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CHP 14 

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Cogeneration 16 

Aidan Turnbull reports on a recent visit to Electrawinds 

Biomass Mouscron, one of Belgium’s most advanced 

cogeneration plants based on biofuels. 

Benelux Report 20 

Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have all installed 

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Gen-sets in Italy 22 

Renato Bruno is the Director General for Bruno Generators. He 

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offrirvi storie e questioni 

riguardanti on-site power e 

cogeneration a livello globale. Per 

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W ORLDWIDE I NDEPENDENT P OWER • JUNE 2009 

EDITOR’S LETTER 

Is the cheap energy dream over? 

Economic reports suggest that global energy consumption will increase by 44% between 2006 

and 2030, driven by strong long-term economic growth in the developing nations of the world. 

This is the conclusion of a study from the ‘International Energy Outlook 2009"’(IEO2009) 

released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). While world energy demand in the near 

term has slumped slightly as a result of the global economic downturn, most countries already 

anticipate that energy consumption growth rates will return to pre-recession levels within a very 

few years. China isn’t even waiting for this to happen - it appears to be forging ahead to meet 

future demand by building at least one new power plant every week. 

If you are into big numbers, here are some for you. Total world energy use is predicted to rise 

from 472 quadrillion British thermal units (Btu) in 2006 to 552 quadrillion Btu in 2015 - and then to 

678 quadrillion Btu in 2030. As a consequence of this the costs behind energy production have to 

come down. What this means is that over the next few years as prices rise, it is the relatively 

cheap, unconventional resources - such as extra-heavy oil, coal-to-liquids, and gas-to-liquids, oil 

sands and biofuels such as rapeseed oil and fats derived from animals - which could be fuelling 

more of the power stations of the future. 

Certainly, from examples on the Continent, tallow made from rendered-down cow carcases 

appears to be working out as a renewable and ‘green’ energy resource. See page 25 for our full 

report on the Mouscron Biomass co-gen plant example in Belgium. Currently producing 18MW of 

‘green energy’ - enough to meet the needs of 44,000 families and offer further profit from 

recoverable ‘waste’ heat. Its operators suggest that a plant like this can reduce CO2 emissions by 

66,000 tonnes a year. The EIA believes that world production of unconventional resources - which 

totalled 3.1 million barrels per day in 2006 - will expand to an amazing 13.4 million barrels per day 

in 2030 - which represents 13% of total world liquids supply in 2030. 

EU Commissioner for Energy, Andris Piebalgs, believes that research and development into 

alternative power generation systems along these lines is crucial and reflects the energy and 

climate change policies set by the EU. Clearly, the EU has a sort of 20:20 vision. 

By 2020 - Piebalgs says - the EU will seek to reduce energy usage across Europe by 20% while - at 

the same time - boosting renewable energy to 20% of the EU’s overall final energy consumption. 

Greenhouse gas emissions in Europe are also projected to be cut by 20%. 

“Making energy systems more sustainable and secure is one of the greatest challenges for Europe. 

The potential is definitely there. It is now essential to unlock it and find appropriate ways to work 

for industry, research and government to work together to achieve our common targets,” he says. 

This kind of approach would appear to be the way forward to achieving EU Energy and Climate 

Change Policy objectives as well as reducing the costs involved with producing energy at affordable 

prices. But will it actually happen by 2020? Watch this space. 

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In brief... 

9,000 engineers 

needed 

The network companies 

which transport Britain's 

electricity and gas from 

source to user will need 

to recruit up to 9,000 

engineers over the next 

five years, a cross party 

group of MPs was told. Up 

to 6,000 new engineers 

will be directly employed 

by the electricity 

distribution network 

operators (DNOs) and gas 

distribution networks 

(GDNs), while 3,000 more 

jobs will need to be filled 

by companies in the supply 

chain, according to 

the companies' industry 

body, the Energy Networks 

Association (ENA). 

Contract for Foster 

Wheeler 

Foster Wheeler AG has 

announced that its 

Milan-based subsidiary 

Foster Wheeler Italiana 

S.p.A, part of its Global 

Engineering and 

Construction Group, has 

been awarded a contract 

by the Rotterdam Climate 

Initiative (RCI) for the 

provision of engineering 

consultancy services 

related to RCI's planned 

carbon capture, storage 

and utilisation solution in 

the Rotterdam region. 

Cogeneration 

contract for Spain 

DETISA, an energy 

supplier owned by major 

Spanish oil company 

CEPSA, has selected GE 

Energy's gas turbine 

technology for a new 

cogeneration project in 

San Roque, Cádiz, Spain. 

GE will supply a Frame 6B 

gas turbine-generator for 

the Lubrisur Cogeneration 

Plant serving the energy 

requirements of the 

Gibraltar-San Roque 

refinery, with excess 

electricity to be sold to 

the Spanish grid. The 

plant has a capacity of 42 

megawatts of power and 

also will produce steam to 

be used for refinery 

processes. Cogeneration is 

a growing trend in Spain, 

where the government is 

pushing for energy 

savings, reduced grid 

losses and reduced greenhouse 

gas emissions. 

NEWS 

Manchester gets 2nd ENER-G factory 

The sustainable power business ENER-G has opened 

an additional factory in Salford, Greater Manchester, 

to keep pace with worldwide demand for its 

renewable and energy efficient technologies. This 

means the company can increase production of its 

combined heat and power (CHP) and biogas 

generator units by 50% - to meet orders from across 

the globe. 

Last year the fast-growing business doubled its 

original manufacturing space by opening a second 

factory in Salford and it has now trebled its original 

manufacturing space to 34,000 sq ft, by converting 

an adjacent building. ENER-G will train its factory 

team in lean manufacturing techniques to introduce 

smarter working practices and processes that will 

boost efficiency and ensure faster turnaround of 

customer orders. As such, initial growth will be 

absorbed by existing staff, but new jobs will be 

created as production increases further. 

ENER-G's CHP systems create electricity and heat 

simultaneously and reduce carbon emissions by 

around 20% while cutting electricity costs by 

approximately one third. They are used by the 

British Royal family at Buckingham Palace and 

Windsor Castle, as well as in hospitals, hotels, 

leisure centres, supermarkets, factories and other 

buildings worldwide. 

They can be powered by natural gas or renewable 

biogases and ENER-G has installed and operates in 

excess of 120MW of biogas generation, primarily 

from landfill gas. It also applies its technology to 

anaerobic digestion, with a number of high profile 

projects at wastewater treatment plants such as a 

4.5MW biogas cogeneration project in Budapest. 

ENER-G helped pioneer CHP technology 25 years 

ago. Since then, the company has used its advanced 

technologies to assist organisations across the world 

JUNE 2009 • WORLDWIDE I NDEPENDENT P OWER 

in reducing their carbon emissions by millions of 

tonnes. Energos, which has recently opened one of 

its clean energy recovery facilities on the Isle of 

Wight and has six other plants in Europe, is 

currently rolling out its advanced conversion process 

throughout the UK. It will start construction on new 

facilities in Scotland, Lincolnshire, Merseyside and 

Newport over the next 12 months - with further 

developments planned in Londonderry and 

Derbyshire. Another facility is already under 

construction in Sarpsborg, Norway. 

Derek Duffill, group managing director, said: 

"ENER-G is a fine example of UK engineering and 

technological excellence. Our innovative products 

and services are in demand across the globe - 

fuelling our ongoing growth and reflected in our 

turnover of £90 million which has grown four-fold 

over the past six years. We have 701 employees 

worldwide and operating companies in the UK, 

Hungary, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Norway and 

Poland, plus joint ventures in South Africa, Mexico 

and Spain." 

More information? Visit: www.energ.co.uk 

Energy consumption predicted to rise 

worldwide over the next 21 years 

Worldwide industrial energy 

consumption is expected to grow 

from 175 quadrillion Btu in 2006 

to 246 quadrillion Btu in 2030, 

says a report - International 

Energy Outlook 2009 (IEO2009) 

released by the Energy 

Information Administration (EIA). 

Industrial energy demand varies 

across regions and countries of the 

world, based on levels and mixes 

of economic activity and technological 

development, among other 

factors. About 94 percent of the 

world increase in industrial sector 

energy consumption is projected 

to occur in the emerging 

economies, where-driven by rapid 

economic growth-industrial energy 

consumption grows at an average 

annual rate of 2.1 percent in the 

reference case. The key engines 

of growth in the projection are 

the so-called "BRIC" countries 

(Brazil, Russia, India, and China), 

[Left] Industry needs are 

hotting up globally, says IEA. 

which account for more than twothirds 

of the developing world's 

growth in industrial energy use 

through 2030. 

In the IEO2009 reference case, 

which does not include specific 

policies to limit greenhouse gas 

emissions, energy-related carbondioxide 

emissions are projected to 

rise from 29.1 billion metric tons 

in 2005 to 40.4 billion metric tons 

in 2030. This represents an 

increase of 39 percent. 

With strong economic growth 

and continued heavy reliance on 

fossil fuels expected, much of the 

increase in carbon-dioxide 

emissions is projected to occur 

among the developing nations of 

the world, especially in Asia.

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Siemens invests 

EUR42 million in 

Berlin gas turbine 

plant 

Siemens is further expanding 

production capacity at 

its gas turbine 

manufacturing plant in 

Berlin with the opening of a 

further production facility 

in the Moabit district. This 

expansion of production 

capacity will create 200 

jobs. Almost one-third of 

the total investment of 

EUR42 million was 

channeled into the new 

production facility. From 

now on it will be possible 

to produce approximately 

14,000 gas turbine blades 

and vanes at the new plant 

every year. 

Saudi Arabia choses 

ABB 

ABB has won orders worth 

$100 million for substations 

to strengthen Saudi Arabia’s 

transmission and 

distribution network. 

ABB will design, supply, 

install and commission 

three 110-kilovolt 

substations in the Mecca 

region. Based on ABB’s gasinsulated 

switchgear technology, 

the substations have 

a compact footprint and 

will be located within the 

city to serve commercial 

and residential areas 

under development. 

The substations are 

scheduled to be 

commissioned in 2011 and 

will be operated by Saudi 

Electric Company. 

NEM goes to Egypt 

Dutch company NEM has 

supplied of water/steam 

technology and control 

systems for the first hybrid 

solar power plant in Egypt 

at Al Kuraymat, just south 

of Cairo. 

The combination of 

technology is known as 

Integrated Solar Combined 

Cycle (ISCC), in which 

Combined Cycle stands for 

the combination of a gas 

turbine and steam turbine. 

NEM says it is the only 

Dutch company able to 

supply this type of steam 

technology for solar power. 

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NEWS 

Power for Portugal from GE Energy 

GE Energy's Frame 6B gas 

turbine technology has been 

selected for a cogeneration plant 

being built as part of a new 

project in the Sines 

petrochemical industrial park that 

will contribute to the regional 

development of Portugal's 

Alentejo coastal area and to the 

revitalization of the Sines port. 

When completed, the 40megawatt 

cogeneration facility 

will support a pure tereftalic acid 

(PTA) producing plant that will 

have a PTA production capacity 

up to 700,000 tons per year, 

making it one of the largest 

production plants of its type in 

the world.The PTA plant, to be 

named Artenius Sines, will be 

owned and operated by La Seda 

de Barcelona, a chemical 

German city is powered by 

cow & horse dung 

A new biogas network in the 

German city of Lünen is powered 

by agricultural waste, including 

cow dung and horse manure. Now 

90,000 residents can benefit from 

this low cost alternative to oil, 

coal and Russian gas, say the 

authorities 

Lünen is the first city in the 

world to build and manage a 

biogas network. As well as energy 

security, this new technology 

brings low cost heat and 

electricity and new jobs to Lünen. 

Fed by local farms, who deliver 

animal waste, as well as corn, 

wheat and grass, the power plant 

is located in the industrial port 

next to the river. The gas 

network powers a series of ten 

quiet Schmitt Enertec 

Cogeneration units which feed 

electricity into the grid, and heat 

into local district heating 

networks. The CHP Cogeneration 

units are camouflaged as 

decorative installations featuring 

wood and plants to become part 

of the urban environment. 

This feedstock is turned into biogas 

in anaerobic digesters. 

Looking like giant cup cakes, the 

plant produces 6.8MW, enough 

energy to supply 26,000 houses 

company and a leader in the PET 

packaging sector. According to the 

Portuguese Investment Agency, 

with its potential for creating 

jobs and modernising the 

Portuguese chemical industry, 

Artenius Sines is considered a 

project of national interest by 

the Portuguese government. 

In addition to its strategic 

importance for Portugal, when 

completed, the project will help 

increase the supply of PTA across 

Europe, which presently imports 

about 400,000 tons of the product 

from Asia each year. The new GE 

Frame 6B gas turbine has been 

delivered to the Sines site, which 

is south of Lisbon for 21010 

operation. Plans are to use 

natural gas as the primary fuel 

source and limit NOx emissions to 

with heat and electricity. Schmitt 

was chosen as the main supplier 

after a competition which against 

leading manufacturers such as GE 

Energy and Man. "The project was 

a nice challenge for us." said 

Frank Schmitt, MD of Schmitt 

Enertec "We believe this is a 

model for the future of local 

power generation", he explains. 

"What makes this project exiting 

is the combination of 

Cogeneration with renewable 

energy in an urban environment. 

Schmitt Enertec's solution was 

superior both in terms of technology 

and design," says Peter Kindt, 

the chairman of local heat and 

power provider Alfagy Ltd. 

Now closed, the Minister 

Achenbach 4 coalmine at Lünen 

has been supplanted by a new 

biogas network in the city. 


LSdB facility in Barcelona. 

15 parts per million (at 15% O2). 

The GE Frame 6B is one of the 

most widely used gas turbines 

ever manufactured. More than 

1,100 of these units are in service 

or on order worldwide and have 

accumulated more than 60 million 

operating hours in a wide range 

of applications. 

New plant destined 

for Hungary 

Metso has signed an 

agreement with Hitachi Europe 

GmbH to deliver automation 

for a new flue gas 

desulphurisation (FGD) facility 

Unit III in the Elektrownia 

Kozienice S.A. power plant. 

Metso's delivery to 

Kozienice's new FGD plant Unit 

III will include the engineering 

and implementation of a new 

metsoDNA distributed process 

control system. FGD involves 

using flue gas stacks to 

disperse the emissions by 

diluting the pollutants in 

ambient air and transporting 

Based on the experience 

gained with Metso's control 

systems at its two existing 

FGD plants, Kozienice has 

again chosen Metso as the 

supplier for the new plant. 

The metsoDNA systems at the 

three FGD plants will be 

connected to the same 

metsoDNA network in order to 

enable efficient and flexible 

controlling and monitoring of 

the FGD processes. 

The Kozienice power plant 

has a total capacity of 2,880 

MW, accounting for 11% of the 

total Polish electricity 

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In brief... 

Mitsubishi to supply 

steam generators 

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, 

Ltd. (MHI) and COMEX 

NUCLEAIRE are six months 

into a project ordered by 

EDF (Electricite De France 

S.A.) to supply six replacement 

steam generators 

(RSG) for pressurized water 

reactor (PWR) nuclear 

power plants (NPP) in 

France. Their delivery will 

begin in 2013 and be completed 

in 2014. Within EDF, 

the project is managed by 

the Generation Nuclear 

Engineering Center (CIPN) 

at Marseilles. 

Indeed, EDF in line with its 

NPP component renewal 

program is sequentially 

replacing the existing steam 

generators (SG) at its PWR 

NPPs, which went into 

operation in the 1980s. EDF, 

headquartered in Paris, is 

the one of the world's 

largest electricity suppliers, 

providing electricity to 

approximately 38.5 million 

customers in Europe. The 

company operates 58 PWRs. 

MHI previously received its 

first order from EDF for the 

supply of six RSGs in 2005. 

The latest order thus brings 

the cumulative number of 

units ordered to MHI by EDF 

to twelve. 

Thielbar joins SEG as 

co-leader 

Bart Thielbar has joined 

Sierra Energy Group (SEG), 

a division of Energy 

Central. SEG provides IT 

and Smart Grid research, 

analysis and consulting 

services to leading electric 

and natural gas utilities and 

vendors to the industry. 

Thielbar will co-lead new 

SEG services, including 

consulting and information 

technology (IT) research, 

analysis and benchmarking. 

Thielbar will team with SEG 

Vice President Warren B. 

Causey to roll out new 

services that concentrate 

on IT trends within the 

energy industry. 

Causey has been working 

with information technology 

for more than 30 years and 

with utilities for nearly 20 

years. 

NEWS 

Don’t miss IP&EE at the NEC in 2010 

A new report out this month 

suggests that - even operating at 

just a fifth of their full capacity - 

a global network of 2.5 megawatt 

wind turbines would easily meet 

global electricity demands. So 

why isn’t windpower considered 

as the primary energy supplier? 

The answer to this question - 

and others - will be featured at 

the highly successful Independent 

Power and Energy Europe (IP&EE) 

exhibition in 2010. Both IP&EE 

and Electrex will join forces in 

2010 for a major exhibition to be 

held at the NEC in Birmingham, 

UK on 8-10 June 2010. 

The organisers of Electrex 

awarded Global Media Publishing 

(GMP), the publishers of 

Worldwide Independent Power 

(WIP), the responsibility of 

organising both shows, including 

the sale of stands, arranging 

Utility solar power grew in 2008 

Utility scale solar installations 

grew by about 25% last year 

according to an annual survey 

conducted by an industry trade 

association. The Solar Electric 

Power Association (SEPA) "2008 Top 

Ten Utility Solar Integration 

Rankings" report identified U.S 

utilities that have the most significant 

amounts of solar electricity 

integrated into their portfolio. 

"This year's report demonstrates 

that solar electricity is finally on 

the radar screen of utilities across 

the country," said Julia Hamm, 

executive director of the Solar 

Electric Power Association. "Solar 

plants large and small are ready 

for significant build-out, and the 

utility industry is moving quickly 

toward mass adoption to meet a 

variety of business needs." 

Many utilities doubled the 

amount of solar power over the 

previous year. Installed solar 

capacity of the top ranked utilities 

grew from 711 megawatts to 882 

megawatts. Renewable portfolio 

standards, pending carbon policy, 

and the costs of power generation 

and fuel resources were cited as 

the main reasons solar-generated 

electricity was seen as reasons to 

sponsorship, advertising and 

visitor registration. 

At the last IP&EE in April 2008 

there were over 60 exhibitors at 

the show, of which a third were 

impressed enough to book stands 

for 2010. Around 10,000 visitors 

were recorded at the combined 

exhibitions in 2008. 

IP&EE is considered the major 

industry event which brings 

together the leading participants 

in the independent power sector 

to promote and support 

independent power technologies, 

ideas and products. The show is 

specifically dedicated to the 

independent/standby power 

industry. New products, cogen 

techniques and technology will 

feature at this event. 

IP&EE has been developed over 

the last 10 years to meet the 

needs of the growing number of 

adopt the technology. 

Historically, the solar power 

market has been dominated by 

customer-driven installations, but 

utility installations are gaining an 

ever larger share. The report 

showed that 88% of new annual 

growth was in the service 

territories of the Top Ten utilities. 

The distribution of solar power is 

also spreading geographically. The 

report shows that 2008 solar power 

growth came almost entirely from 

thousands of distributed generation 

projects. Ninety-two utilities 

participated in the survey, an 

increase of more than 80% over 

last year, reflecting increased 

utility industry interest, SEPA said. 


independent, private, distributed 

power and energy users 

throughout Europe. 

Electrex is the UK’s showcase 

exhibition for the electrical 

industry. Electrex 2008 is probably 

best-known for featuring the 

latest leading edge technology 

and products, services and 

innovations from the industry’s 

major players andinc excellent 

seminar presentations. 

Electrex has a long history, 

stretching back over 50 years, and 

is said to ‘exactly meet the needs 

of the electrical contractor’. 

More information? 

If you would like a brochure 

about this event contact either 

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Doosan Babcock in 

deal with RWE 

Doosan Babcock, the global 

energy technology company, 

today announced a six-year 

services contract agreement 

with leading electricity 

supplier, RWE npower. The 

phased contract is for the 

comprehensive boiler and 

associated plant outage and 

maintenance services at the 

Aberthaw, Didcot, Fawley, 

Littlebrook and Tilbury power 

stations. The contract has no 

fixed value, but the nature of 

the work includes major boiler 

outages over a period of six 

years, and both companies 

agree it is a significant 

contract award. 

The new contract is a 

development of an existing 

six-year contract between 

Doosan Babcock and RWE 

npower and was based on a 

partnering approach and the 

alignment of goals and 

objectives to mutual benefit. 

There will also be the 

potential to introduce further 

RWE npower UK assets into the 

portfolio including major 

projects support.

NEWS 

AMPS in full swing at Stapleford Park 

May 11th, 2009, saw the 2nd AMPS Golf Day held at the famous 

Stapleford Park Country House Hotel and Golf Course in 

Leicestershire. The sun was out, the birds were chirping and 

AMPS members and guests were in full swing - literally - at one of 

the most popular events of the year. 

Stapleford Park is one of England's finest stately homes and the 

course itself is situated in the heart of a Capability Brown landscape, 

with ever-changing views of Stapleford's lakes and 500acre 

park. 

The course configuration is said to reflect the layout of some of 

the great links courses, such as the Old Course at St Andrews. It 

provides continuing variety in the direction of the holes, as well 

as producing a series of stunning vistas to enjoy. 

The winning team representing WIP at 

Altogether, 12 members of the Association of Manufacturers of Stapleford Park: Richard Teasdale of 

Power generating Systems (AMPS) rose to the challenge of the WIP, Andy Collins (Lombardini), Fay 

course and completed it in record time. Ironically, the 1st prize, Taylor and Tim Cummins of Mecc Alte 

the Amps Cup, was won by Darren Tasker, AMPs' own chairman. (UK) - far right. 

Richard Teasdale, the publisher of WIP for Global Media 

Publishing, the corporate sponsors of the event, said: "Stapleford Park Course is a fantastic venue. The 

atmosphere certainly gives it the feel of a truly major event. Our WIP team comprised a mixture of people, 

professionals from three companies, making the most of a unique 

opportunity to network within the industry." 

Final scores 

1st Prize: Darren Tasker (Volvo) won the day with 34 points. 

2nd Prize: Danny Gallacher (Brad Containers) 

3rd Prize: Fay Taylor, Mecc Alte (UK) Ltd 

Richard reported: "What was great about the AMPS Golf Day was 

the fact that the focus was on our relationship to one another as 

industry professionals and not how well - or poorly - people 

played. We all had a really great time. 

"If you missed this year's event because you were working you 

should really try your best to attend the next one in 2010 because 

we just seem to have greater success with each passing year. 

"The weather was just right and a host of well-deserved awards 

were given out. What more could any golfer ask for?" 

Top Diary Dates for Energy Shows 2009- 2010 

* COAL-GEN Europe 2009, July 

28th - 30th, Warsaw, Poland. This 

will be the first large scale 

pan-European conference and 

exhibition dedicated to coalfuelled 

power generation. 

* COAL-GEN USA 2009, August 

19th - 21st, 2009, Charlotte, NC, 

USA The US coal energy event 

featuring coal power trends, 

products and technology. 

* Power-Gen Asia 2009, 7-9th 

October, IMPACT Exhibition 

Centre, Bangkok, Thailand. 

* Turbomachinery Symposium 

September 14-17, 2009 at the 

George R. Brown Convention 

Center, Houston, TX, USA. 

* AMPS POWER EXPO in 

association with IP&EE, on 7th- 

8th October, London Olympia, UK. 

* Energy Show 2009 will be 

taking place at Shanghai New Int’l 

Expo Centre, China, from 3rd - 

7th November. 

* Algeria Electricity Expo, 3rd- 

5th November, 2009. 

* Energy Day In Croatia, 

November 20th. Organised by: 

Croatian Energy Association. Held 

in Zagreb, Croatia. 

* India Energy, 13th-15th 

November, Mumbai Exhibition 

Centre, Mumbai, India. 

* Vietnam Forum & Energy 

Expo, Hanoi, Vietnam, 4th-7th 

November, 2009. 

* Power-Gen International, Las 

Vegas Convention Centre, NV, 

USA, 8th-10th December, 2009. 

* ENERGAIA - International 

Renewable Energies Exhibition & 

Richard Teasdale (WIP) and Darren 

Tasker (Volvo) celebrate their win. 

Conference, Paris, France, from 

9th-12th December, 2009. 

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2010 

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* Middle East Electricity, 9th- 

11th February, Dubai International 

Convention Centre, Dubai. 

* Distributech, March 23rd-26th, 

2010, Tampa Convention centre, 

Tampa, Fl, USA. 

* IP&EE (Independent Power & 

Energy Europe), 8th - 10th June, 

NEC Birmingham, UK, will run 

concurrently with Electrex 2010, 

one of the UK’s top industry trade 

shows. Both highly-regarded 

exhibitions are being organised by 

Global Media Publishing Ltd. 

More info? Visit: 

www.gmp.uk.com 


In brief... 

Brazil to get new 

technology 

ABB has secured a $52 

million order from Spanish 

technology company 

Abengoa to supply 

transformers and shunt 

reactors for projects to 

interconnect the grids in 

Brazil's northern and 

southern regions. 

ABB’s equipment will 

serve three projects under 

construction for Manaus 

Transmissora de Energia, 

one of Brazil’s leading 

energy transmission 

companies. 

Solar expert 

announced 

Professor I.M. Dharmadasa 

has been appointed as 

President of the 

Professional Association of 

Sri Lankans in the UK, in 

recognition of his work to 

bring renewable energy to 

Sri Lanka. 

Professor Dharmadasa 

(Dharme) is a worldleader 

in the field of solar 

energy and works at the 

cutting edge of photovoltaic 

cell design. His 

research has led to new 

techniques to make solar 

cells which are more 

efficient and that can be 

produced at a fraction of 

the price of traditional 

solar panels. He is based 

at Sheffield Hallam 

University in the UK. 

NEREL & RES join 

forces 

The U.S. Department of 

Energy’s (DOE) National 

Renewable Energy 

Laboratory (NREL) and 

Renewable Energy Systems 

Americas, Inc. (RES 

Americas) have announced 

a partnership to evaluate 

the design and performance 

of vital wind energy 

support systems. 

Under a Cooperative 

Research & Development 

Agreement (CRADA), NREL 

and RES Americas will 

investigat wind turbines, 

thermal performance of 

underground collection 

system electrical cables, 

and side-by-side 

comparisons of alternative 

wind speed measurement 

systems. The agreement 

is worth almost $500,000 

over the next two years. 

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12 

With the global economy still stuck 

under the weight of a recession 

and the credit crunch it would 

not be surprising if all other economic 

considerations were politely ignored for 

the time being. But up until the financial 

collapse of 2008 the number one global 

concern had been the environment, and 

consequently the word on everyone's lips 

was 'sustainability'. What has happened 

to this green ideal in the revealing light of 

a recession? 

Gordon Brown grabbed the 2009 budget 

and recession as an opportunity for a 

'green route to economic recovery', for 

Brown the recession is clearly a chance to 

remould the UK economy into a more 

environmentally sustainable one, all the 

while producing more 'green jobs'. So is 

this a rare win-win situation for the normally 

opposed ideologies of environmentalism 

and business? 'Perhaps' is probably 

the fairest answer. 

On the one hand you have money and 

resources while one the other you have 

the environmentalists’ ideal of limiting 

human impact on the natural 

environment. 'Green jobs' fall somewhere 

in between these two points and this is 

either an opportunity or a curse. Is this 

an opportunity for co-operation and 

progress or for watered down initiatives 

which are acceptable to all but fail to 

address or solve the problem at hand? 

An issue that exemplifies this conflict 

succinctly is that of 'Biofuels'. Of equal 

seriousness for those of a green or 

economic bent is the problem of energy 

supply and sustainability. Until the 

Millennium any mention of 'energy supply' 

was practically synonymous with 'oil 

supply', and sustainability was concerned 

with where to drill next. 

Biofuels represent an attractive 

alternative to oil for many people. 

Getting energy from crops, the basic 

premise of biofuel, is attractive to the 

SHAREWATCH 

Biofuels & green jobs 

Sticking to a green agenda means taking a new approach in the face of recession, argues 

WIP’s economic correspondent Christopher Hopkins. 

environmentally-concerned because crops 

are renewable and can be carbon neutral, 

and thus sustainable, unlike fossil fuels. 

Economists like it because it requires 

relatively little change for suppliers and 

consumers; low capital costs. Growing a 

Company 

(Currency) 

Monthly 

share price 

52 week 

high/low 

ABB (CHF) 17.48 11.29/ 

33.61 

Ansaldo (EUR) 12.06 7.71/ 

12.59 

Atlas Copco (SEK) 73.00 40.70/ 

99.50 

Caterpillar (USD) 37.66 21.71/ 

83.65 

Chloride (GBX) 156.00 107.25/ 

286.75 

Cummins (USD) 35.86 17.70/ 

75.98 

Doosan Heavy 

Industries (KRW) 

Foster Wheeler 

(USD) 

71400 37300/ 

124500 

27.98 12.73/ 

79.29 

GE (USD) 13.82 5.73/ 

31.14 

John Deere (EUR) 1500 1450/ 

1500 

Kirloskar (INR) 89.80 31.50/ 

104.95 

MAN (EUR) 46.37 26.37/ 

101.99 

Mitsubishi (JPY) 1899 923.00/ 

3720 

MTU (EUR) 23.23 12.87/ 

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The recent Centrax Trent 60 sale is 

part of a Euro 100m contract placed 

by a major French utility. It is 

reckoned to be cheap at the price too, for 

reliable systems designed to provide 

primary power, standby power and 

cogeneration in the 200 MW range. 

In total, four Trent 60 powered 

generator sets, each producing 58MW of 

electrical power, have been ordered for 

the French EPC project. As the director 

of Centrax Gas Turbines, Guy West, puts 

it: "The Trent 60 generator set provides 

the most advanced and efficient aeroderivative 

based power generation system 

in the world. Delivering up to 58MW of 

electric power with simple cycle 

efficiency of 42%, the Trent 60 has 

established a new benchmark for fuelefficient 

gas turbine power." 

Each Trent 60 package is supplied as two 

primary modules: gas turbine and AC 

generator modules with the mechanical 

auxiliary systems and control systems 

mounted on the baseplates. 

The French connection 

The latest contract comes as no surprise 

to industry analysts as the French have 

increasingly been seen to be thinking big 

in recent years. 

Back in 2008 a French utility ordered 

four Trent 60 units from Centrax for a 200 

MW power station being developed at a 

new purpose-built facility in France. 

Centrax now anticipates that by 2011 

energy from the new facility will be 

reaching the French grid. 

The purchase was necessary because of 

increased demand in many French regions 

which has meant that the electrical grid 

has been close to reaching a critical 

. 

GAS TURBINES 

Power to the people 

- meeting the cogen challenge 

Considered especially suitable for mid-merit operations, the latest Centrax 

Trent 60 generating sets are destined for France. WIP has the story. 

Comparison between the 501 turbine (in front) and the Trent. [Below] In the 

Centrax assembly hall the Trent engine is ready to be manouvered into the 

package. 

W ORLDWIDE I NDEPENDENT P OWER •JUNE 2009

transit capacity. The role of the new 

power station is to stabilise the local 

power grid and, as a corollary, enhance 

sourcing capacity. The engineering specs. 

suggest that the new plant will offer 

features such as a cold start to full power 

(220MW) in under 10 minutes - a very fast 

start up capability. 

Certainly, the plant's operating cycle, 

scheduled to run from November 1st to 

March 31st, plus 30 days during the rest of 

the year, indicated that the plant's 

availability will be higher than 95 %. 

"The aero-derivative gas turbine option 

put forward by Centrax was selected on 

the basis of its ability to achieve quick, 

frequent and reliable starts and its 

established success in mid-merit 

operation," comments Peter Ward, 

General Manager for Centrax Gas 

Turbines. 

Installed as indoor packages, two sets of 

Trent 60 generators will be installed in 

each turbine hall, and won't even be too 

noisy. An improved acoustic specification 

means that the generators achieve 

60dB(A) at the site boundary and 

42.5dB(A) at the nearest dwelling. 

At the heart of the Trent 60 is Rolls- 

Royce's aeroderivative industrial gas 

turbine, based on the well-known RB211 

aero engine. In 2007 Centrax signed an 

agreement with Rolls-Royce to become 

the exclusive packager of the Trent 60 

generating set in Europe. 

Standby & base-load duties 

Centrax Gas Turbines is a long-standing 

British company which manufactures gas 

turbine driven generator sets in the 2.5 

MWe to 60.0 MWe range. To date more 

than 280 Rolls-Royce powered Centrax 

generator sets have been sold worldwide 

and are used primarily for CHP and 

cogeneration applications in many 

industries including paper mills, chemicals 

and manufacturing as well as in hospitals 

and other critical areas for stand-by and 

base-load duties. 

Mainly natural gas fuelled, the turbines 

can also operate on landfill gas and other 

biogases. Centrax generator sets now 

have a total experience of 16 million 

operating hours in countries around the 

world. 

As an EPC contractor Centrax tenders for 

total power station plant based on the 

Trent and, as a full packager, carries the 

GAS TURBINES 

At the heart of the Trent 60 is Rolls-Royce's aeroderivative industrial gas turbine. 

responsibility for selling and building Trent 

packages. Guy West, a director of 

Centrax, said: "We have had a long and 

successful relationship with Rolls-Royce 

and have been involved with their 501 gas 

turbine for nearly thirty years. It has 

proven to be an excellent engine in the 

2.5 to 6 MW class and we have been the 

leading 501 packager." 

Major customers for Centrax Gas 

Turbines include world-renowned 

companies such as IBM, British Petroleum, 

Ford, Heineken, Goodyear Tyres, 

GlaxoSmithKline and Pilkington Glass. 

Centrax packages operate primarily on 

natural gas but other fuels can be used as 

an alternative. The main application is 

providing an energy source for combined 

heat and power (CHP) systems. 

In 2009 two Trent 60s were sold to a 

Hungarian utility for mid-merit usage in 

grid-balancing. The order came from 

BKCE, a special-purpose company in which 

the state electricity company, MVM has a 

majority stake. The two outdoor sets are 

to be installed at Bakonyi Power Station in 

Ajka, two hours west of Budapest. 

The first Trent 60 gas turbine to be 

ordered for service in South America went 

to a power plant based at Colmito, near 

Valparaiso, Chile. The Chilean power 

W ORLDWIDE I NDEPENDENT P OWER •JUNE 2009 

generator Hidroeléctrica La Higuera SA 

specified a Trent 60 wet low emissions 

dual fuel package, capable of providing 

up to 58 MWe at ISO conditions, to 

provide secure power back-up to the La 

Higuera hydro power plant during the dry 

season. 

Centrax 501 powered gensets also 

provide heat and power on the fixed 

Mexilhão offshore platform in the Santos 

Basin. More recently there have been 

contracts placed in Burmuda, Ireland and 

the UK. 

Since it was founded in 1946, Centrax 

has centred its business around the gas 

turbine engine. Centrax has also 

developed state-of-the-art machining 

techniques for gas turbine components. 

Centrax Director Guy West concluded: 

"Efficiency and reliability are of 

paramount importance in the energy 

generating sector. Evan alternative energy 

sources such as wind power needs the 

backup power of a mid-merit system like 

the Trent, because you can't always be 

sure the wind is going to blow." 

Internet link 

www.centrax.eu.com 

WIP 

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It’s incredible to think that tallow from 

rendered-down dead cows could be 

one of the major sustainable fuel 

sources behind 18MW of ‘green energy’ 

being produced by the Mouscron co-gen 

facility. 

In terms of energy that’s enough to 

supply the needs of 44,000 families and 

still produce enough recoverable ‘waste’ 

heat to sell to industry facilities in the 

vicinity - and warm up local swimming 

pools too. 

The other significant fact about the 

project, say the operators, is the 

remarkable reliability and low wear rates 

the engines at Mouscron have achieved 

since their installation in 2006. 

When the plant was first commissioned 

the concept of running engines on biofuel 

was pretty much uncharted territory. 

But with their broad insensitivity to fuel 

quality, Mouscron’s large medium speed 

diesel engines, designed for heavy fuel 

oils, seem to cope readily with carbondioxide 

neutral fuels such as plant oils, 

animal fats and various blends of waste 

oils. 

Typically, these are fuels which can 

cause considerable problems in high-speed 

engines with their more sensitive injection 

systems. But thanks to large mediumspeed 

diesel engines made by MAN Diesel, 

they have effectively become part of the 

global warming solution. 

The technology 

Electrawinds nv, headquartered in 

Ostend, Belgium, is currently the largest 

private player on the Belgian market for 

renewable energy. Initially a provider of 

‘green’ electricity, it began establishing 

wind energy projects, but soon began to 

invest in other forms of renewable energy, 

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COGENERATION 

Belgium’s biofuels & cogen plants: 

cows are the answer 

Aidan Turnbull reports on a recent visit to Electrawinds Biomass Mouscron, one of 

Belgium’s most advanced cogeneration plants based on biofuels. 

Electrawinds - unique in Belgium [Below: Tower at the Ostend plant.] 

such as biomass and solar energy. 

Its business strategy of combining wind, 

biomass and solar energy is unique in 

Belgium. Electrawinds now operates in 

Italy, France and Eastern-Europe. 

The story really begins In August 2005 

when Electrawinds set up its first 13MW 

biofuel-based energy-generating plant in 

Ostend. 

A template for later projects, the role of 

this facility was to convert animal and 

vegetable fats into sustainable energy. 

Today, the Ostend plant has a capacity of 

Mouscron’s large medium speed 

diesel engines, designed for heavy 

fuel oils, seem to cope readily 

with carbon-dioxide neutral fuels 

such plant oils and animal fats 

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13MW and provides green energy for 

approximately 35,000 families. According 

to its operators this particular installation 

is able to reduce CO2 emissions by 66,000 

tonnes a year. 

Engine specifications 

Electrawinds’ Mouscron co-gen plant is 

based around a 17.7 MW rated bio-fuel 

version of MAN Diesel’s 18 cylinder, veeconfiguration 

type 18V48/60 engine (108,5 

L/cyl. bore 480 x stroke 640 mm). 

It powers 18V48/60B generator sets which 

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CONGENERATION 

Mouscron co-gen plant relies on the latest biofuel-burning technology. 

14 MW of thermal energy come from 

the exhaust gases and coolants. 

have been designed to feed electrical 

power to the local grid. 

The 17.7 MW rated engine at the plant 

provides outputs of 17.7 MW (electrical) 

and 14.0 MW (thermal) with an overall 

efficiency of 85% based on a biofuel made 

up of various organic waste oils and fats. 

This fuel requires heating and needs a 

three-stage fine filtration process. 

According to Electrawinds, 14 MW of thermal 

energy from its exhaust gases and 

coolant are normally used for industrial 

processes at nearby cosmetics factory and 

for heating a local swimming pool and 

leisure centre. Waste oils and fats are 

delivered to the plant several times per 

week and stored in a purpose-built tank 

farm. There is a nearby rendering plant 

where the cows are brought in on a daily 

basis. 

“The viability of the Mouscron cogen 

plant is underpinned by the carbon dioxide 

trading scheme operated by the 

Belgian Government,” explains company 

spokesperson Marleen Vanhecke. 

“Green certificates are earned for the 

use of a CO2-neutral fuel and credits 

accrued at the regulatory body.” 

She points out: “The supply of thermal 

energy from the plant to the nearby 

leisure centre ensures that the Mouscron 

plant qualifies as a high efficiency cogeneration 

plant, which brings further financial 

incentives.” 

Three years ago MAN Diesel and 

Electrawinds co-operated closely in the 


At Mouscron selective catalytic 

reduction systems control emissions of 

oxides of nitrogen (NOx). 

construction of the Mouscron plant, and 

that relationship remains as firm today, 

with regular communciations between 

engineers and operators. 

Amongst the biofuel power and co-gen 

technology supplied by MAN Diesel is 

selective catalytic reduction equipment to 

control emissions of oxides of nitrogen 

(NOx). 

These SCR systems use urea as the 

reducing agent and incorporate a downstream 

oxidation catalyst to eliminate 

ammonia slip. 

Plant Manager at Biomass Mouscron, 

Bruno Clemens, commented: “At 

Mouscron we can offer our customers the 

advantage of producing electrical power 

and heating resources through the use of 

renewable, biological fuel sources, such 

as fats and oils. By using these fuels, customers 

avoid using finite, subterraneous, 

fossil-fuel resources, limit the Greenhouse 

Effect and reduce pollutant emissions.” 

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Belgium, the Netherlands, and 

Luxembourg have always maintained 

a dynamic approach towards 

cogeneration. Their governments have 

supported a recent EU Strategy for the 

future development of Combined Heat 

and Power (CHP) and District Heating and 

Cooling (DHC) in Europe. 

As a result they are hoping to reap the 

benefits of achieving the 2020 renewable 

energy targets. If they do this will lead to 

around 2.8 million jobs in the renewable 

energy sector and generate an additional 

1.1% to GDP. 

Like all European Union (EU) member 

states, the Benelux nations must comply 

with new EU Directives to install new 

industrial, commercial and residential 

cogeneration systems which boost energy 

efficiency while reducing local fossil fuel 

consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. 

Ambitious targets have been set for the 

development of CHP (doubling the share 

of cogenerated electricity from 9% today 

to 18% in 2010) and the energy authorities 

have stressed the importance of liberalising 

the energy markets on CHP/DHC, on 

the need to keep prices stable in all 

sources of energy and on developing new 

technology. 

Luxembourg - a focus on biofuels 

Redange is a town in Luxembourg where 

a community's energy needs are being met 

by biogas derived from cow dung. The 

energy is being directed to heat local 

swimming pools, a sports centre and a 

school. The brainchild of a farmers' cooperative, 

Biogas un der Atert, Redange 

how has an operational plant designed to 

convert methane from cow manure into 

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BENELUX REVIEW 

The Benelux approach : boosting 

efficiency & reducing emissions 

Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg have all installed new industrial, 

commercial and residential cogeneration systems designed to boost energy efficiency 

while reducing greenhouse gas emissions, WIP reports. 

EnviTec cogen Biogas facility - this approach relies on getting methane from dung. 

biofuel for cogeneration motors. There 

are about 2,000 such installations up and 

running in Germany and Luxemburg all 

using much the same approach. 

The manure is transported from the stable 

to a digester. In summer, when 

manure production is low because the 

cows are on the field, maize and wheat 

can be added to the digester. A process of 

bio-methanisation releases methane gas, 

which is captured in a plastic balloon on 

top of the digester. In Redange, six of 

these digesters currently produce 565,000 

Nm3 biogas per year. 

The biogas is transported via underground 

tubes to the cogeneration motors 

which can runs olely on biofuel or, in the 

case of dual-fuel motors, can also burn 

diesel oil. 

Electricity is supplied to the grid; and 

the heat can be used as close to the 

installation as possible to limit loss of 

energy. The product left over in the 

digester is a high-quality organic fertiliser, 

completely odourless and free of methane 


emissions. Since the installation transforms 

the carbon bound up in methane 

molecules into the much less harmful 

CO2, its environmental impact is clearly 

positive. However, the high cost of the 

installation is a major barrier to a more 

widespread use of this approach. 

The investment pay-back period for this 

kind of installation works only in regions 

which grant cogeneration and green certificates. 

A second barrier is that cattle 

farms are usually located in remote areas, 

making it difficult to find a destination 

close to the farm for the cogeneration 

heat. 

The current installation handles the 

Redange manure surplus and produces 

1,366 Mwh/year (supplied to the grid) and 

2,037 MWh/year in heat production. A 

spokesperson for 'Biogas un der Atert' told 

WIP: "This project brings together three 

main points of sustainable development: 

economical efficiency, social collaboration 

& protection of the environment. The 

biogas technology used in the project

BENELUX REVIEW 

ExxonMobil facility - cogen power is being generated by a Belgian refinery. 

comes from Luxembourg and is the work 

of a local engineering company L.E.E. Bio- 

Metha is a new North American company 

introducing a similar approach in Canada 

using the collaboration and experience of 

partners like L.E.E. from Luxembourg." 

Netherlands - cogen for growers 

GE Energy has been supplying the commercial 

tomato greenhouse operator Royal 

Pride Holland with commercial 24-cylinder 

gas engines to power the greenhouse's 

new cogeneration plant. 

These have just reached a critical 

performance milestone of 10,000 

operating hours. 

The new project highlights the increased 

emphasis on combined heat and power 

(CHP) amongst the Benelux nations as 

they increase their focus on energy 

efficiency. In September 2008, two of GE's 

4MW, natural gas-fuelled J624 GS engines 

began powering Royal Pride Holland's new 

greenhouse cogeneration plant. 

The substantial greenhouse facility is 

located in Middenmeer, 50km north of 

Amsterdam. The Jenbacher units were 

installed as part of a pilot project to 

demonstrate the engine's commercial 

viability for the horticultural industry. 

Kwekerij Baarenburg and Kwekerij de 

Kabel represent the two growers who 

have installed GE's Jenbacher 

standardised greenhouse systems which 

offer cogeneration with CO2 fertilisation. 

Each has a J612 6F unit to optimise 

energy efficiency and crop production. 

Kwekerij de Kabel is a member of the 

Prominent Growers Association, a leading 

Netherlands co-operative for tomato 

growers which has adopted GE's Jenbacher 

CHP technology at a number of sites in 

recent years. Cultivated roses are 

produced in the Barrenburg greenhouse 

while the de Kabel greenhouse, of course, 

specialises in tomatoes. 

The operators of the Baarenburg and 

Prominent Kabel greenhouses have also 

signed a full customer service contract 

with GE for the two 6F CHP plants which 

will cover the units up to their first major 

overhaul, which will be needed at 60,000 

operating hours. The units feature 

electrical efficiency ratings of 44.1% and 

44.8% respectively. 

The plant is equipped with GE's 

Jenbacher cogeneration-CO2 fertilisation 

process which treats the engines' CO2-rich 

exhaust, allowing the gas to be recycled 

in the greenhouse as a special fertiliser to 

help boost crop production instead of 

venting into the atmosphere. 

The cogeneration plant project has so 

far allowed Royal Pride Holland to expand 

the greenhouse to 102 hectares, up from 

the site's original 45-hectare surface area. 

Belgium refineries 

Just 12 weeks ago ExxonMobil 

inaugurated its newest high-efficiency 

cogeneration plant at its Antwerp refinery 

in Belgium. In addition to generating 125 

megawatts, the new plant will reduce 

Belgium's carbon-dioxide emissions by 

approximately 200,000 tonnes per year, 

the equivalent of removing about 90,000 

cars from Europe's roads. 

"Energy efficiency is one of the most 

effective tools available for reducing 

greenhouse gas emissions," commented 

Sherman Glass, president of ExxonMobil 

Refining & Supply. 


"Since 2004, ExxonMobil has invested in 

over 1,500 megawatts of cogeneration 

capacity in five countries." 

With the inauguration of the Antwerp 

facility, ExxonMobil now has interests in 

about 4,600 megawatts of cogeneration 

capacity in about 100 individual 

installations at more than 30 sites around 

the world. This is enough capacity to 

supply the needs of more than 5 million 

homes in Europe. 

"This new cogeneration plant allows for 

the efficient generation of electricity to 

run pumps, compressors and other 

equipment in our facilities, while at the 

same time, producing additional steam 

that is needed in processes that transform 

crude oil into refined products," said 

Gilbert Asselman, manager of the Antwerp 

refinery. 

"With the latest technology, cogeneration 

is significantly more efficient than 

traditional methods of producing steam 

and power separately. This results in 

lower operating costs and significantly 

less greenhouse gas emissions." 

Additional new facilities under 

construction in Singapore and China will 

increase ExxonMobil's cogeneration 

capacity to more than 5,000 megawatts in 

the next three years. 

Antwerp's new cogeneration plant will 

be capable of generating more than 125 

megawatts of electricity. Construction of 

the facility required over 1 million manhours. 

Antwerp's cogeneration facility is more 

efficient than many traditional cogeneration 

plants because of its heat recovery 

system. 

In addition to generating steam, the 

cogeneration facility utilises heat created 

in the gas-turbine exhaust to heat crude 

oil - the initial step in the process of 

converting crude oil into refined products. 

This alternative heat recovery technology 

is what sets Antwerp apart from other 

cogeneration units. 

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www.ge.com 

www.exxonmobil.com 

WIP 

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While natural gas, renewable 

sources and solid fuels are 

gradually replacing oil in Italy's 

electricity generation sectors, energy 

consumption has been increasing faster 

than demand can be met. Industry 

remains the hungriest energy-consuming 

sector. 

Renato Bruno feels that across Europe 

grid networks have suffered from a distinct 

lack of investment. However, negative 

fluctuations in Italy's energy supplies 

seem to be the direct result of a lack of 

investment in infrastructure formed in the 

wake of energy market liberalisation. 

"There are 50 large companies in Italy 

using our large-scale gen-sets. They produce 

power for themselves and resell any 

excess production to the public grid," 

Bruno explains. 

"The fact is that Italy has a big energy 

deficit," he points out. "That's no 

exaggeration. Increasingly, individual 

firms and households will produce electric 

power themselves to cover their own 

needs while the public network becomes 

less and less reliable. The public network 

may even suffer occasional blackouts from 

time to time unless something is done to 

address this problem. 

“This problem is not unique to Italy - it 

is happening across Europe.” 

Buying-in energy 

Because it is relatively poor in energy 

reserves, Italy currently buys electricity 

from abroad, from France and Germany. It 

has scarce oil or coal resources and only 

limited gas reserves which are decreasing. 

This has major ramifications for the 

independent gen-set market as manufacturers, 

utilities and private companies 

look at alternative means of power generation, 

he argues. 

According to the IEA's demand forecasts, 

overall national energy consumption in 

Italy is set to increase by 1.7% per year 

between 2002 and 2010, and by 0.5% 

between 2010 and 2020. 

Many grid networks in Italy have reached 

the limit of their capacity and it's time for 

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GEN-SETS 

Italy really needs independent power 

Renato Bruno is the Director General for Bruno Generators, a major Italian producer of 

power generators . He spoke to WIP about Italy's urgent need for effective gen-sets. 

Large scale energy supply unit provided by Bruno Generators. 

the cogeneration and gen-set industries to 

play a larger role in maintaining the 

infrastructure, says Bruno. 

He comments: "Italy buys power from 

the French net which is supplied by 

French nuclear reactors. Current thinking 

is that Italy should re-establish its own 

nuclear programme despite Green party 

opposition. Italy does have big plans for 

renewable energy sources - such as more 

windfarms, biofuels, geothermal units and 

hydroelectric - but, like everything else, 

these will take time to implement." 

After more than 30 years in the 

business, Bruno Generators of 

Grottaminarda, situated about 40kms 

north of Naples, has produced more than 

170,000 gen-sets in a wide variety of 

styles and sizes. 

All-in-all, that's enough to supply the 

yearly power needs of a metropolis like 

London or New York. 

"From a small artisan business we have 

grown to become one of the European 

leaders in the generating set industry, 

supplying more than 50 countries worldwide," 

he says. 

"Our current supplier-partners include 

Honda, Lombardini (a Kohler company), 

Perkins, Volvo Penta, John Deere, Deutz 

and Cummins." 

Powerful earthquakes are a constant 

threat in Italy, as it lies on top of two 

geological faultlines. Invariably, tremors 

affect the power grid on a national basis. 

In 1997 earthquake damage alone in 


Central Italy was put at more than 

US$2bn. On two other occasions - June 

and September, 2003 - the country's 

electricity grid completely failed, forcing 

hospitals, key government ministries, airports 

and factories to rely on emergency 

generator supplies. 

What is the cause? 

Electricity company ENEL blamed the 

blackouts on hot weather and the fact 

that people had overloaded the system by 

using air conditioners. 

"This kind of problem is not unique to 

Italy. It is occurring all over Europe. It's 

unfortunate that the habits of the average 

Europeans are contributing to a Europewide 

energy deficit," Renato points out. 

"Once the month of August was wellknown 

for its low energy consumption. 

Now it peaks in August due to the energy 

demands from widescale air conditioning, 

the use of big screen TVs and the 

increasing influx of tourists from around 

the world who come to Europe," he says. 

"Because of this Europeans will face 

increasingly higher prices and much 

greater uncertainty in their future energy 

supplies." 

Internet link 

www.brunogenerators.it 


The need to cut greenhouse emissions 

is driving the move to renewable 

energy sources. Wind and solar 

power are frequently touted as being 

natural alternatives to fuel-based electricity 

generation, but both depend upon 

weather conditions. Reliable reserve 

power capability is, therefore, necessary 

to ensure efficiency of supply. 

Rising fossil fuel prices, decreasing 

security of fuel supply as well as the 

desire to limit greenhouse gas emissions 

are reasons why the EU has decided to 

stimulate an increase in the use of 

renewable energy sources in Europe. 

The European Commission has recently 

decided that Europe has to derive 20% of 

its energy needs from renewable sources 

by the year 2020.. 

The bulk of the renewable energy will 

be used for electricity generation and 

high hopes are put in wind power and 

photovoltaics. However, electricity generation 

based on wind power and solar radiation 

lacks the easy controllability of 

power output from fuel-based power 

generation, resulting in difficulties in 

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Creating energy from wind and solar power depends upon weather conditions. Reliable 

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Dr.Jacob Klimstra, Senior Energy Specialist. 

Engines like these can provide a reliable and efficient power source to back up 

wind and solar power generation plants. [Pic: Wärtsilä] 

matching electricity production with 

demand. Steam-based power plants 

typically need a couple of hours for preheating 

before they can deliver 

electricity. Their ramping-up capacity is 

about 2 to 3% of their nominal power per 

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weather conditions and is largely not 

controllable (non-dispatchable). If the 

wind increases in strength, there is a high 

risk that the wind turbines will suddenly 

have to cease operation while running at 

rated capacity, to avoid damage caused 

by overspeed. To cope with these 

situations, the network needs spinning 

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Also, if the wind speed falls drastically 

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The average wind speed at offshore 

locations is normally higher than that at 

land-based sites, giving a high capacity 

factor. indspeed levels can be low for a 

significant part of the year, so power 

plants based on fuels have to take over. 

Without wind power that can freely feed 

into the grid, nuclear and coal-based 

power plants normally cover base load 

GEN-SETS 

power generation, so that capacity factors 

of up to 85% can be reached. The 

stochastic character of wind energy makes 

it necessary to install additional dispatchable 

and flexible back-up power plants 

that will run with a low utilisation factor. 

Steam-based power plants lack the rapid 

load response needed for offering substantial 

spinning reserve and back-up 

reserve as network services. 

Nevertheless, they are an attractive way 

of utilising the energy available in solid 

biomass and waste. 

Small-scale wood-based generators in 

the power range 2-5 MW are often used in 

forest-rich countries such as Finland and 

Sweden. In most cases, the most economic 

way to use biomass is co-firing in coalfuelled 

power stations. 

Liquid biofuels based on rapeseed, 

jatropha and palm oil or animal fats can 

easily be used with a high efficiency in 

reciprocating engines with a power capacity 

of up to 18 MW. The specific capital 

investment in such decentralised installations 

(€/kW) is about the same as for 

large-scale generators. 

The small-scale character of these 

installations means that electricity can be 

produced close to the users so that the 

heat released can also be used (cogeneration), 

resulting in total fuel efficiency 

exceeding 85%. The starting time of such 

installations is less than 10 minutes so 

[Below][ ItalGreen Energy in Italy and Wärtsilä combined to build the world’s 

largest power plant for simultaneous generation of electricity and heat fuelled 

exclusively by straight vegetable oil. In August 2004 the Monopoli CHP plant commissioned 

the first two Wärtsilä 18V32 generating sets with a total capacity of 

some 16 MW. In 2007 the plant extended its capacity to100 MW. Located inside the 

existing vegetable oil refinery, the plant supplies both green electricity to the 

national grid and steam and power to satisfy the factory process demand. 

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on liquid biofuel. 

that their output can serve as back-up 

power in the electricity supply system. 

Solar electricity may offer interesting 

options in the future to tap the energy 

influx from the sun. At present, however, 

the specific investment cost as well as the 

amount of energy needed to produce the 

photovoltaic elements are far too high. 

Power plants consisting of generators 

driven by reciprocating engines can have 

a simple-cycle electrical efficiency of up 

to 45%, can ramp up to full power in two 

minutes (ramp rate 50 % per minute) and 

start from standstill to full load within 10 

minutes. 

Such units also have the advantage of a 

quite flat efficiency curve in the upper 

load range, which is attractive for 

offering spinning reserve. Power stations 

based on reciprocating engines have 

multiple units which run in parallel. That 

guarantees high reliability and availability. 

By using engines with a unit power 

capacity ranging between 5 MW and 18 

MW, the size of such power stations can 

easily match the output of windpower 

parks. 

The power stations can be built at 

suitable locations, preferably close to 

heat users for cogeneration. Generating 

units at different locations can even be 

combined into virtual power plants. 

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Today DONG Energy's Herningværket 

CHP plant is the largest biomass 

plant in Denmark but it wasn't 

always that way. A regular program of 

maintenance and overhaul has changed it 

almost beyond recognition. 

Built in 1982 to burn coal, it was 

converted to accept gas in 2000, and then 

to accept woodchips in 2002, at a total 

cost of £32m (275 million DKK). 

Less than eight months ago Low-NOx 

burners were installed to complete the 

next stage of the upgrade. 

In July Burmeister & Wain Energy A/S 

(BWE) is converting the plant’s boiler system 

into one fed by pulverised biomass 

(wood pellets). The work involves 

upgrading the burners and installing new 

fuel piping and modifications to the 

primary and secondary air systems. 

Trucking in biomass 

The completion of this project during 

the Summer outage period means the 

plant will be able to produce a total of 

240 MW from biomass. 

Electricity, just one third of its energy 

production, provides around 30% of the 

plant's income. The plant's fuel is 55% 

woodchips (200,000 tonnes/year from fir 

trees), shipped in by 80 trucks per day. 

The wood chips are used as the base load, 

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Good news when the chips are down 

The Herningværket CHP plant is a classic example of how a multifuel installation can 

produce CHP energy economically with regular upgrading, reports WIP. 

Herningværket - currently the largest biomass plant in Denmark - is powered by 

pulverised biomass, mainly consisting of woodchips. 

with regulation provided by gas (42 

million m3/year, from the state-owned 

supplier DONG), burning at approximately 

1,500 °C leaving 1.5-2% of the mass as 

ash. The plant also feeds a 35 km long 

District Heating system, with water 

leaving at 85-90°C and returning at 40- 

45°C. The transmission pipes typically 

have 30cm of insulation, losing just 3% of 

heat. 

In 2002 BWE was engaged to install a 


bio-grate firing system at the plant allowing 

wood chips to be used as a fuel for 

the first time. In the major retrofit the 

main components comprised a new 

pressure part design for the base of the 

furnace, a vibration stoker grate, a 

booster for the secondary air system for 

the over-grate, combustion air, plus an 

extension of the C&I system. 

The new burners can now fire NG, HFO 

and dust from biomass (wood pellets) 

reducing the CO emission of the plant by 

325,000 tons/year compared to 100% coal 

firing. 

Not only does it help the environment 

but it keeps the cost of manufacturing 

CHP power down too. 

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A high speed diesel generator technology course has been developed by Cummins - and 

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www.mandiesel.com 

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MOBILE GEN SETS 

5.2 MW 

• Solar Maintained 

• 7 Units (Gen 1) & (Gen 2) 

• All Natural Gas 

• Mobile PCR U.G. Switch gear 

• Low Nox 25 ppm 

• 60 Hz • 13.8 kV 

• 50 Hz Conversion Available 

205-590-3505 Tel 

205-590-3885 Fax 

Wesley: wtuggle@maegen.com 

Art: asigler@maegen.com 

Greg: gposey@maegen.com 

Keith: kcoleman@maegen.com

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Scarborough�England�YO13�0HG� 

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Turbochargers UK 

Spare parts, replacement 

turbochargers, overhauls – 

check, clean, balance and 

reconditioning. 

Hortonwood 37, Telford 

TF1 7XT. Great Britain 

Tel: + 44 1952 607200 (24hr) 

Fax: + 44 1952 677179 

Email: turbo@gb.abb.com 

Web: www.abb.com/turbocharging 

BRADGATE CONTAINERS LTD, 

Leicester Road, Shepshed, Longborough, 

Leicestershire LE12 9EG, UK. 

Tel +44 (0)1509 508678 

Fax +44 (0)1509 503224 

E-mail: sales@bradgate.co.uk 

www.bradgate.co.uk 

Contact: Malcolm Cropley/ James Bexon 

Designers and manufacturers of 

containerised and noise control equipment, 

also offshore fire rated modules with AO- 

H120 certification, installation service for 

our equipment is available. 

Covrad Heat Transfer Ltd 

Sir Henry Parkes Road 

Canley, West Midlands 

Coventry, CV5 6BN 

UK 

Tel: +44(0)2476 675 544 

Fax: +44(0) 2476 676 029 

e-mail: sales@covrad.co.uk 

www.covrad.co.uk 

THE ULTIMATE IN ACOUSTIC FOAM 

Foam Techniques Ltd, manufacturer and 

specialist in producing acoustic and thermal 

insulation foam products. A comprehensive range 

of insulation materials offer a solution to almost 

any problem, specification and budget. As a 

market leader, we export our sound insulation 

products and services globally to the Gen-Set 

and Acoustic Enclosure Markets 

For further information, samples, specs, brochure 

and pricing, please call Neil Blythe quoting WIP 

Office: 01933 400096 Mobile: 07801 469997 

Email: nblythe@foamtechniques.co.uk 

ISO 9001 

Foam Techniques Ltd, 39 Booth Drive, Park Farm South, 

Wellingborough, Northants NN8 6GR UK 

Tel: 01933 400096 Fax: 01933 400095 

www.foamtechniques.co.uk 

GRUPOS ELECTRÓGENOS 

GENERATOR SETS 

Tel.: +34 976 107 332 

export@gesan.com 

www.gesan.com 

“Supplier of Engine Protection & Performance Design 

Engineering Products” 

�Engine Air Pre-Cleaners 

�Spark Arrestors 

�VERT Approved Soot Filters 

�Partial Soot Filters 

�Catalytic Purifiers 

�Diesel Tank Decontaminators 

�Heat & Sound Insulation Products 

�Turbo Guard 

World Wide Delivery 

Agriemach Ltd, Wayfarers, Old Domewood, Copthorne, 

West Sussex, RH10 3HD 

Tel: (01342) 713743 Fax: (01342) 719181 

e-mail: info@agriemach.com 

www.agriemach.com 

Broadcrown Group 

Head Office – Airfield Industrial Estate, 

Hixon, Stafford, 

Staffs. ST18 OPF, UK 

Tel: +44 (0)1889 272200 

Fax: +44 (0)1889 272220 

www.broadcrown.com 

E-mail: info@broadcrown.co.uk 

Contacts Sales Departments: 

UK Sales 

Export Sales 

Spares and Service 

Design, manufacture, installation, 

commissioning of standard or bespoke 

diesel and gas powered gen-sets for power 

range 10 kVA – 5000 kVA. 

Also full service and maintenance. 

Cranfield 

UNIVERSITY 

SPECIALISED COURSES IN 

GAS TURBINE TECHNOLOGY 

FOR ENGINEERS IN THE 

POWER INDUSTRY 

For information please contact: 

Mrs Claire Bellis 

School of Engineering 

Cranfield University 

Tel: +44(0) 1234 754683 

Fax: +44(0) 1234 751566 

E-mail: c.bellis@cranfield.ac.uk 

Load banks for Sale or Hire 

AC ratings: 10kW to 1000kW 

with new controllers for parallel connection & control 

DC range from 12V to 650V 

available with low cost stock units, 

and microprocessor PC data logging 

UK hire from regional depots 

Contact Paul Smethurst or visit on line for full 

data sheets & product details 

Tel +44 (0)161 763 3100 

Fax +44 (0) 161 763 3158 

www.hillstone.co.uk sales@hillstone.co.uk 

DIRECTORY OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES 

Manufacturer of Gasoline, 

Diesel and Natural Gas/ LPG 

Generating Sets 

2.2 to 3000 kVA 

Aksa International (UK) Ltd. 

Unit 6, Pine Court 

Walker Road 

Bardon Hill 

Coalville Leicestershire 

LE67 I52 UK 

Tel: + 44 1530 837 472 

Fax: + 44 1530 519 577 

E-mail: sales@aksa-uk.com 

www.aksa.com.tr 

james 

DRING 

power plant limited 

• Builders of bespoke generator systems up to 

3,000kVA, single or multiple units. 

• Control and Distribution Panels. 

• Power Packs and Welding Sets. 

• Frequency Changers and Load Banks. 

• Commissioning and Full Service/Maintenance. 

Contact 

Mr J. Martindale or Mr D. Walker 

Tel: +44 (0)115 9440072 Fax: +44 (0)115 9440235 

email: james.dring@talk21.com 

website: www.jamesdring.co.uk 

James Dring Power Plant Ltd, 

8 Eagle Road, Quarry Hill Industrial Park, 

Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 4RB, UK 

Call: +44 (0)1780 480033 

Langenthal - Switzerland 

Tel: +41 (0)62 916 50 30 

Fax: +41 (0)62 916 50 35 

sales@huegli-tech.com 

GAC Electronic Governors 

Gen-set Automation 

Engine Starters 

Gasengine Controls 

www.huegli-tech.com 

APROVIS 

Energy Systems GmbH 

Your CHP partner for : 

• Exhaust Gas Heat Exchanger 

• Heat Recovery Steam Generator 

APROVIS Energy 

Systems GmbH 

D-91746 Weidenbach 

Tel. +49 9826 6559 - 0 

Fax: +49 9826 6559 - 19 

e-mail: 

info@aprovis-gmbh.de 

www.aprovis-gmbh.de 

Second Avenue, Centrum 100 

Burton-on-Trent 

Staffs DE14 2WF 

Manufacturers of 

Load banks for sale or hire 

AC/DC Resistive/Reactive 

2kVa–6000kVa 

Contact: David Gould – Sales Director 

Tel: 01283 531645 

Fax: 01283 510103 

E-mail: sales@crestchic.co.uk 

Website: www.crestchic.co.uk 

Europe’s leading energy 

equipment and service 

suppliers 

Specialists in: Coal Mine 

Methane, Combined Heat 

& Power, Landfill Gas, 

Sewage Gas, Bio Gas. 

T: +44 (0) 161 432 8833 

www.edinauk.com 

Tel: +44 (0)1926 466700 

Fax: +44 (0)1926 450473 

sales@fozmula.com 

www.fozmula.com 

specialists in all areas of 

liquid level controls 

control : gauge : monitor 

sense : switch 

fuel, oil and coolant tanks 

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CLASSIFIED 

of industry dedicated electrical distribution 

equipment from portable power clusters 

through 3200A automatic changeover panels. 

With over 50 years combined experience in 

electrical engineering, our qualified engineers 

have a high level of technical knowledge to 

find solutions for your electrical distribution 

requirements 

ide Systems Ltd 

Unit 6 Swaffield Park, Hyssop Close, 

Cannock, Staffs WS11 7FU 

T: 01543 574111 F: 01543 571444 

www.idesystems.co.uk 

MECC ALTE S.p.A. 

Via Roma, 

20-36051 Creazzo, Vicenza, Italy 

Tel: +39 0444 396111 

Fax: +39 0444 396166 

E-mail: mecc-alte-spa@meccalte.it 

Website HTTP://www.meccalte.com 

Contact: Mr Lino Pravato 

Leading independent manufacturer of AC 

Alternators from 1kva to 1560kva, 2 & 4 

Pole, 50 & 60Hz. Welders from 150Amp to 

500Amp AC & DC 

Design, manufacture, service & distribution 

of standard & bespoke AC alternators to the 

World! 

PANOTO Radyatör Makine San. Ve Tic. A.S. 

Bakır ve Pirinç Sanayicileri Sitesi 

Mustafa Kurdoglu Cad. No:18 34910 

Büyükçekmece – Istanbul / Turkey 

Tel: +90 212 8750990 

Fax: +90 212 8753223 

e-mail: info@panoto.com.tr 

web: www.panoto.com.tr 

PANOTO is a major designer and producer of 

radiators to the world generating set market. We 

have developed a reputation as an innovative 

supplier of a wide range of Heat Transfer solutions. 

No request is too big or too small for us. 

ISO 9001 : 2000 EN 9001 : 2000 

INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS PARTNER ide Systems manufacture an extensive range 

Generating 

Silence 

iso containers, acoustic & 

weatherproof enclosures, 

CHP and 

plant room equipment 

Powerplus Engineering 

School Road, Langham 

Colchester, Essex CO4 5PB 

T: +44 (0)1206 271266 

F: +44 (0)1206 271208 

enquiries@powerpluseng.co.uk 

www.powerpluseng.co.uk 

GLOBAL 

u 

n ADR APPROVED DOUBLE SKIN DIESEL 

TRANSPORT IBC’S: 959-3000 LITRES 

T + 44 (0)1454 227 277 

F + 44 (0)1454 227 549 

INDUSTRIAL & MARINE SILENCERS LTD 

Charnwood Edge, Syston Road, Cossington, 

Leics. LE7 4UZ, UK. 

Tel: +44(0)116 260 4985 

Fax: +44(0)116 260 5151 

E-mail: sales@silencers.co.uk 

Website: www.silencers.co.uk 

Contact: Dan Gallacher, Phil Wroe. 

Design and manufacture of industrial exhaust gas 

silencers, combined catalytic silencers and heat 

recovery silencers for diesel and gas turbines up to 

10MW. Specialist supplier of wet and dry silencers 

and combined silencer/spark arrestors for the marine 

industry. Product range includes oval and boxed type 

variations for difficult installations, expansion bellows 

and rain caps. Supplier of vent, purge, blow down 

silencers for air, gas or steam. 

MHI Equipment Europe B.V. 

PO Box 30101,1303 AC Almere 

Netherlands. 

Tel: +31-36-5388311 

Fax: +31-36-5388342 

Web: www.mhimee.nl 

European sales and service subsidiary 

of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, 

Japan. 

Contact: G. G. de Wit 

Mitsubishi diesel engines from 3.5 to 

approx 3677kW and S.I. gas engines 

from 245 to 2100kW. 

RASA Radyator Sanayi A.S 

Beylikduzu, Akcaburgaz Mevkii, San. 

Bir 4. Bolge 11. Cad. No. 23 Buyukcekmece, 

Istanbul – Turkey 

Tel. +90 212 886 85 81 (pbx) 

Fax. +90 212 886 80 78 

E-mail : eyerlikaya@rasa.com.tr 

Contact person : Ms. Ebru Yerlikaya 

RASA designs, manufactures and supplies 

cooling radiators for water, air and oil in 

various shapes and sizes to meet the 

specifications of the gen-set industry. Under 

certification of 

ISO 9001: 2000 

VOLSPEC 

MARINE&INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS 

• Generator Specialists 

• Volvo Penta Sales & Service 

WOODROLFE ROAD 

TOLLESBURY ESSEX 

TEL: 01621 869756 

FAX: 01621 868859 

www.volspec.co.uk 

email: sales@volspec.co.uk 

The single source for diesel & gas engine products 

ENGINE STARTING 

ENGINE CONTROL 

ENGINE HEATING 

ENGINE SILENCING 

ENGINE FILTRATION 

SINGLE SOURCING 

T: +44 (0) 121 511 0400 

www.ipu.co.uk 

DIRECTORY OF EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES 

Power 

Electrics 

GENERATOR SOLUTIONS 

RENTAL • SALES 

SERVICE • PARTS 

NATIONAL DEPOT NETWORK 

• Bristol • London 

• Cambridge • Stoke • South Wales 

Tel: 0870 850 0858 

www.powerelectrics.com 

WB Power Services Ltd 

Sales, Design, Installation, Commissioning 

of standard or bespoke Diesel Generators 5- 3300kVA 

Service, Hire, Load/Power Monitoring 

Projects Management 

Manners Industrial Estate, Ilkeston, Derby DE7 8EF 

Tel: 0115 944 4422 E-Mail: sales@wbpsltd.co.uk 

Web: www.wbpsltd.co.uk 

SDMO Authorised Gold Dealer 

INTERPOWER INTERNATIONAL 

LTD 

PO Box 70, 

Pickering, 

England YO18 7XU 

Tel: +44 (0) 1751 474034 

Fax: +44 (0) 1751 476103 

Email: intpower@aol.com 

Website: www.interpower.co.uk 

Manufacturers of diesel and gas 

generator sets, containerised sets, 

chp systems, marine sets and 

bespoke systems 

POWER MODULES 

Enginuity 

Portable 

Grid 

�New CQ 2000 KW EPA-TIER II compliant 

�Environmental compliance in a world 

class U.S.A. built product 

�Cummins engine based 

�Utility class and “comfortably-quiet” 

Enginuity Portable Grid, Inc. 

3511 Silverside Road � Suite 105 

Wilmington , DE 19180, USA 

1.301.691.4900 � 1.800.410.3610 

www.EPGinc.us � info@EPGinc.us 

SELCO • Advanced is a pioneer Generator within Control, generator 

control, Protection alarm and indicator Monitoring panels as 

well • as Engine arc fault Control detection and Protection equipment. 

• Alarm Monitoring and Processing 

Our • solutions Signal Indication are used in hazardous 

applications • Arc Detection onboard ships, at oil rigs, 

at power stations, in windmills, etc. 

Since the origin in 1960 SELCO 

Since technology the establishment has provided in the 1984 Power we 

have Generation continuously market expanded with high our class 

activities equipment worldwide. living up to international 

standards and approved by the 

Our products major classification have been societies. approved and 

certified by the major marine 

classification www.selco.com societies and we are ISO 

9001 certified. 

Watford Control 

Designers and Manufacturers 

of A.C. Voltage Stabilisers 

and Power Conditioners 

For Further Information contact 

www.watfordcontrol.com 

E-mail: sales@watfordcontrol.co.uk 

Tel: +44(0)1536 401345 

Fax:+44(0)1536 401164 

P.O. Box 546, 1970 AM IJmuiden 

The Netherlands 

T +31 255 530304 F +31 255 521587 

E-mail info@zwartijmuiden.nl 

www.zwarttechniek.com 

Precision Controls Ltd 

Distributors for: 

ENGINE GENERATOR 

CONTROLS AIR & 

HYRAULIC STARTERS 

Installation, commissioning, 

breakdown service, repair, 

site survey, technical support 

and training. 

Contact: 

Susan Campbell 

Tel: +44 (0)161 476 4606 

Fax: +44 (0)161 476 5639 

sales@precisioncontrols.co.uk 

www.precisioncontrols.co.uk 

Innovative access hardware for 

canopies & large enclosures 

Flush-fit latches, locks, grab handles, 

hinges, fuel caps & plant-on container 

hardware. 

Full catalogue on web-site 

www.wbh.co.uk 

Weston Body Hardware Limited, 

P.O. Box 309, Redditch B98 7SN 

Tel: 01527 516060 Fax: 01527 526060 

E-mail: lockmaster@wbh.co.uk 

To advertise in the 

Classified Section 

please contact 

our Sales 

Department on 

+44(0)1403 220750 

or 

email 

power@gmp.uk.com

Edina 

Unit 13 Rugby Park 

Bletchley Road 

Stockport SK4 3EF 

T +44 (0) 161 432 8833 

F +44 (0) 161 975 1499 

sales@edinauk.com 

www.edinauk.com 

Sole distributor of Deutz Power Systems 

in the UK and Ireland. 

Electrical Electrical 

Model Fuel Output Efficiency 

TCG2015 V6 g 171 (kW) 35.3% 

TCG2015 V8 g 230 (kW) 35.4% 

TCG2016 V8 K g 337 (kW) 36.9% 

TCG2016 V12 K g 508 (kW) 37.7% 

TCG2016 V16 K g 678 (kW) 37.8% 

TCG2016 V12 g 580 (kW) 40.8% 

TCG2016 V16 g 774 (kW) 41.1% 

TCG2020 V12 K g 1021 (kW) 40.1% 

TCG2020 V16 K g 1364 (kW) 40.2% 

TCG2020 V12 g 1169 (kW) 43.0% 

TCG2020 V16 g 1558 (kW) 42.5% 

TCG2020 V20 g 2014 (kW) 42.8% 

TCG2032 V12 g 2934 (kW) 41.9% 

TCG2032 V16 g 3916 (kW) 41.9% 

All engines are available for both 

Natural Gas and Bio Gas. 

GE Energy 

Jenbacher gas engines Headquarters 

A-6200 Jenbach (Austria) 

T +43 5244 600-0 

F +43 5244 600-527 

jenbacher.info@ge.com 

www.gejenbacher.com 

Manufacturer of gas driven generator 

sets and cogeneration systems in a 

power range from 0.25 to 3 MW. 

Model Fuel rpm Pel Pth 

JMS 208 GS g 1,500 330 358 

JMS 208 GS g 1,800 335 406 

JMS 312 GS g 1,500 625 731 

JMS 312 GS g 1,800 633 808 

JMS 316 GS g 1,500 834 988 

JMS 316 GS g 1,800 848 1,079 

JMS 320 GS g 1,500 1,063 1,190 

JMS 320 GS g 1,800 1,060 1,313 

JMS 412 GS g 1,500 844 892 

JMS 416 GS g 1,500 1,131 1,194 

JMS 420 GS g 1,500 1,415 1,492 

JMS 612 GS g 1,500 1,820 1,792 

JMS 616 GS g 1,500 2,433 2,399 

JMS 620 GS g 1,500 3,041 3,020 

Ratings natural gas standard, NOx ≤ 500 

mg/m3 N. Dry exhaust gas; based on 5% 

O2. For engines with 1,200 rpm please 

contact GE Energy’s Jenbacher product 

team. 

TAD1242GE 352 409 

TAD1640GE 393 462 

TAD1641GE 433 509 

TAD1642GE 485 570 

MAN Nutzfahrzeug AG 

Business Unit Engines 

Dept. MVL, PO Box 44 02 58 

D-90207 Nuernberg, Germany 

Tel: +49-911-420-1745 

Fax: +49-911-420-1932 

E-mail: 

engines.components@de.man-mn.com 

http://www.man-mn.com 

Contact: Dr. Ing. Marko Dekena, sales 

manager 

MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG, Business Unit 

Engines develops 

and manufactures high speed diesel 

engines for gensets with ratings 225 up 

to 798 kW and gas engines for 

cogeneration with ratings 54-420 kW. 

MAN Diesel Engines for Gensets 

PRP Prime Power 

Model rpm kWm kWe 

D0836 LE201 d 1500 225 200 

D2866 LE201 d 1500 280 249 

D2876 LE201 d 1500 355 318 

D2848 LE211 d 1500 405 362 

D2840 LE201 d 1500 451 409 

D2840 LE211 d 1500 495 452 

D2842 LE201 d 1500 543 502 

D2842 LE211 d 1500 590 543 

D0836 LE201 d 1800 252 219 

D2866 LE201 d 1800 322 285 

D2876 LE201 d 1800 405 357 

D2848 LE211 d 1800 460 407 

D2840 LE201 d 1800 515 462 

D2840 LE211 d 1800 565 498 

D2842 LE201 d 1800 620 566 

D2842 LE211 d 1800 695 633 

LTP Limited Time Running Power 

Model rpm kWm kWe 

D0836 LE203 d 1500 248 220 

D2866 LE203 d 1500 360 325 

D2876 LE203 d 1500 451 410 

D2848 LE213 d 1500 495 450 

D2840 LE203 d 1500 545 500 

D2840 LE213 d 1500 610 560 

D2842 LE203 d 1500 633 580 

D2842 LE213 d 1500 702 650 

D0836 LE203 d 1800 277 240 

D2866 LE203 d 1800 400 360 

D2876 LE203 d 1800 507 450 

D2848 LE213 d 1800 539 480 

D2840 LE203 d 1800 585 530 

D2840 LE213 d 1800 660 600 

D2842 LE203 d 1800 718 660 

D2842 LE213 d 1800 798 735 

MAN Gas Engines for Cogeneration Plants 

Model rpm kWm 

E0834 E302 g 1500 54 

E0836 E302 g 1500 75 

E0836 LE202 g 1500 110 

E2876 E312 g 1500 150 

E2876 TE302 g 1500 150 

E2876 LE302 g 1500 210 

E2842 E312 g 1500 250 

E2842 LE312 g 1500 400 

E0834 E302 g 1800 62 

E0836 E302 g 1800 85 

E0836 LE202 g 1800 110 

E2876 E312 g 1800 170 

E2876 TE302 g 1800 150 

E2876 LE302 g 1800 210 

E2842 E312 g 1800 280 

E2842 LE312 g 1800 420 

MHI EQUIPMENT EUROPE BV 

P.O. Box 30101,1303 AC Almere, 

Netherlands. 

Tel: + 31-36-5388311 

Fax: + 31-36-5388342 

www.mhimee.nl 

European sales and service 

subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy 

ENGINE 

MANUFACTURERS 

GUIDE 

Industries Ltd. Japan. 

Contact: G. G. de Wit 

Mitsubishi diesel engines from 3.5 

to approx 3677 kW and S.I. gas 

engines from 245 to 2100 kW. 

Stand-by Prime 

kWm power 

kWm 

L2E d 3000 9.6 8.2 

L3E d 3000 14.7 12.6 

S3L d 3000 18.8 16.3 

S3L2 d 3000 20.6 17.7 

S4L d 3000 25 22.1 

S4L2 d 3000 27.6 24.1 

S4Q d 3000 36.8 33.5 

S4Q2 d 3000 39.7 36 

S4S d 1500 30.9 28 

S4S-DT d 1500 40.5 36.8 

S6S d 1500 45.6 41.2 

S6S-DT d 1500 59.6 54.1 

S4K-D d 1500 46 42 

S4K-DT d 1500 59 54 

S6K-D d 1500 69 63 

S6K-DT d 1500 88 80 

6D16 d 1500 71 65 

6D16T d 1500 117 106 

6D24 d 1500 125 114 

6D24T d 1500 185 168 

6D24TC d 1500 204 185 

S6B-PTA d 1500 261 235 

S6B-PTK d 1500 283 257 

S6B3-PTA d 1500 370 335 

S6B3-PTK d 1500 390 355 

S6A3-PTA d 1500 440 400 

S6A3-PTK d 1500 475 430 

S6R-PTA d 1500 570 515 

S6R-PTK d 1500 600 545 

S6R2-PTA d 1500 655 595 

S6R2-PTK d 1500 705 640 

S12A2-PTA d 1500 746 679 

S12A2-PTK d 1500 783 709 

S12H-PTA d 1500 1020 930 

S12H-PTK d 1500 1080 980 

S12R-PTA d 1500 1220 1110 

S12R-PTK d 1500 1230 1120 

S12R2-PTA d 1500 1315 1195 

S12R2-PTK d 1500 1350 1230 

S16R-PTA d 1500 1620 1480 

S16R-PTK d 1500 1650 1500 

S16R2-PTA d 1500 1790 1630 

S16R2-PTK d 1500 1945 1765 

S6U-PTA d 1000 1259 1143 

S6U-PTK d 1000 1351 1220 

S6U2-PTA d 1000 1395 1268 

S6U2-PTK d 1000 1485 1350 

S8U-PTA d 1000 1678 1524 

S8U-PTK d 1000 1802 1627 

S12U-PTA d 1000 2518 2286 

S12U-PTK d 1000 2703 2440 

S16U-PTA d 1000 3357 3048 

S16U-PTK d 1000 3604 3254 

continuous 

output kWm 

GS6A3-PTK g 1500 243 

GS12A2-PTK g 1500 441 

GS6R-PTK g 1500 338 

GS12R-PTK g 1500 676 

GS16R-PTK g 1500 900 

GS6U-PTK g 1000 790 

GS8U-PTK g 1000 1051 

GS12U-PTK g 1000 1581 

GS16U-PTK g 1000 2103 

MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH 

88040 Friedrichshafen 

Germany 

Phone +49 7541 90-7006 

Fax +49 7541 90-7084 

powergenregion1@mtu-online.com 

www.mtu-online.com 

MTU Detroit Diesel Inc. 

13400 Outer Drive West 

Detroit, Michigan 48239 

USA 

Phone +1 313 592 57 08 

Fax +1 313 592 51 58 


www.mtudetroitdiesel.com 

Fuel rpm Hz kWm kWe 

Diesel engines 

50 Hz" 

Series 60 d 1500 50 280 260 

Series 60 d 1500 50 298 275 

8V 2000 G d 1500 50 303 285 

8V 2000 G d 1500 50 336 315 

12V 2000 G23 d 1500 50 452 430 

12V 2000 G63 d 1500 50 515 490 

16V 2000 G63 d 1500 50 655 620 

18V 2000 G63 d 1500 50 720 685 

12V 2000 G63 (U) d 1500 50 515 485 

16V 2000 G63 (U) d 1500 50 655 615 

18V 2000 G63 (U) d 1500 50 720 675 

8V 4000 G61 d 1500 50 735 700 

12V 4000 G61 d 1500 50 1095 1040 

16V 4000 G61 d 1500 50 1450 1380 

20V 4000 G62 d 1500 50 2000 1900 

8V 4000 G61 (U) d 1500 50 735 700 

12V 4000 G61 (U) d 1500 50 1095 1040 

16V 4000 G61 (U) d 1500 50 1450 1380 

20V 4000 G62 (U) d 1500 50 2000 1900 

12V 4000 P61 d 1500 50 1140 1085 

16V 4000 P61 

Diesel engines 

60 Hz" 

d 1500 50 1520 1445 

Series 60 d 1800 60 280 224 

Series 60 d 1800 60 354 285 

8V 2000 G d 1800 60 370 295 

12V 2000 G43 d 1800 60 561 450 

12V 2000 G83 d 1800 60 625 500 

16V 2000 G43 d 1800 60 743 595 

16V 2000 G83 d 1800 60 835 670 

18V 2000 G83 d 1800 60 900 720 

8V 4000 G81 d 1800 60 750 600 

12V 4000 G41 d 1800 60 1020 815 

12V 4000 G81 d 1800 60 1120 895 

16V 4000 G41 d 1800 60 1360 1090 

16V 4000 G81 d 1800 60 1495 1195 

20V 4000 G82 d 1800 60 2060 1650 

12V 4000 P81 d 1800 60 1380 1105 

16V 4000 P81 

1200 rpm / 60 Hz 

d 1800 60 1840 1470 

12V 4000 G71 d 1200 60 870 695 

16V 4000 G71 d 1200 60 1140 910 

Gas engines natural gas 

50 Hz" 

12V 2000 L60 1) g 1500 50 450 425 

12V 2000 L60 2) g 1500 50 480 450 

16V 2000 L60 1) g 1500 50 600 565 

16V 2000 L60 2) g 1500 50 640 600 

18V 2000 L60 1) g 1500 50 675 635 

18V 2000 L60 2) g 1500 50 720 675 

12V 4000 L61 2) g 1500 50 1200 1130 

16V 4000 L61 2) g 1500 50 1600 1505 

NOx emission < 250mg/m3 

NOx emission < 500mg/m3" 

Series 60 d 1500 50 272 250 

Series 60 d 1500 50 313 290 

Series 60 d 1500 50 321 295 

Series 60 d 1500 50 362 335 

Series 60 d 1500 50 411 380 

8V 2000 G d 1500 50 330 310 

8V 2000 G d 1500 50 365 345 

8V 2000 G d 1500 50 409 385 

12V 2000 G23 d 1500 50 565 530 

12V 2000 G63 d 1500 50 625 590 

16V 2000 G23 d 1500 50 720 675 

16V 2000 G63 d 1500 50 805 755 

18V 2000 G63 d 1500 50 895 840 

12V 2000 G23 (U) d 1500 50 565 530 

12V 2000 G63 (U) d 1500 50 625 590 

16V 2000 G23 (U) d 1500 50 720 675 

16V 2000 G63 (U) d 1500 50 805 755 

18V 2000 G63 (U) d 1500 50 895 840 

8V 4000 G61 d 1500 50 895 850 

12V 4000 G21 d 1500 50 1205 1145 

12V 4000 G61 d 1500 50 1330 1265 

16V 4000 G21 d 1500 50 1600 1520 

16V 4000 G61 d 1500 50 1760 1670 

20V 4000 G22 d 1500 50 2200 2090 

SCANIA INDUSTRIAL 

& MARINE ENGINES 

SE-151 87 Södertälje, Sweden. 

Tel: +46 8553 81000 

Fax: +46 8553 82993 

E-mail: industrial.marine@scania.com 

www.scania.com 

U.K. contact: Ian Cooper, 

Scania Great Britain 

Tel: +44 (0)1908 329385 

Fax: +44 (0)1908 329483 

E-mail: ian.cooper@scania.com 

Diesel engines for power generation. 

Prime Power 250 to 550 kVA 

Stand by Power 250 to 600 kVA 

Range for Prime Power 

(50 Hz) kWm kVA 

DC9 65A d 1500 225 250 

DC9 65A d 1500 247 275 

DC9 65A d 1500 266 300 

DC12 59A d 1500 313 350 

DC12 59A d 1500 356 400 

DC12 59A d 1500 399 450 

DC16 45A d 1500 400 450 

DC16 45A d 1500 439 500 

DC16 44A d 1500 481 550 

Engines are also available for 1800 

rpm for 60hz 

Markets to cover Prime Power 250 to 

600 kVA 

GAS 

TURBINE 

GUIDE 

MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH 

88040 Friedrichshafen 

Germany 

Phone +49 7541 90-7006 

Fax +49 7541 90-7084 


www.mtu-online.com 

MTU Detroit Diesel Inc. 

13400 Outer Drive West 

Detroit, Michigan 48239 

USA 

Phone +1 313 592 57 08 

Fax +1 313 592 51 58 


www.mtudetroitdiesel.com 

Gasturbines 

Fuel rpm Hz kWm kWe 

LM 2500 d/g 3600 50 22500 

LM 2500 STIG d/g 3600 50 27000 

LM 2500 + d/g 3600 50 31200

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