KYIV. Aug 27 (Interfax-Ukraine) – Public joint-stock company Kyivenergo (Kyiv), as part of its modernization plan, will ensure that Energia incineration plant will become a fully functional pumped storage power plant running on alternative energy by the end of 2018, the company’s press service has reported.
“This resolves two very urgent tasks: the provision of alternative energy to Kyiv and waste recycling,” the press service said, citing Kyivenergo CEO Yuriy Mahera.
At present, Kyivenergo has started the second stage of modernization of the incineration plant during which boiler four and the electric filter will be overhauled with a replaced heating surface, external pipelines, water eco-meter, and restored setting and insulation. Clamshells for cranes in the slag and solid waste sections will be bought. This stage would be completed by the end of the year.
The press service said that after the overhaul, the effectiveness of the boiler and waste incineration volumes would grow by 20%, and emissions would be reduced to 40-50% of the limits
By the end of 2018, all the boilers and electric filters of the plant are scheduled to be overhauled.
“This would result in the increase of solid waste incineration by 20% (from 235,000 to 280,000 tonnes a year) and heating production would grow by 60% (to 360,000 gigacalories a year). The Energia incineration plant would be able to supply heating and hot water to over 300 apartment blocks (120,000 apartments), and in the summer period – supply hot water to 700 apartment blocks (around 280,000 apartments). In general, Kyivenergo would invest UAH 210 million in the development of the plant in 2015-2018,” the report said.
In 2017-2018, Kyivenergo also plans to install a 4 MW turbine at the Energia incineration plant, which would generate 14 million kWh of electricity every year (this is enough to cover needs of around 30 apartment blocks). The company also plans to build a modern emission gas purification system in 2018.
Kyivenergo said that the company has finished the first stage of the plant’s reconstruction by building a pipeline through which heating from waste incineration is sent to the heating supply pipelines of the city (UAH 28 million of investment).
Energia incineration plant belongs to Kyiv city and it is under the management of Kyivenergo. Its annual waste incineration capacity is around 240,000 tonnes (Kyiv creates around 1.3 million tonnes of waste a year in general).
