RHEDEN, Netherlands (May 9, 2022) – Thomassen Energy will retrofit one of Uniper’s Rotterdam Capelle (RoCa) power plant’s gas turbines with their HyFlex LEC-III™ combustion system, capable of being operated with a variable blend of hydrogen (H2) and natural gas fuel. The RoCa power plant, located in the Zuid-Holland Province of The Netherlands, has a net electrical output of 264MW. It has two Frame 5 gas turbines commissioned in 1983 (RoCa 1 & 2) and one Frame 9E (RoCa3), manufactured by Thomassen, commissioned in 1996.
In 2023, Uniper is planning to switch the RoCa plant’s fuel source from Groningen natural gas to a high
caloric gas supply. To support their desired gas-fired power decarbonization objectives, Uniper
anticipates blending the new gas supply with upwards of 30% H2. When installed into the RoCa3 Frame
9E turbine in early 2023, Thomassen’s HyFlex LEC-III™ combustion retrofit system, developed jointly
with their sister company PSM, based in the US, will be capable of handling this enhanced fuel flexibility
requirement with ultra-low emissions when coupled with the delivery of their combustion AutoTune
digital solution.
Peter Stuttaford, CEO of Thomassen Energy: “Our H2 fuel-flex retrofit solution selected by Uniper for
RoCa3 has been operating successfully on three (3) Frame 9E turbines in the Netherlands at another customer location since 2018 with hydrogen (up to 35% H2 demonstrated) fuel blending. These projects
confirm our vision in supporting the power industry’s urgent net-zero carbon reduction requirements.
Having retrofit options for the installed fleet of gas turbines today, which will ultimately allow
operational flexibility with 0 – 100% H2, will provide clean, carbon free, firming capacity to balance the
inherent intermittency of grid-scale renewable generation.
Contacts for Journalists:
Thomassen Energy B.V. Power Systems Mfg., LLC (PSM)
Peter Stuttaford Jeff Benoit
Chief Executive Officer VP - Clean Energy Solutions
T (+31) 62 292 9656 T (+1) 561 262 5211
peter.stuttaford@thomassen.psm.com jeffrey.benoit@us.psm.com
About Thomassen Energy & PSM
Thomassen Energy and PSM are the leading high-technology aftermarket service providers for multi-
OEM platform gas turbine plants worldwide. Our mission is to support power asset customers with their
operational and maintenance power needs by providing flexible and reliable gas turbine products and
services to improve the total maintenance life cycle costs and to eliminate their carbon footprint with
advanced high hydrogen fuel flex combustion retrofit solutions.
For more information, visit: https://thomassen.energy or https://www.psm.com
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