ENDESA’S 4,500-MW OF CURRENT PROJECTS AND 15,600-MW OF CCGT ON WAITING LIST . . .
Spanish power utility Endesa (Madrid, Spain) currently has 4,500-MW of CCGT (combined cycle gas turbine) projects underway in Spain which are scheduled to come on steam in the short and medium term. In addition the company has options to develop projects totaling 15,600-MW in new, natural gas fired CCGT plants for the domestic power market plus 1,600-MW in new, super critical technology, high efficiency plants fed with imported coal.

In addition to this major list of potential projects the company is involved in more than 1,000-MW of renewable energy projects in the development of pump storage stations and will develop another 2,500-MW of renewable energy over the next five years. Endesa also has 380-MW of projects for the co-combustion of biomass and coal in thermal power stations now in operation. This $27.6 million project leads the CENIT CO2 campaign to reduce emissions under Spain’s commitment to Kyoto Protocol targets. Techniques are being developed for the safe, long-term storage of CO2 in deep geological structures that have a high salt content.

CHINA PETROCHEMICAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION APPROVED TO BUILD COAL-TO-CHEMICALS PLANT IN MAINLAND CHINA . . .
China Petrochemical Development Corporation (CPDC) (Taipei, Taiwan) has received the approval by supervision and management departments of Mainland China to build a coal-to-chemicals plant in North China’s Hebei Province. Coal will be used as the raw material to produce other fuels and coal-based chemicals like methanol. Diesel fuel, petrol and aircraft fuel are usually clean energy end-products of coal-to-chemical plants utilizing coal as the raw material.

CPDC became the last group of enterprises that have been approved to build coal-to-chemical plants in Mainland China. With a total investment no more than $100 million the project will be co-financed with another undisclosed company and is to be approved by the Taiwanese government, possibly within eight months.

The report also mentioned Shenhua Group, the largest coal producer also received approval of the same kind. Shenhua Group is a state-owned coal company with largest coal production in China.

CPDC is the upstream raw material main suppler for resin, engineering plastics and three major types of synthetic fibers including nylon 6 fiber, acrylic fiber and polyester fiber in Taiwan.

CPDC was established in 1969. Headquartered in Taipei, it has three main production bases that are in Miaoli County, Kaohsiung County and Kaohsiung City. Its stocks were first listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Corporation (TSEC) in 1991.

CPDC is the sole manufacturer of CPL in Taiwan and is among the top five nylon 6 raw material suppliers in the world. With world-leading production technology, CPDC is among the top ten acrylonitrile manufacturers in the world.

The Chinese government has long been relying on coal to produce energy, but it has started to develop new replaceable energies like nuclear, hydropower and wind power in order to reduce pollution with sustainable economic growth. (Source: Industrial Info Resources)