The rise and rise of gas engines

摘要

Gas turbines have traditionally been used in Europe for power projects above 100-200 MW. But do changing market conditions mean that gas engines could compete at this scale? Tildy Bayar talks to industry players to find out what the current and future landscape looks like for the gas engine segment. In December 2014, Finnish gas engine maker Wartsila filed a legal challenge in Poland which aimed to show that utility PGNiG Termika's tender for the modernization of the Zerari combined heat and power (CHP) plant, which specified that the project would be open to gas turbines only, "drastically breached" Poland's public procurement law in terms of "fair competition".