Smokin' power at the sugar mill.
An industrial shot at the Rocky Point Sugar Mill between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Given the sugar cane harvest is over for another year and the cane fields that support this mill are surrounded by development and there has been a bit of chat about if and when the mill shuts entirely, I thought I should get this shot up promptly. Strangely though, getting a shot of the core of the mill, the old bit that crushes the cane was difficult, we ended up around the back where the mill has an electricity co-generation project in operation. It burns bagasse which is the left over leaves from the harvested cane and having come from the electricity industry, I had an idea that at one stage it may have also burnt other bio waste. That is confirmed in the internet snippet below.
"The Rocky Point-3 cogeneration project is supplying 30MW to power the Rocky Point Sugar Mill in south-east Queensland, Australia. When built, it was Australia’s largest biomass power plant. Construction was by a joint venture between W H Heck & Sons Pty Ltd (who own the Sugar Mill) and the government owned Stanwell Corporation.
The A$55m project was started in 2000 in the factory, which is 40km south of Brisbane. It uses a 30MW Alstom steam turbine and generator, using bagasse as primary fuel with some wood waste and green wood firing. The plant came on line in 2001, and is being operated by Stanwell. It generates up to 160,000MWh annually – enough to supply around 18,000 homes. Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are estimated at 155,000 tons per year, the equivalent of taking more than 20,000 cars off the road".
"Rocky Point Green Power Plant is located at Woongoolba
near Beenleigh, Northern End of the Gold Coast.
The plant was originally designed, owned and operated by
Stanwell Corporation.
In June 2006 the power plant was sold to Babcock and
Brown who have successfully operated it until mid 2010 ,
Brown who have successfully operated it until mid 2010 ,
Plant is now owned by National Power Partners.
The Power plant uses Bagasse, approved wood waste and
other biomass materials to generate renewable electricity
and supply process steam to the Rocky Point Sugar Mill.
Rocky Point Green Power operates under strict
guidelines as defined by the National Green Power
Accreditation rules, The Renewable (Electrical) Energy Act
(REC’s), and the New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme".
Smokin' power at the sugar mill.
An industrial shot at the Rocky Point Sugar Mill between Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Given the sugar cane harvest is over for another year and the cane fields that support this mill are surrounded by development and there has been a bit of chat about if and when the mill shuts entirely, I thought I should get this shot up promptly. Strangely though, getting a shot of the core of the mill, the old bit that crushes the cane was difficult, we ended up around the back where the mill has an electricity co-generation project in operation. It burns bagasse which is the left over leaves from the harvested cane and having come from the electricity industry, I had an idea that at one stage it may have also burnt other bio waste. That is confirmed in the internet snippet below.
"The Rocky Point-3 cogeneration project is supplying 30MW to power the Rocky Point Sugar Mill in south-east Queensland, Australia. When built, it was Australia’s largest biomass power plant. Construction was by a joint venture between W H Heck & Sons Pty Ltd (who own the Sugar Mill) and the government owned Stanwell Corporation.
The A$55m project was started in 2000 in the factory, which is 40km south of Brisbane. It uses a 30MW Alstom steam turbine and generator, using bagasse as primary fuel with some wood waste and green wood firing. The plant came on line in 2001, and is being operated by Stanwell. It generates up to 160,000MWh annually – enough to supply around 18,000 homes. Reductions in greenhouse gas emissions are estimated at 155,000 tons per year, the equivalent of taking more than 20,000 cars off the road".
"Rocky Point Green Power Plant is located at Woongoolba
near Beenleigh, Northern End of the Gold Coast.
The plant was originally designed, owned and operated by
Stanwell Corporation.
In June 2006 the power plant was sold to Babcock and
Brown who have successfully operated it until mid 2010 ,
Brown who have successfully operated it until mid 2010 ,
Plant is now owned by National Power Partners.
The Power plant uses Bagasse, approved wood waste and
other biomass materials to generate renewable electricity
and supply process steam to the Rocky Point Sugar Mill.
Rocky Point Green Power operates under strict
guidelines as defined by the National Green Power
Accreditation rules, The Renewable (Electrical) Energy Act
(REC’s), and the New South Wales Greenhouse Gas Abatement Scheme".