ORLEN inaugurates investment programme
PKN ORLEN has begun to execute its Ecology and Power Investment Programme in the Płock Production Facility. Altogether, 6 investments - worth PLN 1.4 billion – will be carried out within the next seven years.
The ceremony of putting up the act of foundation for the most modern steam boiler ever built in industrial power engineering marks the beginning of the first investment. The programme is aimed at keeping up the eco-friendly activities of the Company, increasing the power, and balancing energy needs of PKN ORLEN. The act of foundation ceremony was held at the Płock CHP Plant.
The investment constitutes the first stage of the Ecology and Power Investment Programme. By 2017, the Company envisages to have boosted the electrical power production potential by 20% and the CHP Plant thermal power by 7%. Using the most up-to-date environmental solutions in the projects, the Płock plant will reduce the CHP Plant emissions by approximately 90%.
- If successful, the investment program will result in improved installation effectiveness and power growth allowing for balancing ORLEN's energy needs. At the same time, we're about to strengthen the electrical and thermal energy pool for our external customers, which should reduce the energy purchasing costs - said Jacek Krawiec, President of the PKN ORLEN Management Board.
The Płock Ecology and Power Investment Programme includes 6 projects the cost of which is expected to amount to PLN 1.4 billion. The projects focus on enlarging the CHP Plant capacity and ensuring conformity with environmental norms becoming applicable after 2015. These are:
- construction of a 300 MWt (K8) boiler to ensure the proper steam and electrical energy range;
- modernization of the Fuel Pumping Station aimed at boosting the standards of storing up and forcing through various kinds of fuel;
- installation of wet sulfur removal from fumes, ensuring SO2 emissions reduction;
- dust reduction related electro-filters development;
- construction of the TG7 turbine-driven set to enhance electrical energy production;
- construction of an Exhaust Catalytic Denitrogenization unit to reduce NOx emissions.
