E.ON has opened its state-of-the-art CHP plant in Malmö, Sweden, furthering the development of cogenerating technology. The CHP plant, Öresundsverket, has an efficiency of 58 per cent – making it one of the most efficient power plants in Europe. At full cogeneration – which includes electricity and heat – the efficiency is as high as 90 per cent.
The flagship project is a technologically advanced 440 MW gas-fired CHP plant. The plant will produce 3 billion kWh of electricity for the southern Swedish market, and 1 billion kWh of district heat for Malmö, meeting 40 per cent of the city’s heating needs.
The plant’s electricity production will replace older coal-fired generation in the energy system in northern Europe, thereby reducing emissions of carbon dioxide by one million tons per year.
The total investment figure for the project was EUR300 million, underlining E.ON’s commitment to developing and diversifying its generation portfolio. The successful completion of the project also reinforces E.ON’s commitment to continuing to provide northern European customers with a secure, affordable and climate-friendly energy supply.
The flagship project is a technologically advanced 440 MW gas-fired CHP plant. The plant will produce 3 billion kWh of electricity for the southern Swedish market, and 1 billion kWh of district heat for Malmö, meeting 40 per cent of the city’s heating needs.
The plant’s electricity production will replace older coal-fired generation in the energy system in northern Europe, thereby reducing emissions of carbon dioxide by one million tons per year.
Cogeneration
Cogeneration is the simultaneous production of heat and power in a single thermodynamic process. Almost all cogeneration utilises hot air and steam for the process fluid, although certain types of fuel cells also cogenerate.
Hot-air cogeneration, which is found in modern combustion turbines, can be traced back to medieval smokejacks. Steam cogeneration was first applied to the steamjack, which appeared in the early seventeenth century.
By the late eighteenth century, waste steam from manufacturing processes was used to power steam engines, and the hot condenser water was used again for other process purposes. A complete history of cogeneration will be included here.
Source: Uinversity of Rochester
The total investment figure for the project was EUR300 million, underlining E.ON’s commitment to developing and diversifying its generation portfolio. The successful completion of the project also reinforces E.ON’s commitment to continuing to provide northern European customers with a secure, affordable and climate-friendly energy supply.
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