Wärtsilä achieved a major project milestone this month when one of their flexible CHP engines arrived ready for installation at the 105 MW swb Bremen power plant, Germany. In total, 9 x Wärtsilä 31SG engines will be delivered.
Together with consortium partner, Uniper, Wärtsilä enables a revenue-adding transition from coal to gas for public utility swb Erzeugung in Bremen. This new 105-MW CHP plant and its ultra-flexible W31SG engines align with the company’s environmental goals to make economic sense.
“Efficient and sustainable power and heat generation is extremely important, both for our company and for the German energy sector in general. We are going to replace an outdated coal-burning plant with a modern, clean, reliable and extremely efficient solution, which will provide the flexibility needed today.”
Jens-Uwe Freitag, Chief Executive Officer, swb Erzeugung GmbH & Co. KG, Bremen
In Bremen, public utility swb Erzeugung is paving the way for renewable generation by replacing an old coal-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant with flexible gas generation. Powered by the latest Wärtsilä technology, the new CHP gas engine power plant offers heat and flexible baseload in the winter and shaves peaks in energy demand in the summer, all the while making great economic sense for its owners.
Read the full project story here.
