NEWS
Victoria and Albert Museum turned to UPS Ltd for its new 120KVA UPS system
Plant combustion modifications at Fellside CHP
Installation and commission- ing are taking place at the Fellside combined heat and power (CHP) station in Cumbria. The contractors, Harris Pye Engineering, is carrying out a turnkey contract to modify the plant combustion system. The work at the plant in Cumbria is being carried out to meet the new IED emission requirements of NOx less than 100mg/nm3. The 188 MW Fellside plant provides
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t's been 17 months since London’s prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum contracted Uninterruptible Power Supplies Ltd (UPS Ltd) to supply, install and maintain a new 120KVA UPS system in its upgraded information and communications centre. The V&A – the world’s largest museum of decorative arts
and design – has been undergoing an ambitious renovation programme since 2001. “The museum may be one of the oldest in the country,
but its new IT infrastructure is state-of-the-art,” said Ed Fosbrook, Senior Facilities Manager at the V&A. “It’s vital that all our systems are protected from power
failure and disturbance. When awarding the contract we considered not only UPS system performance but also the nature and quality of the installation and maintenance services. We felt that the offer from UPS Ltd was very strong on all counts.” Alan Luscombe UPS Ltd Sales & Marketing Director
comments: “Having assessed the power protection requirements of the V&A, we proposed the PowerWAVE 9000DPA. The three-phase rack-format UPS system has high availability, operates with class leading efficiency and three power density, and has the lowest carbon footprint in the market. Its advanced decentralised parallel architec- ture (DPA) removes single points of failure, enabling near zero downtime and the lowest mean time to repair (MTTR) – minimising disruptions to the V&A’s IT systems. The system is fully flexible which facilitates right-sizing to its critical load, keeping energy costs to a minimum.” Founded in 1852 and occupying 12.5 acres of building
and gardens in London’s ‘Albertopolis’ district, the V&A houses a permanent collection of 4.5 million decorative arts and design objects in 145 galleries and attracts more than 2.5 million visitors every year. “We proposed the PowerWAVE 9000DPA. The three-
phase rack-format UPS system has high availability, operates with class leading efficiency and three power density, and has the lowest carbon footprint in the market,” concludes Alan Luscombe.
critical process steam to the adjacent Sellafield nuclear reprocessing facility. The facility also exports electricity to Sellafield. “We are responsible for the supply of new burners for the auxiliary boiler at Fellside, a new burner management and control system. We are also undertaking installation and commissioning on this turnkey project,” comments Harris Pye’s technical director Chris David.
The 188 MW Fellside CHP plant also exports electricity to the National Grid. The plant was built in 1993 and comprises three GE Frame 6581B gas turbines which are able to run on natural gas or distillate. In 2004, following a highly competitive tender process, px was appointed to manage the operations & maintenance teams at the plant. The successful transfer of approximately 60 staff from the incumbent O&M provider to px was an extremely impor- tant part of the takeover ensuring existing skills and site knowledge were retained. px continues to work with the owners to update and improve the plant. Since taking over the facility,
px has managed a series of major outages designed to improve the asset integrity. A number of tools have been developed to monitor plant performance and has enabled the site team to analyse differ- ent operating regimes & adapt operations.
ENE & LOW CARBON WORKING TOGETHER ON BEDMINSTER
consisting of Urbis Living, which has been involved in the strategic redevelopment of large parts of South Bristol, and First Generation (UK) Limited, a company that designs, builds and operates combined heat and power energy networks to service communities and industrial and commercial processes. Low Carbon is a privately-owned UK investment company, investing in utility-scale projects including solar PV, wind, concentrated solar power and battery storage. The company is said to be making significant strides to diversify its portfolio, realising the potential and opportunity of CHP and district heating. Steve Mack, Head of Investments at Low Carbon commented: “It’s a truly exciting time to be investing in the heating and CHP market. Heating is the largest part of the energy demand in the UK, compromising an estimated 78% of UK consumer energy bills which have rocketed by 170% over the last 10 years. Furthermore, heating is also the largest contributor to CO2 levels emitted in the UK. The future lies in well-designed and planned CHP plants which will provide lower energy costs for consumers, contribute to local and national energy security and ultimately help in reducing carbon emissions.” As part of its investment, Low Carbon will fund the development of all district heating projects
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that are developed by ENE. The first of which is the Bedminster project, in which Low Carbon and ENE are working together to build a replicable, scalable development and financing model for the formation of district heating networks across the UK. Urbis Living is the lead project developer on the Bedminster project, and is co-ordinating with
Bristol City Council on the deployment of the heat network. Site construction work has begun in and the first heat offtake is expected by Q3 2017. The regeneration of Bedminster could deliver up to a total of 1,000 new homes, powered by
highly efficient CHP. Duncan Valentine, Director of ENE, confirmed: “Together, we are building a new asset class capable of delivering CO2 reductions, combat fuel poverty and achieve investment grade returns.”
14 AUTUMN 2016 UK POWER NEWS
NE is proceeding with its key aim of developing and operating heat and power networks in the UK. ENE is a joint venture between Low Carbon and a development consortium
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