility studies with leading utility companies operating GTCC power plants across <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span>. These studies, completed prior to the signing of the MoU, confirmed the significant potential of the collaboration.<\/p>\n<p><b>METI&#8217;s Director-General for Energy and Environmental Policy, <span class=\"xn-person\">Shinichi Kihara<\/span> <\/b>said: &#8220;We welcome this initiative, to achieve decarbonization of the power generation by utilizing CCUS technology, as there is a global urgency to simultaneously achieve stable energy supply, economic growth, and decarbonization towards the global common goal of achieving net-zero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Takehiko Matsushita<\/span>, Vice President of Toshiba&#8217;s Power Systems Division<\/b>, said: &#8220;While thermal power plants offer a constant supply of electricity and are a primary power source,\u00a0a growing global commitment to environmental sustainability has made cutting CO<sub>2<\/sub> emissions from these facilities a crucial and immediate goal. We are delighted to sign this MoU, which will help us to contribute to the achievement of carbon neutrality while driving further business growth. Through our collaboration with GE Vernova, we aim to advance EGR and CO<sub>2 <\/sub>capture systems in <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span> and other parts of <span class=\"xn-location\">Asia<\/span>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Jeremee Wetherby<\/span>, Carbon Solutions Leader at GE Vernova<\/b>, said: &#8220;We are pleased to explore the benefits from our steam integration, exhaust gas recirculation system, and high gas turbine backpressure solutions with Toshiba&#8217;s extensive expertise in engineering and constructing of steam cycle systems. These steam systems are critical to the performance of GTCC power plants and will be important design considerations to maximize the performance of the capture systems, as well as reducing the decline in power output that occurs when CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture systems are integrated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Toshiba has extensive expertise in the design and construction of thermal power systems that incorporate steam turbines for GTCC systems, and in the development and refinement of CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture systems. It uses a plant&#8217;s own heat source to raise the temperature of the solvent used to capture CO<sub>2<\/sub>, an approach that eliminates the need for additional boilers to generate steam, and that optimizes and streamlines the system. Comprehensive expertise allows it to do this while minimizing any decline in the plant&#8217;s net power output, its generation capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Integrating GTCC and CCS plants reduces capital costs and improves operational flexibility. GE Vernova solutions\u2014such as steam integration, exhaust gas recirculation (EGR), and high gas turbine backpressure\u2014lower costs and expand operational options. For example, GE Vernova&#8217;s EGR system recirculates exhaust gases into the turbine inlet, alters exhaust gas composition, allowing for a smaller carbon capture absorber tower, enhanced performance, reduced operating costs, and increased CO<sub>2<\/sub> capture.<\/p>\n<p><b><span>About Toshiba and GE Vernova collaboration<\/span><br \/><\/b>Toshiba and GE Vernova have built a strong relationship in the GTCC sector since 1982. In 2013, they expanded their <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.global.toshiba\/ww\/news\/corporate\/2013\/01\/pr2401.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">collaboration<\/a>,<\/span> combining GE Vernova&#8217;s gas turbines with Toshiba&#8217;s steam turbines and generators to deliver advanced GTCC systems in <span class=\"xn-location\">Japan<\/span>. Since 1982, they have together received orders for 20 GTCC systems worldwide, with a combined capacity of more than 13 Gigawatts (GW), and 18 units are now in operation.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\">\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \/wp:html --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37928","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cision-pr-newswire","category-cision-pr-newswire-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37928","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37928"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37928\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37928"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37928"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thaipropertynews.com\/feeds\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37928"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}