How to move a 47-tonne module 70 metres
Progress towards the pre-commercialisation commissioning of our first SG100 plant continues apace! In the latest instalment, our ongoing video diary charts the movement of the two water cooling units – Systems 260 and 350 – to their external sites.
Moving these chunky units – System 260 weighs almost 17 tonnes and System 350 almost 47 tonnes – over 70 metres into their exact operating locations requires extensive planning and preparation and careful, patient execution.
As Russell Ford, our Engineering Commissioning Manager, explains, it takes teamwork to makes this happen. “Getting the skates under these two systems is the easiest part of the process. Pulling and turning them gently over significant distances and negotiating some obstacles, slopes and uneven terrain is the hard part. The two modules look and certainly are robust. But there’s hazard in relocating such heavy pieces of complex, multi-faceted equipment. It would be easy to damage or distort the modules and equipment, which is why we work so hard to do it right.”
Russell Ford, Engineering Commissioning Manager, Standard Gas
TRANSITION TO NET ZERO WITH OUR CARBON-REMOVING TECHNOLOGY
Carbon Negative Energy: Each year, a single SG100 plant can generate up to 40,000 MW hours of carbon-negative power, enough for around 10,000 homes, offices or commercial properties, as well as for the transportation sector and wider industry.
Carbon Reduction: It will remove up to 25,000 tonnes of CO2e – equivalent to the annual carbon emissions of 5,000 cars. With electrolysis, a plant processing biogenic waste will generate over 650 tonnes of green hydrogen. And the SG100 closes the waste management loop, offering a better low carbon alternative to landfill and incineration.
Carbon Capture: TheSG100 technology also generates ‘biochar’ and ‘carbon char’, a black, granular, dust-like co- product that can be sequestered in valuable agricultural, environmental, and industrial applications.