February 2016

After the project of complex renovation of the heating plant in Planá nad Lužnicí has been completed, C-Energy Bohemia s.r.o. produces heat and electricity in a new, very modern and highly ecological equipment. Between August 2013 and October 2015 the following was installed in the plant: 4 gas motor-generators (4 x 9 MWe), 4 HRSG boilers which utilize heat from motor exhaust fumes (4 x 4 tons of steam/hour),  two new modern coal boilers (40 tons of steam/hour/each) and a new desulphurization unit. In addition to that the company had its steam turbine adjusted to new steam parameters which made it more efficient. The whole heat distribution system underwent complex renovation; most buildings connected to it are supplied with more economical hot water instead of steam. The renovation of the water distribution system helped to reduce losses in this system. Some of the implemented projects were partly funded by European Union – The Cohesion Fund within the Operational programme “Environment”. Worth mentioning is the fact that the whole renovation project was executed under full operation of the plant with minimum impact on customers. Photographs from the project implementation are available from the Image gallery.

C-Energy does not intend to stop its development activities. At the moment its technicians are dealing with the capability of the plant for black-start and island mode operation. Black-start makes it possible to operate the plant and produce electricity after a blackout occurs; island mode operation makes it possible to operate a local part of the electricity grid independently of the electricity grid in the Czech Republic.