The SODC Orléans plant supplies district heating for the northern part of Orléans. The district heating network covers 12,000 homes equivalent to 27% of the city of Orléans.
With the plant in operation, the energy bills were expected to be reduced by 28%.
The city of Orléans entrusted ENGIE Cofely with the design, construction and operation of the district heating network and cogeneration plant for the production of district heating and power.
The cogeneration plant is situated in the city centre and therefore most equipment is situated indoor and the buildings are designed by architects. The outer shape of the buildings show chestnut-coloured flames, which can be illuminated during night time.
The biomass (110,000 t/y) is sourced within a radius of 150 km and is based upon three resources: forestry products, residues from sawmills and clean, recycled wood.
Performance Test
The performance of the AET Biomass Boiler was successfully tested by Bureau Veritas in 2015:
Boiler efficiency: 92.6%
In-house power consumption: only 1.8% of fuel heat input (642 kW)
Emissions well within the stringent, French standards.
The plant was completed and commissioned in 2015.
AET designed, supplied, constructed and commissioned the following scope:
Biomass has become a rapidly increasing energy source for ENGIE COFELY, which has experienced an increase in the number of projects using biomass, including SODC Orléans: Read more
For more information about this biomass-fired plant and about AET: Contact AET sales.
Boiler:
37 MWth
122 bara
525 °C
Electrical power:
≤8 MWe
Process energy:
≤25 MWdh
The biomass-fired CHP plant in Orléans was commissioned in 2015.
The buildings of the SODC Orléans biomass CHP plant are architect-designed.
The SODC cogeneration plant uses forestry wood, sawmill residue and clean, recycled wood.
