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Rankine cycle system. Land Energy’s onsite
biomass CHP plant rated at 12. 5 MW
thermal will supply process heat and elec-
tricity to the new wood pellet factory. This
will supply enough wood pellets for the
equivalent of up to 15,000 homes with
sufficient energy for all their heating and
hot water requirements.
Imtech to Supply U.K. Waste-
to-Energy Plant
German group MVV Energie AG
has awarded European technical services
provider Imtech NV a 30 million euro
($43.06 million) contract to provide
sustainable technology solutions for
a waste-to-energy plant to be built in
Plymouth, U.K. The plant, which will
generate both heat and electricity, will
be built on behalf of MVV O&M, a
subsidiary of MVV Umwelt in Mannheim,
which forms part of MVV Energie AG.
Some 245,000 tonnes of domestic waste
collected from 650,000 homes in and
around Plymouth will be used to produce
23 MW of thermal capacity and up to
22. 5 MW of electricity. A large portion
of this energy will be used by the nearby
Royal Navy base in Plymouth.
Imtech Deutschland (Germany) is
supplying a steam-turbine generator with a
special air-cooled condenser. The German
Imtech division is also responsible for the
overall provision of water and steam, the
innovative heat extraction technique and
the handling of water and condensate.
Imtech UK has assisted with the tender
procedures and the health and safety
regulations. Imtech will start work on the
plant in spring 2012; it is expected to be
operational in 2014.
provide the solar collectors and technical
advice, and Termoindustriale will provide
turnkey energy systems to its customers.
Termoindustriale will focus on smaller
concentrated solar power systems using
organic Rankine cycle or traditional Rankine
cycle engines with steam turbines for elec-
tricity generation.
The construction of solar thermody-
namic plants is supported in Italy through a
feed-in premium for 25 years, administered
by Gestore dei Servizi Energetici, SpA,
a private company owned by the Italian
Ministry of Economy and Finance.
IPCC: Renewable Energy Can
Exceed Global Demand
Close to 80 percent of the world’s ener-
gy supply could be met by renewables by
midcentury, if backed by the right enabling
public policies, a new report shows. The
findings, from more than 120 researchers
working with the Intergovernmental Panel
on Climate Change (IPCC), also indicate that
the rising penetration of renewable energies
could lead to cumulative greenhouse gas
savings equivalent to 220 to 560 gigatonnes
of carbon dioxide between 2010 and 2050.
The upper end of the scenarios
assessed, representing a cut of around a
third in greenhouse gas emissions from
business-as-usual projections, could assist
in keeping concentrations of greenhouse
gases at 450 ppm. This could contribute
toward a goal of holding the increase in
global temperature below 2 degrees C
– an aim recognized in the U.N. Climate
Convention’s Cancun Agreements.
These findings are contained in the
Special Report on Renewable Energy
Sources and Climate Change Mitigation
compiled for IPCC’s Working Group III. The
report considers the potential contribution
from biomass, geothermal, hydro, ocean,
solar and wind energy, as well as the poli-
cies needed to put them in place. For more
information, visit www.ipcc.ch.
financing from the Business Development
Bank of Canada (BDC). Coupled with a
recent investment of CA$15 million
($15.6 million) from Tandem Expansion
Fund and ARC Financial, Nexterra has
secured a total of CA$17.5 million
($18.2 million) in 2011 to further its
biomass energy system business.
“We believe that the market for on-
site biomass heat and power systems is
poised to grow significantly in the next few
years to meet the rising demand for green-
house gas reductions, energy security and
overall energy cost certainty,” said Tony
Van Bommel, partner, BDC Energy/Clean
Technologies Venture Fund.
One of the Nexterra’s upcoming proj-
ects is the installation of a biomass gasifica-
tion system at the University of Montana
(UM) in Missoula. The system, which will
be installed at a total cost of $16 million,
will provide heat to campus buildings. The
Nexterra system will convert locally sourced
wood residues into 34,000 lb/hr of steam,
which will displace 70 percent of UM’s nat-
ural gas consumption and deliver upwards
of $1 million in annual energy savings. The
project will be delivered in conjunction with
McKinstry Essention Ltd., a Seattle-based
energy services contracting company.
Nexterra will supply the gasification system.
McKinstry will install the system and pro-
vide the balance of plant.
Nexterra Secures $17.5 Million
to Accelerate Growth
Nexterra Systems Corp. has secured
CA$2.5 million ($2.6 million) in equity
Termoindustriale to
Distribute SkyFuel Parabolic
Troughs
Parabolic trough maker SkyFuel has
reached an agreement with Italian power
engineering, procurement and construction
firm Termoindustriale for distribution of
its Sky Trough concentrating solar collector
in Italy. The agreement covers systems up
to around 50 MW thermal. SkyFuel will
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Veolia Energy Recognized
by LADWP
Veolia Energy North America was rec-
ognized by the Los Angeles Department of
Water & Power (LADWP) for the efficiency
gains associated with installation of a new
Trane duplex chiller at Veolia Energy’s
Bunker Hill central plant. The new chiller
complements two other existing Trane
duplex chillers at the facility, all with 2,500-
ton capacities. A LADWP representative
awarded a rebate check to Veolia Energy
executives during a June 3 ceremony and
tour at the Bunker Hill plant.
Veolia Energy’s district energy network
supplies chilled water for cooling to 20
commercial office buildings in downtown
Los Angeles and Century City, representing
