Ground-breaking of flexible 90MW Wärtsilä combined heat and power plant for public utility in Dresden
Wärtsilä Corporation, Trade press release, 7 May 2020 at 11 am EESTA ground-breaking ceremony for the combined heat and power (CHP) plant to be engineered, procured and constructed by Wärtsilä in Dresden-Reick, Germany, took place on 22 April. Commissioned by the local public utility DREWAG to secure reliable energy supply while increasing the share of renewables, the power plant will feature Wärtsilä 31SG gas engines and deliver up to 90 MW of electrical as well as 84 MW of district heating output for the city of Dresden. The award of the contract to Wärtsilä was announced in January 2019 (