6 EnErgy mAnAgEmEnt
Romanian cogeneration plant
meets EU energy efficiency goals
n line with a major initiative by the the carbon footprint of the bottling operations
A major investment
programme in combined
heat and power
I
European Union (EU) to reduce in support of EU goals while also reducing the
emissions, GE Energy, the Coca-Cola operational costs by generating their own onsite
Hellenic Bottling Company and the power (Fig. 2).
engines is helping a
energy development company ContourGlobal have Under the first phase of the Coca-Cola
multinational soft drink
opened a new cogeneration plant at Coca-Cola Hellenic CHP initiative, GE Energy is supplying
manufacturer to meet
efficiency goals set out
Hellenic’s Ploiesti bottling facility near Bucharest ContourGlobal, the project developer, with
by the European Union.
in Romania. The gas-fuelled cogeneration plant 19 Jenbacher gas engines – representing a total
Sean Ottewell reports.
represents the first of a planned group of 15 output of 58 megawatts (MW). The first two
combined heat and power (CHP) plants that will of GE’s Jenbacher cogeneration modules were
be installed at Coca-Cola Hellenic’s facilities in 12 installed at Coca-Cola Hellenic’s Romania
Un importante
European countries (Fig. 1). bottling facility while the other units will be
programa de inversión
Cogeneration is inherently more energy installed at Coca-Cola facilities in six other
en cogeneración
efficient than using separate power and heat European countries: Ukraine, Russia, Poland,
permite a un fabricante
generating sources, making it an effective Greece, Northern Ireland and Italy.
multinacional de
refrescos cumplir los
anti-pollution strategy. As a result, the EU in The new CHP plants will supply a highly
objetivos de eficiencia
recent years has begun urging member states efficient, reliable onsite supply of electricity,
marcados por la Unión
to modernise their industrial and municipal as well as hot and chilled water, to Coca-Cola
Europea. Informa Sean
cogeneration systems to improve energy efficiency Hellenic’s bottling facilities.
Ottewell. and curtail regional emissions. “With the European Union emphasising
“For such a large energy initiative, we needed the role of energy efficiency in its efforts to
to find a reliable power generation equipment reduce regional greenhouse gas emissions, we
Durch ein ambitioniertes
supplier that could support our project on behalf are very excited to showcase how our Jenbacher
Investitionsprogramm in
of Coca Cola Hellenic under a very tight delivery technology can help energy developers and
kombinierte Kraft-/
Wärmeanlagen kann ein
schedule,” said ContourGlobal president and ceo industrial operators like ContourGlobal and
namhafter
Joseph C Brandt. Coca-Cola Hellenic meet with their energy and
internationaler
Each of the bottling plants utilising GE environmental goals,” said Prady Iyyanki, ceo of
Softdrink-Hersteller die
Energy’s Jenbacher CHP engines will be able GE Energy’s Jenbacher gas engine business.
Effizienzziele erreichen, to eliminate up to 40 per cent of their annual Subsequent project phases call for additional
die von der
carbon dioxide (CO
2
) emissions, which CHP plants to be installed at bottling facilities
Europäischen Union
demonstrates the ongoing commitment to reduce in Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Serbia
herausgegeben wurden.
as well as in the African nation of
Ein Bericht von Sean
Nigeria.
Ottewell.
The new Romania
cogeneration plant is powered
by two of GE’s three-MW J620
Jenbacher gas engines, providing
the factory with a reliable source
of onsite power while helping
support the EU’s emissions
reduction goals.
The initiative supports
the European Commission’s
goal to adopt more stringent
environmental targets for member
states to help Europe achieve a
20 per cent reduction in emissions
by 2020.
GE Energy’s Jenbacher
Fig. 1. The first of 15 CHP plants that will be installed at Coca-Cola gas engines will be delivered
Hellenic’s facilities in 12 European countries. throughout 2009 and 2010, with
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