The Combustion Gas Desulfurisation Project (CGD) at the Fossil Fuel Plant at Los Barrios Comes on Stream, ENDESA Continues with
July 20 2005 - 12:03PM
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ENDESA (NYSE: ELE): -- The Los Barrios project will entail an
investment of Euro 82 million and will be operative in 2006. -- The
installation of the new CGD at this power station, which is
equipped with a generating group of 567.5MW, will allow reductions
in emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO(2)) of nearly 90% and a 48%
reduction of particles. It will also be able to treat 100% of the
combustion gases from the boiler. -- Similar desulphurisation
plants have already been installed at the Compostilla II, Litoral
de Almeria and Teruel stations, while those at Alcudia, Granadilla
and Barranco de Tirajana have desulphurisation installations which
differ slightly in design. ENDESA (NYSE: ELE) has begun
construction of a combustion gas desulphurisation plant at the Los
Barrios power station, located in the province of Cadiz, as part of
its ongoing Action Plan to reduce gas emissions at the Company's
fossil fuel plants in Spain. The Los Barrios project, which has
installed capacity of 567.5 MW, will cost Euro 82 million and be
operative in 2008. The Los Barrios gas desulphurisation plant will
treat nearly 100% of combustion gases, leading to a significant
environmental improvement, with special attention being paid to the
plant's emissions and their impact on the environment. This
installation will bring about a reduction in emissions of sulphur
dioxide (SO(2)) of nearly 90% and 48% of particles. It will also
treat almost 100% of combustion gases. The desulphurisation
technique chosen is the "wet" type. This is a chemical process
whereby the sulphur oxides produced in the carbon combustion
processes are captured and washed as they come out of the boilers,
they are then coated with limestone which reacts with the sulphur
dioxide (SO(2)) producing calcic sulphite. The sulphite is then
rusted by means of an injection of air and converted into calcic
sulphite, in other words, gypsum, which can then be used in the
construction industry. This desulphurisation system is the most
widely used worldwide and, given its efficiency rate, is especially
useful for coals with a high sulphur content. The main activity
will be the reduction of sulphur emissions as well as the
modification of some electricity and control systems in the
existing plant in order to adapt them to the new working
conditions. In order to carry out this project, technology from
ALSTOM POWER ITALIA SpA will be used and will provide, in a
consortium with INITEC Energia S. A., the major equipment under a
turn-key contract. Endesa will provide the working teams, which
will contribute their experience in carrying out similar projects,
as well as the Company's own technology. The desulphurisation plant
is a major modernisation which will enable ENDESA to continue
introducing cutting- edge technology to its fossil fuel assets
which are essential for the environmental compatibility of its
activities and in meeting the requirements of the 2001/80/EC
Directive dated 23 October 2001 on limiting the emissions of
certain contaminating agents into the atmosphere from large
combustion plants (GIC Directive) which was translated into Spanish
legislation by the 430/2004 Royal Decree of 12 March 2004. The
installation of the new desulphurisation plant will enable ENDESA
to continue with its action plan to reduce power station emissions
contained in its Strategic Plan. In this sense, ENDESA already has
plants installed at its Teruel (Andorra-Teruel), Compostilla
(Ponferrada-Leon), Litoral de Almeria (Almeria), Alcudia
(Mallorca), Granadilla (Tenerife) and Barranco de Tirajana (Gran
Canaria) power stations which are showing positive results. The wet
system has been installed at the Teruel, Compostilla and Litoral de
Almeria power plants, similar to that at the Los Barrios station,
whilst the Alcudia plant uses coals with a sulphur content of less
than 1%, which requires the use of a semi-dry system. The Barranco
de Tirajana and Granadilla plants use sea water. The plan also
contemplates the installation of new desulphurisation plants or the
adaptation of ones that already exist at the Compostilla and
Litoral de Almeria power stations. * This document may contain
certain forward-looking statements regarding anticipated financial
and operating results and statistics that are subject to risks and
uncertainties as well as to material risks, changes and other
factors which may be difficult to predict, including, without
limitation, those factors described in the Folleto Informativo
Continuado of Endesa filed within the Comision Nacional del Mercado
de Valores and in the Form 20-F of Endesa filed within the
Securities and Exchange Commission, both for the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2003. For all of these forward-looking statements, we
claim the protection of the safe harbor for forward-looking
statements contained in the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995.
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