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  1. [verwijderd] 8 maart 2007 13:03
    French Voltalia To Build Hydro Power Plant in French Guyana
    French renewable energy company Voltalia has received the approval of the authorities of French Guyana to build and operate for 40 years a 4.5 MW hydro power plant in the French overseas department, the company said on March 7, 2007. The plant will be located on the Mana river and will generate electricity from the stream's running water. The technology enables instant electricity production without further water storage.
    The construction of the facility is scheduled to start in 2008. It will have an annual production of 21 million kWh, which equals a revenue of 1.61 mln euro ($2.11 mln).

    The company reminded that it signed a 20-year contract to sell part of the electricity it produces to local energy group Electricite de France SA (EDF). The deal with EDF and the construction of the new hydro power plant will guarantee the Voltalia an annual revenue of 33 mln euro ($43.31 mln) and production of 420 million kWh, equal to the electricity consumption of between 6,000 and 7,000 individuals.

    The construction of the new power plant illustrates Voltalia's involvement in the field of wind, water and biomass power production.

    Voltalia has operations in France, French Guiana and Brazil. It is listed on the free deregulated market Marche Libre of Euronext Paris.

    www.boursorama.com

    Source: Boursorama (MI/VY/MI)

  2. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 06:54
    'Energieverbruik zal alleen maar stijgen'

    In de Grote Kerk in Den Haag hield Shell-topman Jeroen van der Veer donderdag de jaarlijkse Hofstadlezing, georganiseerd door Ernst Young en het AD.

    Jeroen van der Veer. FOTO JOOST HOVINGHieronder volgen de belangrijkste passages uit zijn lezing.

    ,,De transitie van het koolwaterstoftijdperk naar het tijdperk van de duurzame energie vormt een van de grootste uitdagingen waarvoor de wereld zich momenteel ziet gesteld. Bovendien moeten oplossingen worden gevonden voor de milieu- en klimaateffecten van ons huidige energiesysteem.

    In de komende 25 jaar komen er in elk geval 1,3 miljard wereldburgers bij. Samen met meer welvaart leidt dat tot 50 procent groei van het energiegebruik - binnen één generatie. Dat zegt althans het Referentiescenario van het Internationaal Energie Agentschap (IEA). En weinigen betwisten deze visie.

    Ditzelfde IEA heeft ook het effect berekend van een ingrijpend ander energiebeleid. Dan moet u denken aan grote extra investeringen en vooral subsidies richting energiebesparing, CO2-berging, de ontwikkeling van duurzame bronnen en betere methoden van bouwen, verwarmen en koelen en zuiniger vervoermiddelen.

    In dit Alternatief Beleid-scenario groeit het wereld-energiegebruik in de komende 25 jaar niet met de helft, maar toch altijd nog met bijna 40 procent.

    Net zo veelzeggend is dat volgens het IEA het aandeel van fossiele energie in de komende kwart eeuw op vrijwel hetzelfde niveau blijft - zo’n 80 procent. Of op z’n best 77 procent in het geval van het Alternatief Beleid-scenario. Dus neemt onder beide scenario’s ook de CO2-emissie toe.

    Waarom is dat nu zo? Waarom kunnen bedrijven als Shell de knop niet sneller omdraaien van ‘fossiel’ naar ‘duurzaam’?

    Ik wil u daarvoor wat feiten presenteren. Fossiele brandstoffen nemen 80 procent van alle energie voor hun rekening, ofwel ruim 180 miljoen vaten olie-equivalent per dag. Renewables en biobrandstoffen zijn nu samen goed voor 1 miljoen vaten olie-equivalent. Dat is dus de actuele verhouding; er wordt momenteel 180 keer meer fossiele energie gebruikt dan duurzame.

    Waarom hebben fossiele brandstoffen eigenlijk zo’n overheersende positie? Omdat ze nog steeds de best betaalbare en makkelijkst te gebruiken energiebron zijn.

    Alternatieven als wind, solar en tweede-generatie biobrandstoffen hebben als voordeel een lage CO2-emissie, maar ze kunnen economisch niet concurreren met fossiele bronnen. Nog niet.

    De wereldwijde vraag naar energie groeit met gemiddeld 1,6 procent per jaar. Dat is dit jaar 4 miljoen vaten olie-equivalent erbij als gemiddeld gebruik op een dag.

    Zelfs als renewables en biobrandstoffen samen met 25 procent per jaar zouden groeien, ruim het dubbele zelfs van het gemiddelde tot nu toe, dan leveren ze dus 250.000 vaten extra energie per dag. Maar de extra vraag is 4 miljoen vaten. De rest, 3,75 miljoen vaten per dag, zal voorlopig dus vooral uit fossiele bronnen moeten komen, want in kernenergie en waterkracht zit weinig rek meer.

    Wil het met renewables en moderne biobrandstoffen echt iets worden, en dat moet en zal gebeuren, dan zijn revolutionaire technologiedoorbraken nodig.

    Daar wordt aan gewerkt, hard gewerkt zelfs. Maar de energievoorziening laat geen revoluties toe, wel evoluties. Iets dat nu heel klein is, en ook nog eens duurder, kun je niet zomaar opschalen tot iets heel groots. De wereld kan nooit in één keer overschakelen naar een nieuw energiestelsel; daar gaan we evolutionair naar toe groeien.

    En dan is er de klimaatzorg. Voor de een is dat een kortetermijndreiging, voor de ander is de noodzakelijke transitie richting duurzamere energiebronnen een evolutionair proces dat zich over de rest van deze 21ste eeuw zal afspelen. Ik hoor tot die laatste groep.

    In de overgangsfase naar die nieuwe energiebalans, moet wel uit alle denkbare vaten worden getapt.

    Voorlopig kan de wereld niet zonder fossiele bronnen. Ik vertelde u dat we zelfs eerst nog méér olie, gas en steenkool gaan gebruiken. Dat vraagt grote investeringen in nieuwe productiecapaciteit. Omdat de ‘makkelijke olie- en gasbronnen’ uitgeput raken, moeten bovendien onconventionele reserves worden opengelegd.

    De nieuwe energiewereld neemt steeds verder afstand van ‘eenvoudige olie- en gasprojecten’. De toekomst is aan dure, organisatorisch complexe en technologisch ingewikkelde projecten. Daarin ziet Shell haar unique selling point, waarmee wij ons kunnen onderscheiden van anderen.’’

  3. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 07:54
    Yep, zeer waar, vond het ook goed om in een van je geclipte stukjes te lezen dat er veeel geinvesteerd gaat worden in de productie van silitium kristallen, voor de productie van wavers voor zonnecellen, ben dat stukje alleen even kwijt zal wel ergens tussen staan

    Ik las de discussie met fes, ik denk dat hij wel ergens een punt heeft, maar vind daarnaast je posts waardevol, NOG mooier zou mischien zijn als je n klein stukje van je zelf schrijft als toelichting op je gevonden informatie met de link naar het artikel, of als het heel belangrijk is voor ons hier het hele artikel. je ziet het in de koffiekamer ook vaak veel text gepaist uit wikipedia oid en het kan af met n linkje

    Dus doe wat water bij de wijn en kom fes n beetje tegemoed, fes en ik hebben tenslotte het forum opgepakt en alszodanig in gebruik genomen voor dit soort duurzaam nieuws, wat steeds belangrijker gaat worden in de toekomst

    Geklieder is het zeker niet en zou niets van je gevonden informatie willen missen, denk dat dat er mischien wat rottig uitkwam bij fes

    Ga zo door, en success met je nieuws vergaring!
    mvg
  4. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 08:57
    Wat je schrijft zzzaai daar zit ook wel wat in. Alleen post Hans zoveel (interessante) artikelen dat het het mij lijkt dat het voor hem veel tijd kost om bij elk artikel een eigen toelichting te geven. Ik denk dat het vooral ook van de inzet van anderen moet komen om dit forum body te geven als zijnde een discussieplatform.
    Energie(-beleid) wordt steeds belangrijker dus ik verwacht dat een toenemend aantal mensen aktief worden op het energieforum.
    Overigens wat een goed initiatief van jullie om het energieforum op te starten! En nu ga ik weer gauw naar mijn Theolia's en Nordexen

    Harald
  5. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 10:00
    Beste zzzaai (en Parelsteen),

    Allereerst bedankt voor je antwoord en reply.

    Ten tweede; bijna al mijn berichten zijn voorzien van bronvermelding. Waarom dan nog een link? Eerlijk gezegd begrijp ik die opmerking niet helemaal. Wil je soms weten WAAR ik het vandaan heb? Dat is een ondoenlijke zaak, en schiet ook zijn doel voorbij.

    En wat de discussie met Fes betrof, ik blijf bij mijn mening. Ik gebruik hier maar een beperkt aantal draadjes (de meeste nog zelf geopend ook).

    Laten we wel eerlijk blijven, door het vele posten hier zijn er toch een aantal nieuwsgierigen naar dit forum gekomen. Ik wist in het begin niet eens van het bestaan van dit forum af. Toevallig zag ik een post met energie forum, en besloot er en kijkje te gaan nemen.

    Verder begrijp ik uit je post dat Fes en jij zo’n beetje de forum goeroes zijn. Prima, en ik kan mij dan ook wel een beetje in Fes zijn situatie plaatsen, maar er is hier ruimte genoeg voor discussie. Als hier verder geen lezers/posters komen, hoe moet er dan eventueel gediscusseerd worden? Is het ook niet veel handiger als er dan wat “material” aanwezig is?

    En inderdaad, geklieder was een nou niet zo handig gekozen word. Op de meeste fora worden mijn posts en berichtgeving toch wel aardig goed gewaardeerd, dacht ik zo! (ik heb niet voor niets meer dan 2100 aanbevelingen)

    Groet,

    Hans
  6. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 12:19
    The future energy proceeds from plants
    The future energy proceeds from plants - Gesamter Artikel The world energy consumption up to the year 2050 will double. The demand for energy cannot be met by petroleum and natural gas alone, but the so-called renewable resources have to be exploited as well. By 2050 only around 50 percent of the energy will still originate from petroleum and natural gas, the balance will proceed from coal and, increasingly, from biomass.
    Ludolf Plass

    In 2005, biomass only covered 10 to 15 percent corresponding to 45 ± 10 Exajoule (EJ) of the global energy requirement of 420 EJ. At the same time, 3.8 billion tons of crude oil were processed. Although emission levels of noxious substances are being curbed continuously, the CO2 release to the atmosphere will increase steadily unless more effective technologies or renewable resources are applied. The Kyoto Protocol and the associated requirement to cut CO2 emissions drastically, mainly take effect in Europe. This European trend will also prompt other countries like the USA, Brazil and China to issue the respective laws and to invest in technologies for the production of biofuels.

    Biofuels of the first generation

    Biodiesel and bioethanol, the so-called first-generation biofuels, are produced from oil fruit and plants supplying starch. In 2005, 125 million tons of fats and oils were produced of which around 90 percent was consumed in the food industry. These figures illustrate that the use of biodiesel and bioethanol only constitutes a first step in solving the world energy problem. Experts estimate that until the year 2010, 14 to 15 million tons of the mentioned two fuels will be added to fossil fuels in Europe. The situation is much different in Brazil. There, meanwhile more than 50 percent of the transport fuels is produced from sugar cane. The US, too, are increasingly concentrating on ethanol. Meanwhile more than 10 million tons per year are produced there. For comparison: in 2005, the world output of bioethanol amounted to about 40 million tons.

    Many countries are in the process of considering existent and future technologies for producing fuels on the basis of renewable resources. The Frankfurt-based plant engineering contractor Lurgi has raised its biodiesel process to a world standard, based on its fats and oils technologies. In 2005, about 50 percent of the biodiesel produced worldwide originated from plants using the process of that company. This trend is bound to intensify up to the year 2010. The plant sizes will increase from, initially, between 10,000 and 40,000 up to between 200,000 and 500,000 tons per annum. Such plant sizes will become viable as a result of the ongoing development and optimization of the plant concepts, modularization of plant components and the processing of the most diverse vegetable oils.

    Experts anticipate that by the year 2010 bioethanol plants will be built in Europe which will attain the same size as those for biodiesel. In this sector, Lurgi is benefiting from its experience with the most varied raw materials like sugar, cereals, corn and cassava in the USA and in Europe. In the field of bioethanol, the trend is in the direction of distinctly higher plant capacities. Initially, 50,000 tons were produced, but meanwhile the world standard plant sizes yield outputs of 100,000 to 300,000 tons of bioethanol per year.

    Biofuels of the second generation

    In spite of the enormous investment efforts made in the meantime, fuels like biodiesel and bioethanol based on seeds and fruits of plants alone are not capable of solving the CO2 problem and meeting the growing energy demand. For this purpose, biofuels of the second generation are needed which are made from feedstock based on the whole plants and biomass and which, in the opinion of experts, could cover one third of the world energy demand. This is the reason why worldwide more and more research projects are being launched for the purpose of developing biomass-based processes to commercial maturity.

    In order to utilize biomass, this material must first be compressed to achieve high energy density and to convert it to synthesis gas, a mixture of CO, H2, CO2 and N2. Independently of the raw material processed, the various synthesis gas production technologies are playing a key role in this context. The most varied biomass processing technologies are being developed worldwide. Two processes have turned out to be especially successful: in the first of these, previously pelletized biomass is directly gasified at low pressure, the resulting syngas being purified and submitted to a Fischer Tropsch synthesis reaction. The second process is being developed to commercial maturity in cooperation with the Large-scale Research Center Karlsruhe. In decentralized units, biomass is converted to so-called Bio Crude Oil which can be transported and stored. The LR (Lurgi Refinery) technology, which has been tried and tested on a commercial scale for many years, is applied to this end. This is a flash pyrolysis process based on which the biomass is converted within seconds to pyrolysis oil, gas and coke in a double-screw reactor. The stabilized Bio Crude Oil can subsequently be transformed to syngas in an entrained flow gasifier, for example. The gas is purified by means of proven commercial-scale processes like Rectisol, a method of converting carbon monoxide to hydrogen in order to adjust the right syngas ratio, followed by a synthesis reaction to obtain petrochemicals or fuels.

    For the production of petrochemicals, methanol synthesis is applied as key reaction. This can most suitably be implemented according to the company's MegaMethanol technology which allows producing up to 6,500 tons of methanol per day. The methanol thus obtained can be processed further to propylene by applying the Methanol-to-Propylene (MTP) technology. This technology is already being used in two commercial-scale plants in China where polypropylene is to be made from coal. However, methanol can also be used as such or employed in the Methanol-to-Synfuels process. When applying the method, an intermediate stage will yield olefins which can be processed downstream to produce diesel, gasoline or lube oils.

    Alternatively, syngas may be converted to olefins or fuels by applying the Fischer Tropsch process. Today, Lurgi offers this method in a technology joint venture with Statoil and Petro SA on the basis of natural gas.

    As a further development of the existing biodiesel and bioethanol processes, the concern has devised the concept of combi-biofuel plants in order to allow the optimal utilization of the plant fruits and whole plants. According to this concept, in the first two steps a biodiesel and a bioethanol plant are built and subsequently the residual biomass plus additional biomass are processed to Bio Crude Oil. Options on this basis are the energetic exploitation or the downstream processing to syngas and synthetic fuels. From the synthesis gas, methanol may also be produced in an intermediate stage. This product can in turn be fed to the biodiesel process for obtaining 100-% green biodiesel.

    Conclusion

    Summing up, it should be highlighted that the first-generation biofuels like biodiesel and bioethanol have to be placed on a broader raw materials base in order to render them economically feasible. And, what is more, the byproducts have to be utilized as well.

    However, this first generation is not capab
  7. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 12:20
    Renewable Energy Equipment Market Set for Spectacular Growth in SA
    CAPE TOWN, South Africa, March 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Although the South African renewable energy equipment market is still small, it is poised for spectacular growth. Increased demand for electricity in general and renewable energy technologies in particular will drive this growth. Frost & Sullivan ( www.energy.frost.com ) finds that the South African Renewable Energy Equipment Markets earned revenues of $58.0 million in 2005 and estimates this to reach $220.0 million in 2012.
    "The lack of investment into renewable energy equipment in the past, coupled with the current base load shortages in South Africa, is driving the market for renewable energy equipment," notes Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Cornelis van der Waal. "Equipment prices have declined in recent years and this has made the technology more accessible to end-users who do not have access to grid electricity. The telecoms boom in recent years has also contributed to the increased use of small renewable energy equipment, while large scale projects are in planning on a number of municipal sites as a result of increased electricity demand."

    It has become clear that Eskom will run out of base load capacity in 2007 and at the same time there is an increased awareness of pollution. This has led to small electricity users increasingly using solar panels and wind turbines to meet their needs.

    At the same time, resources such as flowing water and wind farms are increasingly being built to increase the volume of electricity generated through renewable energy sources. As such investments into new product development are increased and as technology production reaches critical weight, there will be a general decrease in technology price. This has also been the case in renewable energy equipment, and many installations that were unfeasible years ago have now become feasible.

    In addition to this, the price of electricity is also expected to increase and thereby increase the attractiveness of renewable energy equipment. Within South Africa the telecoms industry remains the largest user of solar equipment, and this is expected to continue until such time as end-users can deliver electricity easily to the national grid. Large scale bio-waste and wind projects are already being planned in Durban and Port Elizabeth.

    The greatest challenge suppliers of renewable energy equipment in South Africa currently face is the lack of integration of small-scale producers into the electricity grid. Although South Africa has an abundance of wind and solar exposure, the cost of renewable energy technology remains high. Even with green credits, renewable energy remains more expensive than the cheap electricity delivered through Eskom. While there is also an increased level of awareness about pollution in South Africa, many people do not know of the availability of or the benefits of using renewable energy products.

    "The lack of a well developed and advertised feed-in tariff for small scale electricity generators has meant that it hasn't been feasible for end- users to invest in renewable energy technologies as they have no way of recuperating the long-term costs," explains Van der Waal. "Eskom has the cheapest commercial electricity rates in the world and even residential consumers do not pay excessive rates for their electricity. As a result, the demand for renewable energy technologies remains low and is mostly restricted to off-grid applications. Equipment suppliers therefore have to spend substantial amounts on marketing campaigns to educate potential end-users. In addition to this, Eskom has a virtual monopoly in the electricity market in South Africa and the lack of competition has resulted in near impossible market entry for large or small scale independent renewable energy power producers."

    Equipment suppliers in South Africa stand at the brink of an explosive growth period. As electricity demand continues to outstretch supply it is expected that government will look at different ways of addressing the situation and this could include a reasonable feed-in tariff that will increase the use of renewable energy equipment. In addition to this, many of the municipalities that are dependent on Eskom for power would like to become less dependent and are doing feasibility studies to determine the possibility of generating independent power through available resources, such as bio-gas, wave and wind energy.

    If you are interested in a virtual brochure, which provides manufacturers, end users, and other industry participants with an overview of the latest analysis of the South African Renewable Energy Equipment Market, then send an e-mail to Patrick Cairns - Corporate Communications at patrick.cairns@frost.com with your full name, company name, title, telephone number, e-mail address, city, state, and country. We will send you the information through email upon receipt of the above information.

    The South African Renewable Energy Equipment Market is part of the Energy and Power Subscription, which also includes research in the following markets: European Renewable Energy Markets, Opportunities in Servicing Renewable Energy Plants in Europe, World DC/AC Power Inverter Markets as well as the World Wind Energy Generator Markets. All research included in subscriptions provides detailed market opportunities and industry trends that have been evaluated following extensive interviews with market participants. Interviews with the press are available.

    Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services, and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit www.frost.com

    South African Renewable Energy Equipment Market M077 -14 Contact: Patrick Cairns Corporate Communications - Africa P: +27 21 680 3274 E: patrick.cairns@frost.com Chiara Carella Corporate Communications - Europe P: +44 (0) 20 7343 8314 E: chiara.carella@frost.com Johanna Haynes Corporate Communications - North America P: +1 210 247 3870 E: johanna.haynes@frost.com Donna Jeremiah Corporate Communications - Asia Pacific P: +603 6304 5832 E: djeremiah@frost.com Ravinder Kaur Corporate Communications - South East Asia & Middle East P: +91 44 42044515 mailto: ravinder.kaur@frost.com Jorgelina Pecina Corporate Communications - Latin America P: 54-11 4777-9951 E: jorgelina.pecina@frost.com www.frost.com

    List of keywords in this press release: electricity, South African renewable energy equipment market, South Africa, renewable energy, telecoms, renewable energy technologies, grid electricity, solar panels, wind turbines, renewable energy sources, small-scale electricity producers, feed-in tariff, market, Eskom, electricity supply capacity, municipalities.

    SOURCE Frost & Sullivan

  8. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 12:28
    11 THERMAL PLANTS FAIL TO ELECTRIFY IN TENTH PLAN (due to delay in supply of boiler, turbine and generator from BHEL and non-linkage of fuel)
    Eleven thermal power projects, which were to be commissioned during the Tenth Plan, will now be included for commissioning during the Eleventh Plan that starts from 1 Apr 2007. The delay in executing these projects is attributed to delay in supply of boiler, turbine and generator from Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and also to non-linkage of fuel. On account of this development, the Government of India is likely to add generating capacities of 23,163 megawatts during the Tenth Plan as against the original target of 41,000 megawatts.
  9. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 12:35
    Een klein inleidinkje bedoelde ik geen bron vermelding, neem als voorbeeld mijn draadje in dit energie forum "mogelijkheden met de sterling engine"
    klein stukje info wat het voorsteld en wat links

    Verder gaat het er niet om wie een draadje opend, als de info er bij past prima toch

    Overigens staat dit forum in tegenstelling tot andere fora van de iex wagenwijd open en is te zoeken via google, dus we zouden meer bezoekers kunnen hebben dan wij denken

    Ook zeg ik niet dat je postings niet gewardeerd worden, maar vind persoonlijk aanbevelingen niet zo belangrijk maar gaat het om makkelijk leesbare relevante info

    Wij zijn ongeveer even lang lid van IEX en ik heb 355 posts en 26 aanbevelingen, jij 9000 posts en 2200 aanbevelingen?!

    Nogmaals mijn vorige post was dacht ik zeer zeker niet negatief bedoeld maar meer opbouwend

    Dan vind ik dat je wel een beetje verongelijkt reageerd.
    mvg
  10. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 12:50
    UK power generator Drax aims for 10% biomass co-firing by 2009
    UK generator Drax aims to have 10% biomass co-firing at its 4,000-MW coal-fired power plant in Yorkshire by 2009, Drax Group CEO Dorothy Thompson said Thursday morning in an analyst conference call. Co-firing 10% biomass could save 2.0 million metric tonnes/year of carbon dioxide, displace the use of 1.0 million mt/year of coal and produce 2.5 million Renewable Obligation Certificates, which can be sold on the market.
    The company has formalized the 10% target following the July 2006 energy review, which Drax expects to lead to changes in the co-firing regime. Thompson said that following the energy review she expected that from April 1, 2007 the volume of co-firing of certified energy crops would be uncapped. Until now support for co-firing of biomass has been capped at 10%. Co-firing with biomass over the cap would not have previously earned ROCs.

    Removal of the cap requires parliamentary action, but Thompson said the order was sitting in front of parliament and the last time any policy had fallen at this stage of parliamentary process was back in the 1960s.

    Co-firing biomass means burning biomass--such as "olive cake" leftovers from olive oil production or elephant grass--alongside coal in the plant.

    The target is "no modest objective," Thompson told analysts. The energy crop industry is new in the UK and would need to be built up to provide the 1.5 million mt/year of biomass that Drax would need. A lot of farm-land would be required to switch over to energy crops. But Thompson said Drax was fortunate in being located amongst farmland.

    The delivered processed cost of the biomass fuel is two to five times that of coal. But burning this more expensive fuel alongside coal can provide benefits in terms of ROCs and lower carbon dioxide emissions.

    Drax needs to save its carbon emissions. Under the 2008-2012 second phase of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Drax has been allocated the right to produce 9.5 million mt/year of CO2. Drax forecasts that on current generation plans it will need 21 million mt/year, so there is a shortfall of 11.5 million mt/year. Some 4.7 million mt/year of the shortfall can be made up from a deal with Centrica, under which Drax sells power long-term to Centrica and Centrica provides allowances for the carbon. But the rest of the shortfall needs to be made up elsewhere, such as by purchasing from the market.

    The company is currently investing GBP100 million in upgrading the turbines at Drax. This will safeguard Drax's position as the most efficient UK coal plant out to 2014 and maybe beyond, said Thompson, who said she doubted anyone could get a new coal plant running to challenge Drax before 2014/15. The new turbines, complete by end 2011, will help Drax save 1.0 million mt/year CO2, displace 0.5 million mt/year coal and lower maintenance costs.

    Drax is now planning a further GBP67 million investment in its biomass co-firing plans, said Thompson. The first GBP47 million of phased investment would boost the facilities for direct injection into the power plant of biomass, enabling co-firing to reach 10% (400 MW) by 2009.

    The next GBP20 million could be spent on a rape seed crushing plant. This could process anywhere between 150,000 to 300,000 mt/year of rape seed. Crushing rape seed would produce rape oil that could be sold to biodiesel buyers and would produce a crushed seed waste product ideal for co-firing. The exact size of the crushing plant is up for debate, depending on biodiesel sales agreements and prices and the cost of the rape crop.

    DRAX HAS SOLD 80% OF 2007 POWER OUTPUT

    Thompson said Drax has been investing in its trading capability as well as in its key power plant asset and investing in particular in its analytical capabilities to maximize the price it gets for its output. Some 80% of expected 2007 generation has been hedged in the forward market, including generation to date, and for 2008 the figure is 61%.

    Drax had a 90% availability in 2006, with a planned outage rate of 4.8% and a forced outage rate of 5.8%. But the company has been focusing on keeping its plant operational in winter in particular--when prices are highest. Its winter forced outage rate was lower than the annual rate, at 4.7%.

    Drax achieved the highest coal plant availability in the UK in 2006, National Grid data shows, and was 18% above the national average. It is targeting a 4.5% sustainable average forced outage rate by the end of 2007.

    The company has been diversifying its coal purchases, burning Indonesian and US coals in 2006 and now has a broadly equal split of UK and international coal, with supplies from the UK Coal company below a quarter.

    It has also had success with trials of burning petcoke, Thompson said. It expects to start commercial burning of petcoke later this year. Volumes will depend on the price relative to coal and permitted volumes.

    Thompson said that gas was the marginal fuel in forward winters--meaning that gas was setting the price of electricity in those periods. Forward summers prices could be set by either coal or gas fuel costs--it kept switching, he said.

  11. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 13:13
    EDP Plans 2.5-bil.-Euro Investment in Hydropower
    Matthew Hall
    Energias de Portugal (EDP) chairman Antonio Mexia has said the company will invest 2.5 billion euro (US$3.3 billion) in new hydropower developments, increasing capacity from 4.4MW to 6.9MW, according to AFX International Focus. The investments will take place through to 2015 and will include both increasing the capacity of existing plants and the construction of new hydropower developments.Significance:Hydro currently provides 42% of EDP's installed capacity and makes up around one-third of total Portuguese capacity. EDP's planned additional hydro capacity will assist the country in meeting its European Union target to provide 39% of its electricity needs through renewable energy by 2010. The company had earlier announced total spending plans of 7.6 billion euro to 2010, including spending 2.63 billion euro on wind-power developments, as part of a strategy to achieve earnings growth of 11% per year between 2005 and 2010 (see Portugal: 23 January 2007:).
  12. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 15:23
    Hm mede door je onwil je n beetje te schikken naar de wensen van dit forum begin ik met 9000 posts ook n beetje aan kliederen te denken

    Ook je geopende draadjes diverse dit en diverse dat begin ik te begrijpen, echt gespecificeerd is het niet, het is bijna non informatie op deze manier.

    dus nogmaals mijn vraag, conformeer je een beetje naar dit forum aub.
    mvg
  13. forum rang 10 voda 9 maart 2007 16:12
    quote:

    zzzaai schreef:

    Hm mede door je onwil je n beetje te schikken naar de wensen van dit forum begin ik met 9000 posts ook n beetje aan kliederen te denken

    Ook je geopende draadjes diverse dit en diverse dat begin ik te begrijpen, echt gespecificeerd is het niet, het is bijna non informatie op deze manier.

    dus nogmaals mijn vraag, conformeer je een beetje naar dit forum aub.
    mvg
    Nou, nou zzzaai, dit is wel heel erg kort door de bocht. Mede door de berichten Hans hier ben ik ook hier wat gaan posten. Een goed informatief forum.

    Jouw reactie doet mij een beetje denken van iemand die op zijn (lange) teentjes is getrapt. Dat siert je niet.

    En waar staan de instructies dat dit een discussie forum is?
  14. forum rang 10 voda 9 maart 2007 16:31
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    De premier zei dat op de EU-klimaattop in Brussel. Elektriciteitsbedrijven en regio's hebben al belangstelling getoond voor het project. Waarschijnlijk komt de centrale in het noorden van het land.

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  15. [verwijderd] 9 maart 2007 18:16
    Ja eh ik vond n stukje belangrijk wat vdbilt gepost had maar kan het eenvoudig niet meer vinden omdat ik tientalle onzin stukjes moet doorbladeren over of er wel dan niet een electriciteitscentrale in india komt, nou waar staat me stukje over de productie van silitium?

    kan het eenvoudigweg niet meer vinden

    En zet er eens wat bij open n nieuw draadje niet met diverse dit of diverse dat

    gewoon n simpele vraag, niet goed ook goed
  16. forum rang 10 voda 9 maart 2007 18:26
    quote:

    zzzaai schreef:

    Ja eh ik vond n stukje belangrijk wat vdbilt gepost had maar kan het eenvoudig niet meer vinden omdat ik tientalle onzin stukjes moet doorbladeren over of er wel dan niet een electriciteitscentrale in india komt, nou waar staat me stukje over de productie van silitium?

    kan het eenvoudigweg niet meer vinden

    En zet er eens wat bij open n nieuw draadje niet met diverse dit of diverse dat

    gewoon n simpele vraag, niet goed ook goed
    Het is silicium. Lijkt mij logisch dat het in het draadje Solar power gepost is. Simpel,he?
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