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International Plant Achievements

in the Energy Sector

Ansaldo Energia recent projects: a 825 MW combined cycle power plant in
Turkey and a thermoelectric power station in Egypt

The articles in these pages have been prepared by the Ansaldo Energia
Press Offce on a joint basis with the company’s sales and project
management offces

Turkey: more power, more effciency,

more satisfaction

electr omechanical The photographs on
erection, commissioning this page and in the
and testing. following one show
The plant consists of two various stages in the
construction of the
AE94.3A gas turbines combined cycle
(class F) with the relative power plant built by
electric generators (model Ansaldo Energia in
TRY-L56) and an RT-30 Istanbul’s industrial
steam turbine with the zone
relative generator (model
TRX-L56), all manufactured
in the Ansaldo Energia
workshops. The other
main components were
n July 13, 2011, the contract procured from third parties: two heat recovery steam
came into force for the generators, an air condenser, three step-up
construction and maintenance of transformers, an electric substation, a gas reduction
an 825 MW combined cycle station and auxiliary systems. The civil works and
power plant in Kocaeli-Gezbe, erection activities were contracted out to leading
Oan industrial district in Istanbul. local companies, which were also asked to supply
The plant entered commercial service on December components produced on the Turkish market.
20, 2013: two and a half years to build a plant Ansaldo Energia also helped finance the project,
designed to work on a cyclic and even daily basis, to investing about Euro 86 million for a 40% stake in
the highest thermal efficiency standards and with the the project company Yeni Elektrik Uretim AS on a
minimum environmental impact. The plant is fired by joint basis with majority shareholder Unit Investment
natural gas and satisfies all the requirements N.V., an accredited operator on the Turkish electricity
stipulated by the Turkish electricity grid. market.
Ansaldo Energia was in full charge not only of the Plant construction was completed on schedule and
construction of the main rotating machinery, but also the main milestones included grid synchronisation of
of the design work, the purchase of all plant the first gas turbine on June 22, 2013 and, a month
components, transport, civil works and later, the synchronization of the second turbine. The

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