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| Press release 9/2008 |
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Major contract win for Clyde Bergemann Materials Handling
Fly ash handling technology for Russia’s largest coal-fired power plant
Doncaster/UK, October 2008
A contract to deliver fly ash handling equipment on all ten bituminous coal-fired units of Reftinskaya GRES, located in the Urals, has been awarded to Clyde Bergemann Materials Handling (CBM), the Power Group’s materials handling centre of competence in the UK.
The main objectives of this unique contract for ZAO ROS Postavka, a Russian engineering company and main EPC contractor, are to reconstruct the existing hydraulic ash handling system and create a new landmark pneumatic dry ash handling system at the affiliate of OGK-5 OAO, Reftinskaya GRES. The basic principles and detailed technical scheme have been approved by OGK-5 OAO main shareholders and international energy corporate group Enel.
The project scope includes delivery and commissioning of fly ash handling technology as well as unitised PLC control systems and a centralised compressed air plant, with staged deliveries throughout 2009. The new system, which will initially work in conjunction with the existing hydraulic technology, will eliminate water usage and will provide OGK-5 OAO with a saleable by-product in the rapidly developing commercial market for fly ash in Russia.
The initial part of the project was awarded to CBM in December 2006 for the electrostatic precipitator fly ash handling equipment on Unit 6, which is currently operational and working in excess of all expectations. Once operational, the entire Reftinskaya GRES dry ash handling project is set to pave the way for future projects of this kind in the Russian power market. The project implementation is also aimed to improve the ecological situation in the region. Places of coal-fired power plants locations all over Russia, would create a background for secondary industrial utilization of fly ash and coal combustion materials and to dramatically reduce the atmospheric emission of NOx, SOx and SO2.
Following contract award, Evgeniy Tutoraytis, Director General of ZAO ROS Postavka, along with Nikolay Gavlitin, First Deputy Director General, who is responsible for developing and managing the entire project, commented: “This is an exciting project for both ZAO ROS Postavka and Clyde Bergemann Materials Handling and is the culmination of a dedicated and focused effort of all involved from both parties.”
Mark Heeley, CBM Sales Manager, commented: “ZAO ROS Postavka are renowned as a worthy general contractor and are pursuing a number of retrofit projects throughout Russia and CIS. Having obtained Reftinskaya GRES as a prestigious reference, and establishing a business relationship with ZAO ROS Postavka, will suitably position Clyde Bergemann for further growth in this market.” |
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