Coal-Fired Plants in the Netherlands

Amer Location: NB Operator: Essent Configuration: 1 X 600 MW + 1 X 30-MW GT9D GT, 1 X 645 MW Operation: 1980-1993 Fuel: hard coal, natural gas, wood Boiler supplier: Schelde T/G supplier: ABB EPC: A 1,000-MW coal-fired unit planned to extend the site was cancelled in May 2008. Photograph courtesy of EPZ Posted 18 Mar 2001	Eemshaven Location: GR Operator: RWE Energy Nederland Configuration: 2 X 800 MW Operation: 2014 Fuel: hard coal, biomass Boiler supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: RWE, Koster GmbH, Visser & Smit Bouw, Manika Quick facts: In Mar 2009, RWE awarded Alstom a €500mn contract for a pair of 800-MW coal-fired USC boliers for the Eemshaven project. Hard coal is the primary fuel but allowance has been made for biomass co-firing of up to 10%. HPE is building the flue-gas cleaning equipment. Deisgn thermal efficiency is 46%+, The 50ha site is at Eemshaven port. and up to 3,000 people are working on the building site. The investment wiill be over €2bn. Artist's imporession courtesy of RWE Posted 12 Jan 2013	Gelderland Location: GE Operator: GDF SUEZ Energie Nederland Configuration: 1 X 632 MW Operation: 1981 Fuel: hard coal, oil, biomass Boiler supplier: Stork T/G supplier: MAN, Alsthom Quick facts: In 1985-1988, the unit was fitted with a wet limestone FGD system of GE Environmental Services design and in 1994, an SCR system was added. The plant is the site of a waste wood co-firing project designed to burn 60,000 tpa of processed waste wood. The material is collected and processed into raw wood chips at three sites and the wood is then cleaned and chipped. After delivery to the plant, the chips are screened again and then fed to a hammer mill and finally powdered in a wood-handling system. A metering system then delivers the fuel to four burner injection systems, each capable of delivering 1.1-3.5t of fuel per hour and in total supplying about 20MWe equivalent of heat input. The system was commissioned in 1995 as the first direct biomass co-combustion demonstration in a large utility boiler in Europe. Photograph by Henk Kersten Re-posted 6 Oct 2007
Hemweg Location: NH Operator: Nuon Holding Configuration: 1 X 508 MW + 1 X 135-MW GT 13E, 1 X 680 MW Operation: 1980-1993 Fuel: hard coal, natural gas, oil Boiler supplier: Schelde T/G supplier: ABB, BBC, Stork Quick facts: The Hemweg-8 boiler, built by Stork under Mitsui-Babcock license, was regarded as state-of-the-art when installed. Steam conditions are 260 bar, 540°/568° C. The plant has low-Nox burners from Fortum and a wet limestone FGD from Hoogovens and GE Environmental Services. The 500-MW gas-fired steam-electric unit Hemweg-7 went online in 1979 and was closed on 1 January 2012 having supplied some 49 TWh to the gird. Photograph courtesy of Hoogovens Technical Services Posted 11 May 2003	Maasvlakte 1&2 Location: ZH Operator: E.ON Benelux Configuration: 2 X 540 MW Operation: 1975 Fuel: hard coal, natural gas, biomass Boiler supplier: Deutsche Babcock, Schelde T/G supplier: BBC Quick facts: The units have been retrofit with a Fisia Babcock SCR and new HP and MD turbine components by Alstom. Photograph courtesy of E.ON Re-posted 23 Dec 2011	Maasvlakte-3 Location: ZH Operator: E.ON Benelux Configuration: 1 X 1,116 MW Operation: 2014 Fuel: hard coal, natural gas, biomass Boiler supplier: Hitachi Power Europe T/G supplier: Alstom Quick facts: MPP3 is a USC unit with steam conditions of 285 bar, 600/620C giving a thermal efficiency on the order of 46%. The €1.2mn unit will be among the largest coal-fired units in Europe and will provide about 7% of the nation's electricity. Construction started on 15 Apr 2008. Photograph courtesy of E.ON Posted 4 Jan 2012
	Maasvlakte Electrabel Location: ZH Operator: GDF SUEZ Energie Nederland Configuration: 1 X 800 MW Operation: 2013 Fuel: hard coal, biomass Boiler supplier: Hitachi Power Europe T/G supplier: Hitachi Quick facts: Also in the Maasvlakte area of Rotterdam is this large USC unit designed for hard coal and up to 50% biomass consumption. Construction on the €1.2mn unit began on 22 Jun 2009. The order was part of a three-plant convoy contract signed with Hitachi in May 2007, two units for Germany, later cancelled, and this one in Holland. The orders included the delivery and engineering of all the key power plant components including the BTG and the entire flue gas cleaning system. Photograph courtesy of E.ON Posted 23 Dec 2011

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