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The first Power to heat plant in Switzerland is officially opened
The plant in Niedergösgen is owned and operated by Alpiq, and the official opening was done Thursday 31th of August 2017.
With this plant Alpiq is bidding negative grid frequency control power into the Swiss Power grid. The energy is used for steam production and is delivered to a nearby Paper Mill.
Alpiq has performed the complete project from project planning to commercialization. The Steam Plant has been constructed and built by Kraftanlagen München in close cooperation with the boiler supplier PARAT Halvorsen AS.
The plant consists of 2 x 11 MW IEH Steam Boilers with superheaters.
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Alpiq has put its first power to heat system in Switzerland into operation in Niedergösgen. Amongst other things, the new system will allow Alpiq to offer negative balancing energy on the ancillary services market. Alternatively it can be used to generate process steam for industrial purposes. This is in line with Alpiq’s strategy of applying innovative approaches to open up new business opportunities on the energy markets.
Read more about the plant here
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