NEWSIn brief...Fossil fuel/renewables win over <strong>UK</strong> nuclear <strong>power</strong>Tognum to acquireAggretechThe specialist propulsionand <strong>power</strong> solutions companyTognum is to acquire75.1%of <strong>the</strong> shares in <strong>the</strong>Bavarian manufacturer of<strong>power</strong> generator setsAggretech, subject toapproval by <strong>the</strong>competition authority.Aggretech produces dieseland gas-based <strong>power</strong>generator sets for itsseries systems business,but also offers customerspecificsolutions. Thisinvolves installing <strong>the</strong>engine, generator andsystem control unitmounted on speciallymanufactured base framesinto individually designedcentral energy plants.Most recently, in July2011, Tognum signed acontract with Aggretechfor <strong>the</strong> delivery of 50 20V4000 gas-based <strong>power</strong>generator sets.GE’s US$200mcontract for Saudi<strong>power</strong> stationA US $200m contract hasbeen won by GE to supplysteam turbine technologyto covert Saudi ElectricityCo.’s (SEC) PP10 <strong>power</strong>plant from simple to combined-cycleoperation.Around 1,300 MW will beadded to <strong>the</strong> plant’scapacity. GE is selling 10of its SC series steamturbines specifically for<strong>the</strong> PP10 combined-cycleexpansion. GE formerlysupplied 40 7EA GasTurbines for <strong>the</strong> PP10 site.Eng. Ali Saleh Al Barrak,president and CEO for SECsaid: “The conversion tocombined-cycle operationis part of our growth planto add an average of4,000 megawatts of <strong>power</strong>each year, with a vision ofdoubling <strong>the</strong> grid capacityby <strong>the</strong> year 2020.”Two of <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong>’s ‘big six'’ energy companies havepulled out of multi-billion pound plans to developnew nuclear plants leaving Britain's long-termenergy policy ‘in tatters’, say critics.RWE n<strong>power</strong> and E. ON announced last month <strong>the</strong>ywould end <strong>the</strong>ir joint venture to build nuclear<strong>power</strong> plants in Britain, a move which has left <strong>the</strong>£15 billion 'Horizon project - which would developreactors at Wylfa in North Wales and Oldbury-on-Severn, Gloucester - effectively dead.The German-owned companies, which operate fossilfuel and renewable generation in <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong>, said <strong>the</strong>ywere looking for a new owner for <strong>the</strong> HorizonNuclear Power. The utilities had planned to build upto 6,000MW of new nuclear plants in Britain by 2025and had been due shortly to announce a reactordesign choice for Wylfa,<strong>the</strong> first new plant.The decision was madebecause of <strong>the</strong> globaleconomic crisis andsignificant costs of <strong>the</strong>project, <strong>the</strong>y added.Despite pulling out ofnew nuclear, E.ON said it<strong>UK</strong> says no to nuclear?would continue to develop its £736m HumberGateway offshore wind project and its £120mbiomass plant in Sheffield, and had invested £1bn in<strong>the</strong> past year in <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> including in highly efficientgas plants and renewables. RWE n<strong>power</strong> alsostressed it had invested £1.2 billion in newrenewable energy in <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> in <strong>the</strong> past three years.£2.5bn investment in renewable energyBritish companies have announcedplans to invest a total of £2.5bnin renewable energy projects,according to <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> Departmentof Energy.The plans could create almost12,000 jobs across <strong>the</strong> countryaccording to research by <strong>the</strong>Department of Energy andClimate Change.It came as as <strong>the</strong> Governmentreaffirmed its commitment tomeeting <strong>the</strong> European Union'sSilver Sponsorship at AMPS & IPEE Awards DinnerApril 18th, Hilton Metropole NEC,Birmingham: Power professionals,company excutives and <strong>the</strong>irguests, industry agents, dealersand distributors will be attending<strong>the</strong> AMPS/IPEE Dinner. This is onlya part of a dazzling evening whichcelebrates corporate achievementin <strong>the</strong> <strong>power</strong> industry.One evening highlight will be <strong>the</strong>Dinner’s Guest Speaker - GeoffMiller, Chairman of Selectors for<strong>the</strong> England Cricket Team.The o<strong>the</strong>r highlights will be <strong>the</strong>target for <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong>, which wouldsee 15% of energy generated fromrenewable sources by 2020. Thewider EU target is 20%, which isprestigious Awards. The AMPSAwards being presented recognise<strong>the</strong> outstanding achievements ofindividuals, departments, teamsor organisations which havecontributed to <strong>the</strong> growth anddevelopment of <strong>the</strong> <strong>power</strong>industry.AMPS Members AwardsCategories- Company of <strong>the</strong> Year- Lifetime Achievement AwardThe IPEE & Power IndustryAwards Categories are as follows:likely to be met by <strong>the</strong> majorityof EC nations.A separate report to <strong>the</strong>European Commission showed <strong>the</strong><strong>UK</strong>'s consumption of renewableenergy increased by 27% between2008 and 2010, when itrepresented 3.3% of total energyconsumed.Wind generation rose by 46% over<strong>the</strong> same period and <strong>the</strong> use ofbiofuels in transport rose threefold.* Product or Initiative of <strong>the</strong> Year* Product of <strong>the</strong> Year* Best Innovative Stand at IPEEExhibition* Best Stand (over 16m2) at IPEEExhibition* Best Stand (under 16m2) at IPEEExhibitionSilver Sponsors for <strong>the</strong> event are:DEIF <strong>UK</strong>, AKG, andHARSEN INTERNATIONAL.To book tickets for <strong>the</strong> Dinnerplease - visit our website onwww.ipee.co.uk6M ARCH 2012 • WORLDWIDE I NDEPENDENT P OWER
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