The company claimed that compared with older power stations, the new units will help CO2 emissions reduction by about 2 million tons per year with the same electricity output. In 2025, the group intends to generate 75% of its electricity from carbon-neutral or low-carbon plants.
In addition to the construction of the new gas-fired power station, the company is retrofitting the existing CCGT plant, where four new turbines will be added with an investment volume of EUR200m.
Companies based in the region have received orders of about EUR50m from the new-build project. In addition, orders in the range of EUR13m are awarded every year – medium-sized companies in the Emsland region, will benefit from this.
Over 800 people work at RWE’s power stations at Lingen. At peak times, another 750 people were working at the construction site of the new power station. They used over 20,000 tons of concrete and installed over 1,500 kilometres of pipework as well as more than 400 kilometres of cables.
Juergen Grossmann, CEO of RWE Power, said: ”Our new CCGT plant – the sprinter among the power stations – adds yet another facet to our generation site at Lingen.
”The strong industry in the Osnabrueck-Emsland region also stands to benefit from this. The nuclear power station and the site’s three gas-fired units have a total capacity of 3,200MW, enough to supply up to 6 million residential households with electricity.”
