[Aug. 2022] This offer comprises one of two SIEMENS SGT-800 turbine generator sets for sale. Both sets have been used for energy generation in Western Europe and were dismantled and packed professionally by SIEMENS in March 2022. 

This used GT-Gen Set has formerly been used by a paper factory in United States and has been professionally dismantled and packed by the original manufacturer SIEMENS in March 2022. This SIEMENS SGT-800 turbine, here in a gas fuel assembly, is a robust industrial gas turbine designed for high flexibility. This turbine can be used for both industrial power generation (especially cogeneration and combined cycle applications) and oil and gas applications.

Thanks to its compact design, the four-pole, three-phase synchronous generator from the SIEMENS SGen-100A-4P series is particularly well suited for industrial use, too.

This turbine generator set is in excellent condition and ready for transport immediately from a warehouse in United States. The nearest overseas ports are Hamburg or Amsterdam. The set was commissioned in 2008 and the asking price will be approx. US$ 3.85 million FOB. Currently, a second, very similar SGT-800 set is for sale, too.

Currently a second, very similar SGT-800 set is for sale too under PPO-108.

[Jul. 2022] This offer comprises one of two SIEMENS SGT-800 turbines generator sets for sale. Both sets have been used for energy generation in Western Europe and were dismantled and packed professionally by SIEMENS in March 2022.

Both sets are in excellent condition and ready for immediate transport on as being mounted on steel frames and stored in containers. The nearest overseas ports are Hamburg or Amsterdam. In particular, this 45 MWe GT-gen was regularly maintained according to SIEMENS standards. Last recorded operating hour was approx. 112,000 EOH.

Documents of the full maintenance history are available; no major incidents were reported. This offer is a SGT-800 Classic Package, i.e. the GT and gearbox are placed on a single base frame. The mechanical auxiliary systems are mounted on a separate skid placed close to the gas turbine inside the enclosure. This way, the set can be easily transported and installed at a new site.

The asking price for this just 14 years old power generation set including many unused spare parts is US$ 3.85 million FOB nearest oversees port.

[Mar. 2022] An online auction will take place until Mai 31st. The Siemens gas turbine set unit with a capacity of around 15 MW is located in United States. The set consists of a Siemens SGT-400 50 Hz Gas turbine with a Siemens Type generator module I/O JB107.

The Gas Turbine is Natural Gas fuelled and was commissioned in 2013. The set contains an additional sound insulation container of the manufacturer Cullum Detuners and a separate Eltacon gas compressor, type ELT 177/200. As of 01.04.2021, the set had an approximate running time of 45,440 EOH.

The GT Gen -Set will be in operation until the 30.09.2022 and finally decommissioned on the 31.12.2022. By then, the set will have an approximate run-time of 53,000 to 55,000 EOH. A dismantling is possible from the 01.01.2023 onward.

The online auction has started and will be running until the 31st of Mai. The auction with No. 39316 as a staring bid price of 250.000 EUR and can be found under following address: Troostwijkauctions.com

If you would like to learn more about this ad-hoc purchase opportunity and the related auction, please do not hesitate to contact our stroomsolutions team. Without your consent to realise your identity, we will treat your inquiries anonymously. We will be delighted to assist you.

[Feb.-Mar. 2021] Any lignite fired TPP has a lignite open or deep pit in tow. Often such mines are still functional or have stopped operations at the same time as the TPP stopped power generation. In most cases, the mines belong to the same investor. They have valuable mining machines and often the space must be vacated at the same time as the TPP.

Mining machines like bucket wheel excavators or spreaders are high-end machines with a CAPEX of up to Euro 60 million per piece. When valuating a TPP, it is therefore essential to run an asset valuation of the mining equipment and the related inventories, too.

Our stroomsolutions team from the specialised business unit of SPRINT! Energy Consulting, has now successfully valuated two large open pit mines and their machines in a South European country. The second-hand market for mining equipment is not much different from the second-hand market for power plants and the key components: A buyer of a used lignite TPP will also often need either the mining equipment to ensure that generation does not suffer due to coal supply interruptions.

Valuate your mining machines, the same way as you do with the valuable TPP equipment. The stroomsolutions valuation method can be excellently used to generate the market value of your pit assets and the inventories in place. Such values add to the sale´s offer and enhance the purchase chances in the second-hand market.

[Dec. 2021] With regard to sales offers, the answer about the “when” is as short as it is simple: About one year before decommissioning – and for main single equipment about half a year before going out of service – with a duration of ca. six months after the termination of your preservation measures.

Why not earlier? To answer this, you have to look at the buyer’s market: The urge to buy used equipment is usually short-lived. Either there is an emergent case of damaged equipment for which an operator needs a replacement, or the latter intends to build or rebuild a plant with low investment costs. If in both cases a prospective buyer does not have at least a quick preliminary match, he will look for other solutions. Therefore, it is not advisable to offer used plants too early.

Why not later? Again, you have to put yourself in the buyer’s shoes: Ideally, a buyer would like to see the plant still in operation. If a plant is already shut down, the risk for costly repairs for the used non-performing parts increases quickly, especially for rotating equipment such as turbines, generators and pumps. Boilers and transformers can often be marketed successfully at later times, too.

In any case, the time window for marketing of your plants for sale should be as long as possible: for plants over 20 MWe and for very large individual components, 2 to 3 years are deemed reasonable. This way you get a realistic indication of whether there are in the market any serious potential buyers for your equipment or not.

We will be happy to discuss with you further aspects to be considered. Please do not hesitate to contact us any time.

We wish you, as our customers and partners, a Happy New Year 2022

[Oct. 2021] At stroomsolutions, we frequently receive inquiries on existing power plants, primarily gas-fired, which can continue to be operated on site.

For example, since last month, an internationally well-established utility company from East Asia (China excluded) is looking via stroomsolutions for ROMM investments (Rehabilitation, Operation, Maintenance, Management): The targeted Open Cycle or CCGT type power plants of at least 150 MWe capacity shall be prematurely shut-down and/or shall require rehabilitation or upgrade for prolonged or enhanced operation. Turbine generation sets of major OEMs (such as Siemens, MHPS, GE) are preferred. For this particular service provider or investor, an ongoing PPA is essential. When acquiring ownership, purchase prices shall depend on assets’ condition, scope of work and contract models (e.g. full takeover, share acquisition, full ROMM contract).

Since the beginning of 2021, a financially strong European investor in the energy sector, also having a dedicated business unit for power plant construction and overhaul, is looking for still operational, gas-fired power plants with either gas turbines or gas engines. Through a capital investment in such plants of more than 20 MW capacity, the investor relieves the existing owner also from any investment costs due and in addition might opt to take over the entire operations.

With such customised searches for existing power plants’ shareholding, the product profiles in the used market expand beyond mere dismantling, relocating and recommissioning at new sites.

stroomsolutions team provides advice and hands-on support in the search for owners of such exiting power plants, i.e., for plants which may still be operated at the existing location. Contact us if you are interested to present your power plant as an investment alternative and wish to enter into dialogue with interested financial co-investors and shareholders. stroomsolutions is pleased to help you.

[June 2021] Often, especially in the case of used power plant or other generation units, the associated spare parts are largely available in stock. Often owners of used power plants or components ask themselves whether the spare parts in stock should be offered together with the block on sale or should be marketed separately.

stroomsolutions expert’s advice would be to rethink the sales strategy along these two options:

1. If the power plant or the generation unit is to be sold as a whole, then the availability of spare parts in stock constitutes a key purchase factor for the buyer. This stock should therefore be offered additionally to the asset and hence contribute to a better sales price.
2. If the focus is on the sale of individual components, the spare parts have much less value for a buyer, e.g. in case of a replacement after a damage, because a buyer could still have his own parts in stock. In addition, many spare parts, especially smaller ones such as screws, gears, belts or seals, are not necessarily compatible to a specific component. In this case, we advise the seller to sell the stock to a specialised recycling company. This way they would reduce the stock faster and recover some costs, albeit at a substantial discount on unused parts.

In the following, we describe indicatively how we value a stock in the case of a block sale:

The stroomsolutions valuation method assumes that unused spare parts do not age, but are subject to flat-rate discounts due to limited reusability. Hence, their value is simplified and discounted at a flat rate of approx. 35% of the original procurement prices. Given the currently very low inflation rates, such effects could be disregarded.

However, the spare part value as a lump-sum reduction of the new price is based on the assumption that: the inventory contains a so-called “normal distribution” of spare parts, i.e. it contains few high-value and many low-value materials.

The former, i.e. the high-value stock, usually includes full replacement components (e.g. a pump or a transformer) or block components (e.g. a turbine rotor). Such can be sold as stand-alone assets.

by Anduena Stephan, Dipl. Phil., MBA International Business

[May. 2021] This gas fuelled plant (with GT type GE6001FA) was commissioned in 1998 and was a part of a CHP plant, owned by a major European utility company. This GT gen set had been operating mainly as a peak producer and in emergencies until 2010, with a total running time of just 14,517 hours. After decommissioning, it was dismantled and orderly stored as a strategic reserve asset. Now in 2021, the owner decided to sell it and the set is ready for transport any time.

The set includes auxiliary equipment such as a Generator, Control Package, Lube Oil System (ACC) and Static Frequency Converter (SFC). Everything is in very good condition and all necessary inspections and overhauls have been done. The offer is for the unit as a whole set or just for selected single equipment.

If you would like to learn more about this staggering offer, please contact our stroomsolutions team.

And did you know? At stroomsolutions, posting anonymised purchase requests for second-hand power plants and equipment is always free of charge! Even sale offer adverts are free of charge within the scope of an initial, non-binding market test. We would be pleased to support you in your searches or sales.

[March 2021] In United States, the new hot topic “Redispatch 2.0” regime will – for the first time – oblige all of the more than 800 distribution system operators to contribute proactively to offset grid congestions in a cost-optimised manner. These new rules, which are to be implemented successively as early as summer 2021, will additionally affect the entire value chain, particularly the multitude of suppliers and equally the operators of the estimated 80,000 German power generation and storage plants with capacities above 100 kW, including countless Renewable Energy and CHP plants.

Thousands of plant operators and their dispatchers or wholesalers need to prepare for possible forced adaptions in their electricity generation, receive rebalances for non-production and reconcile costs caused by “Redispatch 2.0”.
This in turn makes “Redispatch 2.0” the key regulatory issue in United States in the current year 2021!

Our team of experienced consultants in the energy sector can support you with the hot topic Redispatch 2.0 in the following topics:

• Easy to understand instructing sessions on “Redispatch 2.0 Basics”, either in form of compact crash workshops (min. 2 hrs) or intensive seminars (up to one days)
• Hands-on support in co-determining the impact, including a target-to-actual performance reconciliation and the preparation of a detailed remedial action plan.
• Review of the current system architecture and/or of existing individual systems
• Description of future internal business processes and application systems, from feed-in forecasts to grid status forecasts to the on-the-spot deactivation of remotely controllable power plant units
• On-the job training of the business unit employees enabling them to smoothly deal with this challenging transformation and change process

We possess a deep and thorough understanding of the forecasting, redispatch and balancing processes of power plants and grid operators. To this end, we work with established IT-partners to generate feasible and custom-based solutions.

Our acknowledged achievement: To support our customers in a precise and fast manner!

[Jan. 2021] We wish all our colleagues and business partners a happy, safe and successful 2021!

Let´s further optimise your offers and searches: Just always input the most important key data describing your equipment, so that we process all offers and requests effectively and goal oriented. We thank you for your cooperation!

We receive almost daily very short ads described as “Four Pieces of 20V34SG Diesel Generator Sets For Sale” or searches such as „One Used 50 MW Siemens SGT-700 Gas Turbine with 11 kV Grid Connection Needed“. Most likely both the seller offering his assets as well as the potential buyer overlooked to specify the key parameter referring to the type of fuel on which the assets are operated, e.g. in these cases “Gas”, “Light Fuel Oil” or “Heavy Fuel Oil”. Is such parameter is provided, your Offer and/or Search becomes immediately more transparent and enables the best match possible!

In general, providing key data such as the name of the part(s) needed, grid frequency, voltage levels, the type of fuel and the generated electrical and/or thermal power suffice for a first quick match.

However, it is very helpful, if further data such as those on operational hours, possible capacity range and the fuel quantities as well as information on the present and expected usage, the remaining life time and current operations are also given.

So, let´s optimise your ads by inputting all the data needed and by avoiding listing assets with missing key information. This way we can get around time consuming mails on still required data. At best, please use our standard self-guided fill-in forms when you input the information on your assets to be offered or to be searched for. After all, our joint objective is to speed up your sale and/or your purchase, as the case may be.

Don´t forget to send us your contact data and to inform us whether you are positioned as a seller, as a buyer or as their representative.

That´s all it takes!

Together for a first-class, second-hand power plant and/or equipment!