Stalowa Wola Power Plant (SPV Tauron and PGNiG Production Termika) withdrew from the contract with the general contractor CCGT – the company Abener Energia – announced Friday in a press release Tauron Group.
The reason for the withdrawal is – as the release reads – a breach by the contractor schedule and relevant technical conditions of the contract, which affect both the safety and reliability of the block and its future effectiveness and cost of its operation.
The communication stated that on 29 December 2015. EC Stalowa Wola urged eventually contractor for the proper performance of the contract under pain of withdrawal from it.
“The contractor did not remove specified by the customer breaches within the period, which resulted in a decision ordering the withdrawal of the contract” – said in a statement Tauron.
EC Stalowa Wola, in accordance with the terms of the contract, will call a general contractor to enter into a detailed inventory investment. On its basis, in cooperation with professional external consultant will prepare a detailed plan for completion of the investment. Then the EC Stalowa Wola together with Tauron, PGNiG and the banks financing the project, determine the formula for the continuation and completion of the project.
Power Plant was originally supposed to be ready in June last year. Contractor first moved the deadline by four months, but in late September announced that the investment will be commissioned in the first quarter. But even this term was threatened.
problems to the contractor
The first reason for postponing the commissioning of investments were problems that had executor of delivery to the site of the turbine and a generator, which in relation to, among others, the low water level in the Vistula could not be transported from Gdansk.
Another postponement was due to the problems he had with duct contractor cooling water. The area, which runs the channel collapsed.
The investor since 26 June last year, were charged by the contractor liquidated damages for the delay. The maximum penalty amount may reach 169 million zł.
Power Plant in Stalowa Wola will produce nearly 450 MW of electricity and 240 MW of thermal energy – the so-called. CHP, or by simultaneous production of both types of energy. The new gym is a joint venture of Tauron and PGNiG (partners have in the SPV 50 percent. Shares). Is building a Spanish company Abener (part of an international group of Abengoa).
The agreement was signed in April 2012. Block gas and steam will be produced in high-efficiency cogeneration of electricity and heat for municipal needs and process steam for nearby plants industry. It is estimated that the block in Stalowa Wola will produce annually approx. 3.5 thousand. GWh of electricity, consuming 600 million cubic meters. gas. The cost of the creation of this investment is 1.6 billion zł.
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