Scheduled to be constructed with an investment of €6.8m, the CHP plant will supply power to more than 21,500 eastern Hamburg households.
Representing the fourth CHP plant under energy cooperation project between the company and the city of Hamburg after the plants in Hohenhorst, Wilhelmsburg and Lohbrügge, the new facility will have an output of over 9.5MW, much higher then the other plants, which each generate up to 2MW.
Part of GE’s ecomagination portfolio, the J920 FleXtra is claimed to command the highest electrical efficiency in the 10MW engine class, providing greater efficiency levels while enhancing environmental performance.
The engine can generate over 76 million kW of electricity per year, which coupled with the CHP system’s ability to generate more than 80 million kW hours of heat will save up to 35% of the raw materials consumed and 60% of the CO2.
E.ON Hanse human resources director Udo Bottländer said the CHP plants play a central role in the energy transition through energy generation in an efficient and decentralized manner.
"With the development of CHP and the implementation of such innovative projects, the E.ON Hanse group is putting an important component of (Germany’s) energy transition into practice in the Hamburg metropolitan region," Bottländer added.
Construction of the new CHP plant is scheduled to commence in March 2014.
