Within the programm of the tour COTES specialists visited IEC’s power plants – Eshkol, Haifa, and Hagit. In recent years, a number of large CCGT units (370-400 MW) were built in Israel owing to the exploration of a large natural gas field and to power consumption growth. Some new units provide very low level of emissions such as SO2 < 15 mg/nm3 and NOx < 25 mg/nm3. The efficiency of the new power units reaches 58%. COTES’ team was also interested in the performance of the main equipment supplied by the world-leading manufacturers.
Israeli power plants boast their main equipment delivered by various well-known manufacturers, e.g. brand-new Siemens gas turbines SGT5-PAC 4000 F were delivered to CCGT units (under construction) for Hagit power plant nearby Haifa city. This power plant also features rather impressive cooling system technologies: with sea water and air-cooled condenser.
Summarizing the results of the meetings and visits to the power plants, COTES’ specialists noted high-level of professional skills of their Israeli colleagues, including their wealth of experience in design and construction of state-of-the-art high-performance CCGT units.
