The News Review:
- FirstEnergy plans to repower RE Burger Plant with biomass
- Acciona Biocombustibles opens biodiesel plant in Spain
- Qatar eyes up to 40 pct cost cuts on energy projects
- Photo Release — rion Energy Systems’ Apollo Light Pipe Named …
- Engineering study planned for sewer project
- regon in running for Norwegian car plant
FirstEnergy plans to repower RE Burger Plant with biomass
Energy Business Review
According to the company the capital cost for retrofitting the Burger Plant to burn biomass is estimated to be approximately $200 million. nce the project is completed units 4 and 5 of the Burger Plant would be capable of producing up to 312MW of electricity its current capacity claims the company which is enough to power approximately 190000 homes. Furthermore it said that with the completion of the project FirstEnergy’s portfolio of renewable energy could total more than 1100MW including 451MW of pumped-storage hydro and 376MW of wind power. Anthony Alexander president and CE of FirstEnergy said: “Retrofitting the Burger Plant for biomass will expand our portfolio further and continue our support of state and federal efforts to increase reliance on renewable energy sources.
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Acciona Biocombustibles opens biodiesel plant in Spain
Energy Business Review
The company has claimed that the facility will produce 200000 tonnes of biodiesel per year making a 27% contribution to the target figure for the penetration of biodiesel in Spain for 2009. According to the company the plant is located at Zierbena on a site in the port of Bilbao belonging to the agribusiness and food company Bunge which has a 20% stake in the capital of the development company. It will produce biodiesel from previously refined first-use vegetable oils mainly from Bunge’s seed crushing plant. The company claims that the biodiesel produced annually in the Bilbao plant will avoid the emission of 496000 metric tons of C2 per year from conventional diesel fuel in transport.
Qatar eyes up to 40 pct cost cuts on energy projects
Reuters
“We are looking to cut costs by 20 to 30 percent” ilMinister Abdullah al-Attiyah said at a press conference afterthe inauguration of a new gas plant. “But 40 percent would bebetter. Qatar has delayed projects to build the Shaheen refinerythe Mesaieed Aromatics plant and to develop the Barzan gas fieldas it looks to take advantage of a slump in the price of rawmaterials to drive down costs. The Shaheen oil refinery was planned to have capacity of250000 barrels per day. Qatar has completed the preliminaryengineering and design study for the project.
Photo Release — rion Energy Systems’ Apollo Light Pipe Named …
FXBusiness
More than 135 products from throughout the world were named finalists for the awards and the winner was chosen by Plant Engineering’s readers. “In 2008 our readers focused on efficiency and energy” said Bob Vavra editor of Plant Engineering magazine. “Energy was a major driver and we’re pleased that our readers recognize this as important and we’re very pleased to be honoring our Grand Award winner at our 21st annual Product of the Year awards to rion Energy Systems and the Apollo(tm) Light Pipe.
Engineering study planned for sewer project
Evening bserver
At the Silver Creek Village Board meeting Monday board members authorized Mayor Kurt Lindstrom to secure and implement grants through USDA Rural Development and Southern Tier West Development Foundation for a $26500 engineering study to correct inflow and infiltration problems flooding the municipal sewer system and wastewater treatment plant. In addition to $9750 provided by the village itself targeted grant funding for the study will be $16250 from USDA Rural Development and $6500 from Southern Tier West Development Foundation. “The purpose of conducting a Preliminary Planning Grant is to assess and evaluate the necessary steps and develop alternatives to establish an engineer-based strategy to move forward with the investigation and improvements to the village’s sewer system” Lindstrom said. At present he said there is no timeline established for when the study will begin. However the village is under pressure from both the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Department of Health to reduce peak flows at the wastewater plant – which reach three million gallons daily during rainy weather – resulting from a combination of both breaks in sewer pipes and illegal hookups into the sewer system.
regon in running for Norwegian car plant
The regonian – regonLive.com
A Norwegian company considering regon for electric-car manufacturing may be eyeing the Portland plant that built Freightliners as a site to employ 900 workers. Think North America whose parent company makes emission-free vehicles confirmed today that it’s considering regon and seven other states for a factory that would ultimately make 60000 compact cars a year. Think managers want to convert an existing building into a car plant and to launch an engineering center perhaps alongside. As regon Michigan California and other states scramble to offer incentives Think plans to decide on a location within a couple of months investing an as-yet-undisclosed amount. “There’s a number of things that appeal to Think about regon” said Brendan Prebo a Think North America spokesman who added that state officials are pursuing both the factory project and the engineering center. “They’ve also shown their interest in terms of supporting electric vehicle sales.