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[Brazil] LNG-to-Power project GNA 1 of Gás Natural Açu in the Port of Açu

Posted: Mon Apr 26, 2021 4:06 am
by escveritas
Siemens secures major order for integrated LNG-to-Power project in Brazil
  • 1.3-gigawatt turnkey combined cycle power plant
  • Long-term service program and operation & maintenance (O&M) services included
  • Largest LNG-to-power development in Latin America
  • Total project volume of €1 billion
Siemens has secured an order for the turnkey construction of a new combined cycle power plant for the integrated LNG-to-Power project GNA 1 of Gás Natural Açu in the Port of Açu in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Siemens is providing an equity investment and owns one-third of the project company Gás Natural Açu (GNA) together with Brazil logistics company Prumo Logística S.A. and BP. In addition, Siemens signed a long-term service agreement and will operate and maintain the plant to help ensure reliability, availability and operational performance. The order is the first application for the highly efficient and proven Siemens H-class gas turbine in Brazil. With a capacity of approximately 1.3 gigawatts (GW), the power plant will provide affordable and clean energy for Brazil. Total project volume for GNA 1 is approximately €1 billion (R$4.5 billion).

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Construction of the project already started in 2018. Slated for operation at the beginning of 2021, GNA 1 will be capable of supplying power for a city with up to four million inhabitants.

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The picture shows a model of the new combined cycle power plant GNA 1 in the Port of Açu in Brasil.

"Our participation in GNA demonstrates Siemens commitment to new commercial strategies that address the evolving challenges of an increasingly demanding energy market," said Lisa Davis, CEO Siemens Gas and Power and Member of the Siemens AG Managing Board. "By integrating our offer along the energy value chain, the GNA 1 project clearly validates our comprehensive LNG-to-Power approach, which increases value to our partners and better meets the needs of the societies in which we operate. We look forward to continuing our innovative market approach with our global partners and supporting guaranteed electricity tariffs for our customers. I'm confident we will see more of this type of business model in the future," Davis added.

GNA1 is the first fully integrated LNG-to-Power project of this scope for Siemens, including the construction of a 1.3 GW power plant as well as an LNG import and regasification terminal, a substation and a transmission line to connect the plant to the grid. Siemens developed the project together with its partners BP and Prumo and is building the combined power plant turnkey in consortium with the Brazilian construction company Andrade Gutierrez. For the project, Siemens is responsible for the delivery of the complete power island with three H-class gas turbines, one steam turbine, four generators and heat recovery steam generators and instrumentation and control systems. The company will also provide long-term service and operation and maintenance (O&M) for the power plant. The service scope includes advanced remote monitoring and diagnostics, part of the Siemens Digital Services portfolio.

The GNA 1 Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)-fired combined cycle power plant will be one of the most efficient thermal power plants in Latin America. It is the first phase of the Açu Gas Hub, a project under development in the Port of Açu Complex to provide a logistics solution for the reception, processing, consumption and transportation of natural gas from Campos and Santos Basins, as well as import and storage of LNG. In December 2017 the project's subsidiary, GNA 2, was selected as the winner in a Brazilian Electricity Auction and in summer 2018 Brazil's Ministry of Mines and Energy authorized implementation of a second thermal power plant in the port of Açu. With a total capacity of 3 gigawatts (GW), Açu will become the largest thermal power complex in Latin America. A second phase will comprise additional thermal power projects under the environmental license for 6.4 GW owned by GNA.

Re: [Brazil] LNG-to-Power project GNA 1 of Gás Natural Açu in the Port of Açu

Posted: Mon May 23, 2022 4:30 am
by escveritas
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The FSRU BW Magna is moored alongside the terminal in Porto do Açu, Brazil, supporting Gás Natural Açu’s (GNA) project, one of the largest greenfield LNG-to-power projects in Latin America. BW Magna is tailormade to Latin America’s biggest power project and is set to operate for 23 years in Brazil. The vessel is capable of regasifying up to 1,000 million standard cubic feet of natural gas per day, supplying two natural gas-fired combined-cycle thermal power plants with the capacity to generate 3,000 MW. Together, the two thermal plants will generate enough power to serve about 14 million homes, according to GNA.

BW Magna has a storage capacity of 173,400 cubic meters and was delivered from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) shipyard in 2019. She then sailed to Sembawang shipyard in Singapore to undergo additional modifications to ensure that she was perfectly suited to the project needs. She has a state-of-the-art intermediate glycol regasification system and the modifications executed for the project include a full reliquefaction system, ship-to-ship marine loading arms as well as seawater outlet modifications to enable the vessel to send seawater onshore to the power plants. These modifications contribute to energy and emission savings, thereby reducing both BW Magna and the project’s environmental footprints.