Under the $76m contract, Emerson will serve as the project’s main automation contractor and main electrical contractor, providing comprehensive design, engineering, installation, commissioning, and start-up support services.
Scheduled to be commissioned in 2019, the new unit will provide new generating capacity while meeting stringent European Union emission targets.
Featuring ultra-supercritical technology, the clean-coal generating unit will enable highly efficient electricity generation with low emissions.
Rafako serves as the project’s engineer-procure-construct contractor.
Rafako vice president Edward Kasprzak said: "With the new unit, TAURON further strengthens its ability to provide reliable, low-emissions power to the Polish grid.
"Emerson’s power-industry experts have automated more than 100 ultra-supercritical units worldwide, and their capabilities for managing complex automation and electrical projects will help us deliver the full benefits of this technology."
Tauron will use monitor and control all major components of the new unit using Emerson’s Ovation control system.
Emerson Process Management president Steve Sonnenberg said: "Our industry and automation experts understand the challenges power generators face in building and running ultra-supercritical units."
