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Europes Biggest Biomass Power Station At Tilbury To Be Closed
Swindon, Wiltshire, UK — RWE npower has taken the decision to halt work on the development of a biomass-fuelled power plant at Tilbury Power Station whilst options on project feasibility are assessed and reviewed. The current plant will close as announced under the LCPD legislation on 31 October 2013. According to The Guardian, the close will lead to the likely loss of 220 jobs, in a blow to Britain’s renewable power industry. The Tilbury B power station is said to be Europe`s largest biomass plant. Foto: RWE npowerIn 2008, the decision was made to opt-out the then coal-fired power station, on the banks of the River Thames in Essex, from the EU’s Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD), meaning that the plant would shut after 20,000 hours of operation or by the end of 2015. In 2010, RWE’s quest for continuous innovation in large-scale energy generation technologies allowed the decision to use these remaining hours of operation to trial Tilbury Power Station as the largest biomass power station in the world. With an electrical output of circa 750MW the station was converted to run on 100% sustainably-sourced biomass. The trial of Tilbury on biomass under existing environmental legislation has been a success both commercially and technically. During 2012, applications were made for work to bring the Tilbury site up to new plant standards and create a dedicated biomass power station that would be operational for the long-term. However, today RWE Generation SE, RWE’s umbrella company for generation and power plant investment in the UK has made the difficult decision to halt progress on this project whilst feasibility options are assessed and reviewed. Roger Miesen Chief Technical Officer RWE Generation said: ”It is with regret that we are announcing the decision to halt the Tilbury Biomass project. This decision has not been taken lightly. Tilbury remains a good site for future power generation. RWE still believes that biomass has a role to play in future power generation and will continue to progress options at strategic sites.” In 2012, RWE npower had big plans with the new plant: “The operation of Tilbury to run on sustainable biomass will also have a big impact on the UK’s ability to meet its ambitious and binding climate change targets. Over a third of our existing generating capacity is due to close by the end of this decade, and investment in renewable and low carbon technology is required to ensure the UK has a secure, low carbon and affordable energy supply for the future. We are now looking into the option of extending the life of Tilbury Power Station, to allow it to operate as a dedicated biomass power station for an additional 10-12 years.” Quelle: RWE npower Continue reading
Cuba To Build Biomass Power Plant
CUBA STANDARD — A Chinese-designed biomass power plant fueled with byproducts of sugar production is planned go up in Matanzas province, according to official news agency Prensa Latina. The $60 million project, to be built with Chinese technology and technical support, would be the second biomass power plant on the island. In November, a British company announced a $45 million project at a sugar mill in Ciego de Ávila province. The government reportedly has plans to build five biomass power plants throughout the island. The biomass projects are part of a government plan to increase the use of renewable energy to 16.5 percent of its energy mix within eight years. Some 3.8 percent of Cuba’s electricity is currently made with renewable sources, most of it bagasse at sugar mills. The Azcuba group and the National Electricity Board designed a strategy to increase power generation in sugar mills, in order to decentralize the grid and provide electricity in areas with weak supply. Construction of the Chinese-designed power plant at a sugar refinery in Matanzas will begin at the end of this year. The 20-mw plant will initially use bagasse, a sugarcane residue, but it will eventually be able to use wood residues as well. Official sources did not reveal details of the agreement. China’s largest biomass power plant operator is National Bio Energy Co. Ltd. (NBE), which adopted European technology developed by DP CleanTech. NBE has become the world’s largest biomass power plant operator, building more than 30 mixed-fuel biomass plants in China, for a total of 1,000 mw. In what was one of the biggest foreign investments in Cuba last year, Havana Energy Ltd. announced in November the Cuban government approved a joint venture to build a 30-mw biomass plant at the Ciro Redondo sugar mill in Ciego de Ávila province. Havana Energy plans to start operations in 2015. Havana Energy, a subsidiary of Esencia Group, formed a joint venture with Zerus SA, which belongs to state holding Azcuba. As part of its renewable-energy plans, Cuba is building a 2.5-mw solar farm with 10,800 solar collectors on five hectares of land in the city of Guantánamo; that project is expected to be completed by December. Cuba also plans to build a 50-mw expansion of a wind farm on the northeastern coast, near Gibara, as part of a plan to add eight wind parks for a total of up 2,080 mw by the year 2020. Finally, the government plans to increase hydropower from a total capacity of 60 mw to 100 mw, by building 160 micro-hydropower plants. DP CleanTech high-pressure boiler Continue reading
Technip Awarded FEED Contract For A New Biomass-To-Liquid Plant In Finland
Thursday, June 13, 2013 This plant will produce approximately 140,000 tons of biodiesel and naphtha from wood and by-products from the wood-processing industry Technip will develop the process design package of the hydrogen production unit of the plant, based on its steam reformer proprietary technology, and will prepare the FEED for the hydrogen production, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and refining units. Technip (Paris:TEC) (ISIN:FR0000131708) (ADR:TKPPY) was awarded by Forest BtL Oy a contract, worth approximately €5 million, for the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of a new second generation biomass-to-liquid* (BTL) plant to be built on Ajos island, Finland. This plant will produce approximately 140,000 tons of biodiesel and naphtha from wood and by-products from the wood-processing industry. This feedstock has many advantages as it is not used for human food, it does not jeopardize the existing local biomass usage and has a low CO2 footprint. Technip will develop the process design package of the hydrogen production unit of the plant, based on its steam reformer proprietary technology, and will prepare the FEED for the hydrogen production, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and refining units. Technip’s operating center in Lyon, France, together with the Group’s hydrogen technology center in Zoetermeer, The Netherlands will execute the contract, which is scheduled to be completed in the first semester of 2014. The Ajos BtL project is supported by the European Union NER300 funding program for innovative renewable energy technologies. This project will be an industrial first and will reinforce Technip’s leading position on new generation biofuels projects. * Biomass-to-liquid or BTL is a new generation biofuel, consisting of a multi-step process to produce liquid biofuels from biomass. Main technological steps are gasification, syngas cleaning and Fischer-Tropsch synthesis. Continue reading
