Turboden company ORC experience

35 Years of Experience in ORC turbogenerators

2013 - MHI acquires
the majority of
Turboden. Italian
shareholders stay in
charge of management

Today - Over 300 plants in

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the world, 240 in operation,

1998 – First ORC
200 employees,
biomass plant in
Switzerland 100 M€ turnover
(2012)
1980 - Founded by Mario (300 kW)
Gaia, professor at Politecnico
di Milano

2000‘s - ORC
biomass plants in
Europe

1990’s – First ORC projects 2009 - United Technologies Corp.

in solar, geothermal and (UTC) acquires the majority of
heat recovery applications Turboden’s quotas. PW Power
Systems supports Turboden in new
markets beyond Europe. 100 plants
sold
 Turboden – a Group Company of MHI
Turboden Board of Directors is composed of 5
members, 3 MHI senior representatives appointed
members – direct and strong support to Turboden
management

• Focus on the energy/power business

• Oriented to research and development MHI engineering support added to Turboden
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• ORC technology complementary technical engineering department for new/special

solution for several MHI business (e.g. solutions/projects (e.g. development of the direct
geothermal plants, gas turbines, etc.)
exchange solution)

Strong technical and strategic support to

Turboden on-going activities and future
Worldwide presence of MHI to support Turboden
development
activities
Company development in foreign countries (e.g. after
sales in Germany)
Turboden medium term
business plan: larger sizes and
enhanced solutions Improvement of Turboden organization [new
company structure] and improvement of Turboden
production capability [new warehouse] to support
expected volume increase

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 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is a global leader in geothermal
power plant…
over $40 billion (in fiscal 2014)

The largest segment of MHI

over $16 billion (in fiscal 2014)
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> 300 ORC plants globally, >100 units globally,

0.5 GW ORC power 23 % >3 GW power
market
share

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 Turboden ORC a proven worldwide experience
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Application Plants in Operation Under Construction Total

no. MW no. MW no. MW
Wood Biomass 233 274,8 45 87,3 278 360,1
Geothermal 7 28 4 60 11 88
Solar thermal power 1 2 3 2 4 4
Heat Recovery 20 35,3 6 20,1 26 55,5
Waste to Energy 9 20,3 0 0 9 20,3
Total Turboden Plants 270 360,2 57 169 327 528

270 power plants in operation use Turboden ORC technology

More than 8 million hours of operation cumulated and 7,800 GWh produced
Average availability of our fleet > 98%

Last Update: April 2016

 Turbines experience: a careful and continuous size growth driven
by geothermal market

kW Turboden’s Single shaft turbines power output over time

20000

18000
Units in operation /
MB Holding
under construction
16000
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Maximum shaft power

output available
14000

12000 Mindoro

10000

8000

6000

4000

2000

0
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2015

318 ORC Turbines, 0,5 GW ORC power, 7 Mio operation hrs

@ availability > 98% 6
 Turboden proven experience
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Average availability is 98+% on 260 plants with

about 7 millions cumulative operation working
hours so far 7
 Selected Geothermal References projects

Please, see also Turboden binary reference project video:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TurbodenItaly
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 Turboden Geothermal Plants in operation in Bavaria
Kirchstockach:
5,6 MWel
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• 4 Geothermal power plants
• ~20 MW electric power output
• ~54.6 MMBtu/h thermal power
(district heating)
• Geothermal water temperature
245 °F ÷ 285 °F ( 118 °C – 140
°C)
• 5 km (~3 miles) deep geothermal
reservoir

Dürrnhaar:
5,6 MWel
1 km

Traunreut:
4 MWel + 41 MMBtu/h
Sauerlach:
5 MWel + 13.6 MMBtu/h
 Layout example of Turboden reference plant

ACC
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Heat Exchangers

ACC
Turbogenerator
Wells

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 Reference Plant - Kirchstockach

Customer: Hochtief Energy Management GmbH

Site: Kirchstockach (München)
Start-up: March 2013
Heat source: geothermal fluid at 138°C
Total electric power: 5.6 MW
Scope of supply: EPC contract for the complete ORC unit, including the Air Cooled
Condenser and the geothermal balance of plant
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 Reference Plant - Sauerlach

Plant type: Two level cycle geothermal unit

Customer: SWM - StadtWerke München (public utilities company)
Location: Bavaria, Germany
Started-up: February 2013
Heat source: geothermal fluid at 140°C
Cooling device: air condensers
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Total electric power: 5+ MWel plus 4 MW th decoupling for district heating

Working fluid: refrigerant 245fa (non flammable)

Off grid mode capable

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 Reference Plant - Dürrnhaar

Customer: Hochtief Energy Management GmbH

Site: Dürrnhaar (München)
Start-up: December 2012
Heat source: geothermal fluid at 138°C
Total electric power: 5.6 MW
Scope of supply: EPC contract for the complete ORC unit, including the Air Cooled
Condenser and the geothermal balance of plant
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 Reference Plant - Traunreut

Plant type: ORC geothermal unit

Customer: Geothermische Kraftwerksgesellschaft Traunreut GmbH
Location: Traunreut (Germany)
Status: started up in January 2016
Heat source: geothermal fluid at 118°C
Cooling device: air condensers
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Total electric power: 4.1 MW

Total thermal power: 12 MW (to the district heating)
Scope of supply: Turboden in consortium with TH Arens will provide turnkey plant

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 Recent projects: Sugawara geothermal plant in Japan
Plant type: brine + steam ORC geothermal unit
Location: Japan
Status: in operation since June 2015
Heat source: geothermal brine/steam 140°C
Cooling device: air condensers
Total electric power: 5+ MW
Working fluid: n-pentane
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 Plant under construction: 16,5 MW Velika Ciglena (Croatia) for
MB Holding

Plant type: ORC geothermal unit

Customer: MB Holding
Site: Croatia
Start up: Q4 2016
Heat source: geothermal brine and steam @170°C
Cooling device: Air Cooled Condenser
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Total power: 16,5 MW on a single turbine (including a 1.5 MW NCG expansion turbine)
Working fluid: Isobutane
Scope of supply: Engineering, procurement and Construction of the full ORC power plant,
including civil and steam-field engineering

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 Reference Plant – SOULTZ – New unit revamping
Plant type: geothermal, 1st EU operating plant on EGS (Enhanced Geothermal System)
Site: Soultz-sous-Forêts, Alsace, France
Status: Under construction
Start-up: April 2016
Heat source: hot water at 170°C
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Cooling source: air condenser

Total electric power: 1.7 MW
Scope: EPC, as consortium with TH ARENS

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 Geothermal project in Afyon, Turkey
Plant type: geothermal
Customer: AFJET (Afyon Jeotermal)
Delivery date: 2016
Heat source: geothermal brine @110°C  Coupled to Geothermal District Heating
Cooling device: Cooling Towers
Total electric power: 3 MWel
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Working fluid: refrigerant

FIRST TURBINE
MADE IN TURKEY

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 Plant under construction: Montelago geothermal (Philippines) for
Emerging Power
Plant type: 4 X Turboden 10 MW ORC units
Customer: Emerging Power Inc
Site: Mindoro Island, The Philippines
Start-up: under construction (first 10 MW foreseen for Q3/Q4 2017)
Heat source: geothermal fluid at 159°C
Cooling device: air condensers
Total power: 40 MWel net
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Working fluid: Isopentane

Scope of supply: Turboden in consortium with TSK will provide the turnkey plant
 EU Funded Demonstration Projects

Plant type: geothermal low enthalpy, coupled with a geothermal district heating system
Site: Marktgemeinde, Altheim, Austria
Start-up : March 2001
Heat source: hot water at 106°C
Cooling source: cold water from a nearby river (cooling temperature 10/18°C)
Design electric power: 1 MW (normally operated by the owner at ~ 500 kW)
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Plant type: geothermal, 1st EU operating plant on EGS (Enhanced Geothermal System)
Site: Soultz-sous-Forêts, Alsace, France
Start-up: June 2008
Heat source: hot water at 180°C
Cooling source: air condenser
Total electric power: 1.7 MW
Net electric efficiency: 11.5%

Plant type: geothermal low enthalpy, coupled with a geothermal district heating system
Site: Simbach – Braunau, German-Austrian border
Start-up: August 2009
Heat Source: hot water at 106°
Cooling source: air/water
Design electric power: 200 kW

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 Reference Plant - Enel Supercritical

Plant type: geothermal prototype with supercritical cycle

Customer: Enel Green Power
Site: Livorno, Italy
Start-up: March 2012
Heat source: hot water at 150°C nominal
Cooling device: ‘dry & spray’ condenser
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Total electric power: 500 kW

Working fluid: refrigerant (non flammable)

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 Early Demonstration Projects

Site: Kapisha, Zambia

Year: 1988
Heat source: Geothermal fluid at 88°C
Total electric power: 2 x 100 kW
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Plant type: geothermal – experimental for Enel

Site: Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Italy
Year: 1992
Heat source: Geothermal fluid at 114°C (return at 102°C)
Cooling source: water/air
Total electric power: 1.3 MW
Net electric efficiency: 9%

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 Selected other references projects (not geothermal)
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 Biomass world’s largest ORC based power plant – British Colombia,
Canada
Reference project: biomass-fired power plant
Customer: West Fraser Timber Company
2 Site: Chetwynd and Fraser Lake, BC, Canada
Fuel: wood residues from sawmill operations and logging residues
Start-up: January 2015
ORC electric power: 2 x 13 MW gross (4 ORC units 6.5 MW each)
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Project features:
 World's largest biomass ORC based power plant (20yr PPA to provide 180 GWh/year to utility company BC Hydro)
 Heat source for the ORC: thermal oil close loop
 ORC working fluid: cyclopentane

Source: http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/west-fraser-timber-company-to-install-13-mw-biomass-plant-sell-power-to-utility/
 Biomass world’s largest ORC unit – Maine, US

Reference case study: biomass-fired power plant

Customer: Maine Woods Pellet Company
Site: Athens, Maine
Fuel: wood residues from de-barking and chipping operations
Start-up: Under Construction - July 2016
ORC electric power: 8 MW gross
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Project features:
 World's largest biomass-based ORC unit
 Pellet production facility: ~ 100,000 ton/year (largest in the state)
 Heat source for the ORC: thermal oil close loop
 ORC working fluid: cyclopentane

Source: http://www.bioenergy-news.com/display_news/8735/us_pellet_company_chooses_orc_for_biomass_plant/
 Heat Recovery from Gas Turbine

Reference Plant :TransGas Rosetown Compressor Station

Heat recovery from Solar CENTAUR gas turbine in a gas compressor station in Canada

 Gas turbine prime power: 3.5 MWe

 Gas turbine efficiency: 28%

ORC electric power: 1 MW

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General Contractor: IST (Innovative Steam Technologies)

Final Client: TransGas
Site:TransGas Rosetown Compressor Station, Saskatchewan, Canada
Status: In operation since November 2011.

Challenging conditions: remote area and

down to -30 °F during winter season

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 Heat Recovery from Cement Production Process

Reference case study: PRS and CC gas waste heat recovery

Customer: Holcim Slovakia – Holcim Group
Site: Rohožník, Slovakia
Start-up: in operation since February 2014
ORC electric power: ~ 5 MW
Slovakia
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 Clinker production capacity: ~ 3,600 ton/day

 Heat source: exhaust gas @ 360°C (PRS) and hot air @ 310°C (CC)
 Thermal oil heat recovery loops
 Working fluid: cyclopentane

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 Heat Recovery from Cement Production Process
Reference case study: PRS and CC gas waste heat recovery
Customer: Carpatcement Holding – Heidelberg Group
Site: Fieni, Dâmboviţa County, Romania
Status: in operation since July 2015
ORC electric power: ~ 3.8 MW

 Clinker production capacity: ~ 3,500 ton/day

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 Heat source: exhaust gas @ 370°C (PRS) and hot air @ 290°C (CC)
 Thermal oil heat recovery loops
 Working fluid: cyclopentane
 Cooling with ACC

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