Siemens Energy technology selected by Hitachi Zosen Inova for Waste-to-Energy plant in UAE

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Siemens Energy has been selected by Hitachi Zosen Inova to provide power equipment for the Dubai Waste Management Center waste-to-energy plant (wte), in the UAE, which will be the largest in the Middle East region when it is completed in 2024. 

Hitachi Zosen Inova is part of a consortium, comprising Dubai Holding, Dubal Holding, ITOCHU Corporation, BESIX Group, and Tech Group, to develop the plant, which will be built and operated under a 35-year concession period with Dubai Municipality.  

Siemens Energy will primarily supply electrical house substations to deliver distributed power to the entire process plant, which will be in continuous operations.  

Siemens Energy will provide equipment such as switchgears, distribution transformers, and a variety of other power solutions for the project, designed to meet stringent requirements, to ensure highly reliable operations and low emission electricity.  

The Dubai Waste Management Center will have capacity to process 1.9 million tons of waste per year, which is equivalent to 45 percent of Dubai’s current municipal waste generation, and convert it to renewable energy.

 The facility supports the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy 2050, as well as the goals set out by Dubai Municipality, to minimize the volume of municipal waste in landfills and develop alternative energy sources, sustainably and ecologically.  

“We are proud that our innovative technologies have been selected by Hitachi Zosen Inova to support the Dubai Waste Management Center. This will be a regional landmark for sustainability, reducing landfill waste, and producing renewable energy,” said Dietmar Siersdorfer, Managing Director, Siemens Energy Middle East. 

“This is an ecologically important project for the country, in terms of sustainability and renewable power generation with low emissions, and will encourage further sustainable developments throughout the region. Siemens Energy’s efficient technology will be fundamental to ensuring highly reliable operations, whilst meeting stringent requirements,” said Roni Araijy, Country Sales Director at Hitachi Zosen Inova and responsible for the Middle East. 

Source: Siemens Energy

Hitachi Zosen Inova’s Biggest Gas Upgrading Plant to be Built in Dunaföldvár

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The renewable gas technologies offered by Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) for producing energy from regenerative resources are in great demand. After a successful first half-year with several project orders for anaerobic digestion and upgrading plants, at the beginning of the second half the German subsidiary HZI BioMethan GmbH (HZIB) was awarded the contract for an amine scrubbing gas upgrading installation in Dunaföldvár, Hungary. With an inlet biogas capacity of 5,000 Nm³/h, it will replace the current largest reference of 2,000 Nm³/h in Germany as HZI’s biggest reference project featuring this gas upgrading process. The client for the project is Pannonia Bio Zrt, a company of the ClonBio Group. Commissioning is scheduled for 2022.

New Region, New Plant Set-up
The Dunaföldvár project will be the first gas upgrading facility by HZI in Hungary. Around 90 km south of Budapest, Pannonia Bio Zrt is Europe’s largest grain biorefinery for ethanol production and hosts Central Europe’s largest operating advanced biofuel production facility. Every year the refinery converts more than a million tonnes of grain into hundreds of thousands of tonnes of various protein feeds and protein concentrates, over 500 million litres of bioethanol, 15,000 tonnes of corn oil and 15,000 tonnes of organic fertilisers, as well as other products.

“Our talented staff completed our advanced biogas facility and brought it online during the COVID-19 pandemic, and we are now ready to take this unique asset to the next level with HZI. At ClonBio, we believe that advanced biomethane is the most practicable advanced biofuel available at scale in Europe, and we believe, because we are seeing it happen, that fermentation technologies like biogas and ethanol present almost unlimited opportunities for circular economy solutions that offer the largest just transition benefits. We are extremely proud that Pannonia Bio already supports well over 5,000 jobs in Hungary,” comments Mark Turley, CEO of ClonBio.


Starting in 2022 the biogas will be amine scrubbed to convert it into biomethane, a natural gas substitute, and fed into the local gas grid. This renewable energy source will then be available to transport and heating customers in Hungary and beyond who want to switch away from fossil natural gas.

New software has been designed to integrate the gas upgrading system in the fully automated production facility. Jens Becker, Managing Director at HZIB, underscores this step into full automation: “It allows the installation to be controlled completely via the production facility’s control centre. This creates interesting possibilities for other refineries.”

Future Perspectives
Beyond this, ClonBio plans to maximise material flow recycling. In the upgrading process, the methane contained in the biogas will be separated from other components, especially carbon dioxide (CO2). For this reason, in the future sustainable use of CO2 will be another target for the Dunaföldvár facility. Thanks to a comprehensive renewable gas portfolio and deep know-how in interfaces, HZI can supply an integration solution to support this expansion.

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Hitachi Zosen Inova Doubles up with Contract for Second Kompogas® Plant in Peloponnese Region

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The new biogas plant in Kalamata is the second of its type being built on the Greek peninsula of Peloponnese in quick succession, underscoring the cleantech company’s firm commitment to supporting the production of regenerative energies in Europe.

Zurich / Kalamata. Within only a couple of weeks, Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) doubles up in Greece. The Swiss cleantech company was awarded with the contract to deliver the core module for a Kompogas® plant in the Peloponnese area. This will be the second plant being constructed on behalf of TERNA ENERGY on the Greek peninsula. Following on swiftly from the contract to supply two Kompogas® core modules to Tripoli, the new project is centered on the port city of Kalamata around 60 km to the south-west. The energy supplier is currently undertaking an ambitious reorientation of its waste management operations in the region Peloponnese as part of a national waste management plan in line with European Union guidelines.

Meeting Goals in Partnership
The Greek plan has set targets to be met in waste management by 2025, including higher recycling rates and lower overall greenhouse gas emissions. Charalabos Charalabidis, Project Manager at TERNA ENERGY says, “Our work in this region will play a crucial role here in terms of implementing renewable energy solutions in the waste treatment sector. The proven Kompogas® technology and the experience after our first successful implementation in Epirus meet our needs as regards the wide range of organic waste and enables us to use resources very efficiently and sustainably with a view to the shift toward a circular economy.”

Some 20,000 tons of organic waste from local households will in future be used for power generation. After being converted into 2.7 million Nm3/a of biogas in a PF1500 steel digester, it will yield around 6,000 MWh of electricity. This is enough to power approximately 1,500 households in the four districts of Kalamata for a year. Stefano Boscolo, Director RG Sales Products and Systems at HZI, explains the advantages of the decision in favour of the HZI technology: “Particularly with such a varied mix of waste, the robust Kompogas® process has shown itself to be impressively stable and reliable.” Installation of the digester will begin this summer, and it will enter operation in the fall of 2022

Source: www.hz-inova.com

Hitachi ABB Power Grids wins major order to support the integration of renewable generation from Qatar’s first solar

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Utility-scale solar power plant is central to Qatar’s carbon-neutral power system

Hitachi ABB Power Grids announced today it has been awarded a major order that will help Qatar’s national grid increase the integration of renewable energy from the country’s first large-scale solar power generation project – the 800MW Al Kharsaah photovoltaic (PV) power plant.

As part of the agreement with PowerChina Guizhou Engineering and leveraging its integration capabilities and grid code requirement know-how, Hitachi ABB Power Grids will provide a fully engineered 220kV grid connection solution that includes detailed engineering and equipment, in line with local requirements and standards. This is a fundamental pillar in supporting the customer to successfully develop the region’s largest solar power infrastructure project for clean energy generation.

Scheduled for partial commissioning in Q2 2021, Al Kharsaah is key to achieving a carbon neutral power system, by integrating renewables as outlined in the Qatar National Vision, whereas the country – by 2030 – aims to advance and sustain its development and provide a high standard of living for all of its people.

“Our pioneering technologies and global experience will help Qatar to diversify its power generation resources by safely and securely integrating utility-scale solar power generation into its grid,” said Mostafa AlGuezeri, managing director of Hitachi ABB Power Grids in the UAE, Gulf, Near East and Pakistan.

Al Kharsaah will drive big changes in the region’s electricity sector diversifying Qatar’s energy mix and reducing emissions. Hitachi ABB Power Grids will help Qatar maximizing renewable energy penetration and increasing the operational and maintenance efficiency of this ground-breaking project.

Hitachi ABB Power Grids provides fully integrated grid connection solutions to efficiently integrate energy from renewable power plants of all types into transmission grids and distribution networks. Supported by deep knowledge of renewable power generation technology and long experience with grid standards and utility practices around the world, Hitachi ABB Power Grids develops and pioneers solutions based on proven, state-of-the-art technologies that help our customers build the foundations of a renewable energy future.

Source: www.hitachiabb-powergrids.com

Japanese groups win contract to build $1.2bn WTE Dubai plant

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Japanese trading house Itochu and engineering company Hitachi Zosen have won the contract to build and operate one of the world’s largest waste-to-energy plants in Dubai, being set up at an investment of 120 billion yen ($1.16 billion), said a report.

The 200MW facility will generate electricity by burning trash from households in the UAE city. It will be able to process about 6,000 tons per day, with an annual capacity of 1.9 million tons, equivalent to roughly half the city’s waste, reported Nikkei Asia.

Once the plant gets completed in 2024, Itochu and HZI will operate it for 35 years.

The plant will produce enough power for 140,000 households, with an efficiency of about 30%, among the highest in the world for this type of facility, stated the report.

As per the deal, Itochu will own 20%, HZI 10% and state-linked Dubai Holding 31%. The remainder will split among three companies.

The project brings together the know-how of two companies with substantial experience in the field for their first joint foray in the Middle East, it added.

Source: tradearabia.com