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HAMONHamon Thermal Europe
August 29, 2008
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• Laying of the foundation stone of the RWE hard
  coal power plant in Hamm Germany
• The foundation stone of the new hard coal power
  plant of RWE was laid on August 29, 2008 in Hamm
  in presence of Chancellor Dr. Angela Merkel and
  local authorities as well as RWE CEO, Dr. Juergen
  Grossmann.
• The new had coal power plant, a twin unit, each
  with a cross capacity of 800 MW, will go on
  commercial operation with the first unit in the
  middle of 2011 and the second unit at the end of
  2011. It benefits of the world-leading technology
  and will have an efficiency rate 30 higher than
  older power plants.
• The choice of the cooling tower was also very
  important to secure the expected efficiency. RWE
  has selected Hamon for its proven experience in
  natural draft cooling towers with flue gas
  injection. Two cells with following features
  will be built
• height 166 m
• diameter at the base ca. 109 m.
• flue gas duct inner diameter 8.0 m

Chancellor Dr. Merkel and VIPs with in the
background, Hamons natural draft cooling tower
coming out of the ground
From left to rightMr. Francis Lambilliotte
Hamon Group CEODr. Ralf Nowack - RWE Vice
President General Project Management of New Hard
Coal-fired Power Plants Mrs. Rodica Exner
Hamon Cooling Systems Division PresidentMr. Rolf
Gerber General Project Management of New Hard
Coal-fired Power Plants Project Manager
Mechanical Engineering Westfalen Power Plants