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Rolls-Royce said its 3000^th Series 4000 natural gas engine has rolled off the production line.

The Series 4000 has been part of the company’s product portfolio since October 2004. The 3000^th gas genset will be delivered to VPower Group, a leading system integrator in the power generation sector, for a customer project in Myanmar.

MTU Series 4000 gas engines are produced at Rolls-Royce’s plant in Friedrichshafen, Germany, and subsequently built into complete systems at its Augsburg facility.

“Here in Augsburg, the majority of our people work on the Series 4000 now – not just in production, but on R&D activity as well,” said Bernhard Bächle, head of the Augsburg facility. “Our engineers are continuously working on improving the efficiency and performance of the system.”

The array of applications in which gas systems are used ranges from pure power generation to combined heat and power (CHP) co-generation, where the system’s waste heat is also used alongside the electrical power output, putting overall efficiencies of 90%-plus within reach.

“Production of the 3000^th gas genset is a symbolic milestone for us. In particular, the growing demand we’ve seen over the past five years shows that our products meet our customers’ exacting requirements head-on,” said Andreas Görtz, vice president, Power Generation at Rolls-Royce Power Systems Division. The company’s first Series 4000 test gas engine commenced operation in a CHP plant at MTU’s Plant 2 in Friedrichshafen back in 2003. The Series 4000 gas engine went into full production in 2004.

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