Ansaldo Energia wins a contract for the supply of a 300 MW open-cycle plant in Irsching (Germany)

Ansaldo Energia has been awarded an EPC contract (Engineering, Procurement and Construction, on a turnkey basis) for the design, supply and installation of an open-cycle thermoelectric power plant with an installed power of 300 MW in Irsching, in southern Bavaria (Germany).

The plant – called “Irsching 6” – will be equipped with an AE94.3A gas turbine, its generator and auxiliary systems. The plant will be operational by October 2022.

The contract is part of the German TSO project “besonderes netztechnisches Betriebsmittel – bnBm” (network reserve project) which includes tenders in four areas of southern Germany.

Customer of the supply is the company Uniper, a major German utility. Last January, Uniper was awarded a contract by the TenneT network operator for the construction and operation of a reserve plant capable of timely supplying energy in case of emergency. Purpose of the plant will in fact be to ensure a reliable supply of electricity, within the framework of the country’s general strategy aimed at achieving ambitious climate improvement objectives, without risks for companies and households.

Ansaldo Energia has won this major European tender and is now proud of supporting Uniper in the implementation of the project. The technological solution proposed has proven to be reliable, efficient and economically profitable in a European transition scenario requiring an ever-increasing support for network stability, in the context of a massive and growing use of renewable energy.

Ansaldo Energia Group is a leading international player in the power generation industry, to which it brings an integrated model embracing turnkey plants, components (gas turbines, steam turbines, generators and microturbines), servicing and work in the nuclear energy sector. Ansaldo Energia is 59,9% owned by CDP Equity in the Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Group, an Italian stateowned entity which has been promoting the country’s economy since 1850, and 40% by Shanghai Electric, the world-leading producer of power generation machinery and mechanical equipment. Visit us at ansaldoenergia.com.