Siemens announced the completion of the Cengiz Enerji Samsun combined cycle power plant in Turkey two months ahead of the agreed deadline, after only 23 months of construction.
The plant, with a Siemens SGT5-8000H gas turbine and an installed capacity of 600 MW, reaches an efficiency level of around 61%, said Siemens. The company added that the Cengiz Enerji Samsun fossil-fired power plant is the most efficient not only in Turkey, but also on the entire 50 Hz power plant market at present.
Siemens supplied the power island for the single-shaft plant, consisting of an SGT5-8000H gas turbine, an SST5-5000 model steam turbine, an SGen5-3000W generator, the electrical system and the SPPA-T3000 I&C system. The company also supplied a Benson heat recovery steam generator and the auxiliary and ancillary systems for the plant. Siemens also concluded a long-term service contract for the main components. Siemens' partner and customer, Cengiz Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., was responsible for construction and installation work at the plant.
Cengiz Enerji Samsun power plant is flexible and is designed for 200 starts per year. After six hours of downtime, the plant can power up to full load in less than 30 minutes. It reacts quickly to grid fluctuations and can adapt its output by more than 35 MW per minute to meet the changing power requirements.
According to Siemens, its fleet of H-class gas turbines has achieved more than 150 000 cumulative equivalent operating hours. Siemens has now sold 44 H-class gas turbines worldwide, with 16 units currently in commercial operation.
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