The future of the European Power Market with regards to adding new generation is more volatile than ever. Still there is the need for large generation and the SGT5-8000H and related power plants will play a significant role for such applications. Backed up by 3 years of commercial operation and proven operational track record combined with high efficiency and operational flexibility, the SGT-8000H fleet is growing fast and has become a main pillar of the Siemens Fossil Energy Portfolio. Consequentially the focus of the 8000H program has changed. In the early years focus was on design of the engine, later-on switching to validation of the 50Hz engine, then moving on the design and validation of the 60Hz unit. Nowadays with many projects won the primary focus of Siemens is of course in the execution of the projects in order to deliver what was promised – in performance but also in quality and time. The paper will give the latest status. The sales activities and related customer feedback did also confirm the advantages of the validation and design approach to achieve world class performance while maintaining a robust design base and ensuring low complexity, like the on-board air cooled design. Besides the high operational flexibility – key for the European gas turbine market – it became also obvious that the SGT-8000H design allows for a comparable lean and simple approach of integration this gas turbine into a plant, giving advantages with regards to footprint, hardware needs, execution and commissiong time as well as maintenance efforts. Also the related impact on the business model of a typical European customer will be covered
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