Flagship Project of the Energy Turnaround—Stadtwerke Kiel, Kraftanlagen München & GE are Building the Most Flexible Large-...
August 03 2015 - 8:30AM
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- The New Innovative Gas-Fired Thermal
Power Plant in Kiel with over 90 Percent Efficiency Will Set New
Standards with Respect to Flexibility, Efficiency and Environmental
Sustainability; Contract Signing on August 3
- The Order for 20 Jenbacher J920 Flextra
Gas Engines with an Output of 190 MW Represents the Largest Sale in
the Worldwide Jenbacher Company History
Together with general contractor Kraftanlagen München (KAM), GE
(NYSE: GE) is supporting the municipal utility Stadtwerke Kiel in
the construction of a modern gas-fired thermal power plant,
representing a new, extremely flexible generation of energy
production plants.
The project, which was kicked off today with the contract
signing, comprises 20 units of GE’s most powerful gas engine and is
to date the largest order for the GE gas engines product line in
Jenbach. As a nationwide unique project, the new plant already is
considered a model, setting new standards with respect to
flexibility, efficiency and environmental sustainability.
The 20 Jenbacher J920 FleXtra gas engines form the heart of the
plant, supplying a total output of 190 megawatts (MW) of electrical
and 192 MW of thermal energy, which will be fed into the electrical
and district heating network, thus contributing to grid stability.
The total efficiency of the equipment from GE is greater than 90
percent; electrical efficiency is 45 percent. Compared with the
previous coal-fired power plant, CO2 emissions are reduced from 1.8
million tons to approx. 540,000 tons.
“Kraftanlagen München was quick in selecting the right concept
and has found the best-suited partner for this project with GE. The
new gas-fired thermal power plant in Kiel is a groundbreaking
example for the successful realization of the energy transition
plan by employing highly efficient combined heat and power
generation. We are happy to implement this large-scale project
using GE’s Jenbacher gas engines,” stated Gerrit Koll, business
unit leader, energy- and power plant technology at KAM.
“With our flexible and highly efficient gas engine technology,
we’re proud to make a decisive contribution to the pioneering
project from Stadtwerke Kiel and Kraftanlagen München. Versatility
in the electricity exchange paired with inexpensive costs for heat
generation will be the way forward in Kiel,” said Oliver Klitzke,
Executive Operations GE Germany. “Cogeneration systems as
distributed and load-oriented applications form the ideal bridge to
the energy system of the future, allowing us security in energy
supply, the highest level of efficiency and therefore minimal
primary energy consumption.”
The greatest possible flexibility was a primary requirement of
the new Stadtwerke Kiel plant. Due to the high proportion of
wind-generated electricity in the regional grid, the power plant
has to be able to feed full power into the local electrical grid
within a short period in order to offset the volatility of the wind
level, thus ensuring stability of the grid. The efficient GE
engines demonstrate that they are the ideal bridge technology and
application to implement the energy transition plan in Germany,
with the goal of generating 80 percent of electricity from
renewable and therefore, volatile energy sources by 2050.
About the Kraftanlagen Group
The Kraftanlagen Group stands for efficient power plant
engineering. As a multi-faceted servicer provider to industry and
the utility business, we employ state-of-the-art processes and
technologies everywhere in Europe. Industry, municipal utilities
and energy suppliers rely on us as a single-source provider:
installation engineering from concept definition and planning,
project planning, construction, through plant commissioning,
service and maintenance, and finally, dismantling und disposal.
With its affiliates and joint ventures at numerous locations,
the Kraftanlagen Group with more than 2,800 employees offers an
extensive service network. Working closely with its customers, the
Group manages both large-scale projects as general contractor as
well as individual projects in the following product areas: Energy
and power plant technology, distributed energy supply, underground
pipeline construction, nuclear engineering, industrial facilities
and installation, utility services, engineering and consulting,
manufacturing and welding technology.
About GE
GE (NYSE:GE) imagines things others don’t, builds things others
can’t and delivers outcomes that make the world work better. GE
brings together the physical and digital worlds in ways no other
company can. In its labs and factories and on the ground with
customers, GE is inventing the next industrial era to move, power,
build and cure the world. www.ge.com
About GE Power & Water
GE Power & Water provides customers with a broad array of
power generation, energy delivery and water process technologies to
solve their challenges locally. Power & Water works in all
areas of the energy industry including renewable resources such as
wind and solar, biogas and alternative fuels; and coal, oil,
natural gas and nuclear energy. The business also develops advanced
technologies to help solve the world’s most complex challenges
related to water availability and quality. Power & Water’s six
business units include Distributed Power, Nuclear Energy, Power
Generation Products, Power Generation Services, Renewable Energy
and Water & Process Technologies. Headquartered in Schenectady,
N.Y., Power & Water is GE’s largest industrial business.
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