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The operation offered Ansaldo Energia the opportunity finalize the production of the turbines near the loading
to start producing the new generation of H-class platform, ready to set off on their adventurous journey
turbines immediately, optimizing design and into the future, because transportation from the factory
development time. by road is impossible.
Ansaldo Energia took over intellectual property rights The individual components manufactured and
for the GT26 and GT36, existing upgrades and pipeline preassembled in the Genoa-Campi factory are
technology for future upgrades, and with service transferred to the new facility, which covers a total
agreements for 34 GT26 turbines already installed. surface area of 10 thousand square meters, where the
Together with its sister GT26, the GT36 joins its new production cycle is completed with the final assembly
Ansaldo Energia GT family. of the new GT36 turbines.
The family grows significantly, now including top To make all this possible, the welding area has been
products at upper end of F-class and new H-class. extended, with the installation of equipment that can
Together with its well-known and family members weld rotors up to 200 tonnes in weight and 14 meters
AE64.3A (small F-class), AE94.2 (E-class) and AE94.3A in length.
(F-class) Ansaldo has a full-fledge portfolio (in 50 Hz) There is no doubt that this new facility represents a
and different models specialized for different market point of arrival in a production process of vital strategic
segments: importance, but it is also, and more importantly, an
• more and better fit to special market requirements; launchpad that puts Ansaldo Energia in the ideal
• from small to very large size; position to tackle the challenges it faces on international
• from best fit for open cycle to combined cycle; markets in the future.
• from cost-optimized to performance-optimized. In February 2018, finally, the first GT36-S5 model gas
turbine produced at Ansaldo Energia’s Genoa
production facility was presented at the presence of the
The new production site most important national and local authorities.
on the sea The GT36 is the most powerful engine built by Ansaldo
Energia today. Nicknamed “Mont Blanc”, because it is
Ansaldo Energia prepared a warm welcome for its new the top machine in Europe by power, the turbine
family members GT36 (and also GT26): it invested over generates 538 MW of power (ISO conditions) in the 50
65 million euros to create the conditions to bring the Hz version presented today and 760 MW in a combined
production of machines based on former Alstom cycle with an efficiency of 62.6%.
technology to Italy, involving adaptation work on the The GT36 has been developed to deliver high efficiency
existing facilities and the construction of the new combined with great operating flexibility, allowing it to
industrial shed in Cornigliano (Genoa), which was deliver power according to the changing needs of the
officially opened in June 2017. The Cornigliano site grid, compensating for and supporting intermittent
provides a new accommodation directly on the sea electricity generation from renewable sources. With the
shore. From the new site, which has direct access to ongoing support of Ansaldo Energia’s Chinese partner,
the sea and a dedicated dock, the new generation Shanghai Electric Group, the first GT36 maxi gas
GT36 turbines will set sail to international markets. turbines will be installed in two power generation plants
It is an important investment that satisfies the need to in the Shanghai area.

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