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First firing of the world’s largest and most
powerful gas turbine, developed by Siemens, was
achieved as scheduled on December 20, 2007. This
marks the beginning of a planned 18-month trial
operation period at the E.ON Irsching 4 power
plant near Ingolstadt. After successful
completion of trial operation, Siemens will
expand the plant to a high-efficiency
combined-cycle power plant (CCPP) with a total
output of about 530 megawatts and a peak load
efficiency of over 60 percent. Handover of the
CCPP to E.ON Kraftwerke, a subsidiary of E.ON
Energy, is expected to be made in 2011. E.ON and
Siemens are investing a total of approximately
EUR 500 million in this endeavor.
“Climate change is one of
the greatest challenges of the 21st century.
Consequently the objective is to not only meet
the continuously increasing demand for
electrical energy reliably and economically, but
above all in a manner that is
climatically-compatible,“ said Dr. Uriel Sharef,
member of the board at Siemens AG. Energy.
Ef-ficient, innovative products such as our new
gas turbine play an instrumental role in this.
“With E.ON, we have landed a strong partner for
this pioneering project in Irsching. Together we
underscore our claim to technological leadership
in the energy industry in Germany and
worldwide,” Sharef added.
Dr. Klaus-Dieter Maubach, chairman of the board
at E.ON Energie AG, pointed out the significance
of further technological development in power
generation: “Combat-ing climate change has
become one of the cardinal challenges in our
business. E.ON is planning investments totaling
60 billion euros by 2010. The major part of this
will be in new and environmentally benign
generating capacities. The Irsching location is
an outstanding example of this: Irsching 4 will
achieve an efficiency of over 60 per-cent, in
itself a quantum leap in power plant
engineering. As a result, this power plant will
emit approximately 40,000 tons of CO2 per year
less than existing plants. In addi-tion, we are
investing in the latest technology for our
advanced coal-fired power plants now under
construction, and also for the renewable energy
sector”.
The Power Generation Group
(PG) of Siemens AG is one of the premier
companies in the international power generation
sector. In fiscal 2007 (which ended September
30), Siemens PG posted sales amounting to more
than EUR12 billion and received new orders
totaling approximately EUR18 billion, according
to IFRS. Group profit amounted to EUR1.147
billion. On September 30, 2007, PG had a work
force of more than 40,400 worldwide. Further
information at:
www.siemens.com/powergeneration .
E.ON Kraftwerke GmbH is German based, with its
head office situated in Hanover. Within the E.ON
group E.ON Kraftwerke is the specialist for
planning, constructing und operating coal- and
gas-fired power plants. The company operates
power stations at more than 30 locations in
Germany with an overall installed capacity of
approximately 15,000 megawatts, covering 10
percent of the German de-mand. E.ON Kraftwerke
also engineers and builds new power stations in
several countries in Europe. 4,200 employees
produced last year a turnover of approx. Euro 3
Billion. The mission of E.ON Kraft-werke is to
generate electricity reliably and in a manner
that conserves natural resources. E.ON Kraft-werke
therefore is constantly exploring new ways of
improving the efficiency of its plants.
Continuous reductions of plant emission levels
are one result of this
effort. Further information at:
www.eon-kraftwerke.com
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