Hot Topic Hour Next Week will be From Power-Gen Europe
Next Thursday we will be hosting the webinar from Power-Gen Europe. The purpose
will be to review the highlights. We hope to have participation from the
exhibitors and speakers. If you would like to be a participant, you can register
and then just add comments as the discussion progresses. But we suggest you
contact Bob at the show and discuss the session in advance. He can be reached at
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com. His cell phone is 847-226-2391. He will be in
attendance at the show for all three days.
Here are some of the answers we will be seeking in our discussions on Tuesday
and Wednesday:
• How realistic is the prediction that Europe will build 50 GW of new coal-fired
power plants to replace existing ones in the 2012-20 timeframe?
• What are the capabilities of burning biomass and is there enough to make a
difference?
• How low can you go with NOx, SOx and other pollutants?
• How do you maximize coal-fired power plant efficiency and minimize emissions?
Here is a selection of speeches which are of particular interest:
Day 1
Track 4: Coal Fired Power Plants, Biomass Combustion and Waste to Energy
Session 1: Air Pollution Control I
14:00 - 15:30
Chair: Bernd von der Heide, Managing Director, Mehldau & Steinfath Umwelttechnik
GmbH, Germany
Co-Chair: Eberhard Schreiber, Senior Consultant, AIE, Germany
Optimization of flue gas cleaning systems for coal fired power plants.
Mercury Removal Technology Demonstration Results
Yoshito Tanaka, Senior Engineer, MHI, Japan
Co-Authors:
Tatsuto Nagayasu, Manager, MHI, Japan
Takuya Okamoto, Engineer, MHI, Japan
Shoko Nagae Engineer, MHI, Japan
Atsushi Kato, Manager, MHI Europe, The Netherlands
Mercury Oxidation Over SCR DeNOx Catalysts
Karin Madsen, Research Engineer, Haldor Topsøe A/S, Denmark
Co-Authors:
Joakim Reimer Thøgersen, Vice President in R&D Division, Haldor Topsøe A/S,
Denmark
Hans Jensen-Holm, General Manager, Haldor Topsøe A/S, Denmark
Dry Sorbent Injection Enhanced In-Line Mill Technology Improves SO₃ and SO₂
Removal Performance and Economics
Eric Fleckten, DSI Program Manager, United Conveyor Corporation, USA
Co-Author:
Jon Norman, P.E., Technology Manager, United Conveyor Corporation, USA
Results from Study on Low-NOx combustion at SSE Ferrybridge Power Plant
John Goldring, Managing Director, RJM International, UK
Guy Sharp, Boiler Engineer, SSE, Ferrybridge, UK
Track 4: Coal Fired Power Plants, Biomass Combustion and Waste to Energy
Session 2: Air Pollution Control II
16:00 - 17:30
Chair: Helmut Weiler, Independent Consultant, Association of Independent
Engineers GmbH, Germany
Co-Chair: Piotr Karaś, Marketing Director, Rafako S.A., Poland
New developments in air pollution control measures:
Flue Gas Desulphurization Systems (FGD) Incorporated in a Unique Multi
Functional Chimney Configuration
Zvi Steg, Deputy Head Of Engineering Division. Mechanical Sector, Israel
Electric Corp., Israel
Co-Author:
Ari Grinberg, Head of Mechanical Palnning Department, Israel Electric Corp.,
Israel
The Twin-NOx Process - The Combination of Urea Solution and Ammonia Water
Increases the Performance of SNCR
Bernd von der Heide, Managing Director, Mehldau & Steinfath Umwelttechnik GmbH,
Germany
Advanced SCR-DeNOx Technology for Tauron’s Powerplant Laziska
Klaus Weigl, Head of Sales-Flue Gas Cleaning, STRABAG Energy Technologies GmbH,
Austria
Co-Author:
Joachim Adamczyk, Director, TAURON Wytwarzanie SA, Poland
The Impact of Mercury, SO₃ and Related Chemistry on Flue Gas Cleaning Systems
and By-Product
Ceren Meszelinsky, Project Engineer, STEAG Energy Services GmbH, Germany
Day 2
Regulatory Impact on Germany’s Power Plant Investments
Christian Nabe, Head of Power Systems and Markets, Ecofys Germany GmbH, Germany
Will Poland lead the Shale Gas Revolution in Europe?
Marek Karabuła, President, Polish Oil and Gas Company Libya BV. (PGNiG),
Amsterdam
Track 2: Reducing the Carbon Footprint
Session 3: Pre Combustion Technologies for Zero Emmision Plants
09:00 - 10:30
Chair: Giancarlo Benelli, Head of Technological Scouting, Enel Engineering and
Innovation Division, Italy
Co-Chair: Francois Giger, Strategy Director, Thermal Generation & Engineering
Direction, EDF, France
The second mega session introduces a range of advances in gas plant operation,
innovative applications and commercially advantageous modifications.
Puertollano IGCC: Elcogas 14MWT CO₂ Capture and H₂ Co-Production Pilot Plant
Results
María Pilar Coca, Researcher, ELCOGAS, Spain
Co-Authors:
Francisco Garcia Peña, R&D Engineering Manager, ELCOGAS, Spain
Pedro Casero Cabezon, Researcher, ELCOGAS, Spain
Integration of Fixed-bed Chemical Looping Combustion
Sven Van der Gijp, Research Manager, TNO, The Netherlands
Co-Authors:
Erin Kimball, Research Scientist, TNO, The Netherlands
Patricia Van den Bos, Research Technician, TNO, The Netherlands
Earl Goetheer, Lead Scientist, TNO, The Netherlands
Large Scale Biomass Gasification Plant Integrated to a PC-Boiler
Mauri Blomberg, Managing Director, Vaskiluodon Voima Oy, Finland
Co-Authors:
Ville Hankalin, Product Engineer, Metso Power Oy, Finland
Juhani Isaksson, Product Manager, Metso Power Oy, Finland
Matti Tiilikka, Power Plant Manager, Vaskiluodon Voima Oy, Finland
From Coal to Biomass, the Challenges of a Successful Conversion of the Unit 4 at
Rodenhuize
Sébastien Verhaeven, Mechanical Engineer, Tractebel Engineering (GDF SUEZ),
Belgium
Co-Authors:
Thomas Bauthier, Engineer, Tractebel Engineering S.A. (GDF SUEZ), Belgium
Frank Van den Spiegel, Project Manager, Electrabel, Belgium
Xavier Henry, Ingenieur Specialist Labo, Laborelec GDF SUEZ, Belgium
Efficient Cogeneration with Biomass Combustion
Frank Scholdann Lund, Sales Manager, Aalborg Energie Technik, Denmark
Francois Jantet, Project Manager, COFELY - GDF SUEZ, France
Track 5: Electrical, Instrumentation and Control
Session 3: Control Systems II
09:00 - 10:30
Chair: Pascal Stijns, Power & Energy Marketing Europe, Honeywell, Belgium
Co-Chair: Gerhard Brandt, Head of Marketing Communication, ABB AG, Bus. Unit
Power Generation, Germany
Rebuilding Power Plant Automation Gradually
Jari Leppäkoski, Manager, Energy Efficiency, Metso, Finland
Co-Authors:
Ari Anttila, Power Plant Manager, Fortum, Finland
Kari Envall, Maintenance Manager, Fortum, Finland
Track 2: Reducing the Carbon Footprint
Session 4: Oxy-Fuel Combustion Next Steps?
11:00 - 12:30
Chair: Pascal Stijns, Power & Energy Marketing Europe, Honeywell, Belgium
Co-Chair: Christoph Blessing, Senior Engineer, EnBW Kraftwerke AG, Germany
What are the challenges of taking oxy-fuel to commercial scale?
Oxy-Combustion Large-Scale Demonstration: A Key Step in CCS Deployment
Benedicte Prodhomme, Product Manager, Alstom, France
Reducing Carbon Footprint by Developing Advanced Steam Plants and Integrating
Carbon Capture Technologies
Kevin McCauley, Director, Strategic Planning Global Technology, Babcock &
Wilcox, USA
Doosan Power Systems OxyCoal Demonstration and Deployment
Michael Maloney, Engineer, Doosan Power Systems, UK
Co-Authors:
David Sturgeon, Senior Engineer, Doosan Power Systems, UK
Jim Rogerson, Engineer, Doosan Power Systems, UK
Konrad Kuczynski, Senior Engineer, Doosan Power Systems, UK
Hyeok-Pill Kim, Staff R&PD Engineer, Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction,
Korea
Track 3: Gas Fired Power Technology
Session 4: Plant Operation, Innovation and Optimisation II
11:00 - 12:30
Chair: Terry Raddings, Technology Marketing Manager Europe, GE Energy, UK
Co-Chair: Mark Stevens, Product Manager, Alstom, Switzerland
More interesting case studies and ideas for GT optimization:
1300 MW Repowering Project Claus C - For Additional and Cleaner Power
Christian Bohtz, Product Manager Gas Power Plants, Alstom, Switzerland
Co-Authors:
Thomas Gross, Project Director, Alstom, Switzerland
David Heredero, Project Manager, Alstom, Switzerland
Bart Beljaars, Project Manager Claus C, RWE/Essent, The Netherlands
Configurations for Combined Cycles - Challanges and Opportunites
Andrew Cruschiel, Engineering Manager, Bechtel Power, USA
Combined Cycle Power Plants for District Heating – How to Manage the Challenge
of Secure Heat Supply and Flexible Power Generation?
Martin Wilkening, Head of Sales, GT Power Plant Solutions Central Eastern
Europe, Siemens Energy, Germany
Co-Authors:
Robert Riedl, Project Manager, Energie AG Oberösterreich Kraftwerke GmbH,
Austria
Andreas Pickard, Head of Product Line Marketing CCPP, Siemens Energy, Germany
Recent Developments on Advanced Amine Process Technology and Pilot Plant
Operations
Christina Edvardsson, Program Manager, Advanced Amines, Alstom, USA
Fabrice Chopin, Research Engineer,Electricite de France, France
Co-Authors:
Larry Czarnecki, Process Development Manager, Alstom, USA
Olivier Deruelle, Chef de Project, Electricite de France, France
Craig Schubert, Principal Research Engineer, Dow Chemical Company, USA
Track 4: Coal Fired Power Plants, Biomass Combustion and Waste to Energy
Session 5: Large Coal Fired Power Station
16:00 - 17:30
Chair: Giampiero Valenti, Thermal Power Plant Development, Enel Produzione,
Italy
Co-Chair: Philippe Delage, Vice President, Strategic Yield Improvement, Alstom,
Switzerland
Challenges on Operation and Design of Existing and New Build Coal Fired Power
Plants
Florian Krull, Team Leader Boiler & Combustion, RWE Technology, Germany
Gereon Thomas, Head of Engineering, RWE Technology, Germany
Achieving Low NOx Levels with the Combustion Manager
Pawel Domanski, Senior Performance Specialist, Metso, Poland
Reserve Presentation
Co-Firing Optimisation with Continuous Coal Flow Measurement
Reinhardt Kock, Product Manager, EUtech Scientific Engineering GmbH, Germany
Co-Authors:
Stefan Stooker, Specialist Generation Technology, N.V. Nuon Energy, The
Netherlands
Francesco Turoni, Product Manager, EUtech Scientific Engineering GmbH, Germany
Clemens Lindscheid, Development Engineer, EUtech Scientific Engineering GmbH,
Germany
Day 3
Evaluation of the Different Water Capture Technologies and Energy Modeling
Results for Membrane Technology
Ludwin Daal, Consultant, DNV-KEMA, The Netherlands
Co-Authors:
Martijn Huibers, Consultant, DNV-KEMA, The Netherlands
Ton Konings, Senior Consultant, DNV-KEMA, The Netherlands
Arthur Stam, Consultant, DNV-KEMA, The Netherlands
Sjoerd van Rijen, Consultant, DNV-KEMA, The Netherlands
Track 4: Coal Fired Power Plants, Biomass Combustion and Waste to Energy
Session 6: CFB Experience from Various Fuel Applications
09:00 - 10:30
Chair: Kari Niemelä, VP, Sales, Western Europe, Foster Wheeler Energia OY,
Finland
Co-Chair: Ingo Weber, Head of Sales, MCE Berlin GmbH, Germany
Four different CFB applications showing operating experience with different
fuels and of the fuel flexibility, demonstrating that fluidized bed technology
may be utilized by process industry and municipalities and at larger utility
scale.
CFB – Multi-Fuel Design Features and Operating Experience
Tero Luomaharju, Product Manager, Metso Power, Finland
Co-Authors:
Pekka Lehtonen, Chief Engineer, Metso Power Oy, Finland
Katriina Jalkanen, Chief Engineer, Metso Power Oy, Finland
Petri Köykkä, Product Engineer, Metso Power Oy, Finland
Waste to Energy CFB Plant for Production of Power, District Heating and
Industrial Steam – Background and Initial Experiences
Erik Skog, Product Manager, E.ON Värme Sverige AB, Sweden
Co-Authors:
Peter Moren, Plant Manager, E.ON Värme Sverige AB, Sweden
Bengt-Åke Andersson, Technical Manager, E.ON Värme Sverige AB, Sweden
Samcheok Green Power 4 x 550 MWe Supercritical Circulating Fluidized-Bed Steam
Generators in South Korea
Timo Jäntti, Director, Conceptual Engineering, Foster Wheeler, Finland
Co-Authors:
Kalle Nuortimo, Market Analyst, Foster Wheeler, Finland
Marko Ruuskanen, Performance Engineer, Foster Wheeler, Finland
Juha Kalenius, Commercial Manager, Foster Wheeler, Finland
Application of CFB Technology to Low Grade Lignite in Turkey
Karol Zuzcak, Lead Process Engineer, SES a.s., Slovakia
Co-Author:
Milos Teleky, Process Engineer, SES a.s. Tlmace, Slovakia
Reducing Emissions Through Predictive Emissions Monitoring and Control
Giancarlo Scaturchio, Technical Consultant, Rockwell Automation, Italy
Precision Flow Technology Minimizes Ammonia Slip in Selective Catalytic
Reductions Systems
Gert Wauters, Flow BDM Power Gen Europe, Emerson Process Management, Belgium
Online Fineness Measurement System for Controlling a Biomass Fired Unit
Karim Van Maele, Project Engineer Combustion & Biomass, Laborelec, Belgium
Co-Authors:
Francesco Turoni, Product Manager, EUtech Scientific Engineering GmbH, Germany
Reinhardt Kock, Product Manager, EUtech Scientific Engineering GmbH, Germany
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On Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting
on important energy and pollution control subjects. Power webinars are free for
subscribers to either Power Plant Air Quality Decisions or Utility Environmental
Upgrade Tracking System. The cost is $125.00 for non-subscribers. Market
Intelligence webinars are free to McIlvaine market report subscribers and are
$400.00 for non-subscribers.
DATE Non-Subscribers Cost SUBJECT Webinar Type
June 7, 2012 $125.00 Dry Sorbents and Systems Power
June 14, 2012 $125.00 Report from Power Gen Europe (update on regulations,
speaker and exhibitor highlights) Power
June 21, 2012 $125.00 Material Handling for Dry Sorbent Injection Power
June 28, 2012 $125.00 Greenhouse Gas Strategies for Coal-fired Plant Operators
Power
July 12, 2012 $125.00 CFB Technology and Clean Coal
(Update on CFB Reactor Technology) Power
July 19, 2012 $400.00 Future for Coal, Gas, Nuclear and Renewables (forecasts by
region and discussion of market drivers and regulatory constraints) Market
Intelligence
July 26, 2012 $125.00 Beneficial Byproducts of Coal Combustion and Gasification
Power
August 2, 2012 $125.00 Mercury Control and Removal Status and Cost Power
August 9, 2012 $400.00 Filter Media (forecasts and market drivers for media used
in air, gas, liquid, fluid applications both mobile and stationary) Market
Intelligence
August 16, 2012 $125.00 Report from Coal-gen (highlights of speeches and
exhibitions) Power
August 23, 2012 $125.00 Report from Mega Symposium (highlights of speeches and
exhibitions at this important air pollution conference) Power
August 30, 2012 $400.00 Instrumentation for Air, Gas, Water, Liquids (forecasts
, market shares, growth segments) Market Intelligence
September 6, 2012 $125.00 Production of Fertilizer and Sulfuric Acid at
Coal-fired Power Plants Power
Here are the Headlines for the June 1, 2012 – Utility E-Alert
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1077– June 1, 2012
Table of Contents
COAL – US
Court orders EPA to Release Update PM 2.5 NAAQS
Scrubber at 800 MW Big Sandy on Hold
SCE&G announces Switches to Natural Gas and Power Plant Closures
Tenaska abandoning Illinois Power Project
COAL – WORLD
Madhra Pradesh gets Clearance for 2x600 MW Shree Singaji Power Project
Bosnia to build 450 MW Tuzla and 300 MW Kakanj
1980 MW Dhopave Power Plant in India facing Local Opposition
Neyveli Lignite plans 8555 MW of New Capacity in India
Hitachi and Polimex-Mostostal to build Unit at Kozienice in Poland
Possible Punjab, India Power Projects
Tamil Nadu (India) looking at Environmental Clearances of Power Projects
BHEL will build 500 MW Vindhyachal in Madhya Pradesh, India
Problem with Funding for TES Power Project in Slovenia, Alstom could pull out
Kerala could provide Coal for NTPC’s Ramagundam Power Project in Andhra
Pradesh, India
GAS / OIL – US
PUC denies Request for 88 MW Gas Turbine Addition at Pueblo Airport Power
Plant
GAS / OIL – WORLD
Progress on Bibiyana 3 and Siddhirganj Power Projects in Bangladesh
Manila Electric Co. to build 1,500 MW Power Plant in Luzon, Philippines
GE, Siemens to build 10,000 MW Power Plants in Nigeria
Will Poland diversify into Natural Gas?
GASIFICATION
MHI to perform Front End Engineering for Hydrogen Energy CA Project
NUCLEAR
Iran planning Bushehr Addition
ÅF is Owner’s Engineer for Angra III in Brazil
Construction continues at Gongliao Power Plant in Taiwan despite Problems
South Africa looking at Nuclear Power
Financing for Belarus Nuclear Power Plant
India looking at 16 Reactors in 12th Plan (2012-2017)
BUSINESS
POSCO, GE team up to bid on Power Projects
New Fuel Tech SCR, SNCR Order
Neumann Systems could extract Rare Earth Metals from Coal-fired Ash
More on Electric Power 2012 Conference Attendees
HOT TOPIC HOUR
Shale Gas is the Big Variable for U.S. Coal
"Dry Sorbents and Systems and Material Handling in Coal-fired Power Plants” is
the Hot Topic Hour on June 7 and June 21, 2012
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
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$6.4 Billion European Air Pollution Control Market Driven by Regulations
The markets for air and water pollution control and monitoring are expanding
slightly and remain substantial despite the financial problems of the European
region. The 2012 revenues will reach $6.4 billion. This is the latest forecast
from the McIlvaine Company as derived from its reports on each subject.
Revenues for European Air Pollution Control Markets in 2012
Product Revenue
$ Billions
Fabric filters and bags 1.7
Power plant flue gas desulfurization 0.9
Industrial scrubbers and adsorbers 1.5
Electrostatic precipitators 0.7
DeNOx 0.8
Thermal treatment 0.5
Air monitoring 0.3
Total 6.4
Europe is precisely defined at: Decisive Classification
Russia, former Soviet bloc countries, Eastern and Western Europe are all
included. The financial crisis in the EU is having some negative impact. This
could be further exacerbated if countries hoping to gain EU status through
installation of pollution control measures lose interest in joining. Counter
balancing these developments, the region continues to ratchet down emission
limits and to make available the funds to accomplish the reductions.
The leading product category is fabric filters. European industry will invest
$1.7 billion in fabric filter hardware along with bags and cartridges. Europe is
a net exporter of both hardware and filter media. Production exceeds $2 billion.
The DeNOx market will be a modest $800 million this year. The application of
selective catalytic reduction systems to lignite-fired boilers has not developed
as originally anticipated. This forecast does not include mobile DeNOx
technology, where Europe is the leader.
Most of the power plants in Europe are already fitted with scrubbers to capture
SO2. However, many scrubbers were installed in the 1980s and are in need of
replacement, so the replacement and upgrading market represents a good portion
of the revenues. The same situation exists in the electrostatic precipitator
segment.
Europe continues to be a leader in thermal treatment both as a purchaser and a
supplier. Both Durr and Eisenmann are major worldwide suppliers of thermal
treatment systems.
For more information on the related services, click on:
Air Pollution Management
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#5ab
Air and Water Monitoring Markets
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#no31
Electrostatic Precipitators: World Market
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n018
World Fabric Filter and Element Market
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n021
FGD World Markets, click on:
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#N027
NOx Control World Markets,
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n035
Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com//brochures/air.html#n008
Thermal/Catalytic World Air Pollution Markets
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n007
Air and Water Monitoring Terms - Decisive Classification Needed
Analyzers to measure constituents in various gases and fluids are each designed
for specific chemicals or physical properties. Since there are hundreds of
different chemicals and many physical properties, there are many unique
instrument designs. Laboratory instruments vary considerably from those used by
field testers or those used for continuous measurement in processes. There are
many different operating principles employed. Instruments used for stack gas
measurement differ from those used at the fence line or those used for water or
process fluids. The end result is that there are thousands of unique
instruments.
There are more than 5,000 suppliers of instruments to measure gases and fluids
worldwide. There are 3,000 instrument makers in China alone. Given the language
inconsistencies, it is a real challenge to determine which of these companies
make an instrument which fits the specific needed criteria.
The McIlvaine Company (www.mcilvainecompany.com) is developing a system which it
will make available free of charge to anyone. In return, it is asking for input
to make the system better. Associations, suppliers and research institutions all
have niche expertise which can be applied both to the technology and the
languages. Here are the details:
A decisive classification system in Chinese, English and other languages will
allow monitor purchasers in developing countries to efficiently utilize the
world’s existing knowledge. Monitoring products need to be classified by the way
decisions are made. For example, the new U.S. MATS rule utilizes PM mass
monitors as a surrogate for measuring toxic metals. However, Pall was able to
convince EPA that their multi-metals analyzer was a cost effective alternative.
Scientific classification does not typically list PM mass monitors and
multi-metals analyzers as siblings but Decisive Classification does in this
instance.
The system identifies monitoring products by application (there is a big
difference between shale oil and oil shale), function (analyzer, sample system,
etc.) medium (ambient air, stack gas), properties measured, (ammonia, arsenic),
measurement parameters (ppb, ppm, count) operating principle (optical,
electrochemical) and mode of use (handheld, portable, etc.).
It is also necessary to identify financial entities and their subsidiaries with
unique numbers. Each subsidiary with unique products should have its own unique
number. It is further necessary to provide the listings in Chinese, English and
other languages.
Entity
Identification
Number Entity Name in Chinese
Andritz 963 佛山安德里茨技术有限公
Andritz KMPT 963-01 ?
Andritz Pulp & Paper 963-02 ?
Andritz Separation 963-03 ?
Details on this initiative and instructions for participating are found at:
Decisive Classification Initiative for Monitoring products and services
Biomass Projects Sprouting Up All Over
Biomass projects continue to be popular. Each month McIlvaine’s Renewable Energy
Projects and Update reports on these installations.
USDA Announces Funding for Two Renewable Energy Programs
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced availability of funds for fiscal
year 2012 for two key programs to encourage the use of renewable biomass and
production of advanced biofuels. About $25 million will be made available
through each program.
The Repowering Assistance Program provides approximately $25 million in funding
to bio-refineries that have been in existence on or before June 18, 2008. The
purpose of the program is to provide a financial incentive to bio-refineries to
use renewable biomass in place of fossil fuels used to produce heat or power. By
providing this assistance, the USDA is helping these facilities install new
systems that use renewable biomass.
The amount of the payment will be based on (1) the cost effectiveness of the
renewable biomass system; and (2) the percentage reduction in fossil fuels used
by that bio-refinery. The maximum amount an individual bio-refinery can receive
under the Notice is 50 percent of total eligible project costs up to a maximum
of $10 million.
Eligible costs must be related to construction or repowering improvements, such
as engineering design, equipment installation and professional fees.
Mt. Poso Cogeneration Company Completes Conversion of Power Plant from Coal to
100 Percent Renewable Biofuel Energy
Macpherson Energy Company and DTE Energy Services (DTEES) announced that Kern
County’s Mt. Poso cogeneration plant is completely converted to run 100 percent
biomass fuel instead of coal, and is successfully delivering its full capacity
of 44 MW of clean, renewable energy to the California grid.
By making a significant investment to convert the Mt. Poso plant, DTEES and
Macpherson Energy preserved 30 jobs and created eight new jobs at the facility,
as well as creating 90 local jobs during construction and an estimated 100
long-term jobs at local firms supplying biomass fuel and providing maintenance
and other services to the plant. The renewable energy power plant now operates
solely on biomass fuel, primarily urban and agricultural wood waste. Before the
15-month conversion, it had run for 20-plus year on coal.
The conversion project at Mt. Poso began in November 2010. The plant began
producing limited amounts of clean power in November 2011; since then workers
have fine-tuned operations to bring energy generation to Mt. Poso’s capacity of
44 MW.
Mt. Poso is a cogeneration power plant, utilizing steam from the power plant to
enhance production in a nearby oil field and using water from the oil field to
supply the power plant. Macpherson Energy’s wholly-owned subsidiary Macpherson
Operating Company operates the West Mt. Poso Oil Field, which supplies the water
for the cogeneration plant. The water is heated by burning biomass in a boiler
to produce steam, which drives a turbine generator unit that in turn produces
electricity. An affiliate of DTEES operates the power plant.
Mustus Energy Selects Lockheed Martin to Develop Biomass Facility in La Crete,
Alberta, Canada
Mustus Energy Ltd. announced that it will be working with Lockheed Martin to
build a new 41.5-MW biomass-fueled power generation plant in La Crete, Alberta,
Canada. The project, which will be developed by Mustus Energy with Lockheed
Martin’s support in procuring materials, equipment and other required services,
will provide enough energy when complete to power over 30,000 Canadian homes.
Lockheed Martin also will manage the construction of the plant, which is planned
to commence this spring. The biomass facility is expected to begin commercial
operations by the fall of 2013, and will provide base-load electrical power to
the Alberta grid. As feedstock, Mustus Energy plans to use the tops of aspen
trees that would otherwise be discarded as waste after the trunks are processed
into lumber and other products at local mills.
Canada is a leader in developing and implementing biomass technologies. Six
percent of Canada’s power comes from biomass, making it the second largest
source of the country’s renewable energy generation.
SRS Marks Successful Operational Startup of New Biomass Cogeneration Facility
Under Secretary of Energy Thomas D’Agostino joined U.S. Representative Joe
Wilson (R-SC) and other senior officials from the Department of Energy (DOE) and
Ameresco, Inc., a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company on
March 12, 2012, to mark the successful operational startup of a new $795-million
renewable energy fueled facility at the Savannah River Site (SRS).
The 34-acre SRS Biomass Cogeneration Facility is the culmination of 30-months
and more than 600,000 hours of labor. This project is also the single largest
renewable Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) in the Nation’s history.
The project sustained and created an estimated 800 jobs, spanning the
mechanical, construction, engineering, and supplier sectors. Fully operational,
the plant will employ 25 full-time jobs onsite and support the local logging
community.
The SRS Biomass Cogeneration Facility replaced a deteriorating and inefficient
1950s-era coal power house and oil-fired boilers, and will generate an estimated
$944 million in savings in energy, operation and maintenance costs over the
duration of the contract.
Clean biomass, consisting of local forest residue and wood chips, and
bio-derived fuels will be the primary fuel source for the high-tech renewable
energy facility, which has the capacity to combust 385,000 tons of forest
residue into 20 MW of clean power annually.
Energy savings result from replacing the inefficient D Area Powerhouse with the
biomass facility, switching from coal to biomass fuel, and improving the
efficiency of the operations with new equipment that better matches SRS’s load
requirements. Surrounding communities also receive added health and
environmental benefits tied to air emission reductions.
DOE signed onto an ESPC with Ameresco in 2009 to finance, design, construct,
operate, maintain, and fuel the new biomass facility under a 20-year fixed price
contract valued at $795 million.
ESPCs are contracts in which private companies finance, install, and maintain
new energy- and water-efficiency equipment at federal facilities. The government
pays no up-front costs, saving taxpayer dollars, and the company’s investment is
repaid over time by the agency from the cost savings generated by the new
equipment. This allows the government to use the private sector to purchase more
energy-efficient systems and improve the energy performance of their facilities
at no extra cost to the agency or taxpayers.
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