This power plant was not a classic plant that generates electricity using steam. It was a so-called turbo-jet generation unit. Such units are essentially emergency power generators. They are designed to meet consumption peaks or in the event of a failure at another plant.

The electricity is produced by a jet engine that can run at full power in less than 2 minutes. The engine in this unit was powered by naphtha. Naphtha is a mixture of hydrocarbons that is formed as condensate during the distillation of crude oil. The reactor is started using a compressed air tank. This enables rapid remote start-up without any other form of energy supply.