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Solvin to expand PVDC latex production
MARKET PROSPECTS
Solvin to expand PVDC latex production
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olVin, a joint venture of Solvay and BASF, will build a new production line for polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) latex at its Tavaux (France) manufacturing site. PVDC latex is a specialty barrier material used as a coating in packaging applications where the integrity of the goods is critical. The new production line, which will add an annual capacity of 10 000 tons, is expected to be operational by mid-2009, in response to growing demand from the dynamic PVDC market.
POWER GENERATION
processes and plant engineering to improve CO2 capture technology. The goal is to apply CO2 capture commercially in lignite-fired power plants by 2020. The new technology should enable more than 90% of CO2 to be removed from the combustion gas of a power plant and then subsequently to store this gas underground. RWE Power has earmarked a budget of approximately 80 million for the development project, including the construction and operation of the pilot facility and demonstration plant. Apart from the CO2-scrubbing method, RWE Power is also developing the first carbon-neutral coal-fired power plant with CO2 transport and storage, based on the integrated gasification combined-cycle process. This large-scale 450 MW plant is due to come on stream in 2014, although no decision has yet been taken as to where it should be located.
Bechtel selected to Polygeneration facility complete nuclear plant features CO2 recovery
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VA has chosen Bechtel Power Corp to lead the engineering, procurement and construction to complete Unit 2 at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, Tennessee. When completed in 2012, Watts Bar Unit 2 will add 1200 MW of power to the TVA system, enough to serve 650 000 homes. Work on the original plant was stopped in 1985, when it was about two-thirds complete. The five-year, US$2.5 billion project will bring the plant up to all current engineering and safety standards.
New processes for CO2 capture in coal-fired power plants
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ASF, RWE Power and the Linde Group have agreed on the construction and operation of a pilot facility at RWE Power AG’s lignitefired power plant in Niederaussem, Germany, to test new developments and solvents from BASF for the capture of CO2 – so-called CO2 scrubbing. Linde will be responsible for the engineering and the construction of the pilot facility. The purpose of the planned pilot facility is the long-term testing of new solvents with a view to gaining an understanding of 4
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E Energy and Bechtel Overseas Power Corp have signed a project development agreement with TransCanada Corp of Calgary to develop the first polygeneration facility in Canada with the ability to use petroleum coke and incorporate carbon capture and storage. The proposed polygeneration facility, located in Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan, is expected to use petroleum coke as feedstock to produce hydrogen, nitrogen, steam and carbon dioxide for fertilizer production and enhanced oil recovery, and to generate approximately 300 MW of electricity.
storage demonstrator plant of at least 25MW. This will act as a crucial test-ground for the potential of CCS technology as a means to generate low-carbon energy. Both plants will be designed using postcombustion technology, which unlike alternative CCS approaches, can be applied to existing coal power plants. The larger capture and storage demonstrator plant would form part of one of the new, high efficiency supercritical power stations which are currently under feasibility and planning at existing sites in Tilbury, Essex and at Blyth, Northumberland.
WATER & WASTEWATER
Bayer Technology Services to build waste water facility in Israel
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ayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS) has won a contract from Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd (MCW), Israel’s leading manufacturer and exporter of crop protection agents, to build the biggest waste water facility to date based on Bayer’s proprietary LOPROX process. This wet oxidation process pre-treats highly polluted wastewater prior to biological waste water treatment. The unique plant which is located upstream of the biological waste water treatment plant will enable MCW to meet new regulations for the quality of effluents after the biological treatment.
CHRIST wins large Carbon dioxide capture order for a wastewater technology pilot for UK treatment plant coal power station he Department of Waste
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WE npower, the UK’s largest electricity supplier, plans to design and build the first carbon dioxide capture pilot plant at a UK coal power station. The first phase could be fully operational by 2010 and will be located at Aberthaw Power Station in South Wales. An initial £8.4 million investment will focus on a 1MW capture plant, with further investment planned to support a capture and
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Management and Pollution Control in the Republic of Botswana has awarded Aqua Engineering SA (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Christ Water Technology, an 8.5 millioncontract for upgrading the Gaborone Wastewater Treatment Works. The order is for the design and supply of the electro-mechanical equipment for the upgrading of the existing works from the current 40000 m3/d to 65000 m3/d. The project duration is approximately 18 months.
November 2007
19/11/2007 10:28:16
Solvin to expand PVDC latex production
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olVin, a joint venture of Solvay and BASF, will build a new production line for polyvinylidene chloride (PVDC) latex at its Tavaux (France) manufacturing site. PVDC latex is a specialty barrier material used as a coating in packaging applications where the integrity of the goods is critical. The new production line, which will add an annual capacity of 10 000 tons, is expected to be operational by mid-2009, in response to growing demand from the dynamic PVDC market.
POWER GENERATION
processes and plant engineering to improve CO2 capture technology. The goal is to apply CO2 capture commercially in lignite-fired power plants by 2020. The new technology should enable more than 90% of CO2 to be removed from the combustion gas of a power plant and then subsequently to store this gas underground. RWE Power has earmarked a budget of approximately 80 million for the development project, including the construction and operation of the pilot facility and demonstration plant. Apart from the CO2-scrubbing method, RWE Power is also developing the first carbon-neutral coal-fired power plant with CO2 transport and storage, based on the integrated gasification combined-cycle process. This large-scale 450 MW plant is due to come on stream in 2014, although no decision has yet been taken as to where it should be located.
Bechtel selected to Polygeneration facility complete nuclear plant features CO2 recovery
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VA has chosen Bechtel Power Corp to lead the engineering, procurement and construction to complete Unit 2 at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City, Tennessee. When completed in 2012, Watts Bar Unit 2 will add 1200 MW of power to the TVA system, enough to serve 650 000 homes. Work on the original plant was stopped in 1985, when it was about two-thirds complete. The five-year, US$2.5 billion project will bring the plant up to all current engineering and safety standards.
New processes for CO2 capture in coal-fired power plants
B
ASF, RWE Power and the Linde Group have agreed on the construction and operation of a pilot facility at RWE Power AG’s lignitefired power plant in Niederaussem, Germany, to test new developments and solvents from BASF for the capture of CO2 – so-called CO2 scrubbing. Linde will be responsible for the engineering and the construction of the pilot facility. The purpose of the planned pilot facility is the long-term testing of new solvents with a view to gaining an understanding of 4
Pump Industry Analyst
PIAnov07_p01_09.indd 4
G
E Energy and Bechtel Overseas Power Corp have signed a project development agreement with TransCanada Corp of Calgary to develop the first polygeneration facility in Canada with the ability to use petroleum coke and incorporate carbon capture and storage. The proposed polygeneration facility, located in Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan, is expected to use petroleum coke as feedstock to produce hydrogen, nitrogen, steam and carbon dioxide for fertilizer production and enhanced oil recovery, and to generate approximately 300 MW of electricity.
storage demonstrator plant of at least 25MW. This will act as a crucial test-ground for the potential of CCS technology as a means to generate low-carbon energy. Both plants will be designed using postcombustion technology, which unlike alternative CCS approaches, can be applied to existing coal power plants. The larger capture and storage demonstrator plant would form part of one of the new, high efficiency supercritical power stations which are currently under feasibility and planning at existing sites in Tilbury, Essex and at Blyth, Northumberland.
WATER & WASTEWATER
Bayer Technology Services to build waste water facility in Israel
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ayer Technology Services GmbH (BTS) has won a contract from Makhteshim Chemical Works Ltd (MCW), Israel’s leading manufacturer and exporter of crop protection agents, to build the biggest waste water facility to date based on Bayer’s proprietary LOPROX process. This wet oxidation process pre-treats highly polluted wastewater prior to biological waste water treatment. The unique plant which is located upstream of the biological waste water treatment plant will enable MCW to meet new regulations for the quality of effluents after the biological treatment.
CHRIST wins large Carbon dioxide capture order for a wastewater technology pilot for UK treatment plant coal power station he Department of Waste
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WE npower, the UK’s largest electricity supplier, plans to design and build the first carbon dioxide capture pilot plant at a UK coal power station. The first phase could be fully operational by 2010 and will be located at Aberthaw Power Station in South Wales. An initial £8.4 million investment will focus on a 1MW capture plant, with further investment planned to support a capture and
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Management and Pollution Control in the Republic of Botswana has awarded Aqua Engineering SA (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Christ Water Technology, an 8.5 millioncontract for upgrading the Gaborone Wastewater Treatment Works. The order is for the design and supply of the electro-mechanical equipment for the upgrading of the existing works from the current 40000 m3/d to 65000 m3/d. The project duration is approximately 18 months.
November 2007
19/11/2007 10:28:16