CCGT Power Plants in France

Bayet Location: Allier Operator: Alpiq Configuration: 400-MW single-shaft CCGT Fuel: natural gas Operation: 2011 HRSG supplier: ?? T/G supplier: Ansaldo EPC: Ansaldo Quick facts: In Dec 2006, Alpiq said it would build the Bayet CCGT plant and the Swiss company signed a contract with Ansaldo for the plant in Mar 2008. Construction on the €300mn plant is underway and commercial operation is expected in 2011. The new station is designed for intermediate load. Artist's rendition courtesy of Alpiq Posted 9 Sep 2009	Blenod CC Location: Meuthe-et-Moselle Operator: Electricite de France Configuration: 440-MW single-shaft CCGT Fuel: natural gas Operation: 2012 HRSG supplier: ?? T/G supplier: ?? Quick facts: In Aug 2007, EDF tendered for this plant, its first CCGT project. In Mar 2009, Emerson was awarded a contract to supply its PlantWeb digital plant architecture for the plant. Artist's rendition courtesy of Emerson Process Management Posted 9 Sep 2009	Champblain Mill Location: Drôme Operator: Emin Leydier Configuration: 1 X 43-MW GTX100 gas turbine CHP Fuel: natural gas Operation: 1999 T/G supplier: Alstom Quick facts: This cogen plant at the Emin Leydier paper mill near Saint-Vallier was one of the early installations for the GTX100. Finergaz, a subsidiary of Gaz de France, developed the project. Photograph by B-G Backstrom and courtesy of Alstom Posted 4 May 2002
DK6 Location: Nord Operator: GDF Suez Configuration: Two 400-MW, 1+1 CCGT blocks with GT13E2 gas turbines CHP Fuel: natural gas Operation: 2005 HRSG supplier: Standard Kessel T/G supplier: Alstom EPC: Alstom Quick facts: This is a unique CCGT facility wherein the majority of the electricity output is from the steam turbine-generators behind specially-designed HRSGs with supplementary firing using coke-oven gas and blast-furnace gas. The natural circulation boiler plant is of suspended vertical type of construction with burners in staggered opposed arrangement. The delivery time for the engineering, manufacturing, and erection of both boilers was 26mos. Photograph courtesy of Standard Kessel Posted 29 Mar 2008	Pont-Sur-Sambre Location: Nord Operator: Poweo SA Configuration: 412-MW single-shaft CCGT with SGT5-4000F gas turbine Fuel: natural gas Operation: 2009 HRSG supplier: CMI T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens Quick facts: This was the first exclusively gas-fired IPP in France and was connected to the grid on 27 Apr 2009. Construction took about 2yrs and employed up to 600 workers. Siemens has a long-term service contract for the plant. Photograph courtesy of Poweo SA Posted 1 May 2009	Saint-Ouen Location: Paris Operator: Compagnie Parisienne de Chauffage Urbain (CPCU) Configuration: 1 x 123 MW 9001E gas turbine CHP Operation: 2002 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: Alstom EPC: Elyo, SDEM Quick facts: This €73mn plant was opened in Mar 2002 and was one of the largest CHP plants in Europe at completion. A similar set was completed in 2001 at Vitry. Each CHP unit produces 250tph of steam for the CPCU district heating system in Paris. Photograph courtesy of SDEM Entreprises Posted 5 Oct 2008
	Vitry-Arrighi Location: Val-de-Marne Operator: Electricite de France Configuration: 2 X 125 MW 9001EA gas turbines Operation: 1997-2008 Fuel: distillate oil T/G supplier: EGT, GEC Alstom, GE EPC: EDF, Spie-Batignolles Quick facts: The second GT at the Vitry site was released for service on 23 Nov 2007 after 13mos of construction. This was the first of a series of EDF peaking installations at three sites in the Ile de France region and part of an overall 1,050-MW peaking GT construction program expected to complete by 2010. The Vitry-Arrighi site is 7km southeast of Paris Photograph courtesy of Electricite de France Posted 29 Sep 2009

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Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 09/29/09

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