(Source: Datamonitor)
E.ON, an electricity and gas company, has opened a combined cycle gas turbine, or CCGT, power plant in Gonyu, Hungary.
The plant, in which the company has invested approximately E400 million, is setting new standards in power generation in Hungary, with a capacity of 433 megawatts and efficiency of over 59 percent.
Highly efficient and flexible to use, CCGT plants are increasing in importance in E.ON's energy mix. They are particularly suited to speedily and flexibly balancing out load fluctuations in the grid which arise from the increasing, but non-predictable, feeding-in of wind and solar energy. In this way, these systems also make an effective contribution to the expansion of renewable energies, the company said.
Four further CCGT plants, with a combined capacity of more than 2,100 megawatts, are currently awaiting commissioning. They include the Irsching 4 CCGT plant and two large plants in Russia. Irsching 4, which will go into operation in summer 2011, will be the first plant of its kind to achieve an electrical efficiency of more than 60 percent.
The Russian plants, located in Surgutskaya and Yaivinskaya, and their high efficiencies and total installed capacity of 1,200 megawatts will likewise give E.ON's position in the Russian electricity market a boost, the company added.
Jorgen Kildahl, the E.ON AG Management Board member, said: "The CCGT plants in Europe and Russia which have already commenced operations or are set to be completed shortly are enabling us to expand our generating capacities by approximately 9,500 megawatts. It's important to emphasize that all our new CCGT plants are at the top of the table in their respective countries in terms of both efficiency and climate care."
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