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EDITOR’S LETTER
WELCOME
Awarm welcome to this month’s
issue of WorldwideIndependent
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cogeneration around the world.
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BIENVENUE
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Soyez le bienvenu à cette issue de
Worldwide Independent Power.
Comme d'habitude, nous vous
apportons toujours plus près des
sujets qui affectent l'énergie et la
co-generation sur place autour du
monde.
N'hésitez pas contacter le
rédacteur pour des commentaires
éditoriaux. Enduring a climate of change
WILLKOMMEN
Herzlich Willkommen zur Ausgabe
What are the real challenges and opportunities related to climate change? The answers are
dieses Monates von Worldwide
apparently revealed in a new pan-European survey from DN which has just been released.
Independent Power.Wie immer
The power industry is one of the great villains on the stage of climate change - it is a significant
bringen wir Sie näher heran an die
emitter - but is also a key player in bringing clean and renewable energy to the world. Based on
Ereignisse und Geschichten der
Stromerzeugungsindustrie rund um this reality, DNV has released the results of its study of the European power sector's future risks,
die Welt. which had a special focus on climate change.
Für redaktionelle Kommentare und "We wanted to explore how the European power sector views the new challenges and
Anregungen wenden Sie sich bitte opportunities arising from climate change. Further, we aimed to rank the business risks to which the
an den Autor. companies' own operations might be exposed, both today and five years into the future," comment-
ed Elisabeth Tørstad, Director for Cleaner Energy at DNV.
BIENVENIDO The survey has particularly focused on the approach taken to climate change risk management
Bienvenido a esta edición de and best practices, in addition to assessing the perceived operational risk exposure in
Worldwide Independent Power.
operations in Europe and developing markets, both today and into the future. The main conclusions
Como siempre, acercándolo a los
are as follows:
temas que afectan a la energía y a
* The main opportunity for the power sector is the further expected increase in the demand for
la cogeneración in-situ. No dude
electricity.
en contactar con nuestro editor
para cualquier cuestión editorial. * The main challenge for the power sector is the ability to meet this increased demand for
electricity and at the same time reduce the overall CO2 emissions.
BENVENUTI * The identified major perceived risk is political failure to effectively support the industry on
Benvenuti a questa nuova edizione critical contemporary issues, e.g. establishing the regulatory frameworks necessary to facilitate
di Worldwide Independent Power. investments in renewables.
Come sempre cercheremo di * The reputational risk from being seen as a contributor to climate change stands out as another
offrirvi storie e questioni main risk contributor.
riguardanti on-site power e Overall, the study reveals the following facts. The power industry should be seen as part of the
cogeneration a livello globale. Per
solution rather than as part of the problem. Best practice would imply both having a large share of
commenti editoriali, si prega di
renewable energy in the portfolio and making current fossil production carbon neutral through
contattare l'editore.
measures such as CCS. The problem is not the sector being seen as a contributor, but the sector
actually being a contributor, as electricity production is responsible for a substantial part of the
current global CO2 emissions.
"I'm very thankful for the support provided by the sustainability managers of the 13 leading
European power companies who agreed to be interviewed. The geographical spread of the survey
participants within Europe, as well as variations in the operators' energy portfolios, added further
value and relevance to the survey's overall findings," emphasised DNV’s Elisabeth Tørstad
"The individual participants reported an obvious benchmark value from the results. Being able to
define their own risk levels in comparison to other industry players may also serve as basis for
internal focus on risk. This is one the reasons for our upcoming parallel survey of the US power
sector," she adds.
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NEWS
In brief... Siberian power explosion kills 14
EDF in £12.5bn
August 17th, 2009: Russia’s largest
buyout
hydroelectric power station, the An explosion at the Sayano-Shushenskaya
EDF will take the lead
facility has killed at least 12 workers.
role in the development 6,400-MW Sayano-Shushenskaya plant
of power in Britain with in southern Siberia, suffered a major
the £12.5bn (€15.7bn)
explosion believed to have been
agreed takeover of British
Energy. EDF has also initiated by a pressure surge.
signed a memorandum of At least 12 people were killed and an
understanding for inexact number listed as missing as
Centrica , the owner of
we went to press.
British Gas, to take a 25%
stake in British Energy. Investigations have focused on an
The takeover of British oil-filled transformer which
Energy, is EDF's biggest exploded, bringing down the ceiling
international expansion. It
of the turbine hall, which then flood-
will give EDF almost all
the UK's power stations ed.
and control over most of The accident released a major oil
the best sites for building
slick which has subsequently contam-
more, giving it a dominant
inated the Yenisei river, which flows
position. It hopes to build
at least four new plants, north through Siberia to the Arctic.
the first to come on line RusHydro, the operator of the
by the end of 2017. The
power station, assessed the damage
French group has also
as costing 'billions of roubles' and
agreed to sell some of
British Energy's land at would take several months to repair.
Bradwell in Essex, and In a statement, the Kremlin said the
possibly Dungeness in Kent
accident had been due to a 'hydraulic
or Heysham in Lancashire,
to other companies such impact' at the plant which had forced the shutdown WIPthat rescue divers had pulled out one person
as Eon and RWE of of all 10 of its power units.Andrei Klyuvev, an from a flooded room underneath the turbine hall,
Germany . official at the Emergency Response Ministry, told but speculated that other bodies might follow.
GE Energy in
Qatar’s US$3.9bn Ras Girtas project
Romania deal
GE Energy, a division of
General Electric Company
will supply nearly 140 Qatar's $3.9bn Ras Girtas Power Qatar Electricity and Water completion by early 2011. The
wind turbines for the
and Water Project in Ras Laffan Company (45 percent), GDF Suez Ras Laffan site is also home to
Fantanele and
Cogealac windfarm represents thebiggest power of France (20 percent), Mitsui the the Pearl GTL project which
projects in Romania. project anywhere in the Middle Corporation of Japan (10 converts natural gas into
The projects signify the East over the last five years. The percent), Chubu Corporation of petroleum liquids.
largest installations, in
project is slated to commence its Japan (5 percent) and Shikoku This also features integrated
terms of power
generation capacity, of first phase of production in 2010. Corporation of Japan (5 percent). process automation and control
GE's wind turbines in When completed in April 2011, Mitsui Corporation of Japan was systems designed by Honeywell.
Europe to date.
with a total capacity of 2,730MW contracted as the main EPC ABB has supplied all of the
of electricity and 63 million contractor to build the project, electrical and control systems.
Energy profits down
International Power's chief gallons per day (MIGD) of potable which in turn sub-contracted
executive, Phil Cox, has water, the project will constitute Hyundai Engineering and
warned that lower 30 percent of the electricity and Construction Company of Korea,
demand for power - down
20 percent of potable water Mitsubishi Heavy Industry of
6% in the UK this year -
will mean reduced profits delivered to the national grid. Japan and Sidem of France.
by the end of 2009. The Ras Girtas Power and Water The first stage of the project will
With 45 power stations in Project is the largest power and provide 1,612MW of power, and
21 countries, International
water plant in Qatar and one of the second stage to be completed
Power's geographical
exposure is vast. the largest in the region. in September 2010 will provide
The company has been The partners of the Ras Girtas 63MIGD of potable water, to
building new stations in
Power Company, the latest and eventually reach a total capacity
Portugal and Belgium
largest project to be added to of 2,730MW of power and 63MIGD
despite weaker demand in
Europe. Qatar's power projects include of potable water with an
Qatar Petroleum (15 percent), estimated capital cost of $4bn on
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NEWS
In brief... Deserts are the answer to energy shortages?
PG&E invests in Desertec - a Europe-wide solar constructing a supergrid of some years now. The first large-
orbital energy energy initiative - seeks to concentrating solar thermal scale project was built in
California's biggest energy
transform Saharan Africa into a plants (CSP) on 6,500 square California's Mojave Desert in the
utility has struck a deal to
purchase 200 megawatts of solar hub for Europe by construct- miles of North African desert. 1980s. As oil prices plummeted,
electricity from a startup ing a supergrid of concentrating They consortium claims the CSPenthusiasm waned rapidly.
company which plans to solar thermal plants (CSP) on scheme could eventually meet But recent concerns over climate
beam the power down to
6,500 square miles of North much of the continent's and energy security have brought
Earth from outer space,
beginning in 2016. San African desert. They claim their electricity needs. it back from the dead.
Francisco-based Pacific Gas scheme could eventually meet Half a trillion dollars in funding Spain and the U.S. Southwest
& Electric said it was much of the continent's would be enough to power 15% have plugged in new installations
seeking approval from state
electricity needs. percent of Africa’s usage by 2050. in recent years, with thousands
regulators for an agreement
to purchase power over a Agroup of 20 German firms has Amongst the companies involved more megawatts on the way.
15-year period from Solaren formed a consortium to raise are Munich Re,
Corp., an 8-year-old
$555 billion for the much- Siemens, Deutsche
company based in
discussed Afro-European solar Bank, RWE and E.on
Manhattan Beach, Calif.
Solaren plans to generate research project known as among others.
the power using solar Desertec. Desertec seeks to In general, CSPsys-
panels in Earth orbit and
transform Saharan Africa into a tems have been tech-
convert it to radio
solar hub for Europe by nically successful for
frequency transmissions
that would be beamed
down to a receiving station MHI ships 500th gas
in Fresno, PG&E said. From
York bets on backup power
there, the energy would be turbine to Qatar
converted into electricity
and fed into PG&E's power
grid. With more than 60,000 racegoers generators have played their part Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,
packed into its stands, York in the successful first ever four- Ltd. (MHI) has shipped the
Upgrade for Hague
Racecourse cannot afford to rely day Ebor Festival. Supplied by company's 500th gas turbine
power plant
Amajor upgrade is purely on grid power and has Dbtec Ltd they were sited away from its Takasago Machinery
progressing on The Hague's invested in a number of backup from the Stands and connected Works in Hyogo Prefecture.
century-old power plant, options. One of the UK's most via a high-voltage cable. Two Since its first gas turbine
now owned by E.ON, which
famous horse racing venues, it's transformers were used to step up delivery in 1963, MHI has
provides electricity to the
local grid and thermal situated in the south-west of the to high- voltage then back down increased the shipment of gas
energy for the city's district city of York, North Yorkshire. The before connection to the low- turbines, at the same time
heating system. most famous race to be held at voltage infrastructure. enhancing its power
Poor performance from
York on an annual basis is the “Two sets were used instead of a generation capacity and
the plant's 25-year-old
equipment and The Hague's Ebor Handicap which is run during single larger one mainly due to performance, and will achieve
wish to become a carbon- the Ebor Festival meeting in the physical space available and the milestone shipment in 47
neutral city by 2010 gave
August. The course also stages the shortage of 2,000kVa years. The 500th unit will be
birth to the idea of
three of the UK's 31 Group One generators available for hire delivered to a large-scale
repowering the existing
plant. Renovations on the races, the International Stakes, around this period. The power generation and
site have involved investing the Nunthorpe Stakes and the Racecourse had to adapt and add desalination project - the Ras
in low-emissions electricity
Yorkshire Oaks. specific changeover switch gear to Laffan C Independent Water
generation, achieving
The track is situated on the allow for the connection but this and Power Producer (IWPP)
improved plant efficiency
and reliability, and acceler- Knavesmire, in the southwest of will give us flexibility for the use Project - currently under way
ating the project so the the City of York and on race days of generators at other race in Ras Laffan Industrial City,
plant could be back online
has its own radio station 'York meetings." Qatar [see page 6].
for the next heating season.
The project was named as Raceday Radio.' The 500th gas turbine is the
the winner of POWER's 2009 The track won the Racecourse of first unit of eight M701F gas
Marmaduke Award for the Year title in 2003 and came turbines ordered by Ras Girtas
excellence in O&M The
out on top in The Times Power Company. It will be
award is named for
Marmaduke Surfaceblow, newspaper survey of all Britain’s shipped together with the
the fictional marine racecourses. identical 501st unit. The plant
engineer and plant Brian Douglas, Facilities Manager to be built in Ras Laffan will
troubleshooter. The site will
for York Racecourse, told WIP: be one of the world's largest
be ready next year, says the
company. "Two Atlas Copco 1,000kVa of its kind.
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In brief... Biowaste plant producing energy for Rialto
One year on and the US which will convert wastes, such as coal or other fossil fuels to supply
MAN contracts in
corporation EnerTech remains sewage sludge, into renewable energy.
Pakistan
focused on its ambitious $42m energy. Specifically, the funding But turning watery human and
Following 18 months of
construction August 2009 investment programme to turn will go toward engineering, industrial waste into energy poses
proved the date when Dr. sewage into energy. The Atlanta- permitting and other steps need- a unique problem.
Stefan Spindler, the MAN based company currently has a ed for the company to then go “Garbage will burn by itself,
Diesel Executive Board pilot plant operating in Japan, after project financing to build sludge will not," said Bolin,
Member responsible for the and since April 2008 has been the plants, CEO Kevin Bolin said. adding that efforts to turn wet
power plants business, working on its first commercial The plants will use a technology sludge into energy have failed in
inaugurated the first of a waste-to-energy plant in Rialto, EnerTech calls SlurryCarb, which the past.
total of four diesel power
California Bolin said duplicates the natural For example, Los Angeles dumped
plants which have been
The company has raised US$160m process which creates fossil fuel $500 million into two such plants
developed in collaboration
in project financing for the plant, from organic material. in the 1980s and 90s, only to pull
with the Pakistani Atlas
Group. Alongside other key which is projected to convert 683 Here's how it works: The company the projects after the sludge
Pakistani figures, the tons of sewage sludge per day applies heat and pressure to high- corroded valves and erupted into
inauguration ceremony was from five municipalities, into moisture biosolids, such as flames.
also attended by the fuel.Participants in Citigroup's sewage sludge, which ruptures
country’s Prime Minister, Sustainable Development the cellular structure and splits
Yousuf Raza Gilani, and the Investments unit include Masdar off carbon dioxide in a reaction
Minister of Water and
Clean Tech Fund, Nimes Capital called ‘carbonisation’.
Power, Raja Pervez Ashraf.
and CNM. The company removes the water
The plant, close to the city
The funding brings EnerTech's which was once trapped inside
of Lahore, was built by MAN
Diesel as a turnkey diesel total venture capital to about the cell walls and is left with
power plant with combined US$57m. The company is using what EnerTech calls ‘E-Fuel’, a
heat and power systems. It the money to develop five plants solid material which can replace
will generate around 213.6
MW of electrical energy for
Largest wind turbine
the Lahore region. The Wärtsilä wins Greek contracts
order for this power plant is
worth around 150 million installed off Norway
Euros.
Greece’s state-owned Public Power either installed or on order, to
Sulzer acquires SAB Corporation has awarded a turnkey more than 600 MW. StatoilHydro and Siemens have
Technical Services. contract for Wärtsilä to supply Local electricity demand surges installed the world's first
Sulzer has acquired an additional generating capacity to dramatically during the tourist large-scale floating wind
operation based on the
its power plants on the Greek season when the resident turbine.
Indian subcontinent. The
purchase price for SAB island of Lesvos. The contract population of some 120,000 people The turbine is located
Technical Services (India) represents an extension to an is outnumbered many times over approximately 12 km south
Pvt. Ltd was US$5.75m existing power plant, with the by tourists. Wärtsilä’s decen- east of Karmøy in Norway at a
(approximately CHF 6.2m).
extra 22 MW capacity needed to tralised power plants offer a water depth of about 220
SAB’s annual sales are put
at around US$4 million meet the huge increase in demand flexible and highly efficient means meters.
(approximately CHF 4.3m) that occurs during the tourist sea- of meeting these increases in The Hywind project was
and has around 50 son. demand, whilst at the same time developed by StatoilHydro,
employees. SAB has more
In a separate deal, the Electricity creating low environmental and Siemens supplied the SWT-
than 20 years of experience
and is mainly active in India Authority of Cyprus (EAC), a public impact. 2.3 MW wind turbine with a
and Singapore. utility, has ordered a power plant The strict environmental rotor diameter of 82 metres.
with three Wärtsilä 18V46 engines, protection norms of the EU require Over the next two years the
Ansaldo wins turnkey
which will deliver over 50 MWe of that the power plants are equipped floating wind turbine will be
project in Italy
energy. The new plant is located in with the best available harmful tested to provide a thorough
Ansaldo Energia has signed
a contract with Sorgenia to Dhekelia, near the town of Larnaca emission reduction technologies, analysis of the concept.
build a power plant in in Cyprus. The new plant is a and that they use very low sulphur The Hywind turbine is
Aprilia, Italy. It will now
turnkey delivery by the Danish con- content fuel oils. The Wärtsilä connected to the local grid
build a turnkey 800 MW
tractor BWSC, and is scheduled for engines are equipped with the and is already producing
combined-cycle power
station in the municipality full operation in summer 2010. latest low emission technical power. Hywind is designed to
of Aprilia. The combined value of these solutions. Furthermore, since the be suitable for installation in
Ansaldo Energia has also
orders is approximately EUR 40 Cyprus plant is located near the water depths between 120-
been assigned an ongoing
million. TThe contracts represent a town of Larnaca, it is also 700m, which could open up for
maintenance contract for
the gas turbines and related total output of 72 MWe. The two equipped with a separate nitrogen many new possibilities within
generators. new orders bring Wärtsilä’s power oxides reduction system to remove the offshore wind turbine
generating capacity in the region, most of the flue gas nitrogen. sector, say experts.
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