WADE News Service

Sky Prepares Big Switchover to Biomass Power

Sky is poised to take a major step closer towards its target of cutting carbon emissions by a quarter, with the commissioning of a new combined cooling heat and power (CCHP) plant that could supply up to 40 per cent of energy to the broadcaster's main studio complex.

Steve Holford, head of engineering projects and energy at Sky, said he hopes to turn on the Turboden-made Organic Rankine Cycle turbine by the end of this month. This will provide both heat and electrical power to the company's new sustainable studios near Heathrow, London.

Fuel Cell to Power City Hall

A 66,000-pound fuel cell arrived at Millennium Plaza behind City Hall Sunday morning, bringing the city’s total fuel cell count to five.

The fuel cell will provide the majority of electricity to City Hall and the Hall of Records at 200 Orange St., as well as 60 percent of the heat and 30 percent of cooling for the buildings, said Christine Eppstein Tang, director of the New Haven Office of Sustainability. The fuel cell is expected to save between $500,000 and $1,000,000 throughout its 10-year lease period and reduce the pollution generated by both buildings, said Giovanni Zinn ’05, a consultant employed by the city’s Office of Sustainability.

German Pellets to Open CHP Plant in Italy

German Pellets is to build and operate a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in northern Italy in a joint venture with a local company.

German Pellets says Italy is a good location to build the plant as the conditions are favourable thanks to the feed-in tariffs that come from electricity derived from CHP plants. Up to €0.28/kW hour can be paid for renewable energy that is generated for the national grid and German Pellets plans to sell the thermal energy it produces to local customers.

The power plant will supply about 180kW of power and 240kW of heat, which is enough to power around 350 households a year. ‘The technology is highly efficient. In Italy we are following a decentralised model, which makes it possible to produce energy close to where it is used,’ says German Pellets’ MD Peter Leibold.

One of Russia’s Most Efficient Power Plants Sets New Performance Standards with GE’s Advanced Combined-Cycle Technology

One of Russia’s most efficient and modern combined-cycle power stations, located at Shatura about 150 kilometers east of Moscow, recently completed its first year of operation and has set new output and efficiency standards for the site. Owned by Russian power producer E.ON Russia, the plant features GE’s (NYSE: GE) advanced 109FA combined-cycle technology. The Shatura site is the first combined-cycle (steam and gas) block of its kind in Russia.

This project was recognized by the United Nations as the first Russian carbon reduction joint implementation project under the Kyoto Protocol in October 2010. E.ON and GE also received a state award from the Russian Ministry of Energy for the best technology used in implementing the Shatura project in 2010. The new Shatura plant upgrades an existing facility at the site, which has been producing electricity since the mid-1920s.

Capstone Turbine Corporation Receives 1.2MW Order From Nigerian Distributor, Makon Power Systems LTD.

Capstone Turbine Corporation, the world's leading clean-technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, has received an order for a C1000 and C200 for use at a large Nigerian pharmaceutical company. The order comes on the heels of a meeting with a delegation of the Nigerian government and business leaders led by the United States Ambassador to Nigeria on December 14th to discuss how expanding the number of Capstone microturbines in Nigeria can grow the country's economy.

"The meeting was a big success as indicated by this order," said Jim Crouse, Capstone's Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing. "The meeting provided a tremendous opportunity for Capstone to support the U.S. government's National Export Initiative and grow our sales throughout Nigeria, especially in the industrial and oil & gas markets."

The pharmaceutical company is World Health organization (WHO) certified and chose Capstone because of our ultra low emission and high reliability. The Capstone microturbines will be used to provide power and thermal energy for the manufacturing process, improving the efficiency of the plant and reducing their carbon footprint.

Duquesne Switches to Pennsylvania Wind Power

Duquesne will use certified Pennsylvania wind energy to help power its campus starting in 2012. Previously, Duquesne's wind energy came from Green e-Certified Texas wind plants. Pennsylvania wind farms will now supply all of Duquesne's wind energy, which combined with landfill gas energy, powered a portion of the 30 percent of the campus's overall energy, according to a report done by Duquesne's Center for Environmental Research.

The other 70 percent is powered by the on-campus cogeneration plant, located between Gumberg Library and the Forbes Garage, which runs on natural gas.

FuelCell Energy Delivers One Billion Kilowatt Hours of Ultra-Clean Power Generation

FuelCell Energy, Inc. a leading manufacturer of ultra-clean, efficient and reliable power plants, today announced a significant milestone with one billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of ultra-clean and renewable electricity produced by Direct FuelCell(R) (DFC)(R) power plants since 2003. One billion kWh of electricity can power more than 90,000 average size U.S. homes for one year. With more than 80 DFC plants producing environmentally friendly power and usable high quality heat at more than 50 locations globally, DFC plants are eliminating the emission of a significant level of pollutants and substantially reducing carbon emissions compared to the average U.S. fossil-fuel power plant.

"Our power plants are solving power generation challenges every day for our global customer base," said Chip Bottone, President & Chief Executive Officer, FuelCell Energy, Inc. "Our plants provide environmentally friendly power production where the power is used in an economically attractive manner."

American DG Energy to Provide Clean Energy from Fourteen Combined Heat and Power Systems at Multiple Buildings

American DG Energy Inc., a leading On?Site Utility, offering clean electricity, heat, hot water and cooling solutions to hospitality, healthcare, housing and athletic facilities, has reached an agreement to supply clean energy to multiple residential buildings located in New York. Under the terms of the fifteen-year agreement, the Company will install fourteen (CHP) systems at multiple residential buildings, managed by RY Management, a property management company. The CHP systems, totaling 1050 kW, will be owned and operated by American DG Energy. The property management company will receive a discount on the energy produced by the and reduce the emissions of its managed properties. The value of the agreement to the Company is $27.4 million.

W�rtsil� to Deliver Three More Power Plants to Bangladesh

Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, has been awarded three more contracts to supply power plant generating equipment to Bangladesh. The total overall output of these plants will be more than 250 MW, and all of them will produce electricity to be supplied to the national grid.

Delivery of the plants will be made on a fast-track basis in order to meet the tight construction schedules. These three contracts follow two other power plant orders from Bangladesh that Wärtsilä announced earlier this week.

W�rtsil� Contracted to Supply Two Power Plants to Bangladesh

Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions, has been awarded two contracts to supply power plant generating equipment to Bangladesh. The total overall output of these two plants will be over 200 MW, and they will produce electricity to be supplied to the national grid. In each case, delivery will be made on a fast-track basis in order to meet the tight construction schedules. Both plants are scheduled to be operational before the end of 2012. The orders are included in the fourth quarter 2011 order book.

PowerPac Mutiara Jamalpur Power Plant Ltd, an independent power producer (IPP), has ordered twelve 20-cylinder Wärtsilä 32 generating sets with a total output of approximately 100 MW. The new power plant will operate initially on heavy fuel oil (HFO), but the engines are ready to switch to gas operation when a supply of natural gas becomes available.