Cogen contracts for Rolls-Royce
Rolls-Royce has received contracts from paper manufacturers in Spain and Portugal for RB211 aero-derivative gas turbine-powered electrical generating sets.
has received two new contracts from paper manufacturers in
and
for RB211 aero-derivative gas turbine-powered electrical generating sets to be used in co-generation plants.
Europac has ordered one of the RB211-GT61 units, rated at 31MW, for installation at its Dueñas paper mill in northern
Rolls-Royce 501-powered generating sets to become part of a plant providing the electrical and thermal energy (super heated steam) required to support a planned increase in paper production at the site.
Excess electrical power produced by the new plant will be exported to
A planned increase in paper production by Europac’s wholly-owned subsidiary Portucel Viana at its Viana do Castello paper mill in
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