Italian IGCC project sets pace for new refining era
- ABB Sae Sadelmi S.p.A., Rome (Italy)
- ABB Sae Sadelmi S.p.A., Milan (Italy)
- Api Anonima Petrol Italiana S.p.A., Rome (Italy)
A joint venture company, api Energia S.p.A., is starting construction of a 280 mw integrated gasification combined cycle plant (IGCC) that will generate electricity for the Italian grid and steam in a refinery on Italy` Adriatic coast. The refinery will supply the heavy residue for the gasifiers. This is one of the three IGCC plants planned for construction in Italy following the liberalization of the electricity production sector there and the introduction of specific government decrees that regulate the exchange and wheeling of electricity. By the year 2000, approximately 1,300 mw of electricity produced by heavy residues with IGCC will be put on the Italian grid. The paper describes the project, its sponsors plant configuration for gasification, the combined cycle power plant, auxiliary systems, the economics, and contracts.
- OSTI ID:
- 415670
- Journal Information:
- Oil and Gas Journal, Vol. 94, Issue 50; Other Information: PBD: 9 Dec 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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