Meet the power industrys leading experts at Power-Gen Europe 2011
Meet the power industrys leading experts at Power-Gen Europe 2011
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Alstom at Power-Gen Europe 2011 Milan, 7 9 June
Alstom presented the latest advancements in a range of technologies for renewables, CO2-free and fossil fuels.
To cover the broadest portfolio of power generation equipment and services in the industry, Alstom put together a comprehensive programme for the conference.
- Alstom's booth: Hall 5, #5C22. Featuring hi-tech interactive displays where Alstom experts were at hand to discuss solutions that fit your needs.
- The Alstom Cyber Café: Hall 3. Attendees were invited to come and relax with a cup of coffee and enjoy free Internet access.
- Lunch and Learn: "Partnering for power - renewables and fossil fuels". Attendees were invited to join us for lunch on days 1 and 2 for an interactive presentation and discussion on how best to integrate renewable and fossil fuel technologies.
- Happy Hour: Day 2 from 16:00 - 18:00 at the Alstom's booth #5C22 presented a great opportunity for attendees to network with colleagues in a relaxed, casual environment.
- Technical papers: Alstom presented 18 technical papers throughout the conference covering all fuels and technologies. Please refer to the conference guide for details.
9 June 2011
Increased power generation flexibility and a growing share of renewable, and often intermittent, energy in Europes power grid means efficient and flexible energy management has become paramount for utilities and operators. Alstoms power automation and controls solutions enable operators to manage their assets, from a turbine valve, to an entire power plant or even an entire fleet of plants, seamlessly and efficiently. Alstoms open platform, based on the Microsoft.NET framework, offers a flexible architecture and an integrated platform to improve efficiency and reduce costs at many levels from operator to maintenance activities. These were presented at Power Gen Europes conference today, together with papers on Alstoms leading flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems. |
8 June 2011
While the share of renewable energy continues to grow in Europes energy mix, fossil fuels still represent nearly 60% of Europes power generation installed capacity. This presents serious challenges in terms of lowering CO2 emissions in line with Europes ambitious environmental targets. Alstom is leading the race to provide efficient carbon capture and storage solutions to limit CO2 emissions from fossil-fired power plants. These were presented at Power Gen Europe conference via a technical paper on Alstoms innovative chilled ammonia post-combustion capture technology. This followed a presentation on a cost assessment of fossil power plants equipped with CCS under different typical scenarios, presented on Tuesday at the conference by Jean-Francois Leandri, Marketing Director for CCS technologies at Alstom Power. Other technical presentations by Alstom highlighted:
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7 June 2011
The share of renewable power in Europes energy generation mix continues to grow as strict environmental regulations push countries to lower their CO2 emissions. New solar and wind power capacity means Europes utilities and grid operators need to find ways to balance their portfolios and grids to keep a reliable and cost-efficient power supply. Jurg Schmidli, Vice President of Alstom Powers Gas Turbines business, unveiled Alstoms next generation KA26 combined-cycle power plant at Power-Gen Europes gas mega-session, which featured some of the worlds leading manufacturers in the gas industry. The KA26 offers greater operational flexibility to meet the industrys current needs and enables the integration of renewable energy. Alstoms Carbon Capture Ready KA26 gas-fired plants can achieve over 61% efficiency and avoid more than 350,000 metric tonnes of CO2 annually, equivalent to taking around 145,000 cars off European roads. The KA26 can be set to operate down to 20% load and be brought back up to deliver more than 350 MW of electricity in less than 15 minutes. At baseload, it can provide over 500 MW, enough to supply around one million homes. Visitors to Alstoms booth had experts at hand and high-tech displays to find out more about Alstoms latest gas upgrade,and why Alstom is the pioneer in operational flexibility. Alstoms experts also presented technical papers at the conference, covering Alstoms gas and steam turbine offering as well as its flue gas desulphurisation systems, for which Alstom is the worlds leading supplier. |