Siemens to Supply Key Components to India for Advanced Steam Power Plants
Order volume: about EUR 80 million
Siemens Energy received a contract from its Indian licensee Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL) for the supply of components for two steam turbine-generators. The customer is the state-owned energy utility National Thermal Power Corporation Ltd. (NTPC). The volume of this order is approximately EUR 80 million.
The coal-fired power plant Barh II is situated 75 km southwest of Patna in the state of Bihar. It comprises two units, each with an installed capacity of 660 megawatts (MW). The Siemens scope of supply includes one steam turbine, components for a second turbine, one water-cooled generator as well as the electrical and I&C equipment for these two turbine-generators.
This marks the first time that Siemens will supply turbines for supercritical steam conditions via its Indian licensee BHEL for installation in India. These turbines operate at a temperature of 565 degree C and a pressure of over 240 bar, thereby increasing the efficiency of the associated coalfired power plants. "By using this type of turbine, it is possible to achieve maximum efficiencies of up to 46 percent," noted Michael Suess, CEO of the division Fossil Power Generation in the Siemens
Energy Sector.
Today coal already accounts for more than 50 percent of power generation in India. In the future as well, coal will remain the most important source of energy for the country's power generation industry. Against this background it can be seen that economy of operation and environmental considerations are of decisive importance in the generation of electricity. "Increasing efficiency by a single percent point in a 700 MW coal-fired power plant will save around 2.4 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions over a lifetime of 30 years of the plant," remarked Suess.
The Siemens Energy Sector is the world's leading supplier of a complete spectrum of products, services and solutions for the generation, transmission and distribution of power and for the extraction, conversion and transport of oil and gas. In fiscal 2008 (ended September 30), the Energy Sector had revenues of approximately EUR22.6 billion and received new orders totaling approximately EUR33.4 billion and posted a profit of EUR1.4 billion. On September 30, 2008, the Energy Sector had a work force of approximately 83,500.
Further information is available at: http://www.siemens.com/energy.
Siemens AG
Corporate Communications and Government Affairs
Wittelsbacherplatz 2, 80333 Munich
Deutschland
Media Relations:
Alfons Benzinger
Phone: +49 9131 18-7034
E-mail: alfons.benzinger@siemens.com
Siemens AG
Energy Sector - Division Fossil Power Generation
Freyeslebenstr. 1, 91058 Erlangen, Germany
