OilVoice - E.ON Opens New Efficient CHP Plant in Sweden

E.ON Opens New Efficient CHP Plant in Sweden

Monday, August 31, 2009

Today marks a key milestone in the development of cogenerating technology, as E.ON opens its state-of-the-art CHP plant in Malmö, Sweden. The CHP plant, Öresundsverket, has an efficiency of 58% - making it one of the most efficient power plants in Europe. At full cogeneration - which includes electricity and heat - the efficiency is as high as 90%.

The flagship project is a technologically advanced 440 MW gas-fired CHP plant. The plant will produce 3 billion kWh of electricity for the southern Swedish market, and 1 billion kWh of district heat for Malmö, meeting 40% of the city’s heating needs.

The plant’s electricity production will replace older coal-fired generation in the energy system in northern Europe, thereby reducing emissions of carbon dioxide by one million tons per year.

The total investment figure for the project was €300 million, underlining E.ON’s commitment to developing and diversifying its generation portfolio. The successful completion of the project also reinforces E.ON’s commitment to continuing to provide northern European customers with a secure, affordable and climate-friendly energy supply.