E.ON is to build, own and operate a new cogeneration plant in Belgium.
The plant, which will be located in Tisselt, near Antwerp, will consist of a gas turbine with an electrical capacity of 4 MW and a heat recovery steam generator.
It will service Belgian fire protection and insulation solutions provider Promat's production site.
Specifically, “the solution will supply cheap and climate friendly electricity and steam to the production processes” of Promat, E.ON said in a statement.
The plants’ electricity output corresponds to the average electricity use of some 4,500 households, E.ON explained, adding that it is set to reach efficiency of over 80%, leading to a reduction of 2,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year “compared to the separate production of electricity and heat based on natural gas.”
This new project is the second large cogeneration plant to be built by E.ON in Belgium since the beginning of 2016.
“As such, this project reflects E.ON’s ambition to further expand its business in decentralised, environmentally-friendly energy solutions for B2B customers in the Belgian market” it said.
“Sustainable solutions like this, which can help companies to reduce their energy cost and lower CO2 emissions, play a key role in tomorrow’s energy world, commented Bernd Schumacher, CEO of E.ON Connecting Energies.
“We consider Belgium as a market that bears significant potential for such decentralised energy solutions” he said. “Consequently, we have already expanded our team in Belgium and plan to further strengthen our offering in this market.”
