GEA supplies environmentally friendly cooling systems

Bochum/Beijing, September 15, 2009 – GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft received in its Energy and Farm Technology Segment orders worth EUR 46 million for efficient power plant cooling equipment from China. The orders consist of an Alex Air Cooled Condenser for the 2 x 660 MW coal fired power plant Chongxin and a Heller® cooling system for the coal fired power plant Shuidonggou, which has an equal energy output.

 

Both systems represent an environmentally friendly and resource saving way of power plant cooling as no water is consumed in the cooling cycle of the power plant and no heated cooling water is discharged to the environment. Additionally the innovative Heller® system of GEA provides further energy saving potential, as the advantages of a dry cooling system are combined with the use of natural draft cooling tower that does not need external energy to create air circulation across its heat exchangers, whereas air cooled condensers allow for a compact power station arrangement with cooling equipment that has a low height.

 

“After the recent completion and successful start up of the Yangcheng 2 x 600 MW Heller® system, this new order represents already the fourth power plant in China that will be equipped with this efficient technology of GEA, following purchase orders received within the last 24 months”, says Jürg Oleas, CEO of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft, who is also responsible for GEA’s Energy and Farm Technology Segment. “Due to the water scarcity in the power producing regions of the country in combination with China’s need for energy efficient power production, the use of the most advanced systems is a key issue to the Chinese power industry. This new order underlines this development in the market.”