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Microsoft data centre runs off fuel


cell power A Microsoft data centre in Seattle, US, is operating its servers on a fuel cell power system from Germany’s Solidpower. Ten fuel cell generators have installed above each server rack at the data centre, generating 24/7 power directly at the rack. While fuel cell technology has been


used as a power source for data centres, the Seattle installation is the first of its kind due to its installation at rack level. Generally, fuel cells are installed in a container outside the server rooms and connected to the building’s internal power network. "The com- missioning of the fuel cell generators marks a paradigm shift for the power supply of data centres. This success is the result of the co-operation of multiple teams of experts from various industries. After four years of development this architecture is now operational. We are ready to deploy the power-rack solution for data centres on a large scale,” Alberto Ravagni, CEO of SOLIDpower, tells WIP.


50-MW biomass combined heat & power plant for


Procter & Gamble Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon, has completed a 50MW biomass combined heat and power plant at US-based Procter & Gamble’s Albany, Georgia, key paper manufacturing facility . The plant, which is owned by Constellation, supplies steam to the facility as well as an 9.5-MW steam- to-electricity generator at the Marine Corps Logistics Base in Albany. Electricity generated will go to Georgia Power. P&G intends to obtain 30% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.


The biomass-fuelled plant


provides P&G with 100% of the energy used to manufacture Bounty paper towels and Charmin toilet tissue at the Albany-based facility.


INMESOL at the Alphonse Massemba


Débat Stadium An INMESOL 1110 kVA LTP generator set model IP-1135 was recently installed at the Alphonse Massemba-Débat sports complex, located at the city of Brazaville, capital of the Republic of Congo. This standby genset now provides electrical power in the event of a failure in the mains. The generator set features a Perkins


engine soundproofed by a double sound- proofing panel and has been installed in a 40-feet container. This makes it a very quiet genset to run despite the considerable amount of power it is capable of supplying. The


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Alphonse Massemba-Débat stadium hosts matches from the Republic of Congo Football team, as well as from several local clubs that play at the National Football League. It also has an athletics track. This unique stadium was the venue chosen to host the 1965 All-Africa Games and the 2004 African Championships in Athletics.


The Gjøa Offshore Platform is now supplied with electricity from Statoil’s Mongstad plant


Statoil has succeeded in providing


Norway’s first floating platform unit with electricity from the mainland. The Gjøa Offshore Platform is now supplied with electricity from Statoil’s Mongstad facility, north of Bergen. “This is a good example of how Statoil can play a part in solving some of the climate challenges in collaboration with the supplies industry,” said Bjørn Midttun, head of subsea installations, pipelines and marine operations on the Gjøa field. Statoil had considered supplying the


platform with electricity from the mainland, right from the start of the Gjøa project. A number of technical problems had to be overcome first. The facility now boasts the world’s longest alternating current cable to be installed in one piece Present calculations show that Statoil will avoid producing 210,000 tonnes of carbon-dioxide (CO2) emissions per year by providing the Gjøa platform with power from shore. This is the equivalent - in terms of annual emissions - by about


100,000 cars. The alternative would have been a traditional solution using gas turbines on the platform as electricity generators. Statoil and the contractor ABB have


worked together for several years to develop a technology which makes it possible to replace the gas turbines on board a floating platform with a purpose- made power cable from land. The platform will require a maximum of 40 megawatts of electricity from land. The 90,000-volt cable is 100 kilometres long. It comprises a static and a flexible part. Running between the seabed and the floating platform, the flexible part of the cable has been the biggest challenge. The necessary technology did not exist before and had to be developed through the Gjøa project. Statoil has been the operator for Gjøa in the development phase. In the fourth quarter of 2010 GdF Suez takes over the production phase as its first operatorship for a field on the continental shelf (NCS).


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