A consortium made up of MAN Energy Solutions and the general contractor MMEC MANNESMANN GMBH has been tasked with constructing a combined heat and power (CHP) gas engine power plant in Jena, Germany. The client is Thüringer Energie AG (TEAG) that wants to expand an existing gas and combined cycle power plant at the same location. The new plant is expected to start operating in the 2021/22 heating period and is expected to significantly reduce emissions at the site.
With five 12.6 MW MAN 20V35/44G TS gas engines and a total capacity of approximately 63 MW, following production, the TEAG plant will operate the most powerful gas engines installed in Germany. Thanks to two-stage turbocharging, the generator sets are also particularly efficient. The flexibility of the power plant is further increased thanks to a heat storage with a capacity of around 600 MWh.
The expansion to the power plant is part of a comprehensive modernization project with the objective of reducing the CO2 emissions of the Jena cogeneration plant. TEAG is investing approximately €80 M in the district heating site for this.
