Knapsack Combined Cycle Power Plant is an 800MW gas fired power project. It is located in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. The project construction commenced in 2005 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in October 2007.

Project Type Total Capacity (MW) Active Capacity (MW) Pipeline Capacity (MW) Project Status Project Location Project Developer
Thermal 800 800 Active North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Description

The project is currently owned by Statkraft with a stake of 100%.

It is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) power plant. The fuel is procured from Wingas GmbH.

The project cost is $567.764m.

Development Status

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The project construction commenced in 2005 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in October 2007.

Power Purchase Agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Essent under a power purchase agreement.

Contractors Involved

Siemens was selected to render EPC services for the gas fired power project.

Siemens was selected as the turbine supplier for the Gas fired project. The company provided 2 units of SGT5-4000F gas turbines, each with 260MW nameplate capacity.

Siemens was selected as the turbine supplier for the Gas fired project. The company provided 1 unit of SST5-5000 steam turbine with 280MW nameplate capacity.

Siemens supplied SGen5-2000H electric generator for the project.

AC Boilers supplied steam boiler for the project.

Methodology

All power projects included in this report are drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center. The information regarding the project parameters is sourced through secondary information sources such as electric utilities, equipment manufacturers, developers, project proponent’s – news, deals and financial reporting, regulatory body, associations, government planning reports and publications. Wherever needed the information is further validated through primary from various stakeholders across the power value chain and professionals from leading players within the power sector.