WARSAW: Emerson Process Management, has been awarded a $76 million contract to automate a new 910-MW generating unit at TAURON power station in Poland. The unit will provide new generating capacity.
“Emerson’s power-industry experts have automated more than 100 ultra-supercritical units worldwide, and their capabilities for managing complex automation and electrical projects will help us deliver the full benefits of this technology.”Expected to go online in 2019, the clean-coal generating unit will be based on ultra-supercritical technology, which enables highly efficient electricity generation with low emissions.
“With the new unit, TAURON further strengthens its ability to provide reliable, low-emissions power to the Polish grid,” said Edward Kasprzak, vice president of Rafako, the project’s engineer-procure-construct contractor. “Emerson’s power-industry experts have automated more than 100 ultra-supercritical units worldwide, and their capabilities for managing complex automation and electrical projects will help us deliver the full benefits of this technology.”
Emerson will serve as the project’s main automation contractor and main electrical contractor, providing comprehensive design, engineering, installation, commissioning, and start-up support services. The combined role enables specialists at Emerson’s power engineering center in Warsaw to streamline design and engineering activities, reduce the execution schedule including commissioning and start-up phases, and help minimize project risk.
