Polish Prime Minister at the Ceremony in Turów

The lignite unit in Túrow will have a gross capacity of just under 500 MW and an efficiency of over 43%. The order is valued at 3.25bn zloty (approx. EUR 800m). Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe is to supply the utility steam generator, the entire flue gas cleaning equipment, piping, turbine/generator, the overriding instrumentation & control and will place the power plant into service. Consortium partners Budimex SA (Poland) and Técnicas Reunidas, S.A. (Spain) are responsible for construction/erection, the cooling tower, general electrical engineering, steel structures, ducts and some balance-of-plant. The 500 MW unit is to be built on an existing power plant site on which six power plant units with 1,500 MW of installed capacity are located. The unit will be placed into service in mid-2019.

"This new plant will be one of the most modern of its type in the world when completed", states Rainer Kiechl, Chairman of the MHPSE Board of Directors. "The new unit will make a significant contribution to a dependable supply of power in an economy which is continuing to grow strongly". The order to construct the lignite unit has come from PGE – Poland's largest power supplier with a 40% market share of national power production and a 30% one of the end customer market. The official NTP (Notice-to-Proceed) for the project came at the beginning of December 2014.

Beforehand, MHPSE had secured the order to build a 1,075 MW bituminous coal plant at Kozienice (Poland) in 2012. "This further order is a clear testimony to the competence demonstrated by our corporate group in power plant construction & engineering", according to Rainer Kiechl. He added that the Duisburg plant constructor was an important mainstay of globally operating Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS). "As part of the MHPS Group we not only provide efficient bituminous coal and lignite solutions but can resort - in the matter of gas-fired plants - to an enormous range of products and extensive references of our parent." He went on to say that this know-how was admirably suited to economically aspiring markets which very much depend on assured, technically highly developed power production involving a high local value added.

About Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe GmbH

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe (MHPSE), a subsidiary of globally operating Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., designs and constructs fossil-fired power plants. The plant constructor also supplies key components such as utility steam generators, environmental engineering equipment and turbines. As market and technology leader – in utility steam generators, for instance - MHPSE very much places its trust in modern, ecologically sound and efficient plants. Including subsidiaries, approx. 1,700 staff are on the company's payroll.

Die MHPSE hatte bereits 2012 den Auftrag zum Bau eines 1.075 MW-Steinkohlekraftwerkes im polnischen Kozienice gewonnen. „Dieser neue Auftrag ist ein deutlicher Beleg für die Kompetenz unserer Unternehmensgruppe im Kraftwerksbau", so Rainer Kiechl. Der Duisburger Anlagenbauer sei ein wesentliches Standbein der weltweit tätigen Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS). „Als Mitglied der MHPS-Gruppe können wir aber nicht nur im Bereich Stein- und Braunkohle leistungsfähige Lösungen anbieten, sondern auch bei gasgefeuerten Anlagen auf eine enorme Bandbreite an Produkten und auf umfangreiche Referenzen unserer Muttergesellschaft zurückgreifen." Dieses Know-how sei bestens geeignet für wirtschaftlich aufstrebende Märkte, die auf eine sichere und technisch hoch entwickelte Stromproduktion mit hoher lokaler Wertschöpfung setzen.

Über Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe

Die Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe GmbH (MHPSE), eine Tochtergesellschaft der weltweit tätigen Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd., plant und errichtet fossil befeuerte Kraftwerke. Der Anlagenbauer liefert auch Kernkomponenten, z.B. Großdampferzeuger, Umwelttechnik und Turbinen. Als Markt- und Technologieführer, etwa bei Großdampferzeugern, setzt MHPSE auf moderne, umweltschonende und wirtschaftliche Anlagen. Das Unternehmen beschäftigt (inkl. Tochtergesellschaften) rund 1.700 Menschen.