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Press Release03 June 2020Gas and PowerMunich
Siemens supports Berlin with climate-friendly energy supply
The heart of the plant is a
gas turbine manufactured at the Siemens plant in Berlin-Moabit. The new
combined heat and power plant uses cogeneration and not only provides
electricity for up to approximately one million inhabitants but can also supply
around 150,000 Berlin households with environmentally friendly district
heating. Together with the gas-fired plant in Klingenberg, it will form the
backbone of the district heating supply in the eastern part of Berlin with a
total of 450,000 households. The plant in Marzahn has an electrical capacity of
approximately 260 megawatts (MW), a thermal capacity of around 230 MW and a
maximum fuel efficiency of 92 percent.
"Normally we deliver our gas turbines
all over the world. Today, however, we are pleased to be able to commission a
gas turbine from Berlin for Berlin," said Jochen Eickholt, member of the
Managing Board of Siemens Energy. "Siemens Energy is also at home here in
Berlin and we are an important employer here. With the new combined heat and
power plant, almost a quarter of a million tons of CO2 are avoided
each year, which corresponds to the typical emissions of around 125,000 cars.
This is how we support the capital on its individual path to climate
neutrality."
"With the symbolic commissioning of the
Marzahn power plant, we have taken a big step toward meeting the Paris climate
protection goals by 2030 with the city of Berlin," explained Tanja
Wielgoß, CEO of Vattenfall Wärme Berlin AG. “At the same time, a CHP plant like
the one in Marzahn can play an important role in the currently hotly debated
hydrogen strategy for Germany. The truth here, however, is that a lot of
research and development still has to be done so that this technology is
actually future-proof for both heating and power supply.”
The picture shows the inserting of the rotor into the gas turbine for the combined heat and power plant Berlin-Marzahn.
The combined heat and power plant is one of the most efficient in Europe and makes an important contribution to Berlin's climate-neutral energy supply. Source: Vattenfall
For further information on combined heat and power, please
see
www.siemens.com/chp
www.siemens.com/chp
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Gas and Power
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