Energoprojekt Gliwice (EPG) wins the Bentley Awards 2009 in Innovation Power Generation in its 60th anniversary

November 3, 2009

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EPG has been awarded for achieving the goal of designing the second solar power plant PS 20 based on the existing power plant design but doubling the power. The 80 million euro PS20 solar unit will have a 20-megawatt capacity, generating 48.6 giga watts per hour per year of clean energy, which is enough to supply about 12,000 households.

The celebration of the award was attended by 500 people including a local government, the event coincide with a special date due to EPG commemorates its 60th Anniversary.

Basic and detail engineering design was performed using MicroStation PowerDraft, PlantSpace, and TriForma. A steel structure 3D model was produced using other software and imported into the DGN environment. Renewable energy from the sun can be the future for countries that lack natural resources but are rich in sunny days.

This award reinforces the EPG's capacity to undertake challenging projects, in fact its professional career it’s backed up by the designing of a significant part of the Polish power generation industry.