RWE, one of the leading European power producers, has awarded to a consortium consisting of Técnicas Reunidas and Ansaldo Energia the project for the construction of a large 800 MW hydrogen-ready combined cycle plant (CCGT) at the Gersteinwerk site, in the Münster region, according to the communication made last May 29th (see RWE press release).
The plant will be able to use 50%_vol hydrogen at the time of its commissioning, planned for 2030, and exclusively hydrogen later on.
This facility is part of RWE’s ongoing effort to contribute to the German government’s plan to complete the decommissioning of all coal-fired power plants, ideally to be achieved by 2030.
This CCGT is of the same type and capacity as the one that RWE is planning for its Weisweiler site, in the Rhineland region, which the German company also awarded to a consortium of Técnicas Reunidas and Ansaldo Energia last year.
According to the recently presented plans for the construction of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany, the Gersteinwerk plant will be located close to a hydrogen transport pipeline in the future.
The German government has announced that its power plant strategy will soon include a regulatory framework for the tendering of hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants.
The approval planning services for the plant are already underway by the consortium formed by Técnicas Reunidas and Ansaldo Energia.
The scope of Técnicas Reunidas’ works will include the design engineering of the project, the supply of equipment and the construction, commissioning and start-up of the plant.
Ansaldo Energia will supply the gas turbine and the steam turbine, their corresponding generators, the heat recovery boiler and other equipment.
Gonzalo Pardo, Director of Energy Transition Business Development at Técnicas Reunidas, has stressed that this project “is part of the solid experience accumulated by our company in the development of facilities using new fuels, such as hydrogen, which are essential for the energy transition. It is also an example of the strong boost that we are currently giving to our decarbonisation activities, mainly through track, our new energy transition strategy, launched last year. Furthermore, our efforts in this area of activity are going to be substantially reinforced in the framework of our new SALTA strategic programme, presented on last March 23rd during our Capital Markets Day held in Abu Dhabi”.
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Press release https://shorturl.at/uqgL3
