Cummins fuels development of clean energy and makes bold move in technology

Cummins officially launched the HSK78G natural gas generator series for the Chinese market with a targeted event held in Shanghai at the Dishui Lake Crown Plaza hotel. The aim of the event was to showcase the innovative gas technology this product offers for all prime and peaking power applications. The event comprised of 35 industry specialists, customer representatives and distributor partners coming from various regions and industry sectors in China.

The HSK78G generator series is designed to provide reliable power, regardless of the natural gas source or the climate, including extreme heat and altitudes. This new technology represents a bold step into the gas arena for Cummins, pushing new levels of efficiency, transient performance and gas variation well beyond former natural gas generators. 

"As a new member of the Cummins product family, the release of the HSK78G natural gas generator series in the Chinese market is a considered a flagship product. It not only marks that Cummins gas business has reached a new level in China but also provides new choices for the market," said Wang Lei, General Manager of the Cummins Power Generation Business for China Power Systems.

"This year is the 100th anniversary of Cummins Inc., and the HSK78G natural gas generator series with higher economic efficiency and lower operating costs will be a valuable gift for Cummins Centenary from Cummins gas business perspective," Lei added. 

Feng Jianghua, Deputy Director of the Distributed Energy Professional Committee of the China Energy Research Association, shared with the participants the prospects of distributed energy in China. Jianghua noted that due to the increasing demand for environmental protection from government departments, society and enterprises, natural gas as a clean energy plays an increasingly important role in the process of energy conservation and emission reduction, ensuring energy security. He particularly emphasized that China is bound to enter the natural gas era.

Following the successful global launch of the new HSK78G natural gas generator series at the 2019 Middle East Electricity (MEE) show at the Dubai World Trade Centre earlier this year, the HSK78G has already been successfully applied across mining projects in Australia and cogeneration projects in Belgium. During the event, Chris Downs, Global Marketing Leader of Cummins Prime Power Segment, provided a global overview of all the successful projects that have been delivered so far offering details on the project installation requirements and product benefits offered in each case.

In addition to the interactive presentations provided by Cummins product experts, attendees were able to gain a more comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the HSK78G series through a real-life display of the HSK78G generator model and a 360-degree virtual view of the product via an interactive touchscreen.

During the product walk-around experience held by the Cummins Product Management team, attendees were able to ask questions and become better educated on the HSK78G’s product capability within the biogas, combined heat and power, and coal mine methane industry sectors which were identified to be the customers’ primary area of interest. The excellent and outstanding performance of the HSK78G gas generator series left a very positive impression on the guests. 

The first customer of HSK78G gas generator series in China, Shanxi Jiuding from New Energy Co., Ltd. also attended the event and was pleased to see the physical product being showcased. In the delivery of the series, the customer expressed great recognition for the Cummins brand and the HSK78G’s product capability in the application of distributed energy. 

The delivered HSK78G gas generator series will be applied to the 6MW coal methane distributed energy demonstration project in Xiyang County, Shanxi Province, to provide reliable power for a distributed energy project. Upon project completion, the HSK78G will continue to provide 6MW of electricity to meet the heating demand of 60,000 square meters and provide a constant temperature freezer of 10,000 tons of cooling capacity. The product’s high electrical efficiency of up to 44.2% (50Hz), high ambient capability of up to 55 degrees Celsius and market leading thermal performance of up to 47.1% were some of the primary reasons for selecting the HSK78G generator series for this project.

"It was my pleasure to be at the China customer event in Shanghai and to be with an engaged audience that were very excited about the launch of the Cummins HSK78G generator series," said Chris Downs, Global Marketing Leader of the Cummins Prime Power Segment. "The organization from all involved was exceptional and I am really looking forward to seeing orders soon."