Euroheat & Power Conference 2008 “Sustainability as a utility strategy” Presented by Phillip C....

Euroheat & Power Conference 2008

“Sustainability as a utility strategy”

Presented by Phillip C. Piddington

Head of Cogen Asset Management

RWE Npower


Why should utility companies be involved?

•Changing market dynamics

(Electricity Gas Heat)

•Environmental & security of supply

•Increase competition

•Need for reinvestment in electricity & gas assets

•Increased diversity of technology & services


Options for an electricity based utility

•Do nothing & remain unchanged

•Make small incremental steps to diversify

•Fully embrace the changing & dynamic market


What is RWE doing?

RWE

EMBRACING

DYNANIC

MARKET

Leading provider of proven Micro Power & Heat

• Ground source heat pumps

• Solar thermal

Building Capability in Energy Services

• Cogen Units

• Value adding District

Heating Networks

Created RWE Innogy as a Leading Developer of Renewables

• Wind

• Wave

• Biomass

• Hydro

Turning Power Plants into Energy Parks


Building capability in energy services

Berlin-Neukölln / Gropiusstadt

Technical data:Steam turbine: 20 MWel

Thermal output: 65 MWth

plus 100 MWth peak loadUse of steam for district heating: 156 MWth

Clients: Vattenfall Europe Civil law association Fernheizung Gropiusstadt

Standard fuel: Biomass (scrap wood A1 – A4)

Status: Start of operation in 2006

Technical data:Gas turbine: 40 MWel

Steam turbine: 18 MWel

Thermal output: 262 MWth

Clients: Bridgewater Paper Ltd.

Standard fuel: Gas

Status: Start of operation in 2000

Bridgewater Paper


RWE Innogy is a leading developer of renewable technologies: Wind, Wave, Hydro & biomass:

Kehl am Rhein Bergkamen

RWE Innogy

• Technical data:

– Steam turbine: 20 MWel

– Steam capacity: 83 t/h

– Thermal output: 61,3 MWth

• Technical data:– Steam turbine: 8,6 MWel

– Steam capacity: 59 t/h – Thermal output: 47,4 MWth – Process steam supply: 50 t/h


Micro Power & Heat

npower is supporting market development in both ground source heat pumps and solar thermal units

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