MAN Diesel & Turbo to build 30 MW CHP plant in Germany

The plant will be powered by three MAN 20V35/44G gas engines and will also provide up to 30 MW of district heating in addition to generating power.

The power station project is part of the comprehensive modernisation of the Stuttgart-Gaisburg site. Alongside the CHP plant, EnBW will be building a heat storage facility and a boiler system with a thermal output of up to 210 MW to enable peak and reserve shaving.

The existing coal power station is to be decommissioned.

The new installations will be operational by the end of 2018.

New German CHP act brings "legal certainty for power plant investors"

EnBW had commissioned MAN Diesel & Turbo to plan the engine cogeneration plant “as early as July 2016,” however the final decision to go ahead with the project was only made after approval and clearance by the German government and the European Commission with regard to CHP legislation, MAN Diesel & Turbo said in a statement.

The new German CHP act became effective January 1. It aims to promote development of cogeneration facilities while at the same time encouraging coal to gas conversions in line with green energy transition targets in the country.

 “With the new German CHP Act passing into law, there is finally legal certainty again for power-plant investors in Germany” explained Tilman Tutken, vice president MAN Diesel & Turbo and European head of sales power plants.

“The development of CHP is vital not just for the energy transition but also for Germany’s climate protection goals.”

“Large-scale gas engine power plants are a relatively new technology for the German market but one that has significant benefits for operators, especially in energy systems handling large quantities of fluctuating renewable energy” he said.