ERLAGEN, Germany (Feb. 13, 2014) – Siemens Energy is supplying two steam turbines along with auxiliary and ancillary systems for the lignite-fired Soma Kolin Power Plant in Turkey. Siemens' customer is the Chinese enterprise Harbin Electric International Company Ltd. (HEI), which is constructing the 510-megawatt facility on a turnkey basis for the Turkish company HİDRO-GEN ENERJİ İTHALAT İHRACAT DAĞITIM VE TİCARET A. Ş. The machines will be delivered between August 2015 and January 2016, and the plant is scheduled to commence commercial operation in April 2017. Soma Kolin Power Plant is being erected in the city of Soma in Turkey's western province of Manisa. There are large lignite reserves in this region, and Turkish energy policy places great importance on using this resource. The plant in Soma consists of two units, each designed to deliver an electrical generating capacity of 255 megawatts. Siemens is supplying two Model SST5-5000 HM-N steam turbines with the associated auxiliary and ancillary systems. "This is the first order for large steam turbines that we have received from a Chinese company. We take this as sign of trust and confidence in our technology on the part of our Chinese colleagues, and look forward to working with them in a spirit of good cooperation," says Wilfried Ulm, CEO the Steam Turbines Business Unit at Siemens Energy. "We are pleased that Siemens has come aboard as our business partner on this project, a leading steam turbine supplier in terms of both technology and quality, and we hope to pursue and win other projects in Turkey in this same constellation," notes Hongfu Xu, Chief Project Office of Harbin Electric International.
Thu, 02/13/2014 - 00:00