The contract for the development of a modern combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant to be established at the Tiszaújváros site of MVM Tisza Power Plant was signed today. According to the agreement, the turnkey design, procurement and construction of Hungary’s future most efficient large-scale power plant can begin.
Tisza Power Plant; Photo: MVM
The public procurement procedure for the construction of the new power plant and the long-term maintenance of the gas turbines was won by a two-person consortium, the Italian energy giant Ansaldo Energia and the Turkish Calik Holding.
“After the start of commercial operation, the two-unit, 1,000 megawatt (MW) combined-cycle gas turbine power plant is expected to provide an average of 7,500 GWh of electricity to the Hungarian electricity system annually,” Minister of Energy, Csaba Lantos said.
“The Tisza CCGT project opens a new era in energy production in Eastern Hungary: instead of the previously shut down traditional power plant, a modern, flexible production capacity will be established, which will adapt to increased consumer demand, while supporting the integration of planned weather-dependent renewables into the system,” Károly Mátrai, CEO of MVM Group, said.
The contract for the development of a new CCGT unit with a capacity of 650 MW at the Mátra Power Plant was signed in February.