In 2002, ENKA-Bechtel Joint Venture was awarded the Lump Sum Turnkey EPC contract for the Rijnmond Energy Center Project, a combined cycle cogeneration power plant in the Netherlands.
The project was the first independent power plant in northwest Europe since the 1996 European Union Electricity Directive.
The Rijnmond Energy Center was a natural gas fueled facility with a nominal 790 MW net output. It consisted of two combustion turbine generators (CTGs), two fired heat-recovery steam generators (HRSGs), and one lateral exhaust steam turbine generator (STG) in a 2x2x1 configuration. Plant cooling was provided by a mechanical draft, plume-abated cooling tower, with makeup water from the nearby Petroleum Haven, following processing through an acti-floc clarifier.
The plant was designed to deliver 125 tons/hour of steam to the nearby Shell refinery and was designed to a capacity of exporting up to 350 tons/hour.
The CTGs were delivered by Siemens (Germany), the heat recovery steam generators by SFL (the Netherlands), the STG was by Alstom Power (Germany), the DCS control systems were by ABB-Bailey (USA), the water treatment plant was by US Filter (USA), the main and auxiliary transformers by Areva (Türkiye), the switchyard by Siemens (Türkiye) and the cooling towers by Balcke-Dür (Germany).
Construction of the Rijnmond Energy Center commenced in August, 2002. Substantial completion was achieved within 22 months in June, 2004, five months ahead of schedule.
