EnBW plans to replace the coal-fired boilers at its Munster plant with gas in the near term and hydrogen in the medium term
Siemens to install ‘hydrogen-ready’ gas turbines at German CHP plant
The two turbines installed at EnBW’s district heating power plant in Stuttgart will initially run on gas, but with increasing volumes of hydrogen blended in
Technology firm Siemens Energy has announced it will install two ‘hydrogen-ready’ gas turbines at German utility EnBW’s district heating power plant in the Munster district of Stuttgart. The turbines will replace three coal-fired boilers at the plant, which EnBW had announced in March last year it would phase out by 2025. “The fuel switch from coal to gas in Munster is an important building-block that will allow us to continue to have sufficient power-generating capacity in the coming years,” says EnBW managing board member Georg Stamatelopoulos. “Over the medium term, we will be replacing gas as a fossil fuel with hydrogen. We are already laying the groundwork today. This contributes to o
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