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new Timelkam combined-cycle power plant
in Austria to Energie AG Oberösterreich and
the Swiss Groupe E. The district heating
power plant with an installed capacity of
408 MW will have an annual generating
capacity of 2,400 GWh and supply 700,000
households with electricity. The plant’s
maximum district heating capacity will be
100 MW.
With its advanced turbine technology,
the plant will attain an efficiency of approximately 59 percent while at the same time
producing low-pollutant emissions. This will
make it one of the most efficient and cleanest
power plants not only in Austria but also
worldwide.
The power plant is an SCC5-4000F1S
single-shaft unit in which the main components – SGT5-4000F gas turbine, SST5-
5000 steam turbine and generator – are
arranged on a single line of shafting. By
virtue of their modular design, these
plants can not only be readily adapted to
specific customer and site requirements
but also enable high operational flexibility,
short startup times and fast load ramps.
The Timelkam power plant will thus be
able to supply essential peak-load power.
London Seeks Help to
Go Green for Olympics
London, site of the 2012 Olympics, is
aiming to make the 2012 games the greenest
ever. For help in reaching this goal – and in
effort to cut greenhouse gas emissions by
60 percent by 2025 – the city is participating
in a road show promoting investment
opportunities in the United Kingdom’s
sustainability sector.
The Route to 2012 road show is reaching
out to potential investors in 12 cities across
North America, hosting a series of VIP events
to highlight the sustainable, digital and
general business opportunities that London
has to offer. Attended by senior executives
from clean tech and sustainability companies,
the first road show event was held in San
Francisco in June.
London will build an Energy Center
with a combined cooling, heat and power
system that uses biomass to serve the
Olympic park and the city’s electrical grid.
The city and Olympic authority are also
looking for investment in recycling industrial
waste, solar lighting and small-scale wind
turbines and other renewable power
resources. Other efforts to green the city
include retrofitting existing buildings to
improve energy efficiency.
