Siemens Energy has received another order to deliver its highly efficient HL-class power plant technology to South Korea.
The equipment will be used in the Eumseong Unit 1 combined cycle power plant (CCPP), which will be built in Eumseong in north western Chungcheongbuk-do Province. The CCPP will be built in place of a previously planned 1000MW coal-fired power plant that was cancelled following a change in the South Korean government’s environmental policy.
The switch to a modern high-efficiency gas-fired power plant will reduce CO2 emissions by up to 3.7m tons per year compared to a similar coal power plant. The client is Korea East-West Power Co Ltd, a subsidiary of South Korea’s state-owned utility Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO). The new plant is scheduled to be commissioned in late 2024.
Eumseong Unit 1 is the first of two planned CCPP units and will have an installed electrical capacity of 571MW. The power plant is designed as a single-shaft unit that will operate on re-gasified liquefied natural gas (LNG). Siemens Energy’s scope of supply includes a SGT6-9000HL gas turbine, a SST-5000 steam turbine, a SGen-3000W generator, and the SPPA-T3000 control system.
The order also includes a long-term part management contract for the gas turbine, technical field advisory services, and digital services including diagnostics services, continuous performance optimisation, and compressor condition performance-monitoring that will improve asset utilisation, reliability and availability while also reducing operating and maintenance costs.
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