Emerson Awarded Contract to Modernize Europe's Largest Thermal Power Plant
Monday, February 7, 2011
PGE (Polska Grupa Energetyczna), the largest electricity
company in Poland, has awarded Emerson Process Management a $95 million
contract to modernize units 7 through 12 of its Belchatow Power station.
Emerson will serve as both the main automation contractor and main electrical
contractor, responsible for updating the instrumentation, control and
electrical subsystems.
The Belchatow plant is the largest thermal power plant in
Europe and the largest lignite-fired plant in the world. It currently consists
of twelve 370-MW units, with a new unit to be completed in April 2011 that will
provide an additional 858 MW of capacity. More…
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