Siemens to modernise industrial power plant from BASF in Germany

• 4 years ago (2019-05-30)
• David Flin

Europe 1061 Gas 371

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Siemens has received an order from BASF Schwarzheide GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BASF, to modernise the key components of the industrial power plant in Schwarzheide, Germany. The Brownfield Exchange project involves replacing a gas turbine from another OEM with a new gas turbine, and servicing this new unit for 15-years. In addition, Siemens will install a SIESTART battery storage solution that will enable the entire power plant to start-up independently of an external power supply.

The BASF combined cycle power plant in Schwarzheide started operation in 1994, using two industrial gas turbines from another OEN, and two industrial steam turbines from Siemens. The plant also provides process steam for the site production plants, in addition to electricity.

As part of the modernisation process, Siemens will replace one of the two existing industrial gas turbines by an SGT-800 gas turbine with a capacity of 57 MW. The new gas turbine will significantly increase efficiency, with a corresponding reduction in fuel costs and CO2 emissions.

For then SIESTART solution, Fluence Energy, a company of Siemens and AES, is providing a battery energy storage system. This will ensure that the power plant can be started at any time independently of an external power supply. This blackstart capability will enable BASF to start up the plant at any time and produce necessary electricity and process steam.