Combined Heat and Power Plant Renovation, Societe De Cogeneration Picardie Socopic - Case Study

Societe De Cogeneration Picardie Socopic (SO.CO.PIC) is a producer and distributor of steam and air conditioning. SO.CO.PIC was searching for the right solution to renovating their old and oversized 40 MWe combined heat and power plant (CHP). Due to the French government`s strategies and policies to promote sustainable energy and medium scale CHP, SO.CO.PIC decided to replace the aged gas turbine in the cogeneration plant. The replacement would leverage new incentives, while maintaining the same steam production capabilities (25 t/h to 110 t/h). SO.CO.PIC called on Solar Turbines to design the solution. Solar integrated a smaller capacity Mars 100 gas turbine into the old steam production plant, solving any technical challenges with their best available technology.