EP Produzione commissions new 800MW combined cycle unit

Italian power engineering firm Ansaldo Energia has announced the startup of the EP Produzione Tavazzano and Montanaso thermoelectric power plant.

The 800MW power unit is capable of satisfying the annual consumption of over 1 and a half million households.

The Tavazzano and Montanaso thermoelectric power plant extends over 79 hectares in the municipalities of Montanaso Lombardo and Tavazzano con Villavesco, in the province of Lodi, 25 km from Milan. The plant has an installed power of 1,170MW and is made up of two natural gas combined cycle units.

Italian energy company EP Produzione undertook a project to improve the efficiency of the power plant by constructing a new combined cycle unit (class H technology) to support the two existing units.

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Ansaldo Energia oversaw the entire project as EPC contractor, taking care of the construction of the new production unit, from foundations to commissioning.

The combined cycle consists of a GT36 gas turbine of class H, coupled to a steam turbine and the two related generators, all components entirely made at the Ansaldo Energia factories.

The GT36 turbine flexibility features allow response to network load requirements and minimise emissions. In addition, it is already set up for the combustion of hydrogen in a mixture of up to 70%.

The efficiency improvement project of the Tavazzano and Montanaso power plant will provide much-needed flexibility to compensate for the intermittency of renewables.

Originally published on Power Engineering International.