MAJOR BAVARIA GAS CO-GEN PROJECT WILL HELP GERMAN GOAL TO DITCH NUCLEAR ENERGY
July 1st, 2013
The 9.5MW J920 FleXtra gas engine formally installed in May this year by the municipal utility Stadtwerke Rosenheim, in Bavaria, Germany, ticks off a number of important innovations. The largest gas engine yet developed by the Austrian company GE Jenbacher, the unit is seen by the company as an illustration of the role distributed energy is now playing in Germany’s 'Energiewende' – the country’s policy to halt all nuclear power by 2022 and replace it with natural gas, renewable energy, and greater use of energy efficient technologies.“The most striking ...
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