Gas- and Oil-Fired Plants in Austria

Korneuburg
Location:
NOE
Operator: Verbund-ATP
Configuration: 1 X 80 MW, 1 X 285 MW CHP
Operation: 1962-1974
Fuel: natural gas
Boiler supplier: SGP, EVT
T/G supplier: BBC, Elin
Quick facts: In 1959/60, one of the first combined-cycle power plants in the world was commissioned at Korneuburg.

Photograph courtesy of EVN AG
Posted 12 Nov 2006

Simmering
Location:
Wien
Operator: Wienstrom
Configuration: 1 X 377 MW, 1 X 355 MW steam, 1 X 65 MW, 1 X 82 MW gas turbines
Operation: 1978-1992
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: SGP, Biro
T/G supplier: Siemens, Elin
Quick facts: The first generating units at Simmering went online in 1906.  The two steam blocks have topping gas turbines.

Photograph courtesy of Wienstrom
Posted 15 Dec 2004

Theiss
Location:
NOE
Operator: EVN AG
Configuration: 1 X 162 MW, 1 X 250 MW CHP
Operation: 1974-2000
Fuel: oil, natural gas
Boiler supplier: Biro, EVT
T/G supplier: MAN, Elin
Quick facts: From 1998-2000, Block B was modified by the addition of a 180-MW Siemens V94.3A topping gas turbine

Photograph courtesy of EVN AG
Posted 11 Nov 2006

Werndorf
Location:
STM
Operator: Verbund-ATP
Configuration: 1 X 110 MW (ret), 1 X 175 MW
Operation: 1975
Fuel: heavy oil, natural gas
Boiler supplier: Biro
T/G supplier: Escher Wyss, BBC, Elin

Photograph courtesy of STEWEAG
Posted 2 May 2004

Abbreviations: BBC = Brown Boveri, CC, combined-cycle, CHP = combined heat and power, FW = Foster Wheeler, SGP = Simmering Graz Paukering, T/G = turbine generator

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

Updated 11/12/06

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