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MAN Energy Solutions and Karpowership sign contract for 48 dual-fuel engines
MAN Energy Solutions and Karpowership have signed a contract for the delivery of a total of 48 dual-fuel engines for Karpowership’s fleet of power plant ships (Powerships). The engine order consists of MAN 18V51/60DF dual-fuel
engines with a mechanical output of 20.7 MW each.
The engines will be split between a number of Powerships. In addition to the engines, MAN Energy Solutions will also supply the control
systems for the Powerships as well as other electromechanical equipment.
Karpowership has the world’s largest fleet of Powerships, with an active fleet currently comprising a total of 36, total installed capacity 6000 MW.
Above: Karpowership’s Orhan Bey, which is already in operation
“Powerships stand for flexibility. After all, the floating power plants bring electrical energy to where it is urgently needed and help to alleviate urgent energy shortages,” explained Tilman Tütken, Vice President Strategic Projects, Power, at MAN Energy Solutions. “The Powerships will be deployed in various regions of Asia, South and Central America and Africa.” Karpowership is partnering with MAN Energy Solutions not only for newbuild projects, but also for the modernisation of its existing fleet. MAN PrimeServ, the after-sales brand of MAN Energy Solutions, is currently converting four barges with a total of 32 engines to dual-fuel operation. Karpowership also benefits from MAN PrimeServ’s extensive local capacities in Turkey as well the global service network when deploying its power plant vessels worldwide. With over 140 service locations worldwide, MAN PrimeServ offers the fastest possible support for troubleshooting, no matter where the power plant vessels are currently in operation.
RAG selects INNIO for world first H2
storage project
RAG Austria AG (RAG), one of Europe’s leading gas storage facility operators, has selected INNIO Group’s Jenbacher hydrogen engine technology to power hydrogen-fuelled cogeneration at its natural gas storage site, Gampern, Upper Austria. The hydrogen will come from RAG’s Underground Sun Storage demonstration project, the world’s first operational 100%-hydrogen geological storage facility, employing porous sandstone as the storage medium. The project will demonstrate how “electricity produced in summer can be kept ready for winter in the form of green hydrogen”, says RAG.
Commissioning of the 1 MW class Jenbacher hydrogen fuelled engine is scheduled for Spring 2024.
At Gampern, “we are demonstrating what can and must be done to manage the energy transition by securing a reliable supply of green energy throughout the year,” explains Markus Mitteregger, CEO of RAG Austria AG. Hydrogen cogeneration “is a key building block for the entire hydrogen ramp-up, because flexible, quick-start CHP plants can not only generate
electricity as needed, but also produce the heat that is so important in winter. This significantly improves efficiency while also facilitating the heating transition.”
The scale of the hydrogen storage to be demonstrated at Gampern corresponds to the summer surplus generated by about 1000 domestic PV systems, around 4.2 GWh.
Left: RAG‘s natural gas storage facility in Upper Austria (image © RAG Austria) | January/February 2024|
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