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New UK gas-fired power plant planned
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with other energy sources. Government actions to help renewables therefore remain important. Premium rates for electricity generated by renewable means, especially when guaranteed over a number of years, have resulted in rapid increases in its use. However, the aim of these and other economic incentives should be to improve the competitiveness of renewables rather than merely to increase their use. NEW UK GAS-FIRED POWER
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Entergy, a US-based global energy company, is to build a 740-megawatt gas-fired power station in Southeast England. Construction is scheduled to start in April 1998.The power plant, to be known as Damhead Creek, will use state-ofthe-art combined cycle gas turbine technology. The plant will be Entergy's third major presence in the United Kingdom electricity market. It will operate as a merchant plant and be built on a 40-acre site on the Thames estuary some 30 miles from London. Entergy, which is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, owns London Electricity, the electricity distribution company serving two million customers in England. In addition, Entergy is constructing Saltend, the 1200 MW, three-unit cogeneration project at Hull in Yorkshire, Northeast England, and will own 100 per cent of the plant upon completion. Entergy owns and operates 30 power plants with 22 696 M W of generation capability in the United States. Entergy holds ownership in and is developing a portfolio of power plants around the world.
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October 1997
ABB BUILDS MOROCCAN PRIVATE
POWER
PLANT
ABB, the international electrical engineering company, is to build a private 700 MW coal-fired power plant at Jorf Lasfar, Morocco. The total project investment is approximately US$1 billion. A B B ' s contract to build the plant is valued at US$620 million. The order was placed by a 50/50 joint venture between ABB and CMS Generation, the independent power production- subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation of Michigan, USA. The new plant will be built adjacent to an existing 660 M W plant, doubling the capacity of this major baseload facility to 1360 MW. Power from the two plants will be sold under a 30-year agreement to ONE, the Moroccan national power utility. ABB will supply two 350 M W steam turbine-generator sets, two coal-fired boilers, the control system, and the balance of plant equipment. Installation of the first of the new turbines is scheduled to be completed by June 2000. EIA STUDY IDENTIFIES NUCLEAR'S GROWING ELECTRICITY
SHARE
According to The Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the amount of nuclear-generated electricity increased during 1996, as the performance of nuclear power plants continued to improve, enhancing the role of nuclear power as an important electric energy source.
32 countries currently use nuclear power to generate electricity. Last year, nuclear
net GWe by 2010 and then to
power accounted for 23 per
tirement of some US units at
cent of total electric generation in those countries and it contributed 17 per cent of electricity generation worldwide. Also in 1996, for the first time, nuclear fuel derived
the end of their current operat-
from dismantled Russian warheads entered the commercial market. There is considerable uncertainty as to whether nuclear power will retain its current share of generation or possibly assume a larger role
fall to 360 net GWe by 2015, largely due to the expected re-
ing-license periods. In Asia (China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan), nuclear capacity is projected to grow at an annual rate of 3.4 per cent through to 2015. This will account for over 70 per cent of the projected new nuclear capacity worldwide. Copies of the Nuclear Power Genera-
tion and Fuel Cycle Report are
in the future. Its economic competitiveness, social accep-
available from the EIA's Na-
tance, and the handling of nuclear waste are issues to be resolved. For some countries, however, as in the Far East, insufficient indigenous energy resources coupled with a desire for energy independence make nuclear power a viable option. Five new nuclear reactors were added to electric grids in 1996, bringing the total
Center, Room 1F-048, Forre-
number of commercial nuclear units worldwide to 442 and increased total worldwide commercial nuclear electric generating capacity to 351 net Gigawatts-electric (GWe). In the United States, the Watts Bar 1 plant, the last domestic commercial nuclear unit planned for completion, was connected to the grid in February 1996. Japan, France, and Romania also added new nuclear capacity. At year-end 1996, there were 45 nuclear units under construction. Russia and South Korea are building seven each. An additional 27 units are planned worldwide: China and Japan account for most of the planned units, with completion times scheduled for the period 20022010. EIA projects nuclear capacity worldwide to increase to 391
tional
Energy
stal Building,
Information Washington,
DC 20585, USA. Tel: +1 202 586 8800.
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CARGILL
AND
MITSUBISHI TO BUILD ERYTHRITOL PLANT IN NEBRASKA
Cargill and Mitsubishi Chemical have formed a joint venture company to produce and market erythritol, a low calorie sweetener, at Cargill's corn wet milling complex at Blair, Nebraska. Construction will shortly start on the US$50 million erythritol plant, with start-up set for April 1999. The new facility will have an annual production capacity of more than 20 000 metric tons. The plant will be the world's largest and will also be readily expandable. The new facility will employ 50 people in the production of erythritol through a fermentation process using dextrose made from corn.
with other energy sources. Government actions to help renewables therefore remain important. Premium rates for electricity generated by renewable means, especially when guaranteed over a number of years, have resulted in rapid increases in its use. However, the aim of these and other economic incentives should be to improve the competitiveness of renewables rather than merely to increase their use. NEW UK GAS-FIRED POWER
ra'3
EL) r./3
©
[...,
<
PLANT
PLANNED
Entergy, a US-based global energy company, is to build a 740-megawatt gas-fired power station in Southeast England. Construction is scheduled to start in April 1998.The power plant, to be known as Damhead Creek, will use state-ofthe-art combined cycle gas turbine technology. The plant will be Entergy's third major presence in the United Kingdom electricity market. It will operate as a merchant plant and be built on a 40-acre site on the Thames estuary some 30 miles from London. Entergy, which is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, owns London Electricity, the electricity distribution company serving two million customers in England. In addition, Entergy is constructing Saltend, the 1200 MW, three-unit cogeneration project at Hull in Yorkshire, Northeast England, and will own 100 per cent of the plant upon completion. Entergy owns and operates 30 power plants with 22 696 M W of generation capability in the United States. Entergy holds ownership in and is developing a portfolio of power plants around the world.
Im
October 1997
ABB BUILDS MOROCCAN PRIVATE
POWER
PLANT
ABB, the international electrical engineering company, is to build a private 700 MW coal-fired power plant at Jorf Lasfar, Morocco. The total project investment is approximately US$1 billion. A B B ' s contract to build the plant is valued at US$620 million. The order was placed by a 50/50 joint venture between ABB and CMS Generation, the independent power production- subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation of Michigan, USA. The new plant will be built adjacent to an existing 660 M W plant, doubling the capacity of this major baseload facility to 1360 MW. Power from the two plants will be sold under a 30-year agreement to ONE, the Moroccan national power utility. ABB will supply two 350 M W steam turbine-generator sets, two coal-fired boilers, the control system, and the balance of plant equipment. Installation of the first of the new turbines is scheduled to be completed by June 2000. EIA STUDY IDENTIFIES NUCLEAR'S GROWING ELECTRICITY
SHARE
According to The Nuclear Power Generation and Fuel Cycle Report published by the Energy Information Administration (EIA), the amount of nuclear-generated electricity increased during 1996, as the performance of nuclear power plants continued to improve, enhancing the role of nuclear power as an important electric energy source.
32 countries currently use nuclear power to generate electricity. Last year, nuclear
net GWe by 2010 and then to
power accounted for 23 per
tirement of some US units at
cent of total electric generation in those countries and it contributed 17 per cent of electricity generation worldwide. Also in 1996, for the first time, nuclear fuel derived
the end of their current operat-
from dismantled Russian warheads entered the commercial market. There is considerable uncertainty as to whether nuclear power will retain its current share of generation or possibly assume a larger role
fall to 360 net GWe by 2015, largely due to the expected re-
ing-license periods. In Asia (China, India, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan), nuclear capacity is projected to grow at an annual rate of 3.4 per cent through to 2015. This will account for over 70 per cent of the projected new nuclear capacity worldwide. Copies of the Nuclear Power Genera-
tion and Fuel Cycle Report are
in the future. Its economic competitiveness, social accep-
available from the EIA's Na-
tance, and the handling of nuclear waste are issues to be resolved. For some countries, however, as in the Far East, insufficient indigenous energy resources coupled with a desire for energy independence make nuclear power a viable option. Five new nuclear reactors were added to electric grids in 1996, bringing the total
Center, Room 1F-048, Forre-
number of commercial nuclear units worldwide to 442 and increased total worldwide commercial nuclear electric generating capacity to 351 net Gigawatts-electric (GWe). In the United States, the Watts Bar 1 plant, the last domestic commercial nuclear unit planned for completion, was connected to the grid in February 1996. Japan, France, and Romania also added new nuclear capacity. At year-end 1996, there were 45 nuclear units under construction. Russia and South Korea are building seven each. An additional 27 units are planned worldwide: China and Japan account for most of the planned units, with completion times scheduled for the period 20022010. EIA projects nuclear capacity worldwide to increase to 391
tional
Energy
stal Building,
Information Washington,
DC 20585, USA. Tel: +1 202 586 8800.
I:()()1) PR()CESSIN(;
CARGILL
AND
MITSUBISHI TO BUILD ERYTHRITOL PLANT IN NEBRASKA
Cargill and Mitsubishi Chemical have formed a joint venture company to produce and market erythritol, a low calorie sweetener, at Cargill's corn wet milling complex at Blair, Nebraska. Construction will shortly start on the US$50 million erythritol plant, with start-up set for April 1999. The new facility will have an annual production capacity of more than 20 000 metric tons. The plant will be the world's largest and will also be readily expandable. The new facility will employ 50 people in the production of erythritol through a fermentation process using dextrose made from corn.