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Covanta Energy To Build Energy-From-Waste Plant In Wales
Cardiff, UK (SPX) Feb 04, 2009 Covanta Energy plans to build an approximately $575 million plant to convert waste to energy in the heart of the former Welsh coalmining district. The plant will supply electricity for up to 180,000 homes in Wales, create 600 jobs, and reduce the need for municipal, commercial and industrial waste landfill sites. Covanta, based in Fairfield, N.J., is a world leader in producing energy-from-waste. The plant will be on an existing railway line that will link it to rail-operated waste transfer stations across Wales. Transporting waste by rail will greatly reduce the need for road haulage of waste. Almost 500 jobs will be created during construction of the plant, which will have a full time staff of approximately 100 when it is operational. "Wales is very pleased that an industry leader such as Covanta is investing in Wales and will play a part in making Wales a world leader in dealing with renewable energy and treatment of both household and industrial waste," said Geraint Jones, CEO, Americas, of International Business Wales (IBW), the economic development arm of the Welsh Assembly Government (WAG). "Covanta's track record in the Waste to Energy field is second to none." Covanta Energy has had detailed discussions about the project with WAG) and IBW, and will begin consulting February 2 with the local population and stakeholders in the area of Merthyr Tydfil, in the heart of south central Wales. Covanta Energy expects to have the plant operational by 2014, subject to approval by local authorities. The company is also investigating the possibility that residents and businesses in neighboring communities could buy electricity at significantly below market rates, and that lower cost energy and waste heat can be made available to attract other investors to the area. Malcolm Chilton, Covanta Energy's UK managing director, pledged the plant will operate cleanly and well within the most stringent environmental standards. "We already supply millions of homes with clean energy from non-recyclable waste, and we are proposing a plant which will be sized to meet the needs of Wales," Chilton said. "It will take approximately 750,000 tons of waste a year and generate about 70 Megawatts of electricity. "The plant will greatly reduce the need for Welsh local authorities to send non-recyclable waste to landfill sites. The cost of using landfill sites is also a huge financial burden to councils. Using waste to produce energy is a very cost-effective solution to these problems. The plant will also help cut greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change - by displacing the carbon dioxide produced by fossil fuel generation and reducing long-term emissions of methane gas from landfill sites that would otherwise be required." Related Links Covanta Energy Powering The World in the 21st Century at Energy-Daily.com
Worlds Most Advanced New Steam Turbine For Combined-Cycle Power Plants
Schenectady NY (SPX) Feb 04, 2009GE Energy and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to co-develop the "next generation" steam turbine for use in gas turbine combined-cycle power plants. |
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