AkzoNobel revealed how they, together with Eneco - the energy provider - and Groningen Seaports took another step to make Groningen a bit more green.
In a typical self-congratulatory press release AkzoNobel revealed how they, together with Eneco - the energy provider - and Groningen Seaports took another step to make Groningen a bit more green. So what is the big deal? Eneco already runs a power plant that uses wood chips for fuel, producing 'Green electricity'. Like any power plant it runs at less than 50% efficiency, meaning that more than half the energy goes up the chimney or into the cooling water. By raising the back pressure of the turbine that drives the generator to 30 bars (thereby reducing the amount of 'green electricity') they made it attractive for AkzoNobel to use the exhaust steam in their brine evaporation plant. So now they can produce 'green salt'. Al that was further needed was a 2.7 km steam line.