TIRRENO POWER & GE complete upgrade despite covid-19 issues

E said it has safely completed the installation of a newrotor and a compressor upgrade on a GE 9F.03 gas turbine at Tirreno Power’s1200 MW Torrevaldaliga Sud Power Plant near Rome. The modernisation projectstarted in late February 2020 with the goal to enhance the reliability andavailability of the equipment, which provides power to the Italian grid. In the following weeks, as the pandemic spread and Covid-19 protective measureswere put in place, GE, in alignment with Tirreno Power, quickly implementedadditional safety protocols and procedures to ensure the timely and safecompletion of the outage, says the company.

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