The upgraded plant provides 61% of its higher efficiency with increased flexibility and can generate more than 350 MW that can be delivered to the grid in less than 15 minutes to enable integration of intermittent renewable sources of energy.
The KA26 also offers a higher output of more than 500 MW and lower emissions, avoiding more than 350,000 tonnes of CO2 annually.
Alstom Power president Philippe Joubert said the launch of the power plant provides one step ahead for Alstom Power in proposing improvements on what is currently one of the best existing gas turbines available on the market in terms of efficiency, flexibility, reactivity, and low environmental impact.
The enhanced KA26 gas-fired power plant can be start up in less than 30 minutes and can ramp up to deliver more than 350 MW in less than 15 minutes from low load.
The gas turbine is being developed at Alstom’s plant in Birr, Switzerland.
