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Actual - NewsSiemens Acquires 50% Stake in Advanced Power’s Eemsmond Energie projectMarch the 10th, 2010 Advanced Power welcomes Siemens Project Ventures GmbH (SPV) as a new investor in its Eemsmond Energie project, a 1,200 MW gas-fired combined cycle power plant (CCGT) located in the Eemshaven port in the North of the Netherlands. SPV has acquired a 50% stake in the project company.
“We are very pleased that Siemens has joined Eemsmond Energie. Siemens’ experience as well as its financial and technical strength will be very valuable to us”, said project manager James Dickson. Eemsmond Energie is the sixth project which Advanced Power and SPV are developing jointly under a long-standing strategic co-operation. In December 2008, they successfully concluded the development and financing of the T-Power project, a 420 MW CCGT plant in Tessenderlo, Belgium.
“The Eemsmond Energie project meets the constantly growing demand for energy in the entire region”, said Wolfgang Bischoff, CEO of Siemens Project Ventures, the infrastructure investment unit of Siemens Financial Services. “Together with Advanced Power, our partner in several projects, we are on target to become a leading developer of fossil power projects in central Europe”.
In November 2009, Eemsmond Energie submitted a number of environmental and water infrastructure permit applications, and the company expects to receive these permits in the middle of this year. The natural gas-fired project will use state-of-the-art H-class gas turbine technology with a very high degree of efficiency of 60%. It will create around 1,000 jobs during construction and approximately 100 jobs during operation. The project represents an investment of €1.2 billion. Start of construction is planned for the first half of 2011.
Thursday Ems Conveyance of Celebrity EclipseMarch the 10th, 2010 The Celebrity Eclipse will leave Papenburg for the North Sea as early as on the morning of Thursday, 11 March 2010. This change in schedule is due to strong gusts of wind that have been forecast for the coming weekend.The updated time schedule is as follows: Thursday, 11 March 2010
Friday, 12 March 2010 Arrival at Eemshaven pier More information can be found on www.meyerwerft.de or http://www.groningen-seaports.com/scheepvaart.php. !! All details are subject to wind and weather conditions, and water levels and can hence not be warranted. Changes to the time schedule may occur !! Qlyte to construct new factory for the production of alternative fuelsJanuary the 11th, 2010 Amsterdam, January 11th, 2010 - Qlyte Operations B.V., a subsidiary of Qlyte B.V. (www.qlyte.com) announces to have started the construction of a new plant in Delfzijl (The Netherlands) for the processing of paper/plastic waste fractions into high quality alternative fuels. The factory is set to start operations as of June 2010. The factory will process unrecyclable waste fractions (e.g. coarse rejects) from the paper industry. These waste streams are for a large part still incinerated in waste incinerators. The new application allows these waste fractions to be processed locally in a more eco-efficient manner. An investment of approximately 10 million Euro is involved with the construction of the plant. The factory will provide employment for around 15 people and therewith contributes to the employment in the region. Furthermore, it does contribute to the development of the Northern region as the ‘Energy Valley’ of The Netherlands. The production facility is designed based on the proprietary Subcoal® process. This process has been developed and patented by Royal DSM N.V. (www.dsm.com) in a response to the increasing need for new environmental technologies to manage (industrial) waste streams in a sustainable way. The process was first installed in 2001 at the SmurfitKappa papermill in Roermond, where the waste paper/plastic fractions of the own paper mill are processed into high quality fuel pellets, traded under the trademark Rofire®. The new facility in Delfzijl will be owned and operated by Qlyte Operations B.V. and will process approximately 80.000 tons per year of paper/plastic fractions to 45.000 tons of Subcoal® fuel pellets. The fuel pellets can be used in industrial furnaces to replace fossil fuels en will be mainly marketed into Northern Europe. The use of the fuel pellets results in a reduction of CO2 emissions of over 50% compared to the use of coals. For this facility in Delfzijl Qlyte has reached agreement with Groningen Seaports to acquire 1,5 hectares of ground at the Mera-park. A terrain dedicated for environmental activities. The civil and constructions works have been granted to the civil constructor Bouwgroup Dijkstra Draisma. About Qlyte FMC Delfzijl invests in storage capacityOctober the 6th, 2009 FMC is still investing in the continual upgrading of our modern chemical production facilities in Delfzijl, despite the difficult economic conditions. The latest project is the building and installation of an aluminum tank for the storage of our products. The increased storage will improve our customer service by enabling us to respond quicker to market changes, which is extremely important in this competitive market.
The project has now been completed, and will be official opened on Wednesday 7th October 2009. The mayor of Delfzijl, Mr Emma Groot will perform the opening act. The investment amount of the tank installation is one million euros. As well as the engineering department of FMC, several local contractors have participated in this project.
FMC Corporation is one of the world’s foremost, diversified chemical companies with leading positions in agricultural, industrial and consumer markets. From our inception in 1883, FMC has been providing solutions to the world’s best companies and their customers. Today, we use an array of advanced technologies in research and development to improve the delivery of medications; enhance foods and beverages; power batteries; protect crop yields, structures and lawns, and advance the manufacture of glass, ceramics, plastics, pulp and paper, textiles and other products.
 New storage tank FMC Delfzijl Construction of Nuon Magnum in Eemshaven resumesSeptember the 10th, 2009 The construction of the Nuon Magnum multi-fuel power plant resumes today (3 September). Nuon has obtained all the permits needed to start the construction of the power plant. Nuon is pleased to be able to resume construction. The modern, flexible and efficient power plant will make a contribution to the transition to a fully sustainable energy supply. The permits were available for inspection at the offices of the Province of Groningen for the last six weeks. The Council State has announced that a request for suspension lodged within that period has been withdrawn. This means that the construction process can start up again. Nuon Magnum is being built in Eemshaven, in the province of Groningen. The power plant has a capacity of around 1,200 MW, enough to supply electricity to more than two million households. As Nuon Magnum can generate electricity from gas, biomass and coal, our dependence on a single type of fuel is reduced. The power plant will therefore contribute substantially to security of supply in the Netherlands. Moreover, the gasification technology to be used makes it possible to respond flexibly to the fluctuating supply of sources such as wind energy. Jack-Up Barge installs Germany's first offshore wind turbineSeptember the 8th, 2009 Jack-Up Barge B.V. recently marked a major milestone. On its maiden assignment, the company's newbuild monohull jack-up platform JB-114 completed the installation of Germany's first offshore wind turbine.
After mobilization in Eemshaven, the Netherlands, the JB-114 was towed to the offshore location, about 45 km north of the island of Borkum in the North Sea. Within 36 hours of arrival it installed the tower, turbine and rotor blades of the first wind turbine in the Alpha Ventus wind farm.
Ronald Schukking, Managing Director of Jack-Up Barge B.V., said: "The installation could not have gone any better. This project once again proves that our jack-up platforms are extremely suitable for utilization in the offshore wind turbine construction industry."
The JB-114 and twin sister the JB-115 were both delivered last month by Drydocks World Nanindah (former Labroy Shipyard) at Batam, Indonesia as part of an extensive newbuild program.
Both jack-ups will be working on the construction of the Alpha Ventus wind farm this summer. The JB-114 is chartered by German company Prokon Nord, which is responsible for the installation of six 5 MW Multibrid wind turbines on tripod foundations. The JB-115 is chartered by DOTI and will be installing the slots and templates on the seabed in preparation for the jacket foundations of the six remaining 5 MW REpower turbines.
The Alpha Ventus wind farm, with a total capacity of 60 MW, is expected to be completed before the end of this year, making it the first operational wind farm in German waters.
Jack-Up Barge B.V. specializes in the manufacturing, sales and rental of standard and modular self-elevating platforms and is a member of the Van Es Holding Group. Groningen Seaports and Advanced Power sign site contractMarch the 31st, 2009 Tuesday, 31st March - Groningen Seaports and Swiss Advanced Power today signed the site contract required for the proposed installation of a power plant by Advanced Power in the Eemshaven in Noord-Groningen. The size of the site is 17.5 ha.
For Groningen Seaports this is yet another important step to develop Eemshaven as an energy cluster. The “Eemsmond Energie” plant will also improve the energy infrastructure and security of supply of the Netherlands.
Highly Efficient Natural Gas-Fired Plant
Advanced Power plans to build a power plant fuelled only by natural gas with a capacity of 1,200 MW. The CCGT (combined cycle gas turbine) project will reach an efficiency of up to 60%, which will make it one of the most efficient power stations in the world.
Using state-of-the-art technology, the “Eemsmond Energie” project represents an investment of more than 1.2 billion Euro. The project will create an average of 300 jobs during the construction period, and approximately 35 permanent direct and 20 indirect jobs during the operation phase. The environmental impact assessment (MER), which is the main permit document, is currently in preparation and will be submitted later this year.
Advanced Power
Incorporated in 2000 in Zug, Switzerland, Advanced Power AG provides the comprehensive expertise required for developing large-scale power generation projects and related infrastructure facilities. Advanced Power’s management has been responsible for developing and financing over 9,400MW of power generation projects and raising USD 4.6 billion of limited recourse project financing. Advanced Power is developing projects in Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Slovakia, Hungary and North America. The 400 MW T-Power plant developed by Advanced Power in Belgium started construction in 2008. To find out more about Advanced Power, go to www.advancedpower.ch.
Eemsmond Energie B.V.
Eemsmond Energie is the project company established by Advanced Power to develop the 1,200MW combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant in the Eemshaven, North Groningen.
.jpg) Hans Gerritsen and Tony Hanlan sign the site contract between Groningen Seaports and Advanced Power (Photo Koos Boertjens) Shareholders approve extra investment in Nuon MagnumMarch the 19th, 2009 Nuon’s shareholders have increased the investment mandate for phase 1 of the Nuon Magnum power station by EUR 300 million. The additional investment is needed to fund the extra costs resulting from the temporary halting of construction work. Work was halted because of delays in the licensing procedures. The investment approval was given on 18 March 2009 at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders in Amsterdam. The increased mandate is needed to fund the costs that arose as a result of the delay, including the costs of halting and later restarting construction work and the fact that certain parts of the power plant were already under construction and that suppliers had to be compensated for loss of earnings. In 2007 the shareholders granted a mandate to invest EUR 1.5 billion in the construction of the gas-fired part (phase 1) of Nuon Magnum, which will be prepared for the installation of the multi-fuel unit (phase 2). Flexible deployment of fuels means the power station will be able to respond more effectively to market demand and to produce other products such as hydrogen or syngas, in addition to electricity. Nuon Magnum will also, therefore, be able to respond to the fluctuating supply of wind energy. Once operational, the plant will be able to supply energy to two million households. Waterland invests €36 million in BioMCNMarch the 10th, 2009 BioMCN is pleased to announce that private equity firm Waterland has reached a final agreement with sustainable energy company Econcern about participation in our company. Econcern also acts on behalf of the other shareholders, NOM and Teijin. The additional capital enables BioMCN to continue further investments in the construction of processing units for the production of bio-methanol, the world's largest second generation biofuel plant. The first bio-methanol unit in Delfzijl has a capacity of 200.000 metric tons per year, and is scheduled to start production in April 2009. The €36 mio investment by Waterland Private Equity allows BioMCN to immediately start engineering on the next expansion to double its capacity to 400.000 metric tons by 2010, growing to a total of 800.000 metric tons in a few years from now. After the participation in the Belgian solar company Enfinity this is the second major investment this week in the sustainable energy sector for Waterland. "While the financial markets are in turmoil, strong companies invest and remain ambitious. This is Waterland's third major all-equity investment in the past six months. We are excited by this 2nd generation biofuel project, which fits perfectly within our sustainability investment theme," says Lex Douze, principal at Waterland. Ad van Wijk, CEO of Econcern, one of BioMCN's founding shareholders is pleased with the additional financial backing. "In these times when financing is a challenge Waterland enables BioMCN, a truly visionary sustainable energy facility, to reach full speed. BioMCN is the foundation of the BioRefinery Delfzijl, a key pillar in our strategy to provide a sustainable energy supply for everyone." Rob Voncken, CEO of BioMCN agrees: "Waterland shares our vision and ambitions with regard to the inherent potential of bio-methanol. Their support enables BioMCN to play a major role in the global transition to renewable energy." The latest EU Renewable Energy Directive declares crude glycerine a 2nd generation biofuel feedstock. Second generation biofuels are an important resource for the future, as they drastically reduce Green House Gas emissions, they do not compete with food production, and they avoid the loss of biodiversity. BioMCN proves that such biofuels are not a distant dream, but a reality of 'right here, right now'. (Source: www.biomcn.eu) Yantai Wanhua secures Delfzijl land dealFebruary the 23rd, 2009 Amsterdam, 23 February 2009 – Yantai Wanhua Polyurethane Co. Ltd, the Chinese chemical company that is a world leader in the manufacture of Methylene Diphenyl Dilsocyanate (MDI), today announced that it has taken an option on a parcel of land in Delfzijl, in the north of the Netherlands.
The move is an important component of Yantai Wanhua’s strategy to optimise its logistics network to support its growing European business. It may lead to further investments by Yantai Wanhua in the Groningen region.
MDI is among the chemical industry’s fastest-growing products, and demand for the substance typically increases at twice the growth rate in GDP.
Yantai Wanhua has agreed an option on a five-hectare site with Groningen Seaports, the port authority of Delfzijl. Financial details of the transaction have not been disclosed.
Martin Dawson, Yantai Wanhua European General Manager, said: “Our products are among the fastest-growing in the sector, and we need to consider broadening our logistics base to reflect European market growth. The decision to take the option on the Delfzijl site is recognition of those facts.”
Yantai Wanhua
The Chinese company Yantai Wanhua Polyurethanes Co. Ltd, was founded in 1983 and is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of chemical products. The company is leading in the field of MDI-production (Methylene Diphenyl Diisocyanate). MDI is used for the production of rigid polyurethane foams, widely-used in the construction, automotive and leisure industries. Previous published news: newsarchive. |
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