Siemens has recently handed over the combined cycle power plant equipped with a Siemens H-class gas turbine at the Lausward location in Düsseldorf (Germany) to Stadtwerke Düsseldorf AG, the customer and operator utility company.
During the test run, unit “Fortuna” achieved a maximum electrical net output of 603.8MW, which is a new record for a combined cycle plant of this type in a single-shaft configuration. A new world record of around 61.5% for net power-generating efficiency was also achieved, enabling Siemens to beat its own record of 60.75% set in May 2011 at the Ulrich Hartmann power plant.
In addition, unit “Fortuna” can also deliver up to 300MW for the district heating system of Düsseldorf, a further international peak value for a power plant equipped with only one gas and steam turbine. This boosts the plant’s fuel utilization up to 85%.
“We optimized the power plant to enable it to be ideally positioned in one of the world’s most demanding power markets. Together with the Stadtwerke Düsseldorf we are therefore very pleased that this plant set the new efficiency world record,” stated Willi Meixner, CEO of the Power and Gas Division within Siemens AG.
