Steag AG Plans to Install a 750-Megawatt Coal-Fired Unit

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Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas). Germany’s fifth largest utility company, Steag AG (Essen, Germany) is planning to construct a 750-megawatt coal-fired power plant unit addition at one of its existing power stations located in the city of Herne in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany’s northeast region. The $1.052 billion coal-fired power project will be the fifth unit at this site when complete. The site currently has a total electrical output of 950 megawatts. The project recently cleared a major hurdle when the local Arnsberg Regional Administration, which happens to house the Herne power plant within its municipality, accepted the application for the outline building permission for the construction and operation of the power project. In the months of October through November of 2006, Steag AG sent out a public notice through the local Arnsberg Gazette and regional newspapers addressed to all interested parties and the local public to examine and inspect the power project application. Steag AG will also stage another public hearing in mid-January of 2007 to address any and all lodging objections and help to answer all unanswered questions pertaining to the project as required by law.

The power project will consist of a conventional or supercritical pulverized hard coal-fired boiler that will contain a coal unloading dock, coal storage, pulverizing machine and a conveying system that will transport the coal to the furnace. The boiler will produce superheated steam that will drive a 750-megawatt steam turbine generator. The plant will have a 180-meter tall cooling tower that will feature low NOx burners and selective catalytic reduction to control nitrogen oxide (NOx), a fabric filter dust collector (ffdc) to capture particulates, a lime spray dryer to control sulfur dioxide (SO2) as well as mercury emission controls. When complete, this plant will be one of the most up-to-date hard-coal-fired power plants in Europe. Construction kick off has been scheduled for the second quarter of 2008, with completion/commissioning set for third quarter 2011. The power generated will serve the surrounding municipalities plus heat & district heating for the immediate area. IIR will continue to monitor this power project as it goes through its various stages of development.

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