Elektrim-Megadex & Fortum win euro 87 million Zielona Gora power plant deal
The management of the Zielona Gora Thermal Power Plant announced yesterday
that the consortium of Elektrim-Megadex and Fortum Engineering of Finland
has been awarded the tender for a $100 million steam and gas block. The
block, to be completed by the end of July 2004, will produce 190 MW of
electricity and 95 MW of heat. The construction contract is worth euro 87.1
million, while the three-year servicing agreement is worth a further $11.3
million. The bidders competing for the tender included three German
companies, Babcock, Lurgi and Siemens. The plant will be powered by gas
supplied from Kosciana, near Poznan. The pipeline will be laid by Polish Oil
and Gas (PGNiG) at a cost of zl.300 million. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 19) P.W.
