Post by Valentin Kotlomin

RWE has selected a consortium consisting of Tecnicas Reunidas and GE for the project of a large hydrogen-compatible gas-fired power station (CCGT), with a nominal capacity of around 850 MW, at the Voerde site, in the North Rhine-Westphalia region, #Germany. The plant will be able to use 50pc natural gas and 50pc #hydrogen at the time of its commissioning, planned for 2030, and exclusively hydrogen later.  This facility is part of RWE’s ongoing effort to build such generation units in some of its existing sites to contribute to the German government’s plan to complete the decommissioning of all coal-fired power plants by 2030. This CCGT is of the same type and capacity as the ones that RWE is planning for its Weisweiler and Gersteinwerk, for which a consortium also including Técnicas Reunidas was selected in 2023 and 2024, respectively. According to the recently presented plans for the construction of a hydrogen infrastructure in Germany, the Voerde plant will be located close to a hydrogen transport pipeline in the future.  The approval planning services for the plant are already underway by the consortium formed by Técnicas Reunidas and GE Vernova. 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. General Electric will supply the gas turbine and the steam turbine, their corresponding generators, the heat recovery boiler and other equipment. The company reports - https://lnkd.in/dsTzfXN6 RWE is one of the leading companies in the field of #renewable energy. RWE is investing billions of euros in expanding its generation portfolio, in particular in offshore and onshore wind, #solarenergy and batteries. RWE is actively involved in the development of innovative hydrogen projects. The company is a partner in numerous H2 projects and is working on solutions for #decarbonising the industry with associations and corporations like Shell, BASF and OGE. In 2022, RWE and OGE launched the H2ercules initiative to promote the development of a #hydrogeneconomy in Germany and to create the right conditions for this development. More than 30 additional partners have since joined the initiative. The partner group covers the entire value chain and includes other hydrogen producers, importers, storage operators and customers from various sectors such as steel, refining, glass and chemicals. Among the partners are badenova, Bayer, Currenta, DNV, duisport - Duisburger Hafen AG, E.ON, Evonik, Essener Versorgungs- und Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH (EVV), EWE AG, Fraport AG, GELSENWASSER AG, Iqony, NaTran, N-ERGIE Aktiengesellschaft, SCHOTT, SHS - Stahl-Holding-Saar GmbH & Co. KGaA, Storengy - ENGIE, thyssenkrupp, TÜV NORD GROUP, Uniper, VARO Energy, Venator Materials Plc, VERBUND. More news about #netzero by Argus Media - https://lnkd.in/dXYXKwXh #argus #decarbonization #greenhydrogen #powergeneration