Alstom has agreed plans for a major upgrade with RWE Generation to implement its high performance MXL2 upgrade package on all nine gas turbines at the 2,200 MW Pembroke and 1,650 MW Staythorpe facilities – Britain’s two biggest gas-fired combined cycle power plants.

The five GT26 gas turbines at Pembroke and four at Staythorpe will each be retrofitted with the multi-mode MXL2 upgrade, which offers increased performance, substantial improvements to operational efficiency and enhances availability through increased maintenance intervals.

This agreement also includes a comprehensive maintenance programme for the RWE Generation GT26 fleet across Europe; including Staythorpe and Pembroke in the UK, and Claus-Maasbracht in the Netherlands.

“The MXL2 upgrade package has been designed to help the customer get even more value from his machines with reduced maintenance hours over the life of the plant– and that is an offer which is difficult to resist”, says Michael Rechsteiner, Senior Vice President for Alstom’s Thermal Services business.

The upgrading of nine advanced class gas turbines at some of the UK’s most important power plants is another milestone for Alstom’s MXL2 product portfolio. 

With the MXL2, Alstom offers performance improvements usually associated with completely new machines – but balanced with the security that comes from fully tested technology, backed up by many thousands of operating hours.

About RWE Generation SE

RWE Generation SE is the generation company in the RWE Group. The company pools the generation entities and engineering expertise of RWE Power in Germany, RWE Essent in the Netherlands, and RWE Generation in the UK. The company has around 17,000 employees and nearly 40 GW of power generation capacity.