MAN Diesel builds six power plants for Electricité de France

6 October 2008 – MAN Diesel has been awarded a major order from the French energy company Electricité de France PEI SAS for the construction of three diesel power stations in its overseas Départements Réunion, Guadeloupe and Martinique, as well as one in French Guyana and two power plants on Corsica. The contract means that all French Départements that are not on the European mainland will be supplied with electricity from MAN Diesel engines. The total order volume is around Euro 1.3 billion, with MAN Diesel supplying a share worth more than Euro 750 million. The order includes the delivery of no fewer than 54 large, 18V48/60 diesel engines with a total power output of 1,025 MW. This is enough energy to provide electricity to the equivalent of 1 million households. All of the power stations are designed as baseload power plants, which means that they are the primary source of electrical energy to the local power grid. “I am absolutely delighted that we have succeeded in winning this order. Due to its exceptionally high volume, it of course has particular significance – indeed, it is the largest order in the company’s history,” says Dr. Georg Pachta-Reyhofen, Chairman of the Executive Board of MAN Diesel SE. The 54 engines will be assembled in Saint-Nazaire by which MAN Diesel’s French production facility will be sustainably strengthened. One of the key factors in the awarding of the order was the Augsburg company’s ability to use its state-of-the-art engine and turnkey power plant technology to meet strict criteria for fuel consumption, noise radiations and exhaust emissions. All of the engines, for example, are fitted with an SCR catalytic converter, which employs urea injection to minimise emissions of oxides of nitrogen. The six turnkey diesel power plants will go on grid by 2010 till 2012. MAN Diesel is consortium leader for this major project. The two other consortium partners are Eiffage TP for construction work and Clemessy SA for electrical equipment. "At the heart of the power plants are their efficient and reliable MAN Diesel type 48/60 engines, each with 18 cylinders in vee configuration,” says Dr. Stefan Spindler, who is in charge of the power plant business within the Executive Board of MAN Diesel SE in addition to other responsibilities. Each generating set (genset), consisting of an engine and a generator, produces an output of around 18.5 MW (approx. 25,100 HP) and weighs 375 tons. The two biggest power stations on Réunion and Guadeloupe will each be equipped with twelve of these power units. About MAN Diesel MAN Diesel is the world’s leading provider of large-bore diesel engines for marine and power plant applications. The company designs two-stroke and four-stroke engines, generating sets, turbochargers, CP propellers and complete propulsion packages that are manufactured both by MAN Diesel and its licensees. The engines have power outputs ranging from 450 to 97,300 kW. MAN Diesel employs over 7,700 staff, primarily in Germany, Denmark, France, the Czech Republic, India and China. The global after-sales organisation, MAN Diesel PrimeServ, comprises a network of the company’s own service centres, supported by authorised partners. MAN Diesel is a company of MAN AG, which is listed on the DAX share index of the 30 leading companies in Germany. For further information, please contact: Michael Melzer Phone +49 (0) 821 – 322 38 50