ALSTOM to supply environmental upgrade to power plant in Scotland
ALSTOM to supply environmental upgrade to power plant in Scotland
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ALSTOM, in consortium with AMEC, has been awarded a contract by
ScottishPower to retrofit its 2,304 MW coal-fired Longannet Power
Station located in Fife, Scotland.
The total contract value is over 200 million euros, of which ALSTOMs share is in excess of 90 million euros.
ALSTOM will supply a seawater flue gas desulphurization (SWFGD) air pollution control system that will reduce sulphur dioxide emissions in line with the most stringent EU emission requirements, as specified in the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD).
The installation of the system will permit Longannet Power Station to burn significant quantities of indigenous coal. ALSTOM and AMEC will be jointly responsible for the project management.
ALSTOM will supply all the air pollution control systems and components, while AMEC will be responsible for the site management, civil and structural design and construction.
The ALSTOM SWFGD system uses the power plants seawater cooling water for treating the sulphur dioxide from the flue gas. The process does not require the addition of any chemicals, only seawater and air are used, and the discharged seawater fully complies with environmental regulations.
This order follows ScottishPowers recent decision to opt into the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD) concerning Longannet Power Station. This will consequently remove the plant from restrictions that would otherwise have forced its closure by 2015. The power plant is the second largest in the UK and generates over 25% of Scotlands annual electricity requirements.
This is the third major contract ALSTOM has won for a SWFGD system in the UK over the past year, following the award of Kilroot Power Station from AES and Aberthaw Power Station from RWE power in 2005.
ALSTOM is the worldwide SWFGD technology leader and has recently supplied SWFGD systems to Malaysia, Oman, Saudi Arabia and China. ALSTOM SWFGD plants are currently operating or under construction on various industry and refinery applications as well as on thermal power stations around the world, cleaning flue gases from an equivalent capacity of some 18,900 MW.
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