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NEWSNEWS The £1.5bn 630MW London Array windfarm is operational 539 MW comes online

he world's largest offshore wind farm, capable of Tgenerating enough electricity for half a million homes, was at Whitelee officially opened off the UK's south-east coast last month. Prime Minister David Cameron opened the 630-megawatt London Array project, which was developed by E.ON, DONG Energy and Abu Dhabi's Masdar and produced its first electricity from all its turbines in April 2013. The £1.5 billion wind farm, built 12 miles offshore, contains 175 turbines and solidifies Britain's position at the top of the world's offshore wind league table. Britain is banking on offshore wind technology to help it reach legally-binding targets to cut carbon emissions. It is aiming to develop 18 gigawatts (GW) of power from wind by 2020. The project will be one of the topics under discussion at the CHP/Renewables Conference & Exhibition on October 3rd. BERDROLA, through its UK subsidiary ScottishPower Renewables, has successfully The venue is located at Prince Philip House at 3 Carlton Icompleted the expansion of Whitelee wind farm in Scotland, which has become one of the House Terrace, an most iconic in Europe. Located south of Glasgow, before its expansion Whitelee already had historic Grade I listed the largest installed capacity of any wind farm in Europe, and has now increased its capacity building, overlooking The from 322 MW to 539 MW, thus consolidating itself as one of the largest wind power facilities in Mall and St James’s Park the world. and a short walk from This rise in capacity has been achieved through the installation of 75 wind turbines Trafalgar Square. manufactured by the French company Alstom: 69 ECO 100 wind turbines, each with a capacity Located less than 10 of 3 MW and 6 ECO 74 turbines, each with a capacity of 1.67 MW. Annual output at Whitelee minutes’ walk from will be equivalent to the electricity consumption of more than 300,000 Scottish households and Charing Cross station, will prevent the emission of 840,000 tonnes of CO2 every year. St. James's Park Tube This facility has become a symbol throughout Scotland of the acceptance of wind power as and Piccadilly Circus an engine for progress and job creation. Some 350 IBERDROLA and local suppliers’ Tube, Prince Philip employees have worked on the expansion of the wind farm and the full-time workforce House is at the heart of assigned to operation and maintenance has reached 49 people, making it one of the largest in Central London in the world. A key factor in Whitelee becoming a benchmark wind farm in the UK is the success prestigious St James. of the Whitelee Windfarm Visitor Centre which has been visited by 270,000 people since it was first opened in 2009. Built within the wind farm complex, the centre includes a range of interactive displays and exhibitions. A separate learning hub, staffed by Glasgow Science Fracking issues The biogas Centre experts, caters for school visits. The Chief Secretary to the experience ‐ a key Treasury, Danny Alexander, has revealed details from a energy source? British Geological Survey There are around 88 biogas UK Government Energy Bill will be under fire report which states that UK plants currently in the UK, but shale gas reserves are most are small-scale and are at London’s leading CHP/Renewables double the level previously used to generate electricity or thought. provide heating for factories Conference on October 3rd However, Britain is unlikely or farm estates. ne of the burning issues under consideration at October's Conference is the controversy to proceed with harvesting Roughly 100 million tonnes Osurrounding the Government's latest energy policy. As Claverton's Head of Energy these resources for the of material is produced in the Research, Dave Andrews, puts it during a recent interview with UK Power News: immediate future, with UK each year which could be "The UK Government's Energy plan involves a combination of subsidising big users to environmental groups tying used to generate biogas, but reduce their demand, and to get the power generating companies to bring mothballed gas up drilling projects in law- plants are extremely expen- plants back into service to deal with any spikes in energy consumption. suits, and communities sive to set up. “The fact is - large sections of the UK's coal-fired and nuclear capacity are slated to be closed uneasy at the prospect of The October 3rd Conference over the next five years, but the margins are too small and the uncertainties too great to persuade fracking. in London will consider key the power sector to build the necessary replacements. It is widely reckoned that £110bn of new The latest research from facilities such as the Prince of investment will be required to put things right,” he explains. Harvard on America’s shale Wales’ biogas plant just “The establishment of a minimum price for wind farm generation should lead to the construction revolution claims that output outside Poundbury. This is of some new capacity, offshore at least. But deep-seated opposition continues to make further there could almost triple, projected to use around onshore development almost prohibitive.” bringing almost incalculable 41,000 tonnes of maize, grass He concludes: “In the UK suppliers have extracted a heavy price – at £155 per megawatt hour, economic benefits. silage and food waste each it is three times the going rate for electricity generation, falling to only £135 in today’s prices by year. Among those sending 2018-19. This explodes the myth that a new ‘renewables regime’ would deliver affordable waste to this plant are Dorset energy, and indeed a lower price than current arrangements. In fact, this fixes high prices into the Cereals and the popular system for years to come.” House of Dorchester Right now the Energy Bill attracts considerable criticism. The private sector is being asked to chocolate factories. finance not a market opportunity but a politically determined goal – decarbonised electricity Around a fifth of the gas which supply. The consequent tensions are proving impossible to reconcile. Ministers have admitted a is generated onsite will also risk of power shortages in the UK within three years had been identified, but have insisted the be used to create electricity Government will not let that happen. for around 500 homes and for The power industry regulator Ofgem warned last month that the chances of Britain experiencing the plant itself, which is being a blackout had risen sharply and that industrial users could be asked to shut down factories at run by a consortium called JV peak times. “Things look serious,” concludes Dave Andrews. Energen. ABOUT THE CONFERENCE: To register FOR FREE as a delegate to listen to any of the lectures during the October 3rd, 2013, CHP, Renewables & Power Road Show simply go to the official website at www.gmp.uk.com and click on the box marked ‘REGISTER FREE’ ‐ it’s as easy as that. If you wish to reserve a booth/space on the exhibition floor email us on: [email protected] Stand sizes will be available in units of 3m x 1.5m only, with discounts available to Prince Philip House trade associations ‐ or for companies supporting more than one event. ‐ key London venue

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NEWSNEWS Help to weed out Gen‐sets ‐ in 2012 Edina supplies pot growers, the UK shipped engines to Oz Aggreko’s new Edina is to supply systems energy suppliers £1.29bn worth of and equipment to meet are asked equipment Australia’s technical needs in Energy suppliers are being developing its Anaerobic LinkTower deal enlisted into Britain's war on Digestion market. drugs, with new proposals As the sole UK and Ireland calling on them to hunt down distributor of MWM gas illegal cannabis farms costing engine generation units, households £70m a year in ‘ Edina is the market-leading stolen’ electricity. supplier of power generation Proposals by Ofgem have equipment to the Waste and suggested that UK energy AD Industry. companies could be fined or “The specific development for even lose their licence if they biogas utilisation, proven fail to investigate cases in the track record, and leading The UK currently has a fifth of electrical efficiency of the UK. the electric generator export The industry detects 25,000 MWM range made Edina the market globally, marginally obvious choice for supply and cases of electricity theft a ahead of its nearest rival year, and estimates it costs support to the Australian China. AD sector,” a company consumers a total of £200m Diesel or bi-fuel generating- or £7 per household. spokesman told UKPN. sets are often used as backup In collaboration with a lead- Ofgem reports that a third of or emergency power when he lighting tower manufacturer, Italy-based Tower all stolen electricity is used for ing Australian AD developer, Light S.r.l., has confirmed an initial order for twelve of the mains system fails, or to Edina is set to despatch the cannabis farms across the provide energy in remote its LinkTower lighting sets from the temporary power country. first 600kWe containerised areas off-grid. unit imminently and is looking rental giant Aggreko. The ‘farms’ use up to 40 In 2012 the UK generator T times more electricity than forward to delivering six The LinkTowers will be used for perimeter lighting at market shipped £1.29bn Aggreko’s power plant project in Mozambique. The power normal households, with a further units to Australia later worth of sets around the in 2013. plant is located on the Mozambique & South African border at typical farm of 500 plants world, with the majority of needing around 80 lights Edina provides diesel Ressano Garcia, 90 kilometres north-west of Maputo. those exports coming from generators ranging from switched on for at least 12 the sale of diesel-powered It is powered by natural gas from the Temane gas fields in hours. 10kVA to 25MVA. A plant may Mozambique and its output is injected into the national grids of generators, according to the comprise a single set or Between 2011 & 2012 around Association of Manufacturers Mozambique and South Africa. The power plant began a million cannabis plants multiple set configuration, operations in 2012, and will continue to supply power until July of Power generating Systems operating in parallel with the were seized by the (AMPS). This is the key trade 2014. authorities. Police analysts utility or running in island association which represents mode. Aggreko selected the LinkTower principally because up to report that organised crime the manufacturers. four units can be safely connected together – resulting in a row gangs now see growing the The figures are the latest of powerful lighting systems all from a single power source, drug as a low risk, highly boost to the manufacturing profitable business. mains or generator, resulting in a wide area can being industry, which has seen a properly illuminated from just one generator. most welcome and “stunning” Commenting on this purchase, Aggreko’s Ray McElhinney resurgence, according to told UKPN: “We have, in the past, installed street type lighting economists. poles around the perimeter. As we are a temporary power Componentry remains important. Overall sales provider we were looking for something that we could install include systems such as the quickly and also remove and reuse after we decommissioned fuel supply unit, a constant our plants. engine speed regulator “Towerlight was chosen as thei LinkTower was exactly what (governor) and a generator we were looking for as most other suppliers could only provide voltage regulator, cooling and a standard lighting tower with a generator installed which we exhaust systems, and didn’t require as we have enough generation”. lubrication systems. Aggreko plc is the world's largest temporary power generation company and a major supplier of temperature con- trol equipment, with its headquarters located in Glasgow. It has a fleet of more than 17,500 power generators and 194 service centres in 47 countries and customers in over 100 Distributed Energy countries..

Powertecnique Turner Group Storage for the UK wins £750k deal buys Iceni Marine UK-based Power specialist, The Turner Group Main Board Powertecnique, has been ihas announced a deal to awarded a £750,000 contract acquire Iceni Marine Services by main M&E contractors Limited. istributed energy storage (DES) is set to become a major growth sector according to Moixa Relabond and consultants The transaction is due to be DTechnology, an EU pioneer of smart direct current (DC) technologies and MASLOW smart Elementa to supply an emer- completed by early July 2013. storage systems for powering peak demand. gency power package to the A spokesman for Iceni Marine Maintaining electricity supplies during peak demand presents grid operators with several new Women’s and Children’s Services said: challenges aimed at keeping the lights on in the UK. Centre and Retained Estate “We are pleased to announce In a bid to help maintain grid stability, by matching power generation to energy demand, the at North Middlesex University the agreement at Seawork UK Government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is currently reviewing UK Hospital NHS Trust. International and see the energy storage demonstrator proposals in a £17m procurement competition. Moixa has The new building forms part integration of Iceni Marine submitted a bid to install MASLOW storage technology across 750 homes. of an £50m+ redevelopment Services into the Turner Leading the way in UK energy storage systems, MASLOW is a DES meter attached storage at the hospital, procured Group as an important step to system developed by Moixa. The technology helps reduce peak demand and lower energy bills under the P21+ scheme, strengthen our position within by shifting DC (direct current) loads from lighting, communications and electronic devices, to bat- which is being delivered by the Renewable Energy teries charged during low tariff times, from local renewable sources such as solar PV, or at times Principal supply chain partner Sector.” of excess wind supply. (PSCP) Kier. He concludes: “Together with With the continued growth of DC demand, MASLOW has the potential to improve the business Powertecnique will supply the Turner Group's business case and commercial opportunities for deploying grid-scale battery systems, and deliver end three fully automated experience and financial user efficiencies and resilience. 1.25MVA generators to oper- backing Iceni Marine Services Simon Daniel CEO Moixa commented: “The volatility of solar and wind resources has created ate in n+1 configuration in can continue its plans to grow negative electricity prices and renewable curtailment in parts of Europe. UK distribution network parallel with the mains, a alongside the UK and operators face similar issues and considerable infrastructure upgrade costs, to reduce voltage 60,000 litre fuel tank, emerging European Offshore issues caused by rising solar PV adoption, which could otherwise lead to local blackouts.” silencers and attenuation. wind industry.” or lost renewable revenue.”

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CHP for The power behind Grangemouth Forth Energy, a joint venture between Forth Ports Ltd and SSE plc, is the developer the lights at the F1 behind a CHP project ocated More UK at the Port of Grangemouth. Fuelled by wood refuse it will Singapore Grand generate 200 MW of heat and 120 MW of power. independent Extra power will go to the Prix national grid, while the heat will be supplied to industrial users in the surrounding area, generators which include chemical and oil refining facilities. There is also the potentila for A rapidly growing number of UK companies feel that to the plant to involve a district companies are now set on renewable generation is heating network in the independently generating delivering strong growth for Grangemouth area. renewable energy each year, the onsite renewables sector. The facility will need around says a new report by Their primary aims are to three years to construct, and SmartestEnergy. drive down energy bills and will involve at least 12 months Businesses with projects take advantage of feed-in consultations involving the boasting at least 50kW of tariff incentives. creation of detailed design & If you were lucky enough to see the 2012 F1 Singapore capacity increased by 24% to The biggest increase in engineering, specification. A Grand Prix - then you owe ComAp a debit of gratitude. Its 2,011 last year. independent generation last date of 2017 is the earliest it equipment provide key illumination for all the participants. These commercial scale year came from agricultural could be operational and Genpower generators installed with ComAp control projects now have a businesses, where 347 new generating heat and power, systems were there shining the spotlights on the world’s top combined capacity of more energy projects represented a says the developer. drivers through three nights of practice, qualifying and than 4.7GW, generating 74% increase on 2011, According to Forth Energy, throughout the race. £768m worth of power. generating more than £22m of around 300 jobs will be The 60-lap race, which took place last September 2012, Alaysis show that this revenue for the agricultural created during the build was located in the busy Marina Bay Street Circuit in accounts bfor 12% of all sector. stage, followed by a further 70 Singapore. renewable energy generation An analyst for permanent operational jobs Around the track were 24 individual 500 kVA Genpower in the UK. SmartestEnergy commented: based at the port. generators, powering 1,500 special light projectors around Specifically, the number of "For businesses and organi- the 5-km track. The power generated by the fleet of onsite projects developed by sations faced with steep rises generators fitted with electronic Volvo Penta engines was businesses on manufacturing in energy costs, investing in was the same as that needed to illuminate 15 full size or retail sites increased by their own renewable energy football pitches. 53% and generated more projects can generate The generators were located in pairs at strategic points than £80m worth of electricity, significant savings and help around the track, working in parallel with each other suggest figures from Ofgem. them remain competitive." operating at 60% of the gen-set nominal power, so regardless of what drama was occurring on track nothing could knock the show off-course. A spokesman told UKPN: “An event of this magnitude Alstom wins contract to retrofit IP doesn’t just need lighting. Beyond the track 12 further 50 kVA, InteliLiteNT AMF25 controlled Genpower generators were used to supply monitoring system along the track while the 500 kVA generators were not running during the turbines at Nottinghamshire plants day-time.” Alstom has been awarded a contract to retrofit intermediate pressure (IP) turbines at West To control the power required, Genpower’s Managing Burton and Cottam coal-fired power stations. The retrofit will improve the efficiency and extend Partner Bahadir Celim and his event team chose ComAp’ s the life of turbines at the two EDF Energy power stations. new InteliGenNTC BaseBox and InteliVision 8 combination. West Burton and Cottam power stations are both rated at 2,000 MW and are located in ComAp produces an extensive family of gen-set, generator Nottinghamshire in the East Midlands. and engine controllers providing comprehensive control. The contract entails replacing the inner cylinder and fitting a new rotor and blades on Cottam 2 Cutting-edge communication modules allow detailed and West Burton 1. The work will improve the heat rate, reset the life of the major IP turbine com- information from every generator to be received and ponents, and ensure lower maintenance costs for the remainder of their life. evaluated remotely, whether on a PC or smartphone. Steve Jones, Vice President Alstom Power Thermal Services, said: “We’ve already successful- Bahadir Celim explained the importance of reliability: ly carried out retrofits on both low pressure and high pressure turbines at both stations and look “When the world’s spotlight is on us we need to be certain forward to continuing our relationship with EDF as we help make their turbines more efficient and the light’s stayed on! ComAp provides a complete and reduce their maintenance costs.” reliable service so that we’re always in control of the power The work is due to be completed in Spring and Summer of 2014, with both turbines being being generated. installed within existing planned outage windows. The West Burton power stations are a pair of “The reliability of the paralleling capability and the overall power stations on the River Trent near Retford, in Nottinghamshire, England, located between controller flexibility, including the ability to customize screen Bole to the north and Sturton le Steeple to the south. One is a coal-fired power station, which was information are invaluable tools in the successful delivery of commissioned in 1968, and the second is a combined cycle gas turbine power station, due to be key infrastructure for one of the most logistically challenging commissioned in 2011. Both stations are owned and operated by EDF Energy. events in the world of sport.” The site is the furthest north of series of power stations in the Trent valley, being 3.5 miles downstream of the Cottam power stations. The Sheffield to Lincoln Line supplies the station with coal. A £600 million 1,270 MWe CCGT power station,running on natural gas, has been built next to the coal-fired sta- tion. The site supplies electricity to around 1.5 million homes. A new 12 mile-long gas pipeline is being built to link to the local National Gas Transmission System based at Grayingham in Lincolnshire. Around 1,000 people are involved in the construction. The plant will consist of three 430 MW gas turbines each with a heat recovery steam generator.

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New CHP plant Estover ‐ artist’s impression. Vitol announces Emperor cable for Kent plans to buy Renewable energy company, Estover Energy, has Immingham announced plans to develop a power plant £65m CHP plant in the South Swiss-based trader Vitol has cleats for RWW East, making a positive announced that it will buy the impact upon the region’s Immingham combined heat renewable energy sector. and power plant which The specialist company is supplies about 2% of the UK’s proposing to develop the local electricity supplies. The scale biomass plant on facility is located in North Discovery Park; a science Lincolnshire. and technology park based in This significantly reduces its The 1,220 megawatt plant, Sandwich, Kent, and will carbon footprint and reliance one of Europe's biggest supply renewable heat and on imported fossil fuel. The co-generation electricity electricity in park. wood fuel comes solely from producers, using water and The planned CHP plant will local forestry and woodland, gas to produce power, fuels also supply low carbon typically within an average two nearby oil refineries as electricity to the national grid, distance of 80 miles. well as supplying power to the supporting the UK’s national Discovery Park, Europe’s national grid. target to generate 15% of its leading science & technology The deal marks the first foray energy demand from renew- park, was chosen as the into power station ownership able sources by 2020. optimum location for the plant. for Vitol. The company The project represents an Following an extensive already owns oil terminals in inward investment of review, Estover Energy several countries, as well as approximately £80m to the located potential sites in the three refineries in Belgium, mperor cable cleats from Yorkshire manufacturer, Ellis area and will significantly South East with suitable Switzerland and the United are being installed on RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt bolster the local economy. industrial heat partners. Arab Emirates. E The site covers about 10 y Môr Offshore Wind Farm, which is under construction Around 100 jobs will be Trading companies have created during the acres of surplus industrial eight miles off the North Wales coast. increasingly begun to acquire construction period and up to land within the energy centre physical assets connected to The two billion euro development is currently one of the 40 permanent jobs, in that currently provides their trading businesses. largest offshore construction projects anywhere in Europe positions at the plant and a Discovery Park with heat and and when operational in 2014 will feature 160 turbines, further 20 jobs in the forestry electricity produced from which will generate enough energy to meet the annual and transport sector. burning fossil fuels. demands of 400,000 homes. The proposed facility would The location was chosen Ellis’ Emperor cable cleats were specified by RWE use conventional CHP steam because of its Enterprise through its UK distributor, ETS Cable Components. turbine technology - proven to Zone status and also due to its existing infrastructure, which Paul Nolan, Ellis’ UK sales manager, told UKPN: “This is be reliable and clean - to generate approximately 11 the CHP plant can use to sup- the kind of project that as soon as it’s announced it MW of power and 8MW of ply power to the whole of becomes imperative you secure the specification for it.” heat, which would be enough Discovery Park as it currently He said: “Not only is it one of the biggest construction energy to supply the stands and as it continues to projects in Europe, but I strongly believe it will play a major equivalent of 21,000 homes evolve and expand. role in placing wind power at the forefront of renewable with electricity. Estover Energy is intending energy source for years to come.” The biomass plant will use to submit a key planning Based in London, ETS is a specialist distributor of power locally sourced low-grade application for the CHP plant cable components, accessories and equipment. The wood fuel to generate renew- to Dover District Council in July, and if granted, work company was a founder member of Ellis’ worldwide able heat and power for the Park. would begin on site in 2014. network of distributors and has recently helped to secure specifications on projects such as London Array and West Burton Power Station. “Our network of distributors plays a vital role in the success of Ellis, and in ETS we have a partner that has been opening doors and helping us to secure important contracts for over 20-years,” concludes Nolan. Ellis’ cable cleats are designed and manufactured wholly in the UK and are used to secure electrical cables in a manner that can withstand the forces generated by the cables, including those generated during a short circuit fault. Its Emperor cleats not only provide ultimate corrosion protection, even in the harshest of environments, but they are quick and easy to install, and feature an integral LSF zero halogen polymeric liner and base pad that protects and cushions cables during short circuit conditions.

RWE npower renewables’ Gwynt y CHP/District Heating is at the heart of Môr Offshore Wind Farm, which is under construction eight miles the Ibroxholm Development at Govan off the North Wales Due for completion on August 12th, 2013, the Ibroxholm Oval tower block development at Govan coast. in Glasgow, Scotland will employ an advanced CHP system. Once completed it will form the UK’s largest mid-market rental project. A combined heat-and-power system will warm the homes through a network of underground pipes. District heating involves distributing heat generated in a centralised location for residential and commercial heating requirements such as space heating and water heating. The heat is often obtained from a cogeneration plant burning fossil fuels but increasingly biomass, although heat- only boiler stations, geothermal heating and central solar heating are also used. District heating plants can provide higher efficiencies and better pollution control than localised boilers. District heating with combined heat and power (CHPDH) is the cheapest method of cutting carbon emissions, and has one of the lowest carbon footprints of all fossil generation plants. George Kirk, currently Cities Director at ScottishPower Energy Networks, tells UKPN: “Pioneering projects like this also allow our engineers to gain greater insight and understanding of the way combined heat and power systems will integrate with the electricity distribution network in the future.”

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ElectraTherm installs We might run Electricity storage facility at Green Machine at a out of power in Leighton Buzzard gets go‐ahead the UK? says Czech biogas plant Ofgem lectraTherm, a leader in small- The danger of power Escale, waste heat to power shortages in the UK by the generation, has just installed a Green middle of the decade has Machine at a biogas plant in Slapanov, risen, according to industry Czech Republic, in its second regulator Ofgem. collaboration with biogas plant Spare power production constructor EnviTec. capacity could fall as low as Plans for a cutting-edge electricity storage facility at ElectraTherm and its distributor, GB 2% in two years' time, Leighton Buzzard have been granted planning permission, Consulting, recently commissioned an increasing the risk of and could pave the way for others across the UK. ElectraTherm Green Machine in to blackouts. UK Power Networks, which distributes electricity in the generate additional power and to increase energy efficiency More investment in power East of England, London and the South East, last month onsite, and the machine has accrued more than 2,500 hours with generation and other action is received consents to build the energy storage facility at a greater than 98% availability, as of May 2013. needed to truly protect substation site in the town. The company liaised closely with the council and local The Green Machine was added at a biogas power facility with consumers, Ofgem said. residents over the last year in order to reach the agreement a GE Jenbacher 700kWe internal combustion engine running off Andrew Wright, the and ensure the development meets local requirements. manure and corn biogas. The Green Machine gets its heat from a regulator's chief executive, Nick Heyward, UK Power Networks’ project director for water loop extracted from the Jenbacher’s jacket water and said: "Britain's energy Smarter Network Storage, said: “The granting of consents exhaust gas at 100°C. The machine produces 25-35kWe, and industry is facing an for the storage facility is an important milestone for the excess heat is also used to supply heat to local buildings, assist unprecedented challenge to Smarter Network Storage project, and ensures that we can in the digestion process and to dry wood. secure supplies." move forward by deferring or avoiding the significant ElectraTherm’s patented Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC) The global financial crisis, rebuild of the electricity network which would have other- technology begins with hot water entering the Green Machine, tough emissions targets, the wise been needed at Leighton Buzzard. “This innovative installation will also provide a leading test where it heats a working fluid into a pressurised vapour. The high UK's increasing dependency bed for exploring the capabilities and economics of high- pressure vapour expands through ElectraTherm’s patented twin on gas imports, and the voltage energy storage, which is very useful for the screw power block, spinning an electric generator to produce closure of ageing power industry.” fuel-free, emission-free power. After turning the expander, the stations were all contributing The project is due to install a 6MW/10MWh ‘big battery’ at vapour is condensed back into liquid through the use of a liquid to the heightened risk of one of the town’s main substation sites by the end of 2014. loop radiator.“GB Consulting has more Green Machines installed shortages, Ofgem argues. The device will be the largest of its kind located on a in the Czech Republic than any other OR technology that we distribution network in the UK. The project aims to help know of,” comments Lok Selveraj, CEO of GB Consulting. decrease the future costs of energy storage in the UK and Plastic waste is a increase network investment efficiency, supporting the adoption of more low carbon technologies on the electricity key fuel for today’s network. Alstom in €16m power plants The project will involve a range of commercial and techni- cal trials to explore and improve the economics of electrical Vietnam deal energy storage, allowing storage to benefit the electricity Alstom has signed Recycling Technologies, a manufacturer of energy-from- system in a number of sustainable and flexible ways. two important contracts The big battery will be used as an alternative method to which are worth waste equipment capable of generating electricity from traditional network reinforcement; reducing the immediate around €16 million, with the need for upgrading the electricity network to accommodate key company, the National mixed plastic waste, has been running its testing and low carbon technologies and add flexibility to reduce the Power & Transmission capacity constraints at the site. Corporation (NPT), a manufacturing plant for the past three months at the The project secured £13.2 million of funding from the subsidiary of Vietnam regulator, Ofgem, through the Low Carbon Network Fund in Electricity Group (EVN). South Marston Industrial Estate in Swindon. November 2012. Alstom will supply primary Wood Group in This will be the first time that big battery of this size has equipment and materials for The company was spun out of the University of Warwick in been used in this way by a UK distribution network the 500/220 kV My Tho and Kazack deal operator. The significant knowledge and learning from the Vinh Tan substations in KTRWG Turbine Services 2011, with assistance from Warwick Ventures Ltd, the trials, which will be shared with other network operators, South Vietnam. Alstom will LLP, a new joint venture trade associations, the Government and Ofgem, will provide all electrical materi- company set up by the UK’s university’s leading research commercialisation company. support the industry in assessing the full potential of electri- als and equipment, as well Wood Group and the Kazak cal storage, enabling more efficient use of storage in the as supervisory services for company KazTurboRemont The plant is currently manufacturing a fuel called future and reducing overall costs for customers. the 500/220 kV air-insulated (KTR) has been announced. UK Power Networks wants to keep the local community substations. The joint venture (JV), has WarwickFBR, which is designed to produce heat and informed of developments, before and throughout The 500 kV My Tho and been established to focus on construction on site, which is likely to start in the autumn. Vinh Tan substations are major maintenance services electricity from plastic - normally destined for landfill - The company will be working closely with Central key projects for infra- for turbomachinery and its Bedfordshire Council and the community to minimise structure development in associated key rotating using a process called Pyrolysis. disruption - for example, by ensuring adequate traffic Southern Vietnam. Once equipment, including new management for the project duration. completed, the My Tho sub- compressors and industrial According to the waste giant Viridor, 85% of plastic in the Project Director Nick Heyward said: “We want to take the station will provide key gas turbines used in local community along with us on what will be an exciting electricity for the Mekong applications in a number of UK is still landfilled. Recycling Technologies say that its and important innovative development for the distribution of Delta region. Caspian Projects. electricity. This project will have an impact not only for The 500 kV Vinh Tan sub- Under the agreement, the technology can eliminate this loss of a valuable fuel source Leighton Buzzard but also nationally. What we learn here station will connect the Vinh joint venture will be named will be vital for future similar schemes.” Tan Thermal Power KTRWG Turbine Services by turning it instead into Complex, the biggest LLP with Wood Group GTS electricity and heat. thermal power complex in and KTR holding an equal Vietnam, to the national share of 50% each. power grid, with a planned With a potential investment of total capacity of 5,600 MW. almost €4m in people, The 500 kV My Tho and equipment and training, the Vinh Tan substations will be JV will enable the transfer of the first in Vietnam to use a both knowledge and tech rated short circuit current of nology into the region. 63 kA - 3s for primary “By collaborating with Wood equipment - as per the new Group GTS we are strength- requirement set by the ening our capabilities, which Ministry of Industry. allows us to develop and expand,” says the company.

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NEWSNEWS Boulton Group Magnox decom Sustainable wind Black Hole particle provides energy contract won by projects handled support for STW VELA alliance by AECOM The North-West based AECOM has been appointed Engineering Services & with AMEC by PNE WIND UK, the UK simulator needs operations company, Boulting subsidiary of German wind Group, is providing high farm developer PNE WIND quality technical support for AG, to provide Environmental several Severn Trent Water Impact Assessment and just 10 Watts (STW) power resilience planning services for the schemes at a number of their development of seven hat does the world of water treatment works. onshore wind farms in Windependent power The work ranges from the Scotland. gensets & batteries have provision of a generator AECOM’s multi-disciplinary to do with black holes and connection point to enable a team will be led from the quick connection to the switch Edinburgh office and will quantum mechanics? board from a mobile include technical specialists Well, thanks to a new generator, to the installation of from its environment, unit based on 10-watt large permanently installed The Jacobs Engineering transportation and energy capacitor banks, the diesel generators operating Group Inc. has announced businesses, reports the mysteries of Deep Space under Short Term Operating that its VELA alliance with company. can now be replicated in a Reserve (STOR) agreements AMEC was awarded a James Smith, director of relatively small area not with the National Grid. contract by Magnox Limited to power and energy within much bigger than a Projects vary in scope provide project management AECOM’s key European cricket-pitch. according to the size of the resources in support of environmental & energy site and the geographic area Magnox’s UK decommission- operations comments: An innovative device that is being served. ing program. “Currently AECOM’s wind developed in collaboration Boulting Group’s main Officials did not disclose the energy EIA and planning team between the University of involvement has been to work contract value, but noted that is providing technical advice Michigan and Queen's University Belfast, it is just 10 directly with STW’s Asset the Project Management and solutions on 25 square metres in size. It can produce energetic bursts of Creation team, and their Resource Partnership developments across the UK positrons as dense as those produced by the giant particle- contractor NMC Nomenca, to agreement is an extension of totaling more than 850MW. factories at CERN. Best of all, it take absolutely minimal provide engineering and the Magnox Resource We have the capability to power. technical support for the Transfer Protocol which was prepare seven EIAs Dr Gianluca Sarri told UKPN: “The laser energy was of key installation of large first established with Jacobs and planning applications permanent generators and a and AMEC in 2011. simultaneously.” about 1J per shot. Since the electrical energy to laser turnkey solution for the energy efficiency is of the order of 1%, a laser shot integration of these into the Boulting AECOM requires approximately 100J of electrical energy. This existing distribution systems. energy is released by capacitor banks which charge up on The aim of this project is to a time-scale of ten seconds; the electrical power needed ensure STW customers for a laser shot is thus, in our system, of approximately 10 continue to receive water sup- Watts. “ plies in the event of a major Dr Sarri’s smaller, cheaper machine might help labs power failure at any particular around the world study deep-space objects such as the water treatment works. Boulting has been working powerful radiation jets emitted by black holes. directly with STW for over 11 Antiparticles annihilate on contact with ordinary years and were recently mattermaking it hard to produce and study them on Earth. awarded a third consecutive The vast particle physics project at CERN near Geneva, framework for ICA. Switzerland, has been successfully creating antimatter fbut it has proved costly for the teams at CERN and has required an 190-metre-long track. A breakthrough came when a team headed by Dr Gianluca Sarri at Queen's University Belfast, UK, found a way to generate rapid laser bursts to make positrons in their smaller, budget device. The laser pulse ionises inert helium gas, generating a stream of high-speed electrons. This electron beam is directed at a thin metallic foil so that it crashes into metal atoms, releasing a jet of electrons and positrons. Christened the ‘antimatter gun’ because it produces ‘bullets’ of positrons lasting just 30 femtoseconds (quadrillionths of a second). Although they are only short in duration, the beams contain a quadrillion positrons per cubic centimetre, says Sarri. This means they offer positron densities as good as the ones created at CERN. Dr Sarri feels his equipment is more practical and cheaper than others in operation around the world: "They Atkins in £2m DONG Cumbria contract produce streams of positrons which are extremely broad, Atkins has won a contract with DONG Energy Wind Power worth £2 million to extend one of their whereas our jet is a hundred times narrower and remains existing wind farms. pencil-like as it propagates", he concludes. "This is similar The Walney Offshore Wind Farm consists of 102 turbines, each with a capacity of 3.6MW, mak- to the powerful streams of matter-antimatter observed ing it one of the biggest of its kind in the world. The extension will cover an area of 145 km2 and outside pulsars and black holes." is fully owned by DONG Energy. Located approximately 15km off Walney Island, Cumbria, in the UK’s Irish Sea, the farm provides clean electricity for approximately 320,000 UK households. Atkins’ role in this extension programme, which will run until 2016, will involve the concept design, detailed design and support during fabrication and final installation of two offshore sub- Black hole: now available stations including both the jackets and topsides. Atkins’ technical expertise and experience in off- in a tabletop version shore engineering factored heavily in securing this contract. thanks to Dr. Sarri and his Brian Lauritsen, engineering manager, DONG Energy, told UKPN: “As a market leader DONG team at Queen’s Energy has always used high class consultancies for our work. Atkins’ deep pedigree in offshore University, Belfast. engineering from their 40 years of oil and gas experience, combined with their sector knowledge of our offshore renewable, meant they were our first choice for the extension of Walney Offshore wind farm.” Dave Parkin, head of power and renewable at Atkins, concludes: “This contract will further demonstrate our design capability to the offshore substation market and cements our position as a leading engineering and design consultancy in the offshore renewables sector.”

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NEWSNEWS Morris Site Machinery Celebrates 40 Years of Trading Success Leading on-site power equipment supplier, Morris Site Machinery, celebrated two momentous milestones this week, the 40th anniversary since the business formerly known as Arc-gen Ltd, was founded and an impressive 25 years trading relationship with its main supplier from Japan, Denyo. Customers, suppliers and employees gathered at the VIP event to unveil its refurbished state of the art Head Office premises at Four Ashes in Wolverhampton. hris Morris, Chief Executive told UK Power News: “Today Cmarks a significant milestone in our company’s history. We are very proud of our trading heritage and our continued commitment to innovation within the site machinery sector. He said: “We are equally proud of our relationships and today’s celebrations are testament to this as we welcome Denyo's President Koga San and Director & Chief Executive for International Sales & Marketing, Mizuno San, who have travelled 5,000 miles from Tokyo to join us." Chris Morris represents the fifth generation of the family business Morris & Company which acquired the business, formerly ArcGen Hilta, in 2006. Today, the business supplies market leading and global brands for the UK hire, construction, oil and gas, rail and events industries and is rapidly expanding its international reach across Australasia, South America and Africa. The refurbished premises were officially opened by the Denyo President, Koga San, who underlined the value and trust which marks the 25-year partnership between the two companies. However, the day of celebration didn’t stop there, with three of Morris Site Machinery’s long standing employees also celebrating key milestones in their career history: Debbie McCormack, John Brogan and Mick Collins have amassed over 95 years of service between them. Phil Winnington, Commercial Director, said: “It's so good to see so many of our valued customers and suppliers here today to celebrate 40 successful years. We are equally proud of the outstanding achievement from three of our much valued and dedicated colleagues - a great reflection of the passion we share for customer service, quality and professionalism." The continued investment in both Morris Site Machinery's family of leading brands and the recently expanded Four Ashes site follows the business's most successful trading on year on record.

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Isle of Wight gets New biomass plant Wallingford’s new new CHP system based on sewage CHP plant has an A project to use gas produced for Kent, UK by Southern Water’s Sandown sewage plant to 84%+ fuel efficiency generate electricity is in final testing. The new £700,000 CHP plant being installed at the works, could produce enough power for 750 homes, by capturing and burning biogas produced as part of the treatment process. The gas provides up to Agrivert's new Wallingford which is converted at high 2.5GWh to power and heat anaerobic digestion facility is efficiency to electricity and the works, with any surplus helping to deliver a sustain- heat using a gas engine CHP exported to the National Grid. able solution to both waste plant installed by Clarke The CHP plant, which is treatment and renewable Energy being installed by Cogenco energy production in • Clarke Energy installs, underwent its final testing last Oxfordshire. commissions and tests month. The anaerobic digester engine's connection to the The treatment works serves processes food waste collect- grid in record time. The more than 138,000 people VV Energie has begun work building a new biomass power ed from Oxfordshire County new Wallingford Anaerobic across the north of the Island, Mplant close to Sittingbourne in Kent. The project is being Council and other local Digestion facility is able to dealing with wastewater flows implemented by MVV Environment Ridham Ltd, an English sources and produces biogas, treat 45,000 tonnes of food of 840 litres a second. subsidiary of MVV Energie. which is used in a combined waste which are collected in Located at Ridham Dock, an industrial port on the river heat and power (CHP) plant, Oxfordshire each year. It Swale, this power plant will use old and waste timber to achieving fuel efficiency in utilises two GE Power & generate electricity and heating energy. excess of 84%. Water, state-of-the-art high- The anaerobic digestion “This represents our first investment in biomass-based efficiency JGMC416GS-BL facility delivers a number of Jenbacher gas engines. energy generation abroad,” Dr. Georg Müller, CEO of MVV benefits including: The biogas engines are Energie, tells WIP. “We will be drawing on the same wealth of • Food waste is diverted from capable of producing a com- technological and operating expertise that has already made landfill and is used to create bined output of 4.7MW of us one of the market leaders in the biomass business in enough renewable electricity renewable energy in the form Germany.” to power 6,000 average UK of 2.4MWe electricity and The company is investing around €140 million (approx. homes 2.30MWth heat. The heat is £118 million) in the power plant. MVV Energie already • Agrivert's digester produces used to keep the digesters at operates three biomass power plants in Germany with a biogas, a key renewable fuel the correct temperatures. throughput of 370,000 tonnes of waste timber a year. “Building the power plant in Ridham Dock will enable us to benefit from the attractive conditions on offer in the UK,” Clarke Energy wins orders from Tamar reports Paul Carey, Managing Director of MVV Environment Ridham. “The plant will have a high energy efficiency rate, absolutely state-of-the-art technology and make a valuable for biogas & CHP systems contribution towards ecological energy generation.” The power plant at Ridham Dock will use old timber to larke Energy has won a series of major orders with Tamar Energy, a developer of generate both electricity and heating energy. The power Canaerobic digestion projects in the UK, to supply combined heat and power systems for its plant has a net capacity of 23MW and will generate almost biogas plants. 188 million kilowatt-hours of green electricity a year. The Tamar Energy is a renewable energy business which focuses solely on anaerobic digestion. plant will be able to supply neighbouring industry with Tamar Energy has the long-term aim of building a UK network of 40 plants and producing environmentally-friendly heating energy, says MVV Energie. 100MW of renewable base-load electricity. The UK Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Department for Energy Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) recently presented their Anaerobic Digestion Strategy and Action Plan. This plan outlines a road map for increasing energy from waste through anaerobic digestion as part of their commitment to be the ‘greenest Government ever’ with a target of supporting up to 3- 5 Terawatt hours of electricity from anaerobic digestion by 2020. Tamar Energy has placed initial orders with Clarke Energy for four of GE Power & Water’s J420 and two J416 containerised Jenbacher gas engines. GE Jenbacher gas engines are renowned for their electrical efficiency and robust performance on challenging gases such as biogas. The gas engines are fitted with heat exchangers to facilitate cogeneration, and recovering heat as hot water for use in the heating of the digesters and in pasteurisation. The gas engines’ performance What the Ridham Dock project will look like. will be supported by Clarke Energy’s service network which is the largest network of dedicated gas engine service engineers in the UK. Anaerobic digestion plants that utilise gas engines are able to generate base-load renewable electricity. This contrasts with wind turbines and photovoltaic panels which typically generate only when the wind blows or the sun shines. In addition, their ability to produce digestate a soil improver that is pasteurised by the heat from CHP engines can be used to offset energy intensive chemical fertilisers.

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NEWSNEWS ETI commissions three consortia in Butlins Skegness £2.8m contract gets Cogenco­ The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has recently commissioned three consortia to design an advanced waste Dalkia CHP system Eco Sustainable gasifier capable of achieving high electrical efficiencies beyond existing technologies. Solutions wins AD These consortia will compete to develop a plant to demonstrate the highest Output Award possible efficiencies for plants operating at a commercial scale of between 5 and 20 Weltec Biopower customer, pasteurised at the site. megawatts (MWe) output. Eco Sustainable Solutions The energy usage of this The winning plant could be Ltd. were awarded with the plant is exemplary. The heat designed, built, tested and in The AD Output Award at the generated from the process is operation by 2016. recovered and sent via a Royal Dahlman is one of prestigious REA Organics three companies that have Recycling Awards for their pipeline to be used at an adjacent feed mill. Electricity been commissioned to deliver Anaerobic Digestion facility in generated at the Weltec plant a full Front End Engineering Piddlehinton, Dorset. The is also fed to the neighboring Design study. ogenco, Dalkia's specialist CHP provider, has supplied a Weltec Biopower biogas plant mill, when this is not opera- Royal Dahlman has Cnew CHP system to the famous Butlins holiday resort in impressed the jurors with the tional, the power is fed to the assembled a consortium of Skegness. best overall concept. National Grid. British, American, Swiss and The 120kWe CHP plant will provide heating and electricity for Weltec Biopower planned The digestate produced by Dutch development partners who each plan to bring their the resort, which caters for 1.5 million holiday makers each and built the facility, which the plant, which is in the process of gaining PAS 110 individual and specialist skills year. was commissioned in 2012. to the team which together will The plant utilises 20,000 tons accreditation, is collected and Cogenco's CHP is a packaged system designed for smaller used by local farmers. The pave the way for a forward of food waste a year and commercial sites, and has been sized to deliver significant jury of the award emphasised thinking and exciting piece of generates an electrical output technology. savings compared with electricity supply from the grid and the innovative use of the of 498 kilowatts per hour. The plant’s output by local running separate heating systems – as well as reducing CO2 plant is fed by local authority businesses. emissions. collected food waste as well A spokesman said: “Eco In this application, waste energy from the electricity as out-of-date food products Sustainable Solutions Ltd. is generation plant is fed through an exchanger to provide which prior to digestion delighted with winning the heating for showers, pools and rooms. unpackaged, sorted and award. “ Mike Crowther, operations director at Butlins, told WIP that the new system is curently allowing the Butlins resort to provide electricity and heating to the indoor health spa and Team Burtonwood raises £1,000 for Splash Waterworld pool complex, while considerably reducing its costs. The 2013 Integral Cyclearoundabit Crowther explains: "Dalkia's CHP technology has enabled us to lower our energy bills and maintenance costs, whilst continuing to reduce carbon emissions significantly." Challenge He says: "With long-term commitments to energy efficiency and carbon reduction, we required an efficient on-site CHP system that could provide a heating solution to our swimming facilities, which are in constant use throughout the day." As part of Dalkia’s cogeneration plant management package, the company is pledged to provide clients with: * Uninterrupted Energy Supply at Reduced Cost * Guaranteed total energy efficiency reducing the amount of primary energy used by up to 40%. * Local energy management based on an ongoing optimum choice of available energy sources, including gas, power, hot water, steam and other primary energies. * Secure heat and power supply to the site. Dalkia’s CHP technology is said to create a significantly reduced environmental impact, with greenhouse gas emissions reduced by more than 30%, rising to up to 60% when cogeneration replaces fuel oil or coal, avoiding the emission of up to 500 grams of carbon dioxide per kWh produced. n 8 strong team from Burtonwood Generator & Switchgear Services joined 100 riders from Amajor customer Integral; some of its key suppliers and customers in a sponsored bike ride following a circular route from Integral's Bristol office. Altogether, £1,000 was raised in sponsorship. The one-day event held last month, on 8th June 2013, involved a choice of two routes riding either a total of 100 or a slightly easier 30 miles. The 100-mile route (via Slimbridge and Symonds Yat through the Forest of Dean to Tintern Abbey then back across the Severn Bridge) followed miles of country lanes, canal tow paths and quiet roads along an undulating route split into five stages to allow the teams of riders to participate in as much or as little as they could over the total 100 mile distance. The 30 mile route also provided an option for the less athletic to participate. Taking part again, and leading from the front, Managing Director Keith Littler tells UKPN: " We enjoyed the event so much last year that we had to get involved again this year. We managed to get 5 out of our 8 riders to complete the whole distance. A significant achievement both for the individuals and the team!" He concludes: “We raised £1,000 for St Rocco's Hospice at Warrington, our chosen charity."

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NEWSNEWS New island for Last turbine is the North Sea Tractebel Engineering’s key subsidiary company IMDC (International Marine & successfully Dredging Consultants) is currently a leading support for Belgium’s top electricity installed at transmission system operator Avantha wins Elia in the full design, development and realisation Thornton Bank of the Artificial Island, called Alpha in the North Sea, off the €3.5m deal UK. The island will serve as an offshore connection for the future offshore windmill farms The Avantha Group Company boost power supplies to meet to the Belgian Offshore Grid CG has been awarded a the growing residential (BOG). contract worth €3.5m for the demand besides reinforcing This grid consists of 2 OHVS design, engineering, supply, the transmission grid and platforms and the necessary installation & commissioning improving reliability, efficiency submarine interconnection of a “WINDSUB” (wind farm and power quality. cables to bring the offshore substation) at the 75 MW The total 150GWh of installed wind energy to the onshore Seine Rive Gauche Nord wind capacity will produce electrical grid in Zeebrugge. farm in France, located in the electricity for over 55,000 IMDC will evaluate different Aube department on the left households with an estimated options for the construction of bank of the river. reduction in emissions of the island and prepare a CG will also be responsible 130.000 tons of CO2 per year. reference design and tender for upgrading/building the The project is scheduled for documents. Finally, it will overall electrical system. completion by mid-2014. assist Elia with selecting a uly 4th, 2013: the last turbine at the offshore wind farm The project scope includes all Substations include new proper contractor for these Thornton Bank was successfully installed. This means that electrical, mechanical and equipment to protect and challenging marine works. J civil engineering works, the installation of all 48 wind turbines off the UK coast, with control the flow of electric supply of two 45 MVA step-up power, transform voltage a combined capacity of 325 megawatts (MW), is now power transformers, medium levels. complete. voltage and high voltage Air CG secured this second With the generated electricity the power plant can supply Insulated Switchgear (AIS), project in the French renew- around 600,000 Belgian households every year. In the third key Substation Automation able sector after the 225kV and final phase of the wind farm, a total of 24 turbines of the System (SAS), buildings and wind substation was six-MW-class have been erected, which together have an ancillaries. commissioned in 2011 for installed capacity of 148 MW. Six of these had already been The substation will help to VALECO’s wind farm “Les connected to the grid in 2012. Around 18 turbines are integrate wind energy and monts de Lacaune”. planned to be commissioned in the upcoming weeks. Thornton Bank offshore wind farm is situated 30 kilometres off the coast in waters up to 30 metres deep. The first phase BREAKING NEWS: Aggreko brings of the wind farm, comprising six 5 megawatt plants, first came into operation in 2009. Thornton Bank wind farm is one of the largest project- 220MW of gas powered plants online financed offshore wind farms in Europe. In all, eight UK-based Aggreko plc, a world commercial European banks, the European Investment Bank leader in the supply of temporary power and temperature control, and the German and Danish export credit agencies have has brought on-line two gas-fired provided approximately 900 million euros in finance and ven- power plants in Africa with an ture capital. The total investment amounts to approximately aggregate capacity of 220 MW. €1.3 billion . With 27%, RWE Innogy is the biggest shareholder In Côte d'Ivoire, Aggreko has of the Thornton Bank Wind Farm. successfully commissioned 100 MW of additional generation, taking the Due to the strong prevailing winds, countries on the North total capacity of the Vridi plant to 200 Sea, particularly Germany and Denmark, have used the shore MW. On 1 July, 2013, the new for wind power since the 1990s. The North Sea is the home of capacity was officially inaugurated one of the first large-scale offshore wind farms in the world, by the Prime Minister of Côte d'Ivoire, His Excellency, Daniel Horns Rev 1, completed in 2002. Since then many other wind Kablan Duncan, during a ceremony farms have been commissioned in the North Sea, including at the project site in the capital Thanet in the UK and Horns Rev 2 in Denmark. Abidjan. The expansion of offshore wind farms has met with some The event was also attended by the resistance. Concerns have included shipping collisionsand UK Minister for Africa, The Right Honourable Mark Simmonds MP environmental effects on ocean ecology and wildlife such as and the Côte d'Ivoire Minister of fish and migratory birds, however, these concerns were found Mines and Energy, The Honourable to be negligible in a long-term study in Denmark released in Adama Toungara. Senior 2006 and again in a UK government study in 2009. management of CI-Energies and Aggreko were also in attendance. On June 15th Aggreko also completed the commissioning of 122 MW of gas-fired plant at Ressano Garcia in Mozambique. This second phase of what is the world's first cross-border interim power plant is now supplying 90 MW to NamPower, the Namibian state utility and 32 MW to EDM, the Mozambican electricity supply utility. The total capacity installed in Ressano Garcia now exceeds 230 MW, and the capacity is being shared between Namibia, South Africa and Mozambique. The additional 122 MW was brought online 13 weeks from the date contracts were signed with NamPower and EDM. With these two plants coming on-line, Aggreko now has around 1,000 MW of gas-fired power plants operational. Rupert Soames, Chief Executive of Aggreko told UKPN: "We have invested some £300 million in gas-powered technology over the last five years, and it now accounts for around 40% of our Power Project's revenues. For those customers who have access to gas, it is significantly cheaper and cleaner than liquid fuel alternatives".

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Broadcrown Renewable Energy Ltd has won a contract for research into the development of a sustainable solution for the utilisation of poultry litter. Northern Ireland Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill have just announced the research deal.

roadcrown Renewable Energy Ltd plant can create energy from municipal waste "We have specialises in the design of waste to at efficiencies higher than previously energy power systems - the produced in the industry at this scale. always Bconversion of renewable feedstock The challenge is that the plant must into electricity and high value fuels. demonstrate an industry leading net overall looked for a These systems are based on a power operational efficiency of at least 25%. generation technology known as gasification. Stage one of this project (the design phase) better way of Gasification converts many types of biomass, will continue for 10 months and phase two municipal, industrial and agricultural waste (construction phase) will be awarded to the doing things, into a clean synthetic gas (syngas). selected winning design. This would then be The broiler poultry sector in Northern Ireland taken forward to build and be operational by reducing is a significant part of the local economy. 2015, operating as a demonstration site for up However, approximately 260ktpa (thousand to two years. energy tonnes per annum) of poultry litter is created This project is thought to be the first time a and this could rise to 400ktpa within 5 - 10 total system approach for a waste to energy consumption, He concludes: “These commissions are a years. gasification facility of this size has been welcome endorsement of our commitment to Traditionally, the industry has relied on considered in an R&D project. increasing providing the best engineering expertise and spreading the litter on agricultural land, but Broadcrown will design a high-efficiency delivering systems to the highest standard." this practice is no longer sustainable. demonstration facility with an electrical output power Broadcrown Ltd designs and manufactures Poultry litter has a relatively high phosphorus between 2 and 3 MWe using a robust yet standard and bespoke power generation content and phosphate losses via run-off, highly scaleable concept that promotes waste outputs, systems from 6kVA to +30MVA for a diverse contributes to nutrient enrichment of streams, management and power generation at a local range of applications up to 30MVA. rivers and lakes. level rather than large scale centralised meeting the Established in 1976 in Hixon, Staffordshire, Action to address nutrient enrichment is powerplants. the Broadcrown Group now comprises two required by EU legislation and further action is Broadcrown Ltd will be partnering with major demands of manufacturing plants in the UK and an required in relation to the management of European and American technology international network of offices on all poultry litter before the next Nitrates Action companies including a gas engine tomorrow .” Continents. Program is agreed with the European manufacturer to demonstrate a combined Commission in 2014. cycle with unprecedented efficiency using For further information on Broadcrown The challenge therefore, is to find innovative, syngas. ­ David Renewable Energy contact: Chris Connors, appropriate, economic and sustainable David Borgman, Managing Director, told Business Development Manager , solutions to reducing phosphorus surpluses; UKPN: "We have always looked for a better Borgman, MD tel +44 (0) 1889 272239, end-to- end solutions which will be capable of way of doing things, reducing energy email: [email protected] being delivered whilst maintaining on-farm consumption, increasing power outputs and www.broadcrownre.com biosecurity and will be fully compliant with all meeting the demands of tomorrow.” www.broadcrown.com relevant legislation and regulations. Broadcrown proposes to develop and Poultry litter is at the heart of Broadcrown Renewable Energy ‘s tangibly demonstrate a commercially viable new gasification project. and environmentally acceptable concept for a distributed co-generation power plant. The plant process will use gasification to extract the energy content in poultry litter and convert it into a fuel gas. The char byproduct will be refined to extract phosphates. This first phase contract has been awarded to several companies. Phase 1 stage will take six months. Robust and viable proposals shall then be selected for Phase 2 prototype development. This project follows on the heels of Broadcrown securing a contract with the Energy Technologies Institute in April 2013. Along with two other companies Broadcrown was selected to design and develop a commercially viable demonstration plant in the UK. The aim of this ETI commissioned / funded £2.8m project will be to demonstrate how a

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Centrax, the leading UK power generation packaging specialist, has expanded its major presence in the French power generation market with the sale of three more gas turbine packages, reports UKPN.

wo CX501-KB7 units have been In February 2013 Centrax completed one of “Two CX501­ ordered by DALKIA. One is for the its highest-profile installations in recent years Omnitherm district heating plant in with the commissioning of its first Siemens KB7 units TValence, near Lyon, where the new CX400 package. 5.2MW package is replacing two existing The 12MW unit is now meeting 40% of the have been KB7s that have been in service since 2000 hot water demand of the French city of and have reached the end of their 12-year Versailles, on the outskirts of Paris, while also ordered by EdF contract. producing electricity for sale to French power The second unit will equip the Gie Evry district utility EDF. DALKIA. One heating plant in the south-west of Paris, The Versailles sale also further enhances the replacing a Turbomeca TM5000 that Centrax impressive Centrax track record with power is for the has maintained for the past seven years. company COFELY, which now operates 23 The second French customer to select the Centrax units at installations in France and the Omnitherm CX501-KB7 is the energy company COFELY. UK. Its new KB7 is destined for the Chambery The combined heat and power installation at district plant of gypsum producer Placoplatre, where Versailles is the first Siemens gas turbine to it will be used for direct drying of gypsum. It be packaged by Centrax since the two com- heating plant replaces a TM5000 with 12 years of past panies forged an agreement that enables service. Centrax to market the SGT-300 and SGT-400 in Valence, Centrax will deliver all three units this summer gas turbines. Centrax completed the installa- In addition to this latest order, Centrax' St. for installation and commissioning in time for tion and commissioning well within a tight near Lyon, Petersburg service centre is preparing for its the start of the French winter heating season schedule, reports the company. busiest year yet in 2013, with installation and on November 1ST, 2013. Seven months ago, in November 2012, where the commissioning scheduled imminently for 17 The CX501 package has been hugely Centrax won a significant new order for the new CX501-KB7 gas turbine packages at successful using the Rolls-Royce 501-K gas supply of two CX501-KB7 generator set new 5.2MW TNK-BP's Ust Tegusskoe and turbine. The engine is a single-shaft design packages to Nobel Oil in Russia. Verhnekolikieganskoe oil production facilities utilising a 14- stage axial flow compressor and The two outdoor packages are being located package is in Siberia. six combustion chambers. at an oil and gas facility in the Yuzhno- The 501-KB5 aero-derivative engine Oshkoye Field which is in Russia's Komi replacing two shares commonality with the other single- Republic, approximately 1,000km North East shaft 501-K engines. Its low mass flow and of Moscow. existing KB7s high exhaust temperature, giving high thermal The 5.2 MWe generator sets will each be efficiency, make the KB5 ideal in co- used to power the oil extraction plant at the that have generation. The 501-KB7 builds on the proven site and will be powered by associated gas KB5 engine with the addition of a zero stage to from the oil production process, significantly been in the compressor inlet of the turbine. This reducing quantities of gas flared at site. increases mass flow and pressure ratio by up “This is a significant order for Centrax service since to 31%, increasing performance & efficiency. because it is for an important new customer in The CX501 range offers: Russia.” Regional Sales Manager Nick Royal 2000.” - 3.9 MW to 5.2 MW power options tells UKPN. “It will further develop our position - Rolls-Royce 501 Gas Turbines in the Russian market, establishing an - Aero-derivative engine expanded customer base for our products”. - Full service support network Working closely with St. Petersburg-based - Full load testing on gas or liquid engineering contractor, Zvezda Energetika, 501 generator set. - In-house engine repair facility Centrax was selected for the project because - Turnkey capabilities it offered competitive delivery and installation - "On-skid" control panels time and, importantly, have proven equipment - Multi-fuel capability at similar installations in Russia with other oil Delivering up to 32MW of electrical power, companies such as TNK-BP. the aero derivative industrial design of the The end user for the equipment will be Nobel RB211 has demonstrated outstanding Holdings, a privately-owned oil and gas reliability, with hundreds of gas turbines exploration company. 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irst unveiled at the Hannover Fair British Antarctic Survey’s (BAS) new research 2013 the Bowman type 15 heat station, Halley VI. In winter, temperatures on “Heat exchanger generated a huge level of the Brunt Ice Shelf plunge to - 50ºC and snow exchangers Finterest, reports the manufacturer. falls for half the year. Designed specifically to address market Bowman units are critical to the combined demands for a high efficiency unit for engines heat and power system (CHP) which supplies are designed up to 1MW typical power, the type 15 is energy for space heating, hot water, lighting, capable of recovering around 600kW of waste ventilation and electrical power. to remove heat through the engine’s exhaust stream at Without this CHP system, the people on the an exhaust gas mass flow rate of 70kg/min. resident BAS team who live and work at the thermal The unit is perfect for larger independent base could not survive. genset applications, where high levels of The units met the demands of this unique energy from waste heat that would otherwise be lost to the artesian water supply, a variety of pool sizes, atmosphere can be recovered and used to heating methods and the massive fluctuation exhaust gases provide either hot water or heat thermal oil for in outside air temperatures – from below ORC systems at no extra cost in terms of fuel freezing in winter up to 40ºC in summer. of natural usage. Bowman heat exchangers are also central Commenting on the launch of the unit, to three CHP power plant units at a Finnish gas, diesel Kevin Howell of Bowman, told UKPN: “The eco residential project. launch of the type 15 heat exchanger is a The units are fitted to Sisu Gensets for and bio­fuel significant step forward into larger scale power recovering waste heat from the exhaust and gen applications for Bowman. It also gives jacket water systems. The power plant engines and genset manufacturers the opportunity to offer supplies heat and power to 10 houses. their customers CHP solutions that combine EJ Bowman is a worldwide, ISO9001:2008 transfer it to exceptional efficiency with a competitive certified OEM manufacturer of Heat price.” Exchangers and Oil Coolers for industrial and the water As well as for heat recovery, these units can commercial applications. also be used to reduce the exhaust Bowman occupies a purpose-built factory circuit.” temperature in engines operating in which is ideally situated centrally in the heart hazardous environments where for safety of the UK, from where it directly exports over reasons it is necessary to reduce the 70% of its production worldwide. www.ejbowman.co.uk temperature of the exhaust gases Generator building at the In common with all standard Bowman the Finland eco village. Exhaust Gas Heat Exchangers, the new type 15 unit is suitable for use with engines powered by Biogas, Diesel Gases and Natural Gases. Bowman Exhaust Gas Exchangers are manufactured to a standard range of sizes, they are competitively priced and offered on a quick delivery to meet clients’ build schedules. Bowman can also now offer several exhaust gas heat exchangers with right-angled end covers, which are fitted with a removable plate on each end, allowing easy access to the heat exchanger tubes for cleaning and maintenance without the need to drain the system. When Bowman exhaust gas heat exchangers are used in conjunction with other Bowman units such as: Header Tank Heat Exchangers, Charge Air Coolers and Bowman Oil Coolers, it is possible to reclaim EJ Bowman’s T15 Exhaust Gas Heat Exchanger. over 90% of lost heat from the engine. Bowman heat exchangers are tested to the limit and proven in the most demanding applications, the world over – including the

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Babcock Wanson UK has completed the design and construction of a new ‘energy centre’ for Kodak Limited’s Harrow site in North West London, based around its ESM8000 steam generator, reports UKPN.

he Kodak Harrow site operates a According to Abid Khalil, Project Manager, “The new combined heat and power (CHP) Paper Manufacturing Operations, the key to plant that delivers steam to the factory the success of this project has been the close plant set up Tproducing colour negative paper for working relationships created between world-wide use, and to maintain building Kodak, Babcock Wanson and the has driven an conditions, using a 50 ton Water Tube Boiler. subcontractors. Built during the heyday of film processing, the The result is a system that puts Kodak in estimated plant is sized for a historically larger factory position to control and monitor its steam operating seven days a week. requirements on a more precise basis and 18% With changing patterns of usage, the current enable significant energy cost savings. site now operates weekdays only. Running “The new plant set up has driven an reduction in the existing CHP plant through the weekend estimated 18% reduction in total energy cost when demand for steam is low is both for the site. Reduced energy consumption is total energy inefficient and costly. also driving a reduction in greenhouse gas Kodak launched a project in 2011 to look at emissions of NOx, CO and CO2,” comments cost for the ways of reducing its energy consumption at Abid Khalil, the weekends and other periods of low energy It is anticipated that the new Energy Centre site. Reduced demand. with the ESM Steam Generator will offer a full As a result of this study Kodak decided to payback to the company within six months. energy install a steam generator able to supply 8000 Babcock Wanson offers a complete range of kg/h of steam to maintain the steam service products and services for boiler houses and consumption for non production needs, allowing the CHP other process heating needs. plant to be switched off at the weekend and It can also provide steam boilers, thermal is also driving restarted on Sunday night in readiness for fluid heaters, rapid steam generators and hot manufacturing operation on Monday morning. water boilers to VOC and odour treatment by a reduction in As space in the existing boiler house was at thermal oxidation, water treatment or process a premium, Babcock Wanson designed a air heating solutions. greenhouse separate ‘Energy Centre’ for Kodak, based The company’s aim is to help optimise around its ESM8000 Steam Generator. customer’s energy production with high quali- gas emissions A coil type Steam Generator, the ESM 8000 ty products and efficient service. provides high operating efficiency coupled In 2012 Babcock Wanson UK was awarded of NOx, CO with low emissions. It utilises modern controls the status of Carbon Trust Implementation to maintain a close ratio between the burner Services Accredited Supplier for its Thermal and CO2.” firing rate and water input with inverter drive of Fluid Heating solutions. both the combustion air and feed water The accreditation scheme uses the Carbon pumps. Trust's ten years' experience advising UK ­ Abid Khalil This ensures close control of both steam businesses and public sector organisations output and steam quality and lowest on means of reducing their energy Project practicable consumption of both fuel and consumption. It makes energy efficiency easy electrical power. by matching customers that need to imple- Manager In addition to its operating efficiency, the ESM ment energy efficiency projects with good was chosen because of its quick Autostart quality, established, equipment suppliers who facility which enables the Generator to be have a track record of delivering energy sav- brought on line in a very short timeframe if ing projects. steam demand fluctuates. Babcock Wanson applied for accreditation This can be controlled remotely from the as an independent verification of its Kodak main process control centre for commitment to providing energy efficient maximum convenience. process heating solutions. Construction of the new energy centre hous- The company provides a comprehensive ing the ESM required careful planning due to range of Thermal Fluid Heaters with space and access restrictions. integrated gas, oil or dual fuel burner to meet Babcock Wanson designed a dedicated the needs of modern industry. A Thermal Fluid vented steel frame boiler house with a Heater is a closed circuit, no-loss system, so separate self supporting flue for the ESM. heat loss is minimal which makes it highly The latter proved particularly challenging due energy efficient. A typical energy saving when to the height requirements of the flue – 14m using a thermal fluid system can be as high as above the factory roof - requiring 8m deep 20-50%. foundations and a cruciform pile. www.babcock-wanson.co.uk

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Systems interactions can Bender UK is principally involved in the also cause interference in neighbouring Bender UK application, installation, servicing support and equipment. sales of the huge range of Bender equipment The most frequent problems are caused by which is all manufactured in Germany. harmonic components on the electrical supply Managing director Steve Mason is proud of – typically produced by other items of the worldwide reputation of the German electronic equipment. These third order parent company, but prouder still of the contin- harmonics build up in the neutral conductor uing growth of the UK operation, both in terms resulting in overload and if the situation goes of orders and its own reputation for outstand- unnoticed there can be a risk of fire. ing service and customer support. The conventional solution to a detected He tells UKPN: “There is a huge market for overload is a protective device that trips out to Bender products because of the vast range of protect the neutral conductor. However, this electrical systems which cannot be allowed to safety measure causes reduced availability fail or shut down – even for a few seconds. due to frequent downtime. Customers rely on our equipment to monitor Bender’s monitoring equipment enables the performance of their equipment, and early detection of a potentially dangerous

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Company Profile

situation – allowing enough time to correct DRT explained: “Working closely with Bender’s technology ensures that medical the problem without the need to shut down Bender UK, DRT integrated its isolation centres can minimise the risk of power equipment; for example, less important monitoring system into the B12 drivetrain outages. loads can be shut down via switching using it as a key component in the safety signals before the protective device trips out. case of the vehicle. Throughout this Power quality monitoring is particularly process, Bender UK and Germany provided effective when combined with Bender’s invaluable support allowing the quick and range of residual current monitoring units seamless integration of its products.” (RCM) which detect degradation in the level The previous 175mph record was set by of insulation in an installation or component Battery Box General Electric in 1974. – again improving availability by signalling Drayson Racing was founded in 2007 by the problem at an early stage before safety Paul Drayson, who was then a minister in shutdown. the Labour government. The firm, based in Information gained from the early warning of Kidlington, Oxfordshire, works with others to developing faults allows shutdowns to be develop more sustainable automotive planned, enhancing asset uptime and technologies and uses motorsport competi- making it ideal for applications where power tions as a means to focus its efforts. failure cannot be tolerated. In order to qualify for an attempt on the Bender’s power quality monitor device also Federation Internationale de l'Automobile's acts as an energy meter while checking the (FIA) world electric land speed record it had system quality, determining the energy to make its vehicle weigh less than 1,000kg consumption per cost centre and reducing (2,204lb) without the driver. high overhead costs. To do this it adapted a Le Mans Series car The dual function of monitoring energy it had previously designed which originally consumption and energy quality can had a bio-ethanol fuel engine and replaced therefore assist in reducing energy costs the part with a lightweight 20 kilowatt hour while at the same time delivering high battery offering 850 horsepower. availability of supply. It also adapted the vehicle's chassis, which Linetraxx PQM units are available along- is made out of recycled carbon fibre, to side Bender’s advanced on-line earth fault minimise air friction. location systems as part of a product range "What it, I hope, shows to people is just what designed to meet the needs of its the future potential of electric cars is," Lord customers across sectors from healthcare, Drayson said shortly after his record- rail and marine engineering through to breaking time was confirmed. electric cars, data handling centres and “Obviously this is a very special racing car, solar power generation. but by setting this new world record here in Bender is well-known for specialising in the Britain we say two things. One it is a pointer development of innovative solutions for safe to the future - the technology that we handling of electrical power specifically and developed for this car will filter down to the its products are designed to predict and cars we use every day. avoid unexpected interruption of power “And secondly it's a message about how supply. here in the UK we're a world leader with this technology. We've led motorsport Bender UK supports Drayson in engineering, now we're also leading with World Land Speed record win electric motorsport engineering." In a recent achievement Drayson Racing Drayson Racing's attention will now switch Technologies has broken the world land to the launch of the FIA's Formula E speed record for a lightweight electric car. championship, which is due to begin in Its Lola B12 69/EV vehicle, which uses September next year. electrical protection devices supplied by London will host the first electric car race. Bender UK in Ulverston, hit a top speed of Rome, Miami, Beijing and Rio de Janeiro 204.2mph (328.6km/h) at a racetrack at are among the other seven locations. RAF Elvington in Yorkshire. A different vehicle - similar to a Formula Chief executive Lord Drayson, who was One machine - is being developed for the behind the wheel, said the achievement was firm by Singapore's Spark and Surrey-based The universal measuring device PEM533 is used to record and indicate designed to highlight electronic vehicle McLaren for the first year of the competition. electrical quantities of a public electricity network. The scope of technology's potential. However, Drayson Racing plans to build its measurements ranges from currents and voltages through energy Bender UK supplied Drayson Racing own machine for the 2015 competition using consumption and performance to total harmonic distortion and voltage Technologies with Bender IR155-3204 some of the same components used in its quality assessment. The active energy measurements are in compliance devices to protect the Drayson B12/69EV. record-breaking Lola B12 69/EV. with the DIN EN 62053‐22 class 0.5 S accuracy standard. Angus Lyon, Chief Engineer of drivetrain at www.bender-uk.com

Parts from the record breaking car will now be adapted to fit an F1‐designed vehicle due to be built in 2015

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LandfillLandfill GasGas Landfill gas & ENER-G’s Hugh Richmond. CHP systems The Mexican Municipality of Celaya has appointed the renewable energy specialist ENER­G to build and operate a ENER-G’ 3.8MW biogas landfill gas management facility at its extensive Tinajitas generator. Landfill site based in Celaya. This is ENER­G's third successful renewable energy project in Mexico.

NER-G is investing £1.5 million in the units to provide efficient generation at the landfill gas generation project, which largest newly-built national museum in the UK “We will will capture the methane gas emitted for more than a hundred years. design and Efrom 1.5 million tons of waste and The prestigious £72 million Museum of convert it into one megawatt (MW) of Liverpool now has an advanced combined renewable energy. This is sufficient to supply heat and power (CHP) system, guaranteeing build the 1,000 homes with renewable electricity. annual energy savings of more than Typical landfill gas layout. The facility is expected to begin power £500,000. facility and generation towards the end of 2013 and it is The trigeneration technology, which creates projected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions highly efficient heat, electricity and cooling, manage by 40,000 tons of CO2 equivalent per year, will also reduce carbon emissions by 884 equivalent to the environmental benefit of tonnes each year - equivalent to the eco- operation carbon sequestered annually by 29,744 acres benefit of taking 295 cars off the road. of forest. ENER-G was commissioned by National and landfill Celaya's City Mayor, Mr. Ismael Perez Museums Liverpool (NML) to design and Ordaz commented: "We are proud to install the new CHP system at the Mann gas announce this partnership with ENER-G, Island site - part of the famous Pier Head at which will use advanced technology to create the core of the World Heritage Site on monitoring renewable energy from waste. Liverpool's famous waterfront. ENER-G will over the In 2012 ENER-G partnered with the “This will help the city to reduce its carbon also operate and maintain the plant for 17 MunicipalityThe GWR Building of Aguascalientes housing the to CHP open plant footprint, while creating an important source of years. willMexico's also become first landfill an educational gas capture resource facility atin clean energy. The project will be funded The CHP system is split between a plant 15 year itsSan own Nicolás right with landfill, a small Aguascalientes visitor facility .where entirely by ENER-G, but provide an income to room in the new building and the historic groups can gain an understanding of the tech- the City from royalty payments." Great Western Railway (GWR) Goods Shed contract. “ nology and its contribution to the museum's Hugh Richmond, Managing Director of on Liverpool's picturesque waterfront. sustainability. ENER-G Mexico, told UKPN: "This is our third ENER-G is converting the Goods Shed into renewable energy venture in Mexico and we a state-of-the-art energy centre with ­ Hugh The complex energy facilities project, which are pleased to partner with the Municipality of sophisticated remote monitoring and full was funded by the Co-operative bank was Celaya to open the new biogas generation diagnostic facilities. Richmond, awarded the Combined Heat and Power facility. “ ENER-G has designed and manufactured Association's Innovation Award for 2009 is He continued: “We will design and build the two 385kWe bio-diesel CHP units, two Managing helping NML boost both its cost and carbon facility and manage operation and landfill gas 768kWe natural gas CHP systems and performance. monitoring over the 15 year contract. We installed two 850kWe boilers, an 1000kWe Director of congratulate the municipality on its vision and absorption chiller and a 998kWe conventional The museum has been designed to replace commitment to clean energy." compression chiller which will serve all the ENER­G the former Museum of Liverpool Life. It pro- ENER-G's other Mexican projects include a new museum's energy needs. vides 8,000 square metres of public space partnership with the Municipality of Challenges faced by ENER-G included pre- Mexico across three floors and demonstrates Aguascalientes to open a 2.45 MW landfill gas serving the GWR building exterior in line with Liverpool's unique contribution to the world. It generation facility at the San Nicolás landfill planning conditions as the site is part of a pro- showcases popular culture while tackling site in Aguascalientes, supplying green power tected view and designing the energy centre social, historical and contemporary issues. to Nissan. ENER-G is also set to open a to operate independently of the utility electri- 1.5MW facility in partnership with the cal supply. Municipality of Durango. The CHP system generates electricity and The landfill gas generation projects will help recovers the majority of the heat created in ENER-G’s landfill gas project in Celaya, Mexico. Mexico to deliver on its new Climate Change the process. In conventional power stations Act, which commits Mexico to cutting its car- this heat is simply wasted into the atmosphere bon dioxide emissions by 30% by 2020, and through power station cooling towers, much by 50% below current levels by 2050, and to energy is also lost along the many miles of generate 35% of electricity from renewable electrical distribution cables needed to bring sources by 2024. the power to site. ENER-G Mexico specialises in biogas Instead, by using CHP to generate electric- generation - utilising methane from landfill ity on site the heat is used to provide heating gas, anaerobic digestion and mines to and hot water for the museum in the winter, generate renewable electricity. and air conditioning and chilled water via the ENER-G designs, builds, operates and absorption cooling system in the summer owns the landfill gas generators, but can also months. The utility grid supply will provide sell, lease or hire power generation packages. additional back up, if required. In the UK, ENER-G has installed four CHP www.energ-group.com

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FuelFuel polishingpolishing

Fuel polishing - Classic fuel the way forward contamination. Whilst some back­up generator suppliers may advise their clients to simply purchase good quality fuel, here WASP PFS highlights the problems with fuel in storage regardless of its initial quality, whilst explaining good fuel housekeeping practices and the latest technologies for saving money.

n January 2011 the EU changed the fuel are controlled and prevented. These practices specification, ensuring all liquid gas oil has include purchasing good quality fuel, using a “By ensuring WASP’s latest FPS. a 7% bio-diesel content (FAME). Due to fuel polishing process and testing the fuel the fuel in Ithe three Biofuel renewable energy and every 6 months. Furthermore, using a fuel fuel quality directives, bio-diesel use in fuel polishing process can prolong the usable life has increased dramatically in Europe. of fuel. storage is Although the EU aims for more sustainable Fuel polishing is the innovative technological fuel, the chemical composition of biodiesel cleaning process used to remove water, kept in causes a number of fuel quality issues, bacterial infection, sludge, and solid and including poor fuel stability, microbiological semi-solid contaminates from diesel and optimum contamination and an acceleration of fuel similar middle distillate fuels (gas and fuel oil, decay. MDO, etc). confusion, a In particular, the hygroscopic nature of bio- The design of the systems aim to maintain diesel significantly increases the saturation optimum fuel quality in diesel when stored for large saving level, meaning the water content in fuel is well the medium to long term; preventing the fuel above the maximum specified level. This causing generator failures during an in potential causes many concerns, which worsen if the emergency situation. fuel tank is outside or not in a temperature Those organisations which invest in carbon controlled environment generators to ensure complete continuity, Waxing, sludge, bacterial infections, need to consider backup generator failure as emissions can To identify which system you need, view the sediments and other foreign matter all cause part of their business continuity plan. product overview on www.wasp-pfs.com or issues; however it is water in fuel which is at With reports about the 2% slack in the be had. call WASP on 01923 606600. the root of microbial growth. system causing unplanned blackouts and These microbial contaminations can lead to power cuts, it is essential for organisations to Without fuel corrosion of pipe work, cause fuel blockages start thinking about ensuring their generator is and cause damage to the tanks and the supported. polishing, the engine’s injectors. Furthermore the lack of Currently blue-chip organisations, data lubricant in biodiesel decreases engine centres, yacht builders, generator suppliers, alternative is efficiency. hospitals and the military all invest in fuel This increases the temperature, causing polishing to ensure complete continuity. to dispose of component wear, wasting electricity and Furthermore by ensuring the fuel in storage potentially damaging the quality fuel as well. is kept in optimum confusion, a large saving in your fuel, at a This can lead to back-up generator failure potential carbon emissions can be had. when it’s running during an emergency Without fuel polishing, the alternative is to cost both in situation. All generator suppliers suggest dispose of your fuel, at a cost both in testing the units on a weekly/monthly basis; monetary and carbon terms. Moreover, more monetary and however these tests do not pick up on the fuel will need to be produced, purchased and issue of poor quality fuel. delivered to your site – again, a large carbon The fuel must be laboratory tested (ideally monetary and carbon emission cost. every 6 months) and the fuel quality should be By utilising the efficiencies of a fuel polishing terms.” closely analysed. UK fuel testing laboratories system, all of these costs can be avoided. and companies like WASP offer this service. If WASP customises their systems depending a test reveals the fuel is out of specification on the customers’ fuel flow rate, tank size, (has contamination), in most cases a fuel required features, specifications and design polishing process can resolve the issue. needs. Fuel without biodiesel naturally decays, and A fuel polishing system costs significantly could be out of specification after 6-12 less than a replacement tank of fuel; it months. However, bio-diesel causes fuel to increases efficiency and power, reduces decay much faster than mineral based fuel costs, reduces carbon emissions and benefits (with pure biodiesel decaying after a few the environment. weeks). With 21 years of experience and expertise, It is therefore recommended blended fuels WASP’s systems are designed using the are only stored for up to 6 months to reduce latest unrivalled technologies, unique control contamination issues. systems and advanced sensing systems to To prevent fuel contamination occurring, ensure simplicity and efficiency as well as WASP PFS Ltd and the CONCAWE group maximum protection against fuel-related suggests applying strict ‘good fuel house- breakdowns. keeping’ practices to ensure these challenges www.wasp-pfs.com

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Gen­setsGen­sets New generators for 2 NHS hospitals

s a PPP scheme, the project was the equipment at all times, alerting the A major realignment of services by clearly focused not only on quality maintenance team of any warnings and NHS Fife across two of its hospitals and cost at the time of build but on providing fault diagnostics so that any issues Awhole life costs and longevity. can be tackled quickly. When it came to specifying standby power Colin Macrae from Consort Healthcare ­ Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy and for Victoria Hospital, therefore, the competitive says: “A system like this not only provides tendering process examined the purchase peace of mind in terms of effective standby Queen Margaret Hospital in cost, performance and ongoing management power, it also dramatically reduces the and maintenance regimes for the proposed maintenance burden. Manual testing is not Dunfermline ­ has resulted in a generator systems. required, routine maintenance is reduced and It was Glasgow-based Dieselec Thistle with reactive maintenance is both timely and £170 million build programme at its local technical support and proposal to targeted.” introduce a SCADA supervisory control The generators were manufactured at FG the Kirkcaldy hospital. The 500­ system to the standby power set up that won Wilson’s factory in Larne, Northern Ireland the contract and the company worked closely and underwent a thorough witnessed load bed extension has effectively seen with both the client to enhance and deliver the test before being dispatched to Fife. specification. The tests provided Dieselec Thistle with PPP vehicle, Consort Healthcare, George Hobbins from Dieselec Thistle tells valuable information about small adjustments UKPN: “While technically this was a hospital required to the control system so that these FG Wilson manufactured the 1,250 extension, the brief was like that of a new build could be implemented prior to installation on and the standby power was to service the site in Fife. Kva high voltage standby entire site and be housed in a completely new Dieslec Thistle carried out the full electrical energy centre alongside the hospital’s boilers, and mechanical installation for all four generators for Victoria Hospital. biomass plant and CHP. generators, including the installation of remote “For this state-of-the-art hospital our remit control stations in all the substations around Dieselec Thistle is the company was to design a state-of-the-art solution that the hospital which are controlled directly by would minimise cost, disruption and the PLC via a dual fibre optic network to which has supplied and installed maintenance while providing a failsafe against provide automatic control of the HV network. any interruptions to the hospital’s power Once the generators were completely the new gen­sets for its emergency supply.” installed, they underwent a very rigorous and The power requirements for the new fully documented testing programme prior to power systems. Victoria Hospital called for three 1,250 Kva commissioning. high voltage standby generators to operate Commissioning has now been completed simultaneously with a fourth identical ready for the transfer of services to the new generator also specified as a double standby building in December 2011 and official to enable any one of the four to be out of opening of the fully operational hospital early action for repairs or maintenance. in 2012. Dieselec Thistle developed the specification Dieselec Thistle has been awarded the which included 12m long 70dba noise maintenance contract for the standby power attenuation enclosures, dual redundant starter services by Consort Healthcare as part of the motors and dual batteries. ongoing PPP hospital management The company also designed a full pro-logic programme. control system (PLC) to ensure seamless Colin Macrae adds: “Ongoing system automatic trigger of the standby power system management is just as vital as initial if the main power supply should fail and share specification and installation. the load efficiently across the three duty “Hopefully our requirements for standby standby generators. power will be few and far between but we’re George continues: “The whole configuration confident that we have the automated controls was designed to include as many dual safety and proven expertise in place to ensure our precautions as possible so that there is always standby generators are completely reliable if a plan B in place if for any reason the standby and when that need does arise.” generators should fail. www.fgwilson.com “In a hospital environment, particularly www.dieselecthistle.co.uk where there are acute services, this belt and braces approach is simply best practice.” The SCADA system integrated with the standby generators provides a further safeguard at Victoria Hospital as this monitors

JUNE‐JULY 2013 UK POWER NEWS 31 UKPN.JUN13.ETI.p32:page 17 - 18 CHP Update.qxd 01/07/2013 10:29 Page 1 ETI’sNetworkNetwork substationssubstations new Fault Current Limiter

The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has installed and commissioned into service a revolutionary new fault current limiter (FCL) at a UK Power Networks main substation in Newhaven, East Sussex. The FCL suppresses the damaging currents which result from electricity distribution network.

GridON’s FCL. he FCL suppresses the damaging “Upgrading the UK electricity distribution “This is the currents which result from electricity network to meet radically changing distribution network faults thereby requirements will potentially cost tens of bil- first of Tincreasing network capability and lions of pounds over the next 20 to 30 years. reliability. “This investment is critical to ensuring that we two FCL Developed and manufactured by GridON with have a system that is able to support a range its Australian partner the Wilson Transformer of energy technologies now in development. developments Company, this innovative state-of-the-art FCL This is the first of two FCL developments enables the cost-effective growth and commissioned and funded by the ETI. We commissioned increased flexibility of electricity distribution believe that GridON’s new FCL will offer major systems. advantages to distribution network operators and funded by Removing the fault level constraints without and suppliers of distributed generation costly network upgrades enables the equipment.” the ETI. We installation of more low carbon and other Yoram Valent, co-founder and Chief electricity generation directly onto the Executive of GridON, said: “The successful believe that distribution system, with shorter connection commissioning of GridON’s fully-tested FCL times and reduced connection costs. into service on UK Power Networks’ system GridON’s new FCL being transported in Australia. It also enables smart distribution networks demonstrates the potential for increasing with increased network efficiency, flexibility, generation and network connectivity, and for FCL will offer reliability and resilience. significant cuts in system upgrade costs, by We expect that the FCL device that has The breakthrough in design removes the providing operators and network designers major been developed under this project will take need for superconducting components which with FCLs as part of their toolkit.” us much closer to the realisation of a viable results in a simple, reliable and low He continues: “The ever-increasing network advantages to solution for our distribution networks and dis- maintenance solution. complexity, competitive power markets, tributed generation projects.” It is fully scaleable for use at all voltage rapidly growing intermittent renewable supply distribution - See more at: http://www.eti.co.uk/news/arti- levels on both distribution and transmission and aging infrastructure conspire to challenge cle/gridons_fault_current_limiter_commis systems. This will potentially help minimise system operators daily. network the costs of upgrading the UK’s electricity “Our use of well-established manufacturing distribution and transmission networks over technology and our product’s inherent operators and the next 20 to 30 years. simplicity and minimal maintenance require- The design is based on combining industry- ments, combined with its superior fit-to- suppliers of standard, proven transformer technology with purpose performance, will significantly cut GridON’s unique and proprietary concept of capital expenditures and operating costs and distributed magnetic flux alteration to saturate the iron extend the useful life of existing network core. assets.” generation GridON’s device offers performance benefits Martin Wilcox, Head of Future Networks, UK including instant, self-triggering response to a Power Networks commented: “High fault equipment.” fault, immediate recovery following clearance levels impact both how we operate and the of the fault without network interruption, and connection offers we are able to provide to suppression of multiple consecutive faults. generation customers.GridON’s fault current ­ Nick Eraut FCL installed. It is the first such fully tested, commercially limiter looks to be a good solution to avoid viable non superconducting presaturated fault having to replace switchgear prematurely or current limiter. unnecessary interruptions to customers The FCL has been comprehensively tested supplies. by a certified high power laboratory in “The similarity in design to our existing Australia, where it underwent more than 50 transformer fleet minimises additional impact fault tests, before being shipped to the UK. on our operation and maintenance teams. It The FCL is now in service on the 11kV should also enable us to better work with distribution network and it will be generation customers to provide the best demonstrated in operation for two years. value solution on fault level constrained parts UK Power Networks has fully approved the of our network.” design and testing, and for the purposes of the Andrew Ellis, Head of Electrical Power demonstration, is acting as network operation Engineering at E.ON New Build & customer. E.ON’s New Build & Technology Technology, concludes: “Active fault current division is providing technical assurance management through fault current limiters is expertise and network modelling support. an ideal way forward in mitigating the risks, Nick Eraut, ETI Project Manager - Energy both technically and commercially.” Storage & Distribution, tells UKPN: www.eti.co.uk

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Gas engines Gas engines - out of the shadows With gas back in vogue as the fuel of choice for power generation, gas engines are newly resurgent as a power source. Plentiful supplies of natural gas and the increasing availability of ‘alternative’ gases such as biogas and anaerobic gas is driving the take up of localised power, reports Michael Herson of The Strategy Works.

nergy security has climbed to the top because recent acquisitions have tended to of the business agenda, as shifting concentrated manufacturing capacity, government policies towards other prompting a 2011 EEA monopolies Efuel sources are persuading investigation. industrial users to invest in localised gas Combining desk research with interviews generation. conducted, TSW estimates that global annual The economic case is compelling. gas engine sales (over 500kW in power) Combined Heat and Power (CHP) has exceed 6,000 MW per annum, of which 64% become one of the most profitable ways that is in EMEA at over 3,800 MW. (Chart Source: companies can use to reduce their energy TSW) bills, providing heat to the site and achieving In fact Europe, apart from accounting for cost savings of between 15% - 40% over two thirds of global sales, is also the epicentre conventional electricity. (Source: CHPA). for production of gas engines with CAT having Manufacturing plants and major new office relocated their excellence centre (for gas buildings which strive for security from the engines) to MWM in Mannheim and GE grid, can embed gas engines on site, confirming that 90% of their worldwide sales positioned close to suitable heat loads and / or of gas engines are manufactured by sources of low cost fuel. Jenbacher in Austria. Another large USA It is in Europe where the use of gas engines manufacturer Cummins has 42% of its gas for power generation is growing rapidly. engine sales in EMEA. Andrew Stone, Director of Energy Solutions Germany is a particularly important market at Cummins, says EMEA is their biggest sales for biogas with rapid take up because of and it’s growing still.” region for gas engines globally. feed-in tariff incentives. This is confirmed by “The two big Michael Wagner, Marketing Director of Stone believes in keeping the proposition to Sharanie Patterson, Category Portfolio leading engine manufacturer Jenbacher new customers simple. He says: “We are not Manager for Power Generation, Natural Gas markets now explains: “Western Europe and secondly selling an engine, we are selling a solution.” Engine Oils at Petro-Canada. She comments: Eastern Europe are still our traditional seg- Richard Holdsworth, Global Marketing “Our largest market would be Germany, are natural gas ments. Germany and Italy are historically Manager, Lubricants at Shell believes there is which is the biggest market in biogas, followed among the important segments for us” a shift towards independent back up power by the UK. Germany has large potential with for combined Maxim Donde, LLK (Lukoil) General and a real move away from heavy fuel some 7,000 gas engines right now running on Director in Russia also sees the growth in gas towards gas. He believes LNG will become an biogas. Our focus is going to be on Germany, heat and engines. “The dynamics of sales is positive. alternative option to heavy fuel in many parts UK, France, Spain, Italy. Gas Engines is a Market volume of these oils around the world of the world. category that is growing double digit every power and the is growing at about 5% per year, which is But the focus of this particular research is year” associated with an increase in the number of on the expanding use of gas engines for the The growth in biogas is recognised by anaerobic working gas engines” power generation market in Europe, where Philippe Poudou, Product Line Manager IEO David Burke, Service Director of leading two thirds of all gas engines are sold, Specialities EAME at Oronite “In Germany the digestion O&M Clarke Energy who maintain 300 accounting for some 3800 MW of power. production from biogas increased by almost engines in the UK and has installed units with (Source: TSW). 20% in 2011” Source: Biogas Barometer, biogas over 2,750 MW capacity worldwide, confirms To study whole of market, The Strategy EUROBSERV’ER December 2012. the drivers in the UK “The two big markets Works conducted interviews with companies Kirill Chervyakov, Industrial Marketing markets. ” now are natural gas for combined heat and involved in different parts of the supply chain Advisor, Mobil Industrial Lubricants, agrees: power and the anaerobic digestion biogas split into these defined sectors: “Germany, Italy and Benelux are our main markets.” • O&Ms (operating and maintaining fleets of markets for gas engine oils in Europe. ­ David Burke, “In general we see that there is a lot of gas engines); Germany has developed a strong biogas growth in gas engines and especially on the • OEMs (manufacturers of gas engines) market and Benelux is using gas engines Service natural gas side.” says Mark Hensen, Senior • Gas Engine Oil Manufacturers (selling extensively for their greenhouse operations.” Product Line Manager – Energy, of Q8Oils. lubricating oil for gas engines); Frank Merbitz, (Chief) Applications Director of TSW estimates that to total installed capac- • Gas Engine Oil Additives Manufacturers Consultant at Addinol echoes these views in a ity of gas engines in EMEA is 40GW and is (selling additives to gas engine oil manufact- recent interview: Clarke Energy growing at around 8% per year. urers). “Europe is most important to us as there Based on average oil consumption figures There is no reliable public domain data for are more gas engines than in other places, this equates to over 270 million litres per year sales of gas engines as trade statistics are not especially in Eastern European countries like for gas engine oil within EMEA making the (discretely) logged. the Czech Republic, Bulgaria or Estonia, but EMEA market alone worth around £500m Also engine manufacturers are now also in Italy and in Germany”. Nowadays it (US$750m) for lubricant. understandably nervous about sharing data accounts for a large share of our total turnover www.thestrategyworks.com

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AnaerobicAnaerobic DigestionDigestion Edina’s anaerobic digestion projects Edina has been involved with several Anaerobic Digestion projects throughout the country of late as part of its on­going commitment and competitive contribution to the industry. Gensets have been supplied to Swancote Energy, Wykey Farm, Wigley Farm, and Pancross Farm (S Wales) in the last Cranfield project undertaken by Edina. two years, reports UKPN.

he success of the MWM takes place in Edina’s key manufacturing “Expansion & Edina’s manufacturing centre. TCG2016(V12) at Swancote Energy, centre in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. initially running on a feedstock of The first six gensets were delivered and diversification Tmaize and grass silage helped to installed by December 2010 and were fully facilitate the expansion of the site to include operational by early 2011. have been the food and drink waste and the processing of This first order involved the design, build, Category 3 animal by-product. installation and long term maintenance of 2 x cornerstone of This prompted the delivery of the 1.5MWe TCG 2020(V16) and 4 x TCG 2016(V12) MWM TCG2020(V16) with the two engines gensets to meet Anglian Water’s commitment the Edina now producing 2.1MWe. Edina offers full to the AMP 5 Biosolids programme. product support, keeping downtime to an The choice of both these engine types was success absolute minimum through a dedicated based on the highly-regarded and market nationwide team of engineers. Swancote now leading qualities - namely, their efficiency and together with handles 38,000 metric tonnes food waste per durability in biogas operation. Another year [see image at base of page]. incentive was the through-life support the vast Other projects handle a variety of food, package for which Edina is widely known. effluent and other waste with similarly high One of Edina’s most renowned energy knowledge results of efficiency, reliability and uptime in projects involved providing a MWM 1.56MWe excess of 95%. TCG2020(V16) gas ignition generating set for and experience With employees from the farming community the famous Cranfield University [see top right TCG 2020. Edina is particularly aware of the challenges image]. we have faced by the industry today and the need for The MWM genset was chosen by Cranfield sound investment and diversification. for its enviable reputation for durability and for gained With a thorough knowledge of the process its exceptionally high availability at the lowest from finance, planning and to grid connection economic operating cost. through and beyond Edina can provide expert The full turnkey package provided by Edina technical advice and continuing support. included not only the generating equipment meeting our Edina is delighted to have won the contract but a new steam boiler, fully integrated control to supply the MWM TCG2016(V12) to Lea system and total civil construction. customers’ Hall Farm for delivery in the Autumn and look Cranfield University prides itself on its long- forward to continuing to work with them on established association with providing key needs.” their preparation. research into CHP, and has been linked to the As the exclusive distributor for MWM in the 30MWe installation owned by the Manx UK since 2006 and involved in power Electricity Authority. ­ Tony Fenton, generation for over 25 years, Edina has a The new facility provided by Edina currently proven track record from design, packaging, gives students an important opportunity to Joint MD of and project management to servicing, carry out their studies on the actual campus. monitoring and aftercare. www.edinauk.com Edina Larger scale waste treatment enterprises include projects with Biffa, Bio-Collectors, Cory Environmental, Shanks and Malaby to name but a few. The MWM range of 500 – 2MWe is proving a popular choice with unbeatable longevity and efficiency. On the UK’s largest waste Anaerobic Digestion facility at Cannock, Edina have installed three 2MWe containerised units which are operating at full output. Recently, Anglian Water and Edina UK entered into a 5-year contract for the supply of gas-powered generating equipment manufactured by MWM GmbH of Mannheim Germany. A number of fully-containerised generating sets are being supplied over a five year period. Although initially manufactured in Germany, The Swancote Energy site. the actual containerisation of the gensets

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SmartSmart GridsGrids Medium voltage & Smart Grids Fig. 1 Phase voltages for a single-phase-to OMICRON’s Benton Vandiver discusses ground fault (Phase A) Fig. 6 developments in the field of medium voltage Traditional sympathetic distribution equipment and the implementation trip protection. of new technologies which are driving Smart Grid applications.

t has been recognised in every country two healthy phases. This is clearly seen in that economic growth is heavily dependent Figure 1 which shows the recorded waveform upon the reliable delivery of electricity to and the voltage phasor diagram for a single- Ithe customer, whether that is a bulk phase to ground fault. industrial, commercial, or residential The case of two or three-phase faults is quite customer. different. For three-phase faults all phases Further, efficiently using every source of experience a voltage sag, while for a two- Recloser generation including "green" sources has phase fault - the two faulted phases will have Deployment in become a mandate of many countries. lower voltages, with the healthy phase without Loop Scheme The utility industry today is challenged to a significant change compared to the pre-fault improve power quality, availability, reliability levels. and economics in order to avoid costly Fig. 2 shows a plot of depth vs. duration of interruptions of service to all levels of actual cases from a typical high-volume customers. manufacturing plant, with some of them In the USA this started in the 1960s shortly resulting in process shutdown due to variable after the electric grid infrastructure build out speed drives and vacuum pumps failures. came to the point of interconnecting most of There are several factors that determine the the power delivery systems. voltage level during a short circuit fault on the It was realized that reliability would be transmission or distribution system: increased if an operations centre was  System configuration monitoring and controlling the distribution  Fault location “The first network, the term Distribution Automation was  Fault resistance coined to describe that goal. The first characteristic of voltage sag – the characteristic Many utilities installed SCADA systems so depth – is something that we can’t control, but wwwThis enables the recloser their operations centre could evaluate the we have to study in order to be able to predict of voltage sag to limit the damage to connected equipment status of the distribution substation and or estimate the effects of different faults on the and attempt restoration of the faulted circuits. sensitive equipment. – the depth – system apparatus and only reclose when the However, it was quickly realised that more The second characteristic of the voltage sag fault detailed monitoring was needed and – the duration – is the parameter that we can is something has been removed. Recloser increased abilities to sectionalise circuit faults control by properly applying the advanced system. were required. Sectionalisers and Reclosers features of a state-of-the-art distribution that we can’t with control and communications were automation system using modern reclosers developed for this task but they too were and sectionalisers with digital protection and control, but limited by the technology available at that communications. time. Using the industry standard IEC 61850 and we have to One problem the 100+ year old utility industry especially the use of GOOSE messages in has suffered from was the traditional view of distributed protection schemes can reduce study.” how the grid is designed to operate instead of the fault clearing time of these distribution sys- how it could operate. tems. The prolonged effect of short circuit faults on Reclosers [see diagram right] have evolved ­ Benton sensitive equipment supplied by distribution into multifunctional fault clearing systems. feeders can lead to their failure and significant They contain all of the components of a Vandiver, losses. This is pushing the requirements for traditional substation fault clearing system but the performance of distribution protection within an optimised footprint which can be OMICRON systems and making them similar mounted on a single distribution pole. to transmission protection systems Further, the interrupter of these systems can requirements. be operated as independent pole or ganged The improvement of power quality during 3-pole operator depending on the system Fig. 2 ITI (CBEMA) curve from a manufacturing plant short-circuit faults can be achieved in several conditions and configuration requirements. different ways. Like any other problem that Each reclose operation can be adapted in has to be solved, we need first to understand both protection element and setting applied the nature of the problem and its effect on and even change logic based on evolving sensitive users. fault conditions. The most common short circuit faults in the One system can even ‘test’ the line segment system – single-phase to ground faults – are for a persistent fault by applying a reduced characterised by the fact that they introduce a current pulse to the line and measuring the voltage sag in the faulted phase, and at the response. same time they result in a voltage swell in the www.omicron.at

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GeneratorGenerator SupplySupply Synch Lock: designed to synchronise

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Gen­sets Himoinsa’s Power Cube

HIMOINSA, a Spanish company in the power generation sector, has released the 500kW power generator in a 10­foot container. Originally designed for and launched in the North American market, its success motivated HIMOINSA to work on its adaptation for the UK and European market.

IMOINSA’s key product, the Power its own In addition, self-sufficiency is ensured Cube Generator, really says it all in by rapid external fuel inlets. the name in terms of its size and Another of the leading products in the Hshape. According to its HIMOINSA rental range is the HRTW 1300 manufacturer, the Power Cube offers a dual frequency container, said to be ideal for remarkbly high degree of adaptability. use in IPP (Interim Power Plant), rental, Where there is reduced space available it mining, construction, quarrying and ports, can be easily adapted to suit those projects among others. With the efficiency of dual where 20-foot containers cannot be used. frequency, the same equipment can generate It offers the addition advantage of being both at 50 Hz and 60 Hz, reports HIMOINSA. certified by the International Convention for The HRTW 1300 dual frequency container Safe Containers (CSC), allowing the consign- is said to offer considerable advantages in ment of two units by sea, as though it were a comparison with other types of products standard 20-foot container. which also operate in this sector. The Power Cube offers 500kW in 10 feet, It has a variable speed fan to reduce fuel with 50kW power/foot, a considerable power consumption and noise emission, as well as a density which allows extreme optimisation of system for interior lighting, which ensures total logistics and unit handling, reports HIMOINSA accessibility for cleaning and maintenance. The set is prepared to be synchronised and Earlier in 2013, HIMOINSA’s production give extra power, always in ISO sizes of 20' , centres in Spain played host to their North main target of this year’s convention, is for 1000kw, 30' for 1500kw, 40' for 2000kw, American distributors for a few days. “ Where there organised through distributors, normally one and upwards. The generating set has an elec- Himoinsa Power Systems (HIPOWER), per state” said Acosta, who added that tric fan which allows reduction of acoustic HIMOINSA’s US unit, held its II Convention in is reduced “HIPOWER is involved in the Rental market, emissions and means the unit can be used in Spain, home of the energy multinational’s where we sell to National Accounts - i.e. large residential areas and events. headquarters. space rental firms in the USA." In these kinds of scenarios where high Attending were Canadian entrepreneurs HIMOINSA Spain serves Europe, Africa power is required and low noise generation is from Ontario, Quebec, Alberta and British available the and the Middle East. The production plant in required, there is often little space available Columbia, mainly from the oil industry, along India manufactures for the Indian market, and which is where this compact unit comes into with US distributors from states such as Power Cube the one in China for Asia and Australasia. California, Texas, New York, HIPOWER is the production centre set up to Virginia, Missouri, Dakota, can be easily cater for the US and Canada," says the CEO, Louisiana, Connecticut, Francisco Gracia. Rhode Island, Masachusset, adapted to On the first day of the convention, the 30 Illinois, Washington and New guests attended a series of conferences, Jersey. Himoinsa Power suit those presided over by HIPOWER’s Sales Systems has grown 900% in Manager, Marcelo Oliveira. the last four years and projects He comments: “The North American power expects revenue to reach market has grown since the economic slump US$100m by 2015. where 20­foot of 2008, with 80% of this growth driven by The company used the emergency-standby power supply,” convention to show its main containers The convention also served as a platform distributors the key features for FPT to unveil its new Tier 4 engines in of the HIMOINSA production cannot be response to the emissions and air quality process and the advantages requirements of the US Environmental offered by the generator sets used.” Protection Agency (EPA). and those other electrical The second or final phase of the Tier 4 distribution products recently regulations will come into effect in 2014, launched on the market. ­HIMOINSA specifically Tier 4B, with which “Particulate HIPOWER Chairman Rafael matter (PM) and nitrogen oxides (NOx) will be Acosta was pleased with the reduced by 90% compared to Tier 3 levels” visit by the company’s main explained Fabio Berton, Power Generation distributors and took the international OEM's Manager at FPT. opportunity to explain the He concludes: “We have been "working current state of the North with HIMOINSA for over 20 years now and American energy industry. think the company has done an excellent job "We have operations in a carving out a strategic niche for itself in the number of markets. The international power generation market”. industrial standby market, the www.himoinsa.com

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LoadbanksLoadbanks Loadbanks - Crestchic’s premises. essential for all

UK­based Crestchic has recently successfully completed a 20MVA loadbank test for an offshore platform in the North Sea. There should always be a witness test of the performance of any standby system following its installation and commissioning or any major upgrade, reports UKPN.

very day across industries worldwide, returns to normal. This simulation mitigates power failure or disturbance leads to against the risk that the engine does not loss of valuable data, waste of raw recover and the alternator fails. materials, decreases in productivity, * To test at conditions replicating a lagging Paul Brickman E Crestchic. increases in production time. power factor and to ensure complete engine The consequential losses are immense and and alternator test; a resistive-reactive the cost to insurers staggering. But these loadbank is essential, says the company. could be drastically reduced by making the RESISTIVE REACTIVE LOADBANKS: “Loadbanks can effectively simulate power use of a loadbank a condition of insurance. Crestchic designs and manufactures a wide A full test using a loadbank is essential for range of fixed or variable power factor failure under full load demand to ensure that the business continuity planning and should be resistive-reactive loadbanks in standard completed before any assumption of risk. frames sizes & containers, from 50kVA to controls and switch panels work as expected in This is a very important aspect of overall risk 6250kVA, built to a client’s specific voltage, management as most power failures are as a frequency and phase requirements. real conditions.” ­ Paul Brickman, Crestchic result of human error, poor maintenance or All Crestchic loadbanks employ stainless planning, rather than war, terrorism or natural steel finned elements for maximum heat disasters. dissipation and durability. Initially, there should be a witness test of the AC RESISTIVE LOADBANKS: Crestchic performance of the standby system following designs and manufactures a wide range of its installation and commissioning or any air-cooled resistive loadbanks in standard major upgrade. The witness test should frames sizes & containers, from 10kW to include: 6000kW, built to specific voltages, frequency “Black starting” to ensure that in the event of and phase requirements. a mains power failure the standby system is AC MEDIUM VOLTAGE LOADBANKS: capable of taking up the full load within a time With footprint size a vital consideration in frame of ten to fifteen seconds of the many markets, the company’s MV loadbanks generator starting. This is done by using the provide higher voltages with integrated loadbank to ‘mimic’ the full operational load of transformers & loadbanks packaged in one the building or process. ISO container. These are available in wide * Using the loadbank to simulate power fail- range of voltages from 600v to 33kV in both ure under full demand to ensure that the con- resistive and resistive-reactive configuration. trols and switch panels work as expected in DC LOADBANKS: Batteries are used real conditions, and that the automatic transfer extensively across industry to provide critical switch that regulates the main loads continues parallel emergency power to essential to operate in sequence. systems. The reliable operation of these * Testing the generator on full load at batteries is vital. optimum operating temperature to reduce the Crestchic’s range of DC loadbanks are chances of “wet stacking” which can cause specially designed to provide an accurate engine failure. load for the discharge of batteries, both Crestchic recently successfully completed a following amps and voltage. 50MVA test for an onshore oil pumping station •Range from 24v/100A up to 700v/450A; in the Far East. •Dual & multi voltage units available; Commissioning offshore and marine •Constant current control; propulsion turbines using loadbanks is essen- •Multiple 1amp steps; tial, as a failure can be difficult and expensive •Choice of control systems & data to rectify once the platform is at sea. acquisition. The testing involves incremental steps up to Crestchic’s Corona control system with PC full load, to check turbine parameters for both or HHT100 interface is Crestchic’s state of the fuel consumption and different types of fuel. In art software based control system for DC addition, monitoring vibration, temperature Loadbanks. and airflow will ensure peak efficiency once It comprises a high performance the facility is on station and working to microprocessor housed within the loadbank capacity. enclosure providing supervisory operation & At the same time, it is possible to simulate monitoring, along with real-time data the effect of a large block load being acquisition direct from the loadbank introduced or withdrawn, e.g. a pump or instrumentation, coupled with either a rugged compressor, measuring the recovery interval field tablet controller or a PC-based interface. (‘transient response’) until the engine speed www.crestchic.co.uk

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LubricationLubrication Oil is the key to vanquishing varnish

arnish has historically been used as a air in an oil with inferior air release catch-all term for deposits, either in performance may be compressed in turbine the form of sludge or varnish. bearings or high pressure hydraulics, causing VSludge is often described as a soft, adiabatic compression (a.k.a. micro- pliable, organic residue that can be easily dieseling). removed by wiping, while varnish refers to the Similarly, excessive surface-level foaming hard, oil insoluble organic residue that is not can accelerate oxidation and lead to easily removed by wiping. operational issues, such as the inability to According to a recent ExxonMobil Fuels & measure lubricant levels correctly, or reservoir Lubricants survey of 192 gas turbine power overflow from vents. plants with a combined total of 626 gas Oils formulated to have rapid air release turbines, approximately 40% reported current and minimal foam formation will provide or historical varnish issues within six years of superior protection against the formation of oil service life. varnish. Both varnish and sludge form in different * Filterability: The filterability of a fluid can ways and there are many contributing factors be defined as its ability to pass through a filter to their formation. with minimal pressure drop. Oils with poor Turbines with common hydraulic and filterability will pollute filters faster that those bearing reservoirs are far more susceptible to with good filterability. This often translates into unit trips or no-starts related to varnish than more frequent filter changes. turbines with segregated reservoirs. * Anti-Rust and Corrosion protection: Mild varnish can also build on journal and Rust and corrosion can also contribute to oxi- thrust bearings with little or no impact on dation and the formation of contaminant- bearing temperatures or shaft rotations. Unit based varnish. Oils formulated to minimise trips or no-starts are rarely, if ever, reported rust and corrosion will reduce the likelihood of due to varnish in turbine bearings. varnish formation. Varnish can have a significant For these reasons, varnish prevention and * Wear on high pressure hydraulics, the detection should be emphasized on turbines gears of the accessory gearbox, generator impact on the reliability of gas with common hydraulic and turbine oil reduction gear or turning gear, can have a reservoirs compared to turbines with separate direct impact on gas turbine performance. turbine operations in the power hydraulic and turbine oil reservoirs. Wear material from these components can There are three main mechanisms behind indirectly be a source of varnish formation, sector. What is varnish and how varnish formation: thermal degradation of oil since the wear metals will act as an oxidation which can take place at temperatures above catalyst. much of an issue is it in the power 300°C; oxidation, a reaction that acts to ExxonMobil Fuels & Lubricants has recently decompose the oil; and contamination of the introduced Mobil DTE™ 932 GT, a industry? James Hannon, Product oil, through either internal or external sources. gas turbine oil which can help power While treating the symptoms of varnish operators to increase productivity by reducing Technical Advisor for through mitigation technologies may extend unscheduled downtime. service life, the important factors for reliable Across a wide range of testing procedures, ExxonMobil Fuels, Lubricants & operation involve starting with a clean system Mobil DTE 932 GT was shown to deliver and using a turbine oil designed to prevent critical performance benefits such as the Specialties Marketing Company, varnish from forming. potential for greatly reduced varnish In general, higher group base stocks formation, enhanced turbine performance and gives us some insights. blended with advanced technology additives durability. offer the best first line against varnish. As a result, Mobil DTE 932 GT meets or To select a well-balanced gas turbine exceeds the standards for General Electric lubricant, maintenance personnel should frame 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9 turbines. consider the following performance areas: Other performance benefits of Mobil DTE * Deposit Control: As mentioned earlier, 932 GT include exceptional high temperature varnish can be generated by thermal performance, outstanding deposit control, degradation, oxidation and contamination. excellent foam control and air release. Some oils generate more deposits than Once the appropriate lubricant is selected, it others, but advanced turbine oils are is imperative that its in-service performance is formulated to limit the generation of sludge monitored via a proactive oil analysis and varnish, while keeping deposits in program. suspension. Generally, sampling and testing should be * Oxidation Stability Turbine bearing done at least quarterly, and it is usually temperatures approaching 250°C, in beneficial to perform it more frequently as the combination with equipment metals, oil condition degrades. contaminants and entrained air all contribute Today’s available historical oil analysis test- to the oxidation process, which precedes ing methods cannot accurately predict var- varnish formation. nish, although the industry has been working To combat this, operators should look for to develop methods to better predict varnish in higher level turbine oil base stocks and gas turbine hydraulic systems with a advanced antioxidants which can provide combination of Ultra Centrifuge (UC), protection against oxidation when properly Membrane Patch Colorimetry (MPC) and formulated. Linear Sweep Voltammetry (RULER) tests. * Air Release and Foam Control: Entrained www.mobilindustrial.com

JUNE‐JULY 2013 UK POWER NEWS 43 UKPN.JUNE.13. GPS PE PIPE.p44:page 17 - 18 CHP Update.qxd 02/07/2013 13:34 Page 1 LookHydropowerHydropower at what’s in the pipeline

David Hill, Technical Manager at GPS PE Pipe Systems, discusses the added value that hydro­electric scheme designers can gain by working closely with PE suppliers and the value engineering advantages a collaborative approach can offer, reports UKPN.

he growth in interest in hydro-electric with sections of other materials along the “There is still power schemes amongst both energy penstock to match the required head at each companies and private estates over point along the route. some Trecent years has been matched by a When we consider the distance that needs to new enthusiasm for PE pipe as a penstock be covered by most penstocks this can distance to material. provide considerable cost savings as - by The fact is that the market is shifting towards reducing the wall thickness of the pipe go before PE penstocks. This is a positive trend for both (increasing the SDR) - savings can be made the PE pipe sector and the long-term viability on material costs. hydro scheme of hydro schemes. Those savings do not compromise on the Anecdotal evidence from this year’s British quality of the installation, instead they offer developers Hydro Association Conference in Glasgow true value engineering opportunities by indicates that there is still some distance to go delivering the flexibility benefits of PE and and designers before hydro scheme developers & designers reducing the costs. realise all the potential benefits which can be A PE pipe specialist should be able to realise all the achieved by working closely with a PE provide a bespoke pipe/fitting fabrication supplier. service to meet the needs of the installation. potential The feedback from the conference was that At GPS, for example, we can provide specifiers are still selecting PE pipe based on custom-extruded pipe in sizes up to 1200mm benefits that generic calculations and selecting the material OD along with a range of custom fittings as a commodity item from stock through including butt fusion change pieces, larger can be builders’ merchants. outlet branch saddles or Y sections. While the merchant supply chain is reliable Custom lengths of pipe can also help to achieved by and the level of design experience that can be minimise the number of joints needed and expected from the specifier is considerable, ensure more efficient delivery and installation. working this specification route can sometimes leave Increasing the length of each section of pipe out one substantial source of expertise: the can also help to reduce the number of closely with a PE pipe manufacturer. deliveries required; a significant benefit when Not only can the manufacturers advise on the dealing with the logistical challenges of PE supplier.” suitability of pipe diameter and thickness for remote sites and carbon minimisation targets. any installation, they can also advise on the While the BIM (Building Information most appropriate accessories, variations in Management) approach to construction ­ David Hill, pipe size and diameter to match required flow projects is not being applied in any mandato- rates and pressure ratings. ry sense to power infrastructure projects, the Technical Manufacturers may even be able to produce core philosophy of deriving the greatest value bespoke sizes of pipe to meet individual with the least possible waste by working Manager project requirements. collaboratively across the supply, design and As a result, a PE pipe specialist should be delivery chain is just as relevant. GPS PE Pipe able to facilitate a successful transition from With no strict standard requirements for concept to completion by advising on design, hydro penstock pipe and fittings it’s clear to Systems specifications and pipeline installation turning see how easily they can be reduced to the sta- ‘commodity’ pipe into a tailor-made solution of tus of ‘commodity’. maximum efficiency. But when the Penstock can often account for In addition to providing a corrosion-free, leak- as much as 40% of the total project budget, free solution, one of the most significant surely specifiers should be expecting more benefits that PE pipe offers over ductile iron, from their PE supplier? concrete or stainless steel is that it has the www.gpsuk.com flexibility to bend to fit the contours of the ground into which it is laid. Given that many, if not most, hydro schemes are in remote locations where rough and uneven terrain is a key element of the design challenge, this is a significant installation and integrity benefit. While there may be some sections of the penstock that require very high pressure ratings greater than PE pipe can offer, it is usually feasible to combine sections of PE

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From used widely in such technology and service batteries and even power steering pumps used in electric vehi- ensuring accuracy and ensuring applications in the Asia company, Valstone Control Inc. cle/hybrid electric vehicles (EV/HEV). that the high-quality sensor Pacific oil & gas and power in South Korea, inaugurated a The new 500V DC model of SG Series power supplies can pro- probes are easily integrated industries. These customers new supply and service centre vide up to 15kW in a 3U package and 30 kW in a 6U package. with other PID temperature will now have convenient in India, and completed Users also can select from 5 kW, 10 kW, 20 kW, 25 kW and 30 kW controller systems, Oven access to Metso's advanced expansion of its valve models. The Sorensen SG Series also offers fast voltage and cur- Industries, Inc. is leading the control and safety systems as production premises in the US. rent slew rates, exceptional load transient response, and low RMS way with temperature sensors. well as its advanced materials In 2011 Metso opened a valve ripple and noise. Visitors to the Oven Industries and seal technologies. technology centre in Finland, The complete SG Series includes a new 3U and 6U package website can find a useful Metso's new Neles globe and 2010 in Shanghai. Metso configuration with a variety of output and power configurations ‘Temperature Sensor Selection valve series is designed for also has high-class industrial that allow the user to purchase just the right performance needed Guide’ which can help with both general and severe valve facilities in Brazil and for the job. Combinations of these chassis can then be easily paral- selection of the correct sensor service applications. 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Their brand HI-FOG®, is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a industry requirement, each operation and maintenance unit of United Technologies Corp. sensor available can be features optimise process per- The new and existing system approvals enable Marioff to provide customised to suit a wide formance at the lowest cost. water mist fire protection for a wider range of combustion turbine variety of power applications. When paired with the key and machinery configurations in enclosures, while also providing and internationally acclaimed more flexible system installation criteria. Neles ND9000 intelligent The maximum ceiling height was extended up to 11 metres, valve controllers, these whereas the maximum protected volume is 1375m3. 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ASSOCIATIONS A new Grid Code: What does it CHPA Conference and Awards mean for AMPS members? Dinner 2013 ‐ Chris Whitworth, AMPS’ Technical Consultant, discusses the implications of Wednesday 27th changes to the grid code with a number of AMPS members. November he requirements for distributed generators embedded within the electrical Tnetwork systems of Europe are changing. With more and more power being he The CHPA Annual Conference generated from embedded renewable technologies there has become a need for the Tand Awards are the leading events for Network Operators at both transmission (TNO) and distribution (DNO) systems the CHP, district heating, energy services levels to introduce Grid Codes to ensure a stable and secure electrical supply. and community energy sectors in the UK, The Association of The EU policy for member states (MS) to supply consumers from the lowest cost bringing together policy makers, opinion Manufacturers of Power source introduced the need to ensure cross-border trading of electrical power leaders and energy consumers for generating Systems between neighboring member states will not be restricted by conflicting technical stimulating debate, political perspectives requirements. As a result a common pan-European Grid Code was recognized as a and industry insights. Samuelson House, Forder Way prerequisite to creating an ideal electrical supply base for a future supply network to The Awards Dinner will be hosted in Hampton, Peterborough function effectively. In response the EU parliament - working through ACER and the Great Hall at Lincoln’s Inn, the PE7 8JB Tel: 08456 448748 ENTSOe - set the challenge to create a harmonised European Grid Code. largest and oldest of the four Inns of Email: [email protected] Today this work is reaching a critical phase as the European parliament begins a Court and a stunning setting for our Website: www.amps.org.uk process to legitimise a family of Network Codes (NC) aimed at unifying the awards. electrical power system supply policies of MS countries. For those associated with The CHPA Awards showcase supplying equipment destined for embedded power generation equipment the most achievement, innovation and best significant is Network Code - Requirements for Generators (NC RfG). practice from across the sector over the There is a progressive time line for the implementation of NC RfG. It is expected past year. Now in its sixth year, the that it will be passed from the European Parliament to MS authorities at the end of Awards provide an opportunity for 2013. Over the following three year period each MS will consider the organisations and professionals from ‘Requirements’ which are expected to be set in terms of three different across the growing sector to celebrate implementation levels, which in simplified terms amount to: Compulsory, success and collective attainment. Recommended and Optional. We have created a range of Between 2014 and 2017 the TNOs and DNOs, along with various appropriate sponsorship packages to suit all authoritative bodies within each MS, must translate the ‘Requirements’ into a set of marketing objectives and budgets. ‘Rules’ to ensure local unique operating conditions are recognised, prevailing power Sponsors of the Conference and the Combined Heat and quality obligations are not compromised, and all connected generators will be able Awards Dinner benefit from: Power Association 6th Floor to support the electrical supply system in a manner that the security and stability of •High brand visibility before, during 10 Dean Farrar Street that supply network will not be compromised. and after the event London SW1H 0DX In the UK (GB region) the route this three year implementation process will follow •A platform to showcase their work, Tel: +44 (0)20 3031 8740 is still to be clarified. It could well result in the G59 document no longer existing whether through speaking opportunities, E­mail: [email protected] and being replaced by an encompassing distribution code. exhibition stands or wider promotional What is certain is that diesel and gas powered generating sets have a place in the activity supply networks of the future, based on their ability to provide a dependable and •Access to a range of influential flexible power source. But the governing rules for the performance requirements of decision makers engine or turbine driven generators will become stricter when the ‘Requirements’ •Association with one of the UK’s within NC RfG are applied. most successful and highly regarded It remains to be seen how many subtle variations of the ‘Requirements’ will result sustainable energy events. as a consequence of each MS’s local implementation of the various NC’s presently being processed, particularly the most advanced; NC RfG. The final version - which has been in the public domain for South Hook Combined Heat and many months - has requirements for Power Station - the plant has now been The Institution of Diesel levels of performance that will most Problems ahead for the European grid? accepted for examination certainly not be satisfactorily met by the and Gas Turbine Engineers conventional products being offered An application from QPI Global Ventures Bedford Heights, Manton Lane today. Ltd for the proposed South Hook Bedford, MK41 7PH The AMPS Technical Committee and combined heat power station (CHP) has +44 (0)1234 214340 several AMPS Member companies have been accepted. The Planning Inspectorate www.idte.org been tracking, debating and feeding announced that the application from QPI [email protected] back into the channels associated with Global Ventures Ltd for the proposed the ACER and ENTSOe led objective. South Hook combined heat power station This has now (CHP) has been accepted, by the i) extended to finding groups involved Secretary of State for Communities and in the stakeholder feedback process Local Government, for examination. ii) discussing specifics to gain clarity The proposed CHP plant will have an and installed capacity of up to 500MWe and iii) extending our understanding of the produce sufficient electricity to both strategy and objectives that instigated meet the existing Liquefied Natural Gas the Network Codes initiative. terminal’s power needs and to export surplus electricity.

IDGTE’s 7th International GasThe applicationTurbine was Conference submitted on 31 May 2013 and the decision to accept the Milton Keynes, UK - Tuesday 5th & Wednesdayapplication 6th to November, proceed has 2013 been made in CIBSE accordance with section 55 of the “New Technological PrioritiesPlanning forAct 2008Evolving (as amended Gas by the 222 Balham High Road Localism Act 2011). Turbine Markets Call for Papers London SW12 9BS The IDGTE now invites the submission of abstracts for papers to be presented at its 7th Gas Turbine Conference to be held on 5th and 6th November 2013 at the Holiday Tel +44 (0)20 8675 5211 Inn East M1, Milton Keynes. This established and acclaimed international event Fax +44 (0)20 8675 5449 offers a unique opportunity to present a paper on the latest developments in gas turbine engineering, technology and application.

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