Spanish Energy Supplier Turns to GE Technology for New Gas-Fired Cogeneration Project
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Presence of GE's Frame 6B Gas Turbine Growing in Iberian Region
COLOGNE, GERMANY-May 28, 2009-To help meet growing energy and environmental needs in the Iberian region, DETISA, an energy supplier owned by major Spanish oil company CEPSA, has selected GE Energy's gas turbine technology for a new cogeneration project in San Roque, Cádiz, Spain.
GE will supply a Frame 6B gas turbine-generator for the Lubrisur Cogeneration Plant, which will help to meet the increasing energy requirements of the Gibraltar-San Roque refinery, with excess electricity to be sold to the Spanish grid. The plant has a capacity of 42 megawatts of power and also will produce steam to be used for refinery processes.
Burning natural gas, the Frame 6B gas turbine will employ a dry low NOx system that will meet the region's strict environmental regulations.
Cogeneration is a growing trend in Spain, where the government is pushing for energy savings, reduced grid losses and reduced greenhouse emissions to meet the standards of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change.
"GE's Frame 6B gas turbine has demonstrated high levels of reliability and availability in applications worldwide," said Fernando Ortega, GE Energy's sales leader, power generation for Spain and Portugal. "With its capability to efficiently burn natural gas as well as a variety of alternative fuels, this technology is particularly well-suited for cogeneration. To date, nearly 50 Frame 6B units have been committed or installed for cogeneration projects throughout the Iberian region, including three for projects with the CEPSA group."
The GE Frame 6B is one of the most versatile and widely used gas turbines ever manufactured. More than 1,100 of these units are in service or on order worldwide and have accumulated more than 60 million operating hours. Close to 30% of all 6Bs in operation are being used for cogeneration, located in countries on six continents.
Commercial operation of the Lubrisur project is scheduled to begin by the end of 2010.
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