Members' News 2020

29.05.2020 15:50

KÜTTNER MARTIN Technology GmbH resumes Outotec activities

Munich-based KÜTTNER MARTIN Technology GmbH resumes the sewage sludge combustion activities from Outotec that include technologies and references. The parties agreed to observe secrecy and not to publish any further details.

KÜTTNER MARTIN Technology GmbH hence strengthens its already firm position in the market for the mono-combustion of sewage sludge in plants based on the fluidized-bed technology and stays abreast in this rapidly growing business sector. What is more, a new dedicated branch office will be set up in Butzbach on 1 June.

About KÜTTNER MARTIN Technology GmbH

KÜTTNER MARTIN Technology GmbH, Munich, was founded in 2018 and is jointly owned by KÜTTNER Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Essen, and MARTIN GmbH für Umwelt- und Energietechnik, Munich, each holding 50 % of the enterprise. The company erects plants for the mono-combustion of sewage sludge based on the fluidized-bed technology and currently handles orders in Bitterfeld and Bahrain.

More about MARTIN: https://www.martingmbh.de/en/

04.05.2020 17:21

B&W Vølund Awarded Plant Service Contracts for Waste-to-Energy Customers in U.K., Denmark

(Picture by Viridor - Dunbar WtE plant)

Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S (Vølund), a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W) (NYSE: BW), has been awarded a multi-year service contract for two U.K. waste-to-energy plants owned by Viridor, and a plant upgrade service contract for Frederikshavn Forsyning A/S’s combined heat and power waste-to-energy plant in Frederikshavn, Denmark. The combined value of the contracts is more than $4 million.

Under the first agreement, Vølund will provide inspection, maintenance and optimization services for equipment it previously supplied to Viridor’s low-carbon heat and energy facilities. The second agreement calls for Vølund to design and install new equipment and provide diagnostic services for the Frederikshavn plant’s boiler.

“With its decades of experience and knowledge, Vølund is well-positioned to provide maintenance, field engineering, upgrades and parts to renewable energy plants in Europe,” said Jimmy Morgan, Senior Vice President, The Babcock & Wilcox Company, and Managing Director, B&W Vølund. “These two contracts are reflective of the many emerging opportunities as we expand our renewable energy business world-wide.”

“We thank Frederikshavn Forsyning and Viridor for the confidence they have shown in us,” Morgan said.

Vølund’s plant services include upgrades and optimizations that can help maintain stable operation, increased energy output, and achieve emission levels that comply with today’s standards and legislation. Vølund also manufactures replacement parts to ensure plant availability for daily operations and avoid unexpected shutdowns. Learn more about Vølund’s biomass, waste-to-energy and fossil fuel plant services at babcock.com.

About B&W
Headquartered in Akron, Ohio, Babcock & Wilcox is a global leader in energy and environmental technologies and services for the power and industrial markets. Follow us on Twitter @BabcockWilcox and learn more at www.babcock.com.

About B&W Vølund

Based in Esbjerg, Denmark, B&W Vølund is a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc., and is a supplier of technologies for efficient and environmentally sound waste-to-energy and biomass energy plants around the world.

27.04.2020 17:52

Keppel-led consortium secures S$1.5 billion contract to develop Singapore’s Tuas Nexus Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF)

A Keppel-led consortium has received the Letter of Acceptance from the National Environment Agency (NEA) for an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract worth approximately S$1.5 billion, for the development of a Waste-To-Energy (WTE) facility and a Materials Recovery Facility (MRF) for Singapore’s new Tuas Nexus IWMF.¹

The consortium comprising Keppel Seghers Engineering Singapore Pte Ltd (Keppel Seghers), the environmental engineering arm of Keppel Infrastructure, China Harbour (Singapore) Engineering Company Pte Ltd (China Harbour) and ST Engineering Marine Ltd, the Marine arm of Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering), will design and build a 2,900 tonnes per day (tpd) WTE facility and a 250 tpd MRF as part of the IWMF Phase 1 development. To be co-located with PUB’s Tuas Water Reclamation Plant (Tuas WRP) at the Tuas View Basin site, the IWMF WTE facility and the MRF will be amongst the largest of such facilities in Singapore when they are completed in 2024.

Keppel Seghers, China Harbour and ST Engineering’s Marine arm’s share of the works under the EPC contract will be approximately 48%, 31%, 21% respectively.

Based on Keppel Seghers’ proven and proprietary WTE technology, the WTE facility will generate sufficient electricity to sustain the operations of Tuas Nexus IWMF Phase 1 and the initial phase of Tuas WRP, with excess electricity for export to the grid.

The state-of-the-art WTE facility will feature Keppel Seghers’ air-cooled grate, boiler design, and advanced combustion system. In addition, the facility’s wet flue gas cleaning system will ensure the facility’s emissions comply with Singapore’s regulatory requirements as well as standards. As the consortium lead, Keppel Seghers will also be responsible for the overall project management.

China Harbour will undertake the civil, structural and landscaping scope of the project, while ST Engineering’s Marine arm will be responsible for the construction of the MRF, power-island and the balance of plant.

With advanced technologies to sort metals, paper, cardboard and plastics automatically, the MRF will improve sorting efficiency, contributing towards the overall recycling rate in Singapore.

The consortium will work closely with NEA, as well as their consultants - a multi-disciplinary consultancy team led by Black & Veatch and AECOM, in association with Ramboll, for the design, construction and commissioning of this flagship project.

Dr Ong Tiong Guan, CEO of Keppel Infrastructure, said, “As a developer and operator of two of Singapore’s current four WTE plants, Keppel, together with its partners, is honoured to contribute further to Singapore’s sustainable urbanisation through this flagship project. This project, which will contribute significantly towards Singapore’s long-term waste management plans, is a testament to Keppel’s leadership in world class WTE technology and will reinforce our position globally as a competitive and reliable waste management solution provider.”

Singapore’s IWMF will mark the third integrated waste management project that Keppel Seghers has undertaken. Keppel Seghers has designed, built and is currently operating Qatar's Domestic Solid Waste Management Centre, an integrated waste management facility that is treating waste for the whole country. In addition, Keppel Seghers Hong Kong Limited is also currently building Hong Kong’s (HK) first Integrated Waste Management Facility off the coast of Shek Kwu Chau, with Zhen Hua Engineering Co. Ltd., which is also a company under the China Harbour Engineering Company in Beijing. HK’s IWMF is its first integrated waste management facility for municipal solid waste and is contracted to treat 3,000 tpd of mixed municipal waste.

Mr Tang Qiaoliang, President of China Harbour Engineering Company Ltd. (CHEC), said, “CHEC is honoured to participate, with its partners, Keppel Seghers and ST Engineering, in such a flagship environmental sustainability project and will fully utilise its expertise and strengths in the design and construction of civil, structural and landscaping, to complement its partners to deliver a world-class waste management solution.

“With the construction of HK’s IWMF, which is currently the first and largest WTE project in HK, progressing well, Singapore’s IWMF will be the second waste management facility to be built by Keppel Seghers and CHEC worldwide. In addition, CHEC also undertook construction of the Tuas Sewage Treatment Plant in Singapore in 2019. The strategic fit for Keppel Seghers and CHEC will create more opportunities for cooperation in the future.”

Mr Ng Sing Chan, President, Marine of ST Engineering said, “ST Engineering values industry collaboration, especially one such as this that helps facilitate Singapore’s drive towards environmental sustainability. We look forward to fulfilling our part in this consortium with our deep domain expertise in environmental engineering, and core competencies in managing large-scale engineering and critical infrastructure projects.”

The abovementioned development is not expected to have a material impact on the respective net tangible assets or earnings per share of Keppel Corporation Limited and ST Engineering for the current financial year.

¹ _{The IWMF is a state-of-the-art flagship facility developed to help Singapore achieve greater environmental sustainability. Besides the WTE and MRF, the IWMF will also comprise a food waste treatment and sludge incineration facility.}

Original article: https://www.kepcorp.com/en/media/media-releases-sgx-filings/keppel-led-consortium-secures-contract-to-develop-singapores-tuas-nexus-integrated-waste-management-facility-iwmf/

25.04.2020 09:55

SSE Thermal and CIP Commission Hitachi Zosen Inova to Construct New Energy from Waste Plant in England

Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) has won a contract to construct a new Energy from Waste plant on the Slough Trading Estate near London, England. The project has been developed by a Joint Venture consisting of energy group SSE Thermal and Copenhagen Infrastructure III K/S, a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP). The plant will use processed waste to generate around 46 MW of electricity per year. It will be the third project that the SSE Thermal and HZI have worked on together.

A Joint Venture consisting of UK energy group SSE Thermal and Copenhagen Infrastructure III K/S, a fund managed by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has awarded Swiss cleantech company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) the contract to build the new Energy from Waste (EfW) plant in Slough, to the west of London’s Heathrow Airport. Following the Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 and 2 plants in West Yorkshire, the Slough installation is already the third plant built by HZI in conjunction with SSE Thermal, and HZI’s thirteenth project in the UK.

Stephen Wheeler, Managing Director of SSE Thermal, said: “We are delighted to once be again working with HZI as we look to deliver another industry-leading Energy from Waste project. When completed, Slough Multifuel will play a key role in the UK’s sustainable waste management, diverting thousands of tonnes of waste away from landfill, and instead converting it into a valuable source of energy.”

Furtherly he emphasised the importance of the renewed cooperation: “During the construction of both the Ferrybridge Multifuel 1 and 2 projects in West Yorkshire, HZI and SSE were able to work together to deliver the plants safely and reliably. We are delighted to be able to work with HZI again to construct another Energy from Waste plant in the UK.”

Carefully Thought-Out Installation

The future plant will process around 440,000 tonnes per year of mainly commercial waste from the Greater London Area. The process will generate around 46 MW of electricity that will be fed into the national grid. Additionally, the plant will export up to 23 tonnes of processed steam per hour to a nearby food factory.

The new EfW installation will be constructed on SSE’s site on the Slough Trading Estate, where parts of a former plant have been decommissioned and demolished over the last year. One remaining feature of the former plant is the cooling tower which will also be integrated in the new facility.

Enabling works at the site is ongoing and to be completed by the end of 2020, with the first construction work on the site scheduled for 2021. The plant is expected to go into full operation in 2024.

Original news on HZI website: http://www.hz-inova.com/cms/en/home?p=8088

17.04.2020 08:35

Ragn-Sells and Hitachi Zosen Inova Build Facility for Processing Flue Gas Treatment Residues in Sweden

Swedish recycling company Ragn-Sells and Swiss cleantech company Hitachi Zosen Inova are to build a facility for processing flue gas treatment residues at Högbytorp, Sweden. The process enables salts to be extracted from the waste product which can then be reused in industrial and chemical processes.

The flue gas treatment residue processing facility being built at the Högbytorp site of the Swedish recycling company Ragn-Sells will collect and wash residues from industrial processes, enabling the recovery of various commercial salts. Following a joint project development phase, the client, Ragn-Sells Treatment & Detox AB, has commissioned the Swiss cleantech company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) to supply and integrate the entire process technology.

“HZI is a well-known name in plant construction and has many years of process technology experience. These were crucial factors in our choice of partner for this project,” says Ragn-Sells project head Ulrik Améen.

Making a Sustainable Circular Economy Reality

With the objective of creating a sustainable circular solution, once commissioned the installation will extract useful materials such as various salts such as potassium chloride, sodium chloride and calcium chloride as well as ammonium sulphate from the residue. These materials can then be reused for industrial or chemical purposes.

For HZI this project marks a return to familiar territory: in the past the company has successfully developed and installed diverse fly ash washing systems at thermal waste treatment plants. “Given the various interpretations of the European legislation on treatment and landfilling fly ash and residues in different countries, the Ragn-Sells facility marks the way forward,” says Ruedi Frey, Senior Engineer at HZI. “We’re proud to be able to contribute our know-how and experience to this prestigious project.”

The responsible Service Manager at HZI, Stefan Forsberg, adds: “What makes this project special, is that we combine the proven ash leaching technology with brine cleaning and salt recovery for the first time.”

The solution produced by the washing process will then be vaporised in a distillation process, with the crystallised salts separated out. After that the cleaned residue will be dewatered and used as feedstock for new production processes.

Work to build the relevant section of the building will begin in autumn 2020, and assembly of the process technology will follow in January 2021.

www.hz-inova.com

11.03.2020 10:53

News from Standardkessel Baumgarte - First fire ignited in the Waste to Energy Plant in Kaunas

On 18 February 2020, Standardkessel Baumgarte ignited the first waste fire in the energy from waste plant in Kaunas, Lithuania. Hence an important milestone in the construction of the plant was set.

It is thanks to the high level of commitment and the close cooperation of all departments at Standardkessel Baumgarte that it was possible for this deadline to be met punctually.

In the next step in April, trial operation of the plant will be starting.

The plant will in the future through the utilization of municipal waste obtain electricity and heat and feed them into the public networks of the City of Kaunas.

10.03.2020 11:44

Steinmüller Babcock awarded contract for Vantaa Waste to Energy plant in Finland

(The NTP for the new Waste to Energy plant in Vantaa, Finland, was given on March, 5^th. From left to right: Thomas Feilenreiter, managing director of Steinmüller Babcock Environment GmbH, Jukka Toivonen, chief executive officer of Vantaa Energia Ltd.)

Steinmüller Babcock Environment GmbH, based in Gummersbach/Germany, has been awarded the contract to build the WtE2 Waste to Energy plant in Vantaa, Finland. The client is Vantaa Energia Ltd, one of Finland’s largest energy utility, 60 % owned by the city of Vantaa and 40 % by the city of Helsinki. The new plant is to be put into operation at the end of 2022.

The scope of delivery and service involves the planning and construction of the boiler system, including the Steinmüller forward-moving grate and ancillary systems, district heat exchangers, as well as steel construction, the facade and building services.

The Vantaa Waste to Energy plant will be built adjacent to an existing plant in urban Vantaa, a city of 220,000 inhabitants in the Greater Helsinki area. The construction of the plant is one of the measures taken by Vantaa Energia Ltd as it pursues its target of removing coal from its energy-producing plant portfolio by 2023.

Using Steinmüller Babcock’s fuel flexible Waste to Energy technology, the plant will, once operational, contribute significantly towards achieving Finland’s national recycling target, by converting non-recyclable material flows from the recycling industry into valuable energy.

The new plant has a fuel capacity of 80 MWth based on a boiler concept designed to generate district heating only, producing steam energy at 20 bar(a) and 210°C. This steam energy will generate water up to a temperature of 115°C, which will be transmitted into the district heating network of the Vantaa region.

The restricted space at the current plant site adds a unique feature to the construction as the existing plant will continue to operate during the construction of the new plant, as will the railway line that runs under the building site.

06.03.2020 16:21

News from MARTIN - Order for delivery of total plant and grate systems in China and Thailand

Yingshan, China

Order for delivery of total plant

Our licensee, Chongqing Sanfeng Covanta Environmental Industry Co., Ltd., has been awarded a new contract to supply a total plant. The waste-to-energy plant has two combustion lines and will be erected in Yingshan (Sichuan province), People`s Republic of China. The grates will be manufactured in China and will use the MARTIN SITY 2000 technology. The grates will have a throughput of 450 t/d each.