Released March 02, 2012 | GALWAY, IRELAND
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Researched by Industrial Info Resources Europe (Galway, Ireland)--Two of the three units at RWE npower's (Swindon, England) biomass power plant at Tilbury in Essex, which were shut down on Monday following a fire, will not restart before the end of July, with the third unit scheduled to return online in early April.
"Following the serious incident at Tilbury Power Station on the 27th February 2012, the earliest expected return date for Unit 8 is 2nd April 2012 and for units 9 and 10 the 30th July 2012," RWE said in a market message.
The fire broke out in conveyor belts above the storage hoppers for units 9 and 10. Following the fire, the hoppers were emptied immediately, while Unit 8 continued to operate, but only to safely empty its hopper of the remaining fuel. Each hopper is about 60 feet deep and can hold up to 600 tonnes of wood pellets. Chief Fire Officer David Johnson said the Tilbury blaze was challenging because of the technical complexities of the burning wood pellets. Fire fighters had to use foam to extinguish the fire instead of water, which would have added weight to the wood pellets and could have caused further structural damage to the building.
The three units together generate 750 megawatts (MW), making the plant Britain's largest dedicated biomass station. Tilbury was converted from a coal-fired plant to run on 100% wood pellets last year and had only been fully operational for a few weeks. For additional information, see January 11, 2012, article - Europe's Largest Biomass Plant Ready to Burn.
The plant is scheduled to close by the end of 2015, or after 20,000 hours of operation, as the plant has 'opted out' under the European Union's Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD). RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY) (Essen, Germany) is developing a Phase II project at Tilbury, whereby they intend to re-permit the plant to new standards, enabling renewable operation as a dedicated biomass renewable generator until 2027.
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"Following the serious incident at Tilbury Power Station on the 27th February 2012, the earliest expected return date for Unit 8 is 2nd April 2012 and for units 9 and 10 the 30th July 2012," RWE said in a market message.
The fire broke out in conveyor belts above the storage hoppers for units 9 and 10. Following the fire, the hoppers were emptied immediately, while Unit 8 continued to operate, but only to safely empty its hopper of the remaining fuel. Each hopper is about 60 feet deep and can hold up to 600 tonnes of wood pellets. Chief Fire Officer David Johnson said the Tilbury blaze was challenging because of the technical complexities of the burning wood pellets. Fire fighters had to use foam to extinguish the fire instead of water, which would have added weight to the wood pellets and could have caused further structural damage to the building.
The three units together generate 750 megawatts (MW), making the plant Britain's largest dedicated biomass station. Tilbury was converted from a coal-fired plant to run on 100% wood pellets last year and had only been fully operational for a few weeks. For additional information, see January 11, 2012, article - Europe's Largest Biomass Plant Ready to Burn.
The plant is scheduled to close by the end of 2015, or after 20,000 hours of operation, as the plant has 'opted out' under the European Union's Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD). RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY) (Essen, Germany) is developing a Phase II project at Tilbury, whereby they intend to re-permit the plant to new standards, enabling renewable operation as a dedicated biomass renewable generator until 2027.
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View Outage Report - 169726 169727 169731
Industrial Info Resources (IIR), with global headquarters in Sugar Land, Texas, and eight offices outside of North America, is the leading provider of global market intelligence specializing in the industrial process, heavy manufacturing and energy markets. Industrial Info's quality-assurance philosophy, the Living Forward Reporting Principle, provides up-to-the-minute intelligence on what's happening now, while constantly keeping track of future opportunities.
