Nuon Magnum

Yesterday I received a mail from Eldert, a former collegue who is working for Nuon now. Quite a lot of collegues from here took the step to the competitor, because newbuilding of a power plant is something special.
But: they are still watching how we are doing over here!

So: on my way to work I saw the last chimney was being placed on top of the outlet of the boiler and took a few pictures of it.
The plant will hava an output of appr. 1311 Megawatts and would originally burn natural gas and in a later stage also gasified biomass and coal.
I hope it will all work out fine over there and we wish them all the best.

Here in LARGE....

But: as Nuon states:
Nuon has decided to postpone its plans for the possible gasification of biomass and coal at its new electricity power plant at Eemshaven. The construction of the Nuon Magnum gas-fired power station is progressing well. This power station will be ready at the end of 2012 and will supply electricity to two million households.

Commercial reasons, such as the trend in raw material prices, play a significant role in the decision not to make an investment decision in the short term about the application of gasification technology. This technology consists of a coal and biomass gasification element combined with the capture and storage of CO2.