A Number of Gas Turbine Projects in Western Africa
Thanks to gas production in the region, there is now an affordable source of
electricity in Western Africa. As a result a number of gas turbine projects are
in planning and construction in the region. These are reported in Gas Turbine
and Combined Cycle Supplier Program published by the McIlvaine Company. (www.mcilvainecompany.com)
Only 30 percent of Sub-Saharan Africans have access to electricity. Planned and
unplanned black-outs are common. The picture is improving in West Africa, but
there is a long way to go. Nigeria, which accounts for some 10 GW of the
region’s total capacity, has a population of 173 million. The U.S. has 100 times
the electrical capacity with just twice as many residents.
There is a sharp divide between the better performing West African economies
such as Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire and Nigeria where electrification rates range from
50 percent to 60 percent, and those such as Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia and
Guinea where rates range only to 15 percent to 20 percent penetration. The
recent Ebola outbreak has been attributed in part to the lack of electricity.
West Africa’s power production has risen by roughly 8 percent per year in the
last few years and this rate of growth is expected to continue due to economic
expansion in the region. In Nigeria, more than a dozen gas-fired power plants
totaling 5,000 MW are in planning and construction.
Power supply is the number one priority for the 13 countries in the West African
Power Pool (WAPP). They need to boost the supply of power, for political and
security reasons, in addition to the societal and economic ones.
Chinese, U.S. and other suppliers are targeting this market. GE’s Distributed
Power business will supply aeroderivative gas turbines in Nigeria to generate
uninterrupted power at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation’s state oil
refinery. As a founding partner for President Obama’s Power Africa initiative,
GE committed to help bring online 5,000 MW of new electric generation capacity
in cooperation with the Initiative’s government and other private sector
partners across six partner countries, including Nigeria.
For more information on the Gas Turbine and Combined Cycle Supplier Program,
click on:
http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/markets/28-energy/610-59ei.
Renewable Energy Briefs
U.S. General Services Administration Signs Power Purchase Agreement for 140 MW
of Wind Energy in Illinois
MG2 Tribal Energy, a partnership between the Mesa Grande Band of Mission Indians
and renewable energy company, Geronimo Energy, is pleased to announce that the
United States General Services Administration (GSA) has entered into a Power
Purchase Agreement (PPA) to purchase 140 megawatts (MW) of clean wind energy
from the Walnut Ridge Wind Farm in western Illinois. The PPA was sourced via a
competitive public Request for Proposal process through the GSA and marks the
largest U.S. Federal Government wind energy contract signed in U.S. history.
Mesa Grande and Geronimo entered into a partnership to form MG2 Tribal Energy in
order to jointly pursue renewable energy opportunities throughout the U.S. This
PPA represents a first for MG2 Tribal Energy, with prospects for many more in
the future.
The Walnut Ridge Wind Farm is currently under development with approximately
14,500 acres and up to 225 MW in the total projected footprint. The 140 MW PPA
is estimated to produce approximately 500 gigawatt hours of electricity
annually, eliminating an estimated 499,973 metric tons of carbon dioxide
equivalent emissions each year.
The 140 MW PPA will bring an estimated $47 million of direct economic impact to
the local area over 20 years, including: $21 million in additional tax revenue,
$16 million in landowner payments, $560,000 in charitable gifts to the local
community, and the creation of 10 full-time, permanent local jobs.
NJR Clean Energy Ventures Announces New 48 MW Onshore Wind Project
NJR Clean Energy Ventures, the unregulated distributed power subsidiary of New
Jersey Resources (NJR), announced the acquisition of its third onshore wind
project. The Alexander Wind Farm will be located on 7,000 acres of land in Rush
County, KS, approximately 120 miles northwest of Wichita. NJRCEV will invest
approximately $85 million to construct, own and operate the wind farm with a
total capacity of 48 megawatts. NJRCEV’s expected in-service date is fall of
2015.
CEC GreatWall to Develop 60 MW of Satcon Powered Solar Installations in China
CEC GreatWall Energy, a division of China Great Wall Computer Shenzhen Co, Ltd (GWPC),
announced that it will raise over $87 million dollars to fund the procurement
and construction of multiple rooftop and ground mounted solar plants across the
Guangdong and Jiangxi provinces in China, subject to the government final
approvals.
The projects will add a combined capacity of 60 megawatts (MW) of solar power
generation across Central and Eastern China and will utilize a mixture of Satcon
PowerGate Plus and the recently introduced Satcon Galaxy Series inverter
solutions.
The solar power plants will be a part of China’s National Energy
Administration’s “12th 5-Year Plan” for the Development of Renewable Energy
Resources. This newly announced program would increase distributed PV power
generation capacity in the Central and Eastern parts of China to 10GW for local
power supply by 2020.
SunEdison Awarded 17.7 MW of Distributed Solar Projects in California
SunEdison, Inc. a leading solar developer and technology provider, has been
awarded 17.7 MW DC of distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) power projects through
the Regional Renewable Energy Procurement Project (R-REP) led by the County of
Alameda. SunEdison will be working with 9 different public agencies in the
Counties of Alameda, Contra Costa and San Mateo to develop projects on more than
30 individual sites as part of one of the largest ever public solar power
procurements in the United States.
SunEdison will install solar systems at 30 individual locations. To accommodate
different site requirements while optimizing solar production, SunEdison will
deploy rooftop, canopy, and ground mount system technologies. All of the planned
projects are being closely coordinated with each of the 9 agencies involved to
ensure that each solar deployment is tailored to each site and agency's specific
needs. Upon completion, the portfolio will produce more than 27,700,000 kWh of
clean solar power every year and will result in the reduction of more than
13,500 tons of greenhouse gas emissions.
Andritz to Supply New Waste to Energy Power Plant to Riikinvoima Oy, Finland
International technology Group Andritz has been selected by the local utility
company Riikinvoima Oy to supply a waste-to-energy power plant to Leppävirta,
Finland. Start-up is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2016.
The new plant is designed to treat 145,000 tons of waste per year coming from
eight local waste management companies. The design capacity is 16 megawatts for
electricity and 38 megawatts for district heating.
Andritz will supply a circulating fluidized bed boiler, waste fuel treatment and
flue gas cleaning systems, a steam turbine, electrification, automation, and
auxiliary systems.
For more information on Renewable Energy Projects and Update please visit
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/Renewable_Energy_Projects_Brochure/renewable_energy_projects_brochure.htm
Headlines for Utility E-Alert –October 24, 2014
UTILITY E-ALERT
#1197 – October 24, 2014
Table of Contents
COAL – WORLD
Thermax Babcock & Wilcox Energy Solutions (TBWES) wins Rs. 339 Crore Export
Order
GAS/OIL – US
Panda Power awards SCR Contract for Stonewall Combined Cycle Plant to LP Amina
GRDA to pay $296 Million to construct Combined Cycle Power Plant in Oklahoma
Wolverine plans Natural Gas-fired Power Plant for Otsego County, Michigan
GAS/OIL – WORLD
Japanese Consortium builds Gas-fired Power Plant in Maputo, Mozambique
Yokogawa wins Control System Order for Rabigh 2 Combined Cycle Power Plant in
Saudi Arabia
Power Machines develops Steam Turbine for Combined Cycle Power Plant at
Verkhnetagilskaya SDPP, Russia
Pembrokeshire's South Hook Gas-fired Power Station gets Planning Consent
CO2
Team Aquistore Project preparing for First Round of Carbon Dioxide Injection
NUCLEAR
Two UK Nuclear Power Plants Shut Down to Stop Boilers from Cracking
Turkey to build Third Nuclear Power Plant
180,000-pound CA05 Structural Module placed at Vogtle Unit 3
BUSINESS
TECO Energy to sell Coal Mining Business for $170 Million
The Future of Oil, Gas and Coal Dependent on Perception and Competition
Industrial Scrubber System Revenues to Exceed $8 Billion In 2019
HOT TOPIC HOUR
CDS vs. SDI vs. SDA in Dry Scrubber Hot Topic Discussion Yesterday
“NOx Reduction Innovations for Coal-fired Power Plants” to be conducted over
the Internet on Thursday, November 6, 2014, at 10 a.m. CST
Upcoming Hot Topic Hours
For more information on the Utility Tracking System, click on: http://home.mcilvainecompany.com/index.php/databases/2-uncategorised/89-42ei
“NOx Reduction Innovations for Coal-fired Power Plants” “Hot Topic” Webinar on
Thursday, November 6, 2014, at 10:00 a.m.
Some issues to be addressed during the webinar are:
• How does the need to remove mercury and reduce SO3 change the catalyst
selection?
• Should you regenerate rather than discard catalyst?
• How long will catalyst last before it is
Cleaned,
Renovated,
Regenerated?
• Where do hydrogen peroxide and ozone options make sense?
In place of catalyst where NOx levels are low
Trim for SCR if very high efficiency needed
• Where should you consider SNCR?
As a substitute for SNCR
In conjunction with SCR
• Should you contract with a supplier to monitor, clean and replace catalyst as
needed?
• Where is the catalytic filter the best answer?
• Do you also have to invest in SO2 and particulate control?
• Do you have a use for recovered heat from 850oF clean gas?
• Is space limited?
Panelists and others involved with the specification, supply, use or service of
Coal-fired Power Plant NOx Reduction equipment or services are invited to submit
articles, case studies or white papers describing their equipment, services or
experience prior to the date of the panel discussion. These or an abstract of
them may be published in the Utility E-Alert and other of our newsletters as
appropriate in the weeks preceding the panel to develop interest and questions
from the potential audience. We will also post them on our web site so that
potential attendees can review them. Please send your white papers, articles and
PP presentations to Dina Mohr at: mcilvaine_hot_topic_hour@earthlink.net with a
copy to me.
Attendance at the panel discussions will be free for all utility personnel and
panelists and there is no charge for publishing or posting the articles, case
studies or white papers on our web site.
Click here to view schedule and register
McIlvaine Hot Topic Hour Registration
On Thursday at 10:00 a.m. Central time, McIlvaine hosts a 90 minute web meeting
on important energy and pollution control subjects. Power webinars are free for
subscribers to either Power Plant Air Quality Decisions or Utility Tracking
System. The cost is $300.00 for non-subscribers.
See below for information on upcoming Hot Topic Hours. We welcome your input
relative to suggested additions.
DATE SUBJECT
October
23 Dry Scrubbing
November
6 Coal-fired Power Plant NOx Reduction Innovations
13 Power Plant Cooling
December
18 Boiler Feedwater Treatment
Click here for the Subscriber and Power Plant Owner/Operator Registration Form
Click here for the Non-Subscribers Registration Form
Click here for the Free Hot Topic Hour Registration Form
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Bob McIlvaine
President
847-784-0012 ext 112
rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com
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