First concrete poured at Ngodwana biomass power project
ELB Engineering Services has successfully completed the first concrete pour at the 25 MW Ngodwana Energy biomass power project, in Mpumalanga.
The first concrete pour of about 300 m3 was done for a section of the boiler building raft foundation. The boiler forms part of the power island, which consists of the boiler, the turbine, cooling towers, a precipitator and a stack.
The power island is built on 507 piles 15 m deep, and the boiler raft foundation is cast on top of the piles and comprises 1 000 m3 of concrete and 115 t of rebar.
The power plant, which is being erected at pulp and paper producer Sappi’s Ngodwana mill site, will use waste material from the surrounding plantations to generate power that will feed into the national grid.
ELB Engineering Services, Korea-based KC Cottrell and the ELB Educational Trust form part of the ELB-KCC Consortium, which has been appointed the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the power project.
KCC will provide the power island, which consists of a boiler, a turbine generator, cooling towers and an air pollution control system, while ELB is responsible for the civil work, fuel handling, the electrical switchyard and site erection.
The project forms part of the projects awarded under the fourth bid round of the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme.
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