- GE’s Two 9.5-Megawatt J920 FleXtra Gas
Engines to Provide More Efficient Heating for Rome’s Tor di Valle
District
- Cefla to Develop the Engineering and
Balance of Plant for the Project
- ACEA Project Offers Excellent Example
for European Utilities and Municipalities to Modernize District
Heating Systems with New, Highly Efficient Gas Engines
GE’s Distributed Power business (NYSE:GE) and Cefla SC today
announced they have received an order from Italian utility ACEA
Produzione SpA, a subsidiary of ACEA SPA—one of Italy’s principal
multiutilities—for GE’s first two 9.5-megawatt (MW) Jenbacher J920
FleXtra gas engines to be deployed in Italy as part of a district
heating repowering project in southwestern Rome.
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ACEA selected GE and Italian multibusiness company Cefla SC to
modernize the existing Tor di Valle cogeneration and district
heating plant, with the goal of improving its energy efficiency and
reducing its environmental impacts. When the project is completed,
the new 19-MW district heating power plant is expected to provide
highly efficient thermal power to about 50,000 residential
customers in Rome and for other energy-intensive, non-residential
purposes.
“The Tor di Valle district heating power plant repowering
project demonstrates our continued commitment to pursue our plan to
develop, improve and modernize our energy production assets for the
benefit of our residential and business customers,” said Giovanni
Papaleo, head of ACEA Energy Industrial Area. “We believe that GE’s
proven J920 FleXtra gas engine technology and Cefla’s engineering
capabilities are perfectly suited to help us meet the new power and
district heating and cooling needs of our customers in Rome.”
The project is a turnkey revamping of an existing district
heating power plant that serves the southwestern area of Rome. The
order consists of two J920 FleXtra combined heat and power (CHP)
units plus three auxiliary boilers and associated district heating
systems. The engines will produce 19 MW of electrical power and
about 15 MW of thermal power, achieving more than 80 percent total
efficiency. Three additional gas boilers will produce another 70 MW
of thermal power to cover peak heat load demands. The project will
include a multiyear service agreement for the two J920 FleXtra
engines.
ACEA’s Tor di Valle district heating plant modernization is
being designed and developed by the consortium of GE and Cefla. GE
will be providing the Jenbacher J920 FleXtra generator sets,
related engineering and associated balance of plant equipment.
Cefla will develop the engineering aspects of the plant, providing
project management, ensuring plant supplies and taking care of
installation of the entire plant, including the civil
infrastructure.
"This project is a significant step within our plan to develop
and grow in the energy sector,” said Roberto Cocchi, Cefla Plant
Solutions BU managing director. “It is an important recognition of
our capabilities and our system engineering experience, gained over
the last 30 years, coming from a major company like ACEA, which is
committed to development and innovation, and from GE, one of the
world leaders in providing power generation equipment.”
In addition to its first J920 FleXtra order in Italy, GE has
also received orders for its most powerful gas engine technology
for several new cogeneration projects in Germany and a new
grid-stabilization project in the United States. The ACEA Tor di
Valle district heating project marks the first time that GE’s J920
FleXtra technology has been selected to modernize an existing
gas-fired district heating power plant.
“We are pleased to collaborate with Cefla to demonstrate our
project management and distributed power technology capabilities
for ACEA’s district heating modernization project in the city of
Rome,” said Andreas Lippert, executive engineering leader for GE’s
Distributed Power business. “This project showcases the advantages
of our J920 FleXtra gas engine technology as more European
utilities and municipalities modernize their CHP plants with more
efficient, reliable and flexible gas engines to meet increasingly
stringent environmental regulations and support the growth of
renewable energy on the grid.”
Construction of the plant is expected to begin in 2016 and
finish in 2017.
The Tor di Valle district heating project represents the first
balance of plant turnkey project for GE’s Jenbacher J920 FleXtra
gas engines in Italy and expands on GE’s previous relationship with
ACEA in developing gas turbine power plant projects in Italy.
GE and Cefla will help ACEA to balance the supply of energy by
integrating the engines with a thermal energy storage system. This
will ensure a continuous supply of heat without needing to increase
electric power generation except during peak demand periods, which
are of premium value.
About Cefla – Plant Solutions business unit
Cefla Plant Solutions. For more than 80 years Cefla Plant
Solutions has designed, built and maintained complex civil and
industrial plant engineering systems and, for more than 30 years,
worked in the energy sector as a provider of natural gas energy
co-generation plants, heat recovery systems and gaseous flow
purification systems. In the civil and industrial plant engineering
fields, as in the energy production and Oil & Gas sectors,
Cefla is also a provider of both technological services and global
services.
About Cefla
Cefla is an internationally established Italian industrial
concern that was founded in 1932. It is continuously evolving and
operates in four different business areas: Plant Solutions (civil
and industrial plant engineering for the energy sector),
Shopfitting Solutions (shop equipment and customized retail outlet
solutions), Finishing Solutions (machines and complete plants for
coating and finishing) and Medical Solutions (equipment for the
dental and medical sectors). Cefla’s strength stems from its
founding principles: strategic vision and long-term planning,
investment in technology and innovation, financial soundness.
About GE’s Distributed Power Business
GE’s Distributed Power business is a leading provider of
engines, power equipment and services focused on power generation
and gas compression at or near the point of use. Distributed Power
offers a diverse product portfolio that includes highly efficient,
fuel-flexible, industrial gas engines generating 200 kW to 10 MW
each of power for numerous industries globally. In addition, the
business provides life cycle support for more than 36,000 gas
engines worldwide to help you meet your business challenges and
success metrics—anywhere and anytime. Backed by our authorized
service providers in more than 170 countries, GE‘s global service
network connects with you locally for rapid response to your
service needs. GE’s Distributed Power business is headquartered in
Jenbach, Austria.
About GE Power
GE Power is a world leader in power generation with deep domain
expertise to help customers deliver electricity from a wide
spectrum of fuel sources. We are transforming the electricity
industry with the digital power plant, the world’s largest and most
efficient gas turbine, full balance of plant, upgrade and service
solutions as well as our data-leveraging software. Our innovative
technologies and digital offerings help make power more affordable,
reliable, accessible and sustainable.
For more information, visit the company's website at
www.gepower.com. Follow GE Power on Twitter @GE_Power and on
LinkedIn at GE Power.
About GE
GE (NYSE:GE) is the world’s Digital Industrial Company,
transforming industry with software-defined machines and solutions
that are connected, responsive and predictive. GE is organized
around a global exchange of knowledge, the "GE Store," through
which each business shares and accesses the same technology,
markets, structure and intellect. Each invention further fuels
innovation and application across our industrial sectors. With
people, services, technology and scale, GE delivers better outcomes
for customers by speaking the language of industry. www.ge.com
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