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Contributors Christopher Hopkins; Wartsila; GE Gas Turbines 22 Energy Centrax; Man-Diesel; Cummins Malmo’s latest gas turbine driven plant has been completed by Power Generation; Siemens; BWE; Hitachi Power Europe, Olaf Lipinski reports. Rolls Royce; Electrawinds More power for Malmo, Sweden. See Page 22. Published by: Heat Exchangers 24 Global Media Publishing Ltd GEA Iberica has won an order for heat-exchange surface Global House, 13 Market Square, Our power portfolio includes: condensers for a new solar thermal power plant in Spain. Horsham, West Sussex, RH12 1EU, UK. Tel: +44 (0)1403 220750 Fax: +44 (0)1403 220751 Filtration 25 8-10 June - NEC - Birmingham Website: www.gmp.uk.com US-based Westar Energy has saved US$231,000 over the last three years thanks to improved filtration from Pall. © Worldwide Independent Power IP&EE2010 Independent Power & Energy Europe (ISSN 1468-7100). Blading 26 Subscription price £120 (UK), There’s a new kind of abrasive tip material available for £180 (overseas) per year. turbine blades, report Scott Wilson and Thomas Peters. Please send address changes to Worldwide Independent Power, Switchgear 27 Global House, 13 Market Square, Linde Engineering’s project in Abu Dhabi depends on Siemens’ Horsham, RH12 1EU, UK. gas-insulated 220-kV high voltage switchgear. WORLDWIDE INDEPENDENT POWER Printed by Manor Creative, UK Auditors: ABC application Power Plant Review 28 approved October 2006 Profile of the Monsenergo Turnkey Project - PLUS we look at Austria’s Walsum 10 coal power plant in Westphalia [page30]. In the next issue • CHP & Cogeneration • Diesel/Gas Engine REGULARS • Renewables Round Up Power news from around the world 6 • Gen-Sets & Loadbanks • Silencers/Insulation Sharewatch 12 • UPS Systems/Maintenance New Products, Contracts & Applications 32 MIDDLE EAST POWER Anuncio_Marca_A4_Ingles 21/1/08 19:29 Pgina 1 WE HAVE MANAGED TO GO FURTHER THAN ANYONE ELSE www.iberinco.com Ed letterJune09.Final.qxd 24/07/2009 09:47 Page 1 EDITOR’S LETTER WELCOME A warm welcome to this month’s issue of Worldwide Independent Power - as always bringing you closer to the stories and issues affecting on-site power and cogeneration around the world. For editorial comments, please do not hesitate to contact the editor. Aidan Turnbull BIENVENUE Soyez le bienvenu à cette issue de - Editor Worldwide Independent Power. Comme d'habitude, nous vous apportons toujours plus près des sujets qui affectent l'énergie et la co-generation sur place autour du monde. N'hésitez pas contacter le rédacteur pour des commentaires éditoriaux. WILLKOMMEN The mystery of renewables Herzlich Willkommen zur Ausgabe ow are the renewable energy markets doing these days? If you believe all you read, it might dieses Monates von Worldwide Independent Power. Wie immer appear very well indeed. Europe is now said to be one of the best situated continents for bringen wir Sie näher heran an die Husing renewable energy systems - such as sunlight, wind, rain, tides, geothermal heat and Ereignisse und Geschichten der biomass sources. Stromerzeugungsindustrie rund um In the UK, since 2000, we have established 70 wind farms, comprising more than 800 turbines in die Welt. total. As more become established costs have fallen, and the final cost of getting electricity from Für redaktionelle Kommentare und the wind has dropped considerably. The good news is that windfarms are growing every year at the Anregungen wenden Sie sich bitte rate of 30%, with a worldwide installed capacity of 121,000 MW in 2008 and they have now become an den Autor. widely accepted in the US and Europe. In the latest media reports the experts have suggested that BIENVENIDO the potential of wind energy is five times our total current global energy production, or 40 times Bienvenido a esta edición de current electricity demand. Worldwide Independent Power. The truth is that potential does not equal viable potential. You'll often hear claims that wind Como siempre, acercándolo a los power could generate much more electricity than we could possibly use. Unfortunately, these temas que afectan a la energía y a claims are generally based on silly assumptions, such as all land with wind potential could be la cogeneración in-situ. No dude converted to wind farms. Yes, we could theoretically knock down Central London and build wind en contactar con nuestro editor farms over the land, but not even the Greens feel this is a viable option. para cualquier cuestión editorial. Sadly, apart from onshore wind, which is just about cost-competitive with conventional electricity production, renewables are an expensive way of generating electricity. Unless there are special BENVENUTI circumstances - supply security considerations, environmental subsidies, or remote locations away Benvenuti a questa nuova edizione from the grid - meaning that any electricity supply from a central source would involve extension of di Worldwide Independent Power. a grid network - renewables aren't really economically viable. Come sempre cercheremo di One can argue that conventional fuels don't pay an economic rate for the clean-up of the offrirvi storie e questioni riguardanti on-site power e environmental mess they make, and that on a level-playing field, renewables make more economic cogeneration a livello globale. Per sense. But the fact is, nuclear energy aside, fossil fuels don't yet pay the full cost of clean-up, commenti editoriali, si prega di although there are attempts to move towards this with carbon trading. contattare l'editore. Put simply, the question people have to answer is this: "Do you want it cheap - or do you want it clean?" July has proved a fertile month for organisations promoting renewable energy issues. There is now a body with worldwide reach called the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) - made up of experts from 129 nations - which has agreed to establish a headquarters in Abu Dhabi from where it will advise on renewable energy. Media reports have suggested that Australia and Japan added their names to the document establishing IRENA just hours before its inaugural conference in Sharm al-Sheik on June 29th - so, clearly, this is viewed as an important development. IRENA’s aim is to offer advice to world governments on technical and financial issues linked to renewable energy and promote and encourage the introduction of this kind of technology across developing countries. EUROPE ASIA-PACIFIC MIDDLE EAST AFRICA AMERICAS W ORLDWIDE I NDEPENDENT P OWER • JULY 2009 5 NEWS.WIPJuly09.qxd 28/07/2009 11:52 Page 1 NEWS In brief... ABB wins US$24m order for UK Sulzer Chemtech ABB, the leading power and acquires SAB automation technology group, has Sulzer Chemtech has The Carrington Power project. signed an agreement to been awarded a US $24 million acquire SAB Technical contract by National Grid for a 400 Services (India) for a kV substation which will provide the purchase price of US$5.75 grid connection for a new power million. SAB's annual sales station in the north-west of England. are approximately US$4 The Carrington Power project is a million. With this CCGT (combined cycle gas turbine) acquisition Sulzer seeks to plant located on the site of a former expand its geographical coal-fired power station near the city presence as a leading of Manchester.