A major milestone was reached in the United Kingdom (UK) when Danish biomass combustion technology providers Aalborg Energie Technik a/s (AET) and JG Pears (Newark) Ltd celebrated "First Fire" at a biomass cogeneration plant near Newark, Nottinghamshire in England.
In August 2016, Aalborg Energie Technik a/s (AET) signed a large engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with JG Pears Power Ltd, for the delivery of a biomass-fired 42 MWth and 12 MWe combined heat and power (CHP) plant near Newark, Nottinghamshire, in the UK.
The delivery includes all elements of the cogeneration plant, such as the fuel storage, fuel handling, and feeding system, AET Combustion System and AET Biomass Boiler, steam turbine, air-cooled condenser, flue gas cleaning system, PLC control, SCADA system, and buildings. The plant is equipped with an efficient Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) system to ensure low emission levels.
By implementing this cogeneration plant, the JG Pears facility will replace 90 percent of the fossil fuels previously used in the adjacent JG Pears animal rendering facility at Low Marnham, saving significant carbon dioxide emissions. Using meat and bone meal (MBM), a by-product of the rendering process, the new CHP plant will provide steam and electricity to the JG Pears rendering facility at Low Marnham, Newark.
The CHP plant will also contribute to the UK’s energy needs by generating an average of 7 MWe, some of which will be used by the rendering plant with the balance exported to the National Grid.
The handover of the plant is expected to take place in early 2018.
