GE upgrading assets at a coal plant in Poland
Published by Harleigh Hobbs,
Editor
World Coal,
GE’s Power Services business has secured orders valued approximately at €40 million with PGE Gornictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A. (PGE GiEK S.A.), the largest utility in Poland, to upgrade generator and steam turbine assets at the Turow coal-fired power plant.
“We are happy to once again work with GE in modernising the Turow power plant to increase the power output of our power generation assets,” said Slawomir Zawada, President of PGE GiEK S.A. “This project is extremely important for the power complex in Turow, as well as for the local community: a lifetime extension, by 150 000 hr, of key equipment will allow us to utilise deposits of lignite from the Turow mine and simultaneously will help to secure current employment.”
The upgrades will commence with the shutdown of the first unit in April 2017 and the commissioning of the last unit is scheduled for January 2020.
Under the terms of the agreement, GE will upgrade three 50WT20H-100 generators and three 13CK230 steam turbines to extend equipment lifetime by at least 150 000 hours – about 20 years – and increase the availability of the turbosets to 97% in the first year of operation and above 98% in the next year. The upgrade is expected to increase power output by 45 MW – the equivalent to power approximately 130 000 polish households ¬– and improve power plant efficiency by approximately 1.4%.
The upgrade of the generator rotors and the manufacturing of new rods will take place in GE’s generator factory in Wroclaw, Poland. The steam turbine upgrade includes the delivery of new HP, IP and LP turbine inner modules, which will be manufactured in GE’s turbine factory in Elblag, Poland.
“GE has a very collaborative relationship with PGE GiEK S.A. and recently provided wind turbines for both the Karwice Wind Farm and the Lotnisko Wind Farm. We are pleased that PGE Gornictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna S.A. again has chosen to work with our GE team to support the needs of our communities here in Poland. Through this project we are able to participate in the developing of a diversified mix of energy sources of the Polish energy sector,” commented Beata Stelmach, President of GE in Poland.
Edited from press release by Harleigh Hobbs
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcoal.com/power/27012016/ge-upgrading-assets-at-a-coal-plant-in-poland-119/
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