Cogen contracts for Rolls-Royce

has received two new contracts from paper manufacturers in

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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 Spain. It will join three

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 Spain’s national grid.

A planned increase in paper production by Europac’s wholly-owned subsidiary Portucel Viana at its Viana do Castello paper mill in Portugal has resulted in a second order for an RB211-GT61 genset for this site. One RB211 genset is already operating at the site with a 25MW steam turbine to meet the existing electrical and process requirements.

Both RB211-GT61 units are fitted with a Dry Low Emissions (DLE) combustion system to suppress emissions, a requirement that is now mandatory on all electrical generating equipment installed throughout Europe.

The two RB211 engines will be manufactured at the company’s Montreal facility in Canada while the gas turbine packages will be assembled at the Mount Vernon, Ohio plant, in the US.

Shipment of the unit for Europac is scheduled for the second quarter of 2008 with the one for Portucel contracted for the fourth quarter of 2008.