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GE Energy to Build Gas-Fired Power Plant at Petrom's Brazi Refinery

Posted on: Thursday, 19 June 2008, 09:00 CDT

GE Energy, together with its consortium partner Metka, is planning to build a gas-fired power plant at Petrom's refinery in Brazi, located near Ploiesti, Romania. This project will see the first application of GE Energy's Frame 9FB gas turbine in Romania.

The Brazi project is reportedly Romania's largest investment in the power generation sector since the Cernavoda Unit-2 nuclear project, which began in 1989. It also marks the entry of Petrom and its parent company, OMV, into the power generation industry.

This new combined-cycle plant is expected to produce approximately 860MW of power. Approximately 20% of the plant's electricity output would be used by Petrom for its own operations, with the remainder to be sold on the Romanian power grid.

Construction start is planned for early 2009 and the plant is expected to begin supplying power to the national power network in the second half of 2011. With a thermal efficiency of more than 57%, the facility plans to be among the most efficient in Eastern Europe.

GE's scope of supply includes two Frame 9FB gas turbines, a GE 209D steam turbine, three hydrogen-cooled generators, two heat recovery steam generators and a Mark Vie integrated control system for the new plant.

In addition to equipment supply, GE will provide project management and commissioning services, and will act as leader of the consortium. Metka, who specializes in the construction of energy projects, will supply balance-of-plant equipment, engineering and construction services.

Source: Datamonitor

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