Jenbacher Engines for Austrian Wood Gas Power Plant

GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engine business was recently awarded a contract to supply two CHP units for a new, wood gas project in the town of Oberwart in the Austrian province of Burgenland. The CHP units will be supplied to Ortner GmbH and include two Jenbacher JMS 612 GS-S/N.L engines. The plant is expected to be commissioned in November 2007, providing an electrical output of more than 2 MW and thermal output of 6 MW. The generated heat will be fed into the district heating system operated by Energie Oberwart, supplying heating to the local hospital and future facilities in the industrial area of Nord. The plant’s produced electricity will be fed into the local public grid.

As the main contractor, Ortner GmbH has been commissioned to design and construct the entire plant on behalf of Energie Oberwart Errichtungs-GmbH. Ortner GmbH is responsible for the overall engineering, construction, systems engineering, and instrumentation and control equipment. The project is scientifically supported by the Vienna University of Technology’s Institute of Chemical Engineering.