A bird’s-eye view of the Moerdijk power plant

FuelNatural gas is used to fire Essent’s Moerdijk power plant. Natural gas is released from oil or coal seams deep in the earth’s crust. As it rises, the gas collects under a layer of gastight rock. The gas in these natural gas bubbles can be recovered relatively easily. The natural gas field in Slochteren, sourced from coal seams, is a good example of this. Essent uses natural gas at the Moerdijk power plant, the Claus power plant and our other CHP power plants.

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EfficiencyThe Moerdijk 2 power plant has been built using the latest technologies and knowledge and as a result, it also has a level of efficiency of 58 per cent which is much higher than the average efficiency of 36 per cent achieved by power plants in the Netherlands. A higher level of efficiency also means that less fuel is required in order to generate the same amount of energy.

Working at EssentWe are continuously looking for talented technical staff for posts on different levels, ranging from installers to project engineers and from environmental coordinators to project managers.

Want to find out more? Go to www.werkenbijessent.nl.

Fuel mixEssent has chosen natural gas as the fuel to be used to generate electricity at the Moerdijk power plant because we do not want all our energy production activities to be dependent on one type of fuel as that would put the security of supply and affordability of electricity at risk. We use a wide range of fuels to generate energy at different types of power plants. We call those fuels our fuel mix. The main fuels which we use are natural gas, coal, biomass,

land-based wind, sea-based wind and hydroelectric power. In addition, gas-fired power plants are specially designed to enable the production of electricity to be increased or reduced quickly (rapid adjustment up or down). This means that they can be used to compensate for fluctuations in the supply of solar and wind energy.

The installationBoth units are so-called CCGT units (CCGT stands for Combined Cycle Gas Turbine). The production process for generating electricity starts with the combustion of natural gas in the gas turbine. The combustion gases expand in the turbine which then drives a generator in which electricity is produced.

The flue gases produced during this process heat water in the waste heat boiler. That water then turns into steam which sets the steam turbine in motion and this in turn ensures that the connected generator starts to produce electricity. The steam that can no longer be used for generating power at the end of this process is cooled down and turned into water again which can be re-used.

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Moerdijk power plant

• A combined generating capacity of over

700 megawatts

• Moerdijk 1 is a CHP power plant

• Moerdijk 1 re-uses steam from the nearby

waste-incineration plant

• Moerdijk 1 supplies 150 tons of steam

per hour to the neighbouring

Shell Chemie Moerdijk plant

• Moerdijk 2 is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine

power plant (CCGT)

• Moerdijk 2 has been built using the latest

technologies and knowledge

• Moerdijk 2 has an efficiency of 58 per cent

In short

Imagine that you are a peregrine falcon in flight: look down at the ground and you will see villages, towns, woods, meadows, rivers and lakes go past. A bird’s-eye view of the Netherlands. Take a closer look and you will see Essent’s Moerdijk power plant within the Moerdijk industrial zone in North Brabant. Notice the wide river Hollands Diep, the cooling tower, the various production buildings and more. See how Essent carries out production… from a bird’s-eye view.

The Moerdijk power plant consists of two production units. CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 was put into operation in 1997. This unit generates electricity and heat through the combustion of natural gas and also uses steam from the nearby waste-incineration plant for that production process. The combined production of electricity and heat (in the form of steam) enables more energy to be generated from the fuels used. CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 has an electricity generating capacity of 339 megawatts and produces a maximum of 200 tons of steam per hour, of which 150 tons per hour is supplied to the Shell Chemie plant nearby. CCGT power plant Moerdijk 2 was put into operation in 2012. CCGT stands for Combined Cycle Gas Turbine and is used to describe a steam and gas turbine unit. Therefore this is an ultramodern unit with a maximum capacity of 430 megawatts and an efficiency of 58 per cent.

In operation since 1997

In operation since 2012

Capacity of

430 MW

Capacity of

339 MW

103 metrecooling tower

1 lost time accident

350 kmof cables

1

2

3

4

6

7

Westelijke Insteekhaven2,347,000

man hours

1,400 tonof concrete reinforcement steel

15,600 m3of concrete

5

8

9

CHP power plantMoerdijk 1

CCGT power plantMoerdijk 2

1 CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 produces both electricity and heat using three gas turbines and one steam turbine. The heat is exchanged with the Attero and Shell plants nearby in the form of steam. It has an electricity generating efficiency of 52 per cent and an efficiency of 69 per cent is achieved through the combined generation of heat.

2 CCGT power plant Moerdijk 2 only produces electricity using one gas turbine and one steam turbine. It has an electricity generating efficiency of 58 per cent.

3 A large quantity of cooling water is required for the production process and that water is pumped from the Westelijke Insteekhaven via this building and filtered. After it has been used in the production process, the water (now several degrees warmer) is then discharged into the Hollands Diep.

4 Both power plants are connected to the electricity network via the 150-kV station (150,000 volts).

5 Both power plants are operated from a

single control room. The process of starting up and shutting down the power plants is highly automated.

6 A large quantity of heat is released during the incineration of waste at the nearby Attero plant. That waste is converted into steam and transported to the CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 where it is heated further and the pressure is increased in order to produce electricity.

7 Only CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 is connected to the cooling tower which is

78 metres in diameter at the bottom and 48 metres in diameter at the top. The narrowest diameter – 45.5 metres – occurs at a height of approximately 72 metres.

8 A tunnel with a diameter of more than two metres has been bored underneath the Western Inlet Basin. That tunnel houses two pipes 1 metre in diameter for supplying steam to Shell Moerdijk. The tunnel is 300 metres long.

9 Site of Shell Moerdijk.

1,210 driven piles

The power plant and its surroundings

Moerdijk power plant

• A combined generating capacity of over

700 megawatts

• Moerdijk 1 is a CHP power plant

• Moerdijk 1 re-uses steam from the nearby

waste-incineration plant

• Moerdijk 1 supplies 150 tons of steam

per hour to the neighbouring

Shell Chemie Moerdijk plant

• Moerdijk 2 is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine

power plant (CCGT)

• Moerdijk 2 has been built using the latest

technologies and knowledge

• Moerdijk 2 has an efficiency of 58 per cent

In short

Imagine that you are a peregrine falcon in flight: look down at the ground and you will see villages, towns, woods, meadows, rivers and lakes go past. A bird’s-eye view of the Netherlands. Take a closer look and you will see Essent’s Moerdijk power plant within the Moerdijk industrial zone in North Brabant. Notice the wide river Hollands Diep, the cooling tower, the various production buildings and more. See how Essent carries out production… from a bird’s-eye view.

The Moerdijk power plant consists of two production units. CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 was put into operation in 1997. This unit generates electricity and heat through the combustion of natural gas and also uses steam from the nearby waste-incineration plant for that production process. The combined production of electricity and heat (in the form of steam) enables more energy to be generated from the fuels used. CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 has an electricity generating capacity of 339 megawatts and produces a maximum of 200 tons of steam per hour, of which 150 tons per hour is supplied to the Shell Chemie plant nearby. CCGT power plant Moerdijk 2 was put into operation in 2012. CCGT stands for Combined Cycle Gas Turbine and is used to describe a steam and gas turbine unit. Therefore this is an ultramodern unit with a maximum capacity of 430 megawatts and an efficiency of 58 per cent.

In operation since 1997

In operation since 2012

Capacity of

430 MW

Capacity of

339 MW

103 metrecooling tower

1 lost time accident

350 kmof cables

1

2

3

4

6

7

Westelijke Insteekhaven2,347,000

man hours

1,400 tonof concrete reinforcement steel

15,600 m3of concrete

5

8

9

CHP power plantMoerdijk 1

CCGT power plantMoerdijk 2

1 CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 produces both electricity and heat using three gas turbines and one steam turbine. The heat is exchanged with the Attero and Shell plants nearby in the form of steam. It has an electricity generating efficiency of 52 per cent and an efficiency of 69 per cent is achieved through the combined generation of heat.

2 CCGT power plant Moerdijk 2 only produces electricity using one gas turbine and one steam turbine. It has an electricity generating efficiency of 58 per cent.

3 A large quantity of cooling water is required for the production process and that water is pumped from the Westelijke Insteekhaven via this building and filtered. After it has been used in the production process, the water (now several degrees warmer) is then discharged into the Hollands Diep.

4 Both power plants are connected to the electricity network via the 150-kV station (150,000 volts).

5 Both power plants are operated from a

single control room. The process of starting up and shutting down the power plants is highly automated.

6 A large quantity of heat is released during the incineration of waste at the nearby Attero plant. That waste is converted into steam and transported to the CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 where it is heated further and the pressure is increased in order to produce electricity.

7 Only CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 is connected to the cooling tower which is

78 metres in diameter at the bottom and 48 metres in diameter at the top. The narrowest diameter – 45.5 metres – occurs at a height of approximately 72 metres.

8 A tunnel with a diameter of more than two metres has been bored underneath the Western Inlet Basin. That tunnel houses two pipes 1 metre in diameter for supplying steam to Shell Moerdijk. The tunnel is 300 metres long.

9 Site of Shell Moerdijk.

1,210 driven piles

The power plant and its surroundings

Moerdijk power plant

• A combined generating capacity of over

700 megawatts

• Moerdijk 1 is a CHP power plant

• Moerdijk 1 re-uses steam from the nearby

waste-incineration plant

• Moerdijk 1 supplies 150 tons of steam

per hour to the neighbouring

Shell Chemie Moerdijk plant

• Moerdijk 2 is a Combined Cycle Gas Turbine

power plant (CCGT)

• Moerdijk 2 has been built using the latest

technologies and knowledge

• Moerdijk 2 has an efficiency of 58 per cent

In short

Imagine that you are a peregrine falcon in flight: look down at the ground and you will see villages, towns, woods, meadows, rivers and lakes go past. A bird’s-eye view of the Netherlands. Take a closer look and you will see Essent’s Moerdijk power plant within the Moerdijk industrial zone in North Brabant. Notice the wide river Hollands Diep, the cooling tower, the various production buildings and more. See how Essent carries out production… from a bird’s-eye view.

The Moerdijk power plant consists of two production units. CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 was put into operation in 1997. This unit generates electricity and heat through the combustion of natural gas and also uses steam from the nearby waste-incineration plant for that production process. The combined production of electricity and heat (in the form of steam) enables more energy to be generated from the fuels used. CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 has an electricity generating capacity of 339 megawatts and produces a maximum of 200 tons of steam per hour, of which 150 tons per hour is supplied to the Shell Chemie plant nearby. CCGT power plant Moerdijk 2 was put into operation in 2012. CCGT stands for Combined Cycle Gas Turbine and is used to describe a steam and gas turbine unit. Therefore this is an ultramodern unit with a maximum capacity of 430 megawatts and an efficiency of 58 per cent.

In operation since 1997

In operation since 2012

Capacity of

430 MW

Capacity of

339 MW

103 metrecooling tower

1 lost time accident

350 kmof cables

1

2

3

4

6

7

Westelijke Insteekhaven2,347,000

man hours

1,400 tonof concrete reinforcement steel

15,600 m3of concrete

5

8

9

CHP power plantMoerdijk 1

CCGT power plantMoerdijk 2

1 CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 produces both electricity and heat using three gas turbines and one steam turbine. The heat is exchanged with the Attero and Shell plants nearby in the form of steam. It has an electricity generating efficiency of 52 per cent and an efficiency of 69 per cent is achieved through the combined generation of heat.

2 CCGT power plant Moerdijk 2 only produces electricity using one gas turbine and one steam turbine. It has an electricity generating efficiency of 58 per cent.

3 A large quantity of cooling water is required for the production process and that water is pumped from the Westelijke Insteekhaven via this building and filtered. After it has been used in the production process, the water (now several degrees warmer) is then discharged into the Hollands Diep.

4 Both power plants are connected to the electricity network via the 150-kV station (150,000 volts).

5 Both power plants are operated from a

single control room. The process of starting up and shutting down the power plants is highly automated.

6 A large quantity of heat is released during the incineration of waste at the nearby Attero plant. That waste is converted into steam and transported to the CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 where it is heated further and the pressure is increased in order to produce electricity.

7 Only CHP power plant Moerdijk 1 is connected to the cooling tower which is

78 metres in diameter at the bottom and 48 metres in diameter at the top. The narrowest diameter – 45.5 metres – occurs at a height of approximately 72 metres.

8 A tunnel with a diameter of more than two metres has been bored underneath the Western Inlet Basin. That tunnel houses two pipes 1 metre in diameter for supplying steam to Shell Moerdijk. The tunnel is 300 metres long.

9 Site of Shell Moerdijk.

1,210 driven piles

The power plant and its surroundings

A bird’s-eye view of the Moerdijk power plant

FuelNatural gas is used to fire Essent’s Moerdijk power plant. Natural gas is released from oil or coal seams deep in the earth’s crust. As it rises, the gas collects under a layer of gastight rock. The gas in these natural gas bubbles can be recovered relatively easily. The natural gas field in Slochteren, sourced from coal seams, is a good example of this. Essent uses natural gas at the Moerdijk power plant, the Claus power plant and our other CHP power plants.

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EfficiencyThe Moerdijk 2 power plant has been built using the latest technologies and knowledge and as a result, it also has a level of efficiency of 58 per cent which is much higher than the average efficiency of 36 per cent achieved by power plants in the Netherlands. A higher level of efficiency also means that less fuel is required in order to generate the same amount of energy.

Working at EssentWe are continuously looking for talented technical staff for posts on different levels, ranging from installers to project engineers and from environmental coordinators to project managers.

Want to find out more? Go to www.werkenbijessent.nl.

Fuel mixEssent has chosen natural gas as the fuel to be used to generate electricity at the Moerdijk power plant because we do not want all our energy production activities to be dependent on one type of fuel as that would put the security of supply and affordability of electricity at risk. We use a wide range of fuels to generate energy at different types of power plants. We call those fuels our fuel mix. The main fuels which we use are natural gas, coal, biomass,

land-based wind, sea-based wind and hydroelectric power. In addition, gas-fired power plants are specially designed to enable the production of electricity to be increased or reduced quickly (rapid adjustment up or down). This means that they can be used to compensate for fluctuations in the supply of solar and wind energy.

The installationBoth units are so-called CCGT units (CCGT stands for Combined Cycle Gas Turbine). The production process for generating electricity starts with the combustion of natural gas in the gas turbine. The combustion gases expand in the turbine which then drives a generator in which electricity is produced.

The flue gases produced during this process heat water in the waste heat boiler. That water then turns into steam which sets the steam turbine in motion and this in turn ensures that the connected generator starts to produce electricity. The steam that can no longer be used for generating power at the end of this process is cooled down and turned into water again which can be re-used.

Want to find out more? www.essent.eu

A bird’s-eye view of the Moerdijk power plant

FuelNatural gas is used to fire Essent’s Moerdijk power plant. Natural gas is released from oil or coal seams deep in the earth’s crust. As it rises, the gas collects under a layer of gastight rock. The gas in these natural gas bubbles can be recovered relatively easily. The natural gas field in Slochteren, sourced from coal seams, is a good example of this. Essent uses natural gas at the Moerdijk power plant, the Claus power plant and our other CHP power plants.

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EfficiencyThe Moerdijk 2 power plant has been built using the latest technologies and knowledge and as a result, it also has a level of efficiency of 58 per cent which is much higher than the average efficiency of 36 per cent achieved by power plants in the Netherlands. A higher level of efficiency also means that less fuel is required in order to generate the same amount of energy.

Working at EssentWe are continuously looking for talented technical staff for posts on different levels, ranging from installers to project engineers and from environmental coordinators to project managers.

Want to find out more? Go to www.werkenbijessent.nl.

Fuel mixEssent has chosen natural gas as the fuel to be used to generate electricity at the Moerdijk power plant because we do not want all our energy production activities to be dependent on one type of fuel as that would put the security of supply and affordability of electricity at risk. We use a wide range of fuels to generate energy at different types of power plants. We call those fuels our fuel mix. The main fuels which we use are natural gas, coal, biomass,

land-based wind, sea-based wind and hydroelectric power. In addition, gas-fired power plants are specially designed to enable the production of electricity to be increased or reduced quickly (rapid adjustment up or down). This means that they can be used to compensate for fluctuations in the supply of solar and wind energy.

The installationBoth units are so-called CCGT units (CCGT stands for Combined Cycle Gas Turbine). The production process for generating electricity starts with the combustion of natural gas in the gas turbine. The combustion gases expand in the turbine which then drives a generator in which electricity is produced.

The flue gases produced during this process heat water in the waste heat boiler. That water then turns into steam which sets the steam turbine in motion and this in turn ensures that the connected generator starts to produce electricity. The steam that can no longer be used for generating power at the end of this process is cooled down and turned into water again which can be re-used.

Want to find out more? www.essent.eu