NEWS
Kerry Group has plans for a CHP plant
NEW CHP AT THE DOME DONCASTER
become a reality thanks to an agreement between the multinational food company and Gas Networks Ireland. News of the project has been welcomed as a major
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boost for employment at the Kerry Ingredients plant as well as for the domestic energy needs of Listowel town. Gas Networks Ireland is on the point of signing a contract with Kerry Group to deliver the fuel in a move that will allow the food firm to establish a combined heat and power' plant on its Listowel site. The gas will be piped into the Kerry Group site from a
point on the transmission system south of Aughinish along a special distribution line. The gas link llow Kerry Group establish the CHP power- generating facility in the Listowel factory where 480 people are employed. Kerry Group Director of Corporate Affairs Frank Hayes
said the gas supply will bring Listowel into line with its sister plant of Charleville. "All going according to plan, the CHP plant could be commissioned by mid 2018," Mr Hayes told the media. Laying of the gas pipe is expected to begin in mid-2017. CHP facilities using natural gas can achieve overall net
efficencies of up to 92%. CHP modules can be combined to modulate outputs from 50% to 100% to match the daily heat requirments of buildings onsite. CHP systems are highly efficient, making use of the
heat which would otherwise be wasted when generating electrical or mechanical power. This allows heat require- ments to be met that would otherwise require additional fuel to be burnt. For many organisations, CHP is the measure that offers
the most significant single opportunity to reduce energy costs and to improve environmental performance with existing users of CHP typically saving around 20% of their energy costs. Operational advantages offered by such a system include: • CHP typically has an efficiency of over 80% • Operators typically saving around 20% on energy bills • Operators can save up to 30% on carbon emissions • Transmission and distribution losses are reduced • It increases fuel supply security
ong-running plans to bring a gas pipeline into North Kerry to power the Kerry Group plant in Listowel will
Eurosite Power is behind a combined heat and power system at The Dome leisure centre in Doncaster. The technology involved is a 331 kW CHP system from Czech manufacturer Tedom. The system is expected to produce up to 1848 MWe and 2038 MWth per year, and to save up to 667 tonnes of CO2.
operate and maintain the system, with The Dome purchasing its power at a rate lower than it would normally pay for grid power. The Dome facilities include
EuroSite Power will own,
type to be funded by Societe Generale Equipment Finance. Dr Elias Samaras, EuroSite Power CEO, told UKPN: ‘The Societe Generale financing was put in place to enable EuroSite Power to deliver larger and more frequent installations of our on-site utility projects. “Doncaster Dome is much
REPOWERING FOR TPG’S SITE IN
ANGLESEY
Rhyd-y-Groes Wind Farm owned by TPG Wind Ltd, a joint venture between E.ON and Eurus Energy, has received planning consent from Anglesey County Council to be repowered. Built off the north-west tip of Anglesey, the current 24 turbine site has been generat- ing power for 24 years making it Wales’ oldest wind farm. Wind power technology has
come a long way since the site was built in 1992 and plans to replace the current 24 turbines with 11 new turbines were submitted to Anglesey Council in April 2015.
a swimming complex, bars, a sports arena that is also used as an event venue, and the UK’s first split-level ice skating rink.
EuroSite Power describes the contract as the first of its
larger than some of our pro- jects prior to the agreement with Societe Generale.’ The Dome opened in November 1989, and is one of the Doncaster region's premier sports, leisure & entertainment destinations. It is operated by Doncaster Culture and Leisure Trust . The centre offers such a large number of pools that they require substantial venti- lation & dehumidification equipment.
Once it is completed, the proposed 9.9MW repowered site will be able to produce more power than the currently installed 24 turbines. Paul Hunt, Senior Project
Manager at E.ON, told UKPN: “We’re pleased to have received consent from Anglesey County Council to repower Rhyd-y-Groes with modern turbine technology. We will now work with Eurus Energy to develop our plans which will enable the site to generate more energy with fewer turbines. “ The current turbines will continue to operate while onsite studies take place.
Brockaghboy windfarm in County Londonderry to get 19 new turbines
he Nordex Group has been awarded another order in Northern Ireland. The manufac- turer will be installing 19 N90/2500 turbines for the Brockaghboy windfarm in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland in spring 2017. This 47.5 MW project, developed by TCI Renewables, is owned by the Italian power plant operator ERG Renew - one of the major European players, with an installed capacity of 1.7 GW in seven countries. "We are pleased to have ERG as a customer in this project. This highlights the fact that Nordex is once again the first choice among large power plant operators and energy suppliers," CSO Patxi Landa tells UKPN. For years now ERG has been operating N90/2500s in Italy and plans to use this turbine on
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an 80-metre tubular steel tower at this very high-yield site with average wind speeds in excess of 9m/s. The turbines certified for IEC 1a will be operated and maintained under a 10-year Premium (Full Service) contract from the Nordex service point in Omagh. This development stems from the 2010 Strategic Energy Framework (SEF) which set a target
for 40% of electricity consumption within Northern Ireland to be generated from renewable sources by 2020. Connecting wind farms to the electricity network in Northern Ireland is driven by European, United Kingdom and Local Government legislation. The creation of a 110kV overhead line to the NIE Networks Rasharkin Main Substation, Rasharkin, has recently been identified by SONI as the most effective and efficient method to connect the proposed wind farm to the electricity network.
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