Plant types
State-of-the-art waste-to-energy CHP plants operate with very high efficiency and meet the latest environmental standards. Our experience in Northern Europe shows that using both electricity and heat is important for the profitability of the plants.
CHP is recognised as being one of the most important energy efficiency measures. However, in order to be cost effective it is important to integrate large heat markets, which can use the more cost-effective heat from the largest plants and to combine the plants with thermal storage.
Biomass and biogas are important to the reduction of fossil fuel consumption. Most biomass plants are only cost-effective and environmentally acceptable on a large enough scale, and require a considerably sized heat market.
Solar thermal heating panels are effective in all sizes. This makes them important heat sources for low-energy houses. However the panels can be several times more cost-effective at a larger scale.
There are three main factors for the success of geothermal energy, and we provide consultancy services for all three:
- A large heat market
- Low-temperature heat
- Seismic analysis of the underground
The large-scale and cost-effective use of wind energy in Northern Europe requires offshore wind farms and the integration of wind energy into the power grid. We have a lot of experience with offshore facilities in the Oil and Gas sector. And our energy planning experience includes developing the heating and electricity infrastructure to absorb fluctuating wind energy efficiently.