Combined-cycle and heat power plant 450 MW
Alstom signed an agreement with German utility RheinEnergie to construct a 450MW combined-cycle heat and power plant (CHP) in Cologne, Germany. The CHP plant is part of a German program to add more efficient combined heat and power plants in the country. Alstom inked a 15-year service agreement for the Niehl 3 power plant, which will be based on the firm's gas-fired KA26 combined-cycle plant design. Alstom will deliver a GT26 gas turbine, one steam turbine, a turbo-generator, a heat recovery steam generator, district heaters and power plant control systems to the project. The Niehl 3 plant, which is estimated to reach an overall efficiency of about 85%, will provide electricity to local and European grids once it commences operations in 2016. The generating station is capable of powering up to one million households, while offsetting about 500,000t of carbon dioxide per year. The power plant is also expected to reinforce the district heating networks of Cologne by supplying up to 265MW of thermal heat, enough to heat 50,000 homes.
Flenco is pleased to have been selected as preferred partner by Alstom to supply its auxiliary systems for this project. For further inquiries about this collaboration, you can ask your usual contact person at our Sales Department or complete and send us our contact form.