Siemens receives order for steam power plant equipment from Poland

energycentral | Posted: 16 Jun 2014, 10:23
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Siemens has received an order for supply of a turbine island for the Jaworzno III steam power plant in Poland. With the powerful SST5-6000 steam turbine the plant will have an installed electrical capacity of 910 megawatts (MW). The maximum net capacity is specified as 843.5 MW, with a net efficiency of approximately 45.9 percent. This will make the Jaworzno lll plant, with its ultra-supercritical steam parameters, one of the most efficient steam power plants in Europe. Commissioning is scheduled for April 2019. The new plant will replace older units currently installed by Tauron. This will result in reduction of CO2 emissions by around 25 percent. The customer is SPV-Rafako, a 100 percent affiliate of Rafako, who will erect the plant for Tauron Polska Energia in a consortium with Mostostal Warszawa. The order volume for Siemens is approximately EUR208 million.

Siemens' scope of supply includes the engineering and the delivery of the turbine island, consisting of a model SST5-6000 steam turbine, a model SGen-3000W generator, a SCon-7000 condenser, the condensate and feedwater system and the high-voltage components. The order also includes technical consulting for the installation and commissioning of the supplied components and systems.

"We are pleased that Rafako puts its trust in our world-class products and in our solutions competence. This order for the supply of the turbine island for the Jaworzno lll power plant marks a significant milestone for Siemens in Poland", declared Rainer Hauenschild, CEO of Energy Solutions within the Siemens Energy Sector.

“For us, cooperation with Siemens for Jaworzno 910MW project is one of the most important factors for a successful execution of the project. We are looking forward to our smooth and efficient collaboration", stated Krzysztof Burek, member of the management board of Rafako.

China's ICBC to Finance Romanian Nuclear Project

Jiang Jianqing, chairman of China’s ICBC, the world’s biggest bank.

Bloomberg News

BUCHAREST–Romanian Vice-Premier Liviu Dragnea said on Monday that the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China 601398.SH +0.28% has agreed to finance the construction of two additional reactors at the country’s nuclear power plant in Cernavoda.

“The bank’s president presented the management’s decision to financially support the energy projects Romania and China agreed upon, namely the construction of the third and fourth reactors in Cernavoda, as well as other investment projects currently in advance negotiations,” Dragnea told reporters after a meeting with Jiang Jianqing, the chief executive of ICBC, which is the world’s largest bank.

Dragnea said the Chinese bank is considering opening a local subsidiary in Romania.

“Given the value of the projects to be financed, which could exceed €10 billion [$13.6 billion], the bank is analyzing the possibility to open a unit in Romania,” he told reporters. “They already have a subsidiary in Poland.”

Romania’s nuclear power project in Cernavoda, valued at more than €6 billion, was initially scheduled to kick off in 2010, but was shelved due to lack of funds after four of the initial six investors withdrew, citing economic and market uncertainties.

The country’s remaining two partners, Italian utility Enel ENEL.MI -0.71% andArcelorMittal MT +2.33% Romania, withdrew from the project in late 2013.

Cernavoda operates two reactors generating 700 megawatts power each and covers around 20% of Romania’s electricity production. The two new reactors are expected to double the plant’s capacity.