GE Energy Supplies 40 Jenbacher Gas Engines for German Agricultural Biogas "Energy Park"
13 October 2006 10:55
Representing the largest biogas power plant in the world and being its largest order of Jenbacher biogas engines, GE Energy is supplying 40 of high-efficiency, JMS 312 units to renewable energy developer, NAWARO BioEnergie AG, Leipzig, for an agricultural biogas plant in eastern Germany, near the Polish border.
Each of GE's 500 kW Jenbacher engines is being installed in individual power plants to support the new combined heat and power (CHP) bioenergy park "Klarsee", adjacent to farmland in the town of Penkun in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. GE's 40 units will utilize biogas created during the fermentation of agricultural waste, including maize, crop residues and animal manure. Residual material in the digester can be used as valuable fertilizer.
Normally, agricultural wastes decompose gradually to create methane, a potent greenhouse gas. However, by capturing the gas and using it as fuel, less of it is free to escape into the atmosphere.
In all, GE's Jenbacher engines will provide 20 MW of electricity and 22 MW in thermal output. While the engines' electricity will be sold to the local grid, a separate, specially designed heat recovery system will deliver the engines' thermal output to an adjacent fertilizer production facility on the farmland.
"GE is very pleased to support this important biogas project, which will help Germany expand its renewable energy capacity and support the European Commission's goal to develop a modern, more energy efficient CHP infrastructure," said Prady Iyyanki, General Manager of GE's Jenbacher gas engine business. "This milestone, 40-unit Jenbacher order will help us address our customers' pressing energy and environmental challenges."
Each GE biogas unit has an electrical output of max. 500 kW. Therefore, the projects qualify under Germany's Renewable Energy Law (EEG) for "feed-in" tariffs and "CHP bonus incentives" for fully utilizing the engines' heat. Under EEG, biogas plants are guaranteed a minimum price for supplying electricity for a period of 20 years.
GE's biogas engine activities in Germany began in 1990 when the first Jenbacher biogas CHP unit sold in Germany began generating power. GE delivered about 560 Jenbacher biogas-fueled gas engines worldwide, demonstrating the GE technology's quality, long life-cycle, reliability and availability.
In May 2006, GE announced its Jenbacher biogas technology - beside its landfill and coal mine gas solutions - had been certified as an ecomagination product, reflecting the engine's cost-effectiveness, performance and measurable environmental benefits. Ecomagination is GE's commitment to address challenges such as the need for cleaner, more efficient sources of energy, reduced emissions and abundant sources of clean water. Under ecomagination, GE will invest US$1.5 billion annually in research in cleaner technologies by 2010.
Prady Iyyanki - Appointed new General Manager of GE's Jenbacher gas engines division
Prady Iyyanki has recently been appointed as the new General Manager of GE's Jenbacher gas engines division. As General Manager, Prady Iyyanki will assume operational responsibility for GE's entire range of Jenbacher products. He will have around 1,400 people working under him worldwide. Prady Iyyanki has already had a long and successful career with the General Electric Group. After a three-year spell as a quality assurance engineer for General Motors, in 1997 he moved to GE Rail in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he occupied a number of management positions with growing responsibilities. In 1999 he went to Bangalore, India, to build up a Global Engineering and Design Development Center for GE Rail. Prady Iyyanki returned to Erie in the year 2000 to head up the Traction Motor Center of Excellence there. In 2001 he was promoted to P&L Services Manager for CSX. Prady Iyyanki achieved excellent financial results in his previous position as General Manager Services for the GE90 Platform with GE Aircraft in Springdale, Ohio.
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