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Project News
HoSt Group to build 15MW RDF – fired heat & power plant
HoSt Group will build a 15MW combined heat and power ( CHP ) plant for the combustion of refuse derived fuel ( RDF ) at a factory in the packaging and paper industry in Europe . Approximately 50 % of the factory ’ s natural gas consumption will be replaced with renewable heat . For the client , this RDF-fired heat and power plant is a major and important step towards energy independence and a return to pre-pandemic energy prices . The paper and packaging industry has a large potential to increase renewable energy production by recovering its own combustible waste instead of bringing the waste to a landfill or to another waste-toenergy facility .
The steam generated in the steam boiler will drive a back-pressure
steam turbine producing 1.7MW of electricity . The exhaust steam
will be supplied to the factory . The client , with multiple factories , generates its own RDF fuel which is a combination of recycled paper rejects ( a mixture of mainly paper and plastics ) and paper sludge . Additionally , RDF waste will be collected to supplement the own RDF fuel stream to fire the 15MW cogeneration plant . The fuel will be first pre-treated through shredding and removal of iron and aluminium . Equipped with the best available flue gas cleaning technology , including DeNOx , and a bag house filter with an additive injection system , the industrial plant meets the most stringent European emission laws for waste-to-energy plants .
AP Renewables breaks ground on Tiwi binary geothermal project
TIWI , ALBAY AP Renewables Inc . recently broke ground on the 17-megawatt Tiwi binary geothermal project within the 1.5-hectare site of the first and oldest geothermal power plant in the Philippines . The event paves the way for the construction of Aboitiz Power Corp . subsidiary APRI ’ s binary power plant an entirely new binary plant system . Project completion is expected by the end of 2023 . Residual heat from the hot brine side of the geothermal production process , otherwise unutilized before reinjecting back to the earth , is harvested to produce electricity through the binary geothermal power plant .
APRI said the concept of recovering heat from the geothermal brine and converting it into electricity is a novel solution that improves its overall thermal efficiency . The binary plant has no emission to the environment as its binary fluid operates in a closed-loop system . APRI delivers 290 MW of baseload geothermal power from its two facilities in Tiwi , Albay , and the areas of Bay and Calauan in Laguna and Sto . Tomas in Batangas . Meanwhile , Aboitiz Power targets to build an additional 3,700 MW of RE , growing its capacities to 4,600 MW by 2030 . The company has 1,000 MW of disclosed RE projects and is on its way toward achieving its targets .
Advent Technologies partners with Alfa Laval
Advent Technologies Holdings , Inc . will collaborate with Alfa Laval on a project to explore applications of Advent ’ s methanol-powered high-temperature proton exchange membrane ( HT-PEM ) fuel cells in the marine industry . Funded by the Danish Energy Technology Development and Demonstration Program ( EUDP ), the project is a joint effort between Advent , Alfa Laval , and a group of Danish shipowners . The project will focus on testing Advent ’ s methanol-powered HT-PEM fuel cells as a source of marine auxiliary power . During the course of the project , the fuel cell system will undergo a risk assessment by a leading international classification society .
At the same time , the project aims to integrate the next generation of Advent ’ s fuel cells . These fuel cells will be based on Advent ’ s next-generation membrane electrode assembly , which is currently being developed within the framework of L ’ Innovator , the Company ’ s joint development program with the U . S . Department of Energy ’ s Los Alamos National Laboratory , Brookhaven National Laboratory , and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory . Aiming to meet the ever-growing power requirements of the maritime industry , Advent ’ s nextgeneration fuel cells are expected to demonstrate a significant increase in lifetime , efficiency , and electrical output .
Vulcan and Stellantis explore geothermal energy
Stellantis N . V . and Vulcan Energy Resources Limited ( Vulcan ) have signed a binding term sheet for the first phase of a multiphase project to develop new geothermal projects aimed at decarbonizing the energy mix of Stellantis ’ Rüsselsheim industrial site in Germany , which is home to both the DS4 and Opel Astra . Based upon current assumptions , the project could provide a significant portion of the industrial site ’ s annual energy needs starting in 2025 . The first phase of the project , located at the northernmost extent of Vulcan ’ s focus area in the Upper Rhine Valley , will include a prefeasibility study for the construction
of geothermal assets for Stellantis ’ facility , carried out by Vulcan . If successful , the next phase will focus on drilling and more advanced studies and development . Stellantis will aim to source funding for 50 % of the project development , which is also supported by the local government . Stellantis and Vulcan will aim to produce clean electricity and supply it to the grid for both internal and external consumption , in accordance with Germany ’ s Renewable Energy Act ( EEG ), while also producing heat to be transferred to Stellantis ’ manufacturing site . The agreement with Stellantis also increases Vulcan ’ s decarbonizing impact on the European electric
vehicle industry , complementing the carbon avoidance from its Zero
Carbon Lithium™ Project , and creating shareholder value .
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