In Germany, EnBW said it has officially commissioned one of Germany’s first hydrogen-ready gas turbine power plants at its Stuttgart-Münster site. EnBW CEO Georg Stamatelopoulos, said: “The power plants needed for the energy transition cannot be financed by the market alone. This is why the German government needs to create a framework of regulatory incentives for more investment as part of its program for the first 100 days in power.” In further fuel switch projects, EnBW is converting the previously coal-fired sites in Altbach/Deizisau and Heilbronn to hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants. In this way, EnBW said it is continuing the decarbonization of its power plant portfolio. The Stuttgart-Münster site stands out in the EnBW power plant portfolio. Its focus is on the thermal treatment of waste, otherwise known as waste incineration. It operates on the combined heat and power (CHP) principle, generating heat energy for district heating along with electricity. Three coal-fired boilers have so far supplied additional heat when the waste incineration plant does not produce enough for the district heating network in winter. Those coal-fired boilers are now being replaced by the new hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plant.
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