EnBW has commissioned one of Germany’s first hydrogen-ready gas turbine power plants, located at its Stuttgart-Münster site, although it won’t switch to 100% hydrogen until the mid-2030s.
The combined heat and power (CHP) plant will provide 124MW of electricity and 370MW of thermal output from two 62MW Siemens Energy SGT-800 gas turbines.
In 2022, Siemens Energy assured that the turbines will be able to process up to 75% hydrogen admixture from the time they’re shipped in 2025. The systems are designed for high flexibility to enable rapid startup to stabilise the grid during renewables shortfalls.
Currently, the Stuttgart power plant is running on natural gas, but Peter Heydecker, COO of Sustainable Generation at EnBW claimed it will switch to hydrogen in a decade.
