Carron Energy Selects E&C Firm for 840-Megawatt Welsh Power Plant

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- Severn Power, a company owned by Carron Energy (London, United Kingdom), has been given the go ahead to build a new 840-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle gas fired power station in Nash, South Wales by the UK’s department for business, enterprise and regulatory reform (formerly department of trade and industry). Severn Power has selected Siemens Power as the preferred bidder for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the project and for the operation and maintenance agreement and the long-term service agreement for the $804 million Uskmouth Power Plant. Siemens will use two SGT5 4000F single shaft combustion turbine (270 MW)/steam turbine (150 MW) sets.

Work on building preparations and environmental landscaping are already underway at the site of the former Uskmouth A coal-fired power station and next to the existing 360 MW coal-fired plant on the banks of the River Usk. The new plant is scheduled for commercial operation in 2010. Gas supply for the new plant will be delivered by extending the local Wales and West Utilities gas distribution network. The pipeline will be connected using the latest below ground horizontal drilling techniques which will mean minimal disruption to the land above the pipeline route.

The power plant will be designed to supply heat as a byproduct which would enhance the plant’s overall efficiency rating. The government business department also said that the there will be the opportunity to add on technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions for sequestration. The plant is another project in the UK’s drive to replace old generation power plants with new low emission projects over the next 10 years. The project will create more than 650 skilled jobs and draw on the existing expertise of local suppliers who have been serving power plants on the site for 47 years.

In August Carron Energy (CE) announced the acquisition of NEL Power Group and created Carron Engineering and Construction, a division of Carron Energy that will cover combined heat and power (CHP), engineering, construction and renewable energy projects. Stakeholders in Carron Energy include Deutsche Bank and Trafalgar Asset Managers. CE is aiming to build an integrated multi- asset European energy business using a buy and build strategy. Focus will be on UK and Europe using organic growth and the development of strategic partnerships and suitable mergers and acquisitions to enhance growth.

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