BRATISLAVA, May 16, (WEBNOVINY) — The new steam-gas power plant in Malzenice was put into operation on Monday in attendance of Economy Minister Juraj Miskov and Environment Minister Jozsef Nagy. The power plant in Malzenice has installed capacity of 436 MW and can generate up to 3 billion kWH of power annually. Germany’s oil and gas utility E.ON invested in construction of the Malzenice power plant EUR 400 million, which, Chairman of E.ON Slovensko’s Board of Directors Konrad Kreuzer says, is group’s biggest investment in Slovakia over the past decade. The company has been producing electric power since December of last year.
The Malzenice gas-steam power plant will consume 0.5 bcm of natural gas annually. Thanks to this investment, thirty permanent jobs were created. Construction of the power plant began in October 2008 and was completed in 26 months, according to the schedule.
The power plant in Malzenice ranks among the most state-of-the-art power plants in Europe. As much as 59 percent of efficiency of steam-gas electric power generation is accomplished by concurrent use of gas and steam turbine. The power plant can cover power consumption of 600,000 to 900,000 households. Its biggest asset is flexible supplies of electric power. Head of operation Marian Greif says that the power plant can run into full capacity operation within one or two hours. Siemens Energy, which was also the general supplier of key technologies and components, handed over the completed Malzenice power plant to the buyer, E.ON.
Economy Minister Juraj Miskov appreciated another energy source which will contribute to stability of the power grid in Slovakia “without financial participation of the state“. Environment Minister Jozsef Nagy reminded that no fertile soil had to be occupied for construction of the power plant because the investor used abandoned industrial premises.
E.ON Slovensko is a 100-percent daughter company of E.ON Energie AG, which shelters energy activities of the E.ON group in Slovakia. E.ON Energie is a minority shareholder of the regional power distributor in western Slovakia, Zapadoslovenska Energetika, where the company owns 40 percent of shares.
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