France Poweo starts 412-MW plant

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French new entrant Poweo has begun generating electricity at its 412-MW Pont-sur-Sambre combined-cycle, gas-turbine plant in northern France. "In April, the Pont-sur-Sambre plant project took a decisive step forward with its first firing and delivered its first megawatts to the French power grid," Poweo said April 28. The plant is scheduled to begin commercial operations by the end of the summer.rn"The start-up of the CCGT power plant makes Poweo the first new entrant to possess a thermal power plant with such a high capacity," Poweo said, adding that the plant is the largest natural gas-only plant built by a new entrant in France.rnIn 2005, then state-owned company GDF and steelmaker Arcelor commissioned DK6, an 800-MW CCGT in Dunkirk in northern France fired by coke oven gas and natural gas.