The Tri-Gen and Co-Gen innovation we pioneered in Europe is now active at three sites in Nigeria – Ikeja, Benin, and Apapa. As the country’s exclusive provider of non-alcoholic beverages and the continent’s second largest Coca-Cola bottler, ​the Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd. (NBC) is using combined heat and power plants to power three (3) of their thirteen (13) bottling plants. The Co-Gen approach across the three plants produces energy that is reliable and cost-effective while also reducing the environmental impact of operations.

Arrúbal is an 800 MW combined-cycle gas-turbine plant located in Spain’s La Rioja region. Two factors drove our 2011 acquisition of this plant from Gas Natural Fenosa – its top caliber availability rating (in the top 10% of comparable plants worldwide) and our strong belief in the fundamentals of Spain’s power market. Acquisitions are typically made with significant assets already existing in the country, but in the case of Arrúbal we staffed the team, opened an office, and established contracts in record time to make the plant operational as soon as possible. In addition to its baseload capability, Arrúbal also helps balance the highly variable output of the region’s solar and wind-turbine installations. The plant can respond quickly to net-load fluctuations to provided needed stability.

Brazil is home to one of the world’s fastest growing wind power industries and we are excited to have our Asa Branca wind farm play a valuable role in its advancement. Two years after breaking ground in Rio Grande do Norte, the Asa Branca complex was inaugurated in 2013 and will generate 160 MW, sufficient energy to supply approximately 300,000 homes. Construction successfully generated 600 direct jobs and had an exemplary safety record, with only 3 Lost Time Accidents over 1,600,000 hours. Asa Branca has 100 GE 1.6xle GE wind turbines and is connected to the national grid to a 138kV transmission line. The project has 20 years power purchase contracts secured at the 2010 renewable auction promoted by the Brazilian Government.

The Tri-Gen and Co-Gen innovation we pioneered in Europe is now active at three sites in Nigeria – Ikeja, Benin, and Apapa. As the country’s exclusive provider of non-alcoholic beverages and the continent’s second largest Coca-Cola bottler, ​the Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd. (NBC) is using combined heat and power plants to power three (3) of their thirteen (13) bottling plants. The Co-Gen approach across the three plants produces energy that is reliable and cost-effective while also reducing the environmental impact of operations.

In May 2013, we made another key investment in the Latin American and Caribbean regions by acquiring a 24 MW integrated wind and diesel power plant on the island of Bonaire. The power plant is a baseload facility for the island’s distribution company, Water en Energie Bedrijf Bonaire (WEB) and is the sole supplier to the island’s 16,500 inhabitants. Utilizing wind, batteries and diesel is a major advantage, as the two fuel types complement each other to provide consistent access to reliable energy and the batteries ensure reliability in meeting the energy load during the transitions between wind and diesel. The diesel plant consists of five 2.85 MW MAN diesel engines each capable of operating with both heavy fuel oil and light fuel oil. The wind farm consists of twelve Enercon turbines of 900kW each and a single additional 330kW turbine. The battery storage technology consist of a 3 (three sets of batteries that can sustain up to 3MW for 2 minutes allowing to smoothly switch from diesel and wind and vice versa without causing disturbances on the island grid.

Prior to our acquisition in March 2013, this 52 MW oil-fired plant was beset with issues that prevented it from providing reliable electricity to this country of nearly 14 million people. Our plan for refurbishment includes converting the plant to run at full capacity on both oil and natural gas.

Located in the south of Piaui State, Chapada Wind Complex will be the second Wind Farm constructed by Contour Global in Brazil. With 205MW installed capacity, the project will be able to supply energy for 500 thousand homes, creating an estimated 700 direct jobs and 2000 indirect jobs during its construction.

The project was awarded with a 20 years term PPA in the Brazilian energy auction held in August 2013. Contour Global is setting the pace to meet the commitments established under the auction rules, most importantly COD in September 2015, being already the first company of those awarded to mobilize construction.

The complex consists of 7 adjacent wind farms, with a mix of GE technologies GE1.85MW and GE1.7MW. The investment is a partnership between Casa dos Ventos, a Brazilian wind project developer, and Chesf, a generation and transmission company owned by Eletrobras.

Chapada II Wind Complex was the second successful wind deal executed in Brazil by Contour Global in 2013, being awarded with a 20 years term PPA for 172.4 MW in the Brazilian energy auction held in November 2013. The project is located in the south of Piaui State just aside of Contour Global’s Chapada I Wind Complex, awarded in August of the same year. Therefore, the projects benefit of high synergies during construction and operations, which will help reaching the COD estimated to January 2016.

Chapada II Wind Complex consists of six adjacent wind farms, with a mix of GE technologies GE1.85MW and GE1.7MW. This is the second successful project between our partnership with Casa dos Ventos, a Brazilian wind developer, and Chesf, a generation and transmission company owned by Eletrobras.

Our ground-mounted solar plant in the Municipality of Camporeale, in the north-west of Sicily, provides 1.5 MW of carbon-free generating capacity. The site commenced commercial operation in August 2011 and sells its output to the national grid, receiving a 20-year, fixed-price feed-in tariff.

Our Guadeloupe plant consists of four 5.1 MW units burning heavy fuel oil. Its output meets approximately 9% of the island’s electricity demand. ContourGlobal acquired this plant along with another thermo power plant in Saint Martin in 2010 to serve as baseload facilities for Electricité de France (EDF), the electricity provider to both islands. The plant consists of 20.4 MW, 4 x SEMT Pielstick 16 PA6 B Engines (5.12 MW each), diesel engines operating with heavy fuel oil  and it is long term contract with EDF for its total output until 2020.

Our 14 MW light fuel oil plant in St. Martin meets 26% of the electricity demand on the French side of the island. ContourGlobal acquired this plant along with another thermo power plant in Guadeloupe in 2010 to serve as baseload facilities for Electricité de France (EDF), the electricity distributor to both islands. The plant consists of 13.0 MW  3  Wärtsilä 12V32 Engines (4.6 MW each) diesel engines operating with light fuel oil and it is long term contract with EDF for its total output until 2023.

Minnesota is the largest turkey producer in the United States, raising nearly 50 million turkeys each year. While these turkeys can bring more than $600 million in annual income to the state, they also leave the industry with the responsibility of discarding over 2 million tons of poultry litter. Faced with this reality, ContourGlobal devised a win-win solution for the industry and the environment. Our Powerminn facility generates 55 MW of net electric output via a steam-driven turbine generator. Its steam is generated by a conventional single-drum boiler that burns 700,000 tons of litter a year and the facility sells its ash residue as high-quality fertilizer. Since 2007, our operations have provided poultry farmers with cost-effective disposal and have prevented litter from causing large algae build-ups in Minnesota’s lakes.

Gaglianico is located in the Piemonte region of Italy with 1.4ha available area the plant area is 1.1ha. Construction completed in late 2010 with grid connection successfully taking place in April of 2011.

Like traditional hydroelectric plants, run-of-river installations use water to drive electricity-generating turbines, but with less environmental impact compared to the large reservoirs. ContourGlobal estimates that Brazil has up to 10,000 MW in untapped run-of-river potential. The Galheiros 12 MW hydroelectric power plant in the state of Goiás is our second run-of-river investment in the country, with a 73.9 hectares reservoir and powered by 2 6MW turbines Galheiros is connected through a 138kV transmission line to the local distribution Substation. The project has 30 years power purchase contracts secured at the 2010 renewable auction promoted by the Brazilian Government.

The Tri-Gen and Co-Gen innovation we pioneered in Europe is now active at three sites in Nigeria – Ikeja, Benin, and Apapa. As the country’s exclusive provider of non-alcoholic beverages and the continent’s second largest Coca-Cola bottler, ​the Nigerian Bottling Company Ltd. (NBC) is using combined heat and power plants to power three (3) of their thirteen (13) bottling plants. The Co-Gen approach across the three plants produces energy that is reliable and cost-effective while also reducing the environmental impact of operations.

Peru is one of the fastest growing countries in South America and has seen rapidly expanding energy demand in recent years. To meet this demand, ContourGlobal is building the country’s first wind farm. The 113 MW Inka wind project is part of a special government effort to promote renewable energy in the country. It consists of two different sites along the northern shore of Peru, a 30.0MW Talara site located close to the city of Piura and one 83.0MW  Cupisnique site located close to the city of Trujillo. The projects have 62 Vestas  V100-1.8  wind turbines and has 20-year power purchase contracts secured at the 2010 Renewable auction promoted by the Peruvian Government. We expect energy demand in Peru to experience double digit growth in the near future due largely to the continued expansion of the mining sector.

Our partnership with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCH) has allowed one of our signature innovations to flourish in several countries. From Western Europe to Ukraine, our Quad-Gen combined-heat-and-power plants supply CCH with energy that is more reliable and less expensive, while substantially reducing the environmental impact of its existing operations. In fact, these installations are cutting carbon emissions by more than 80,000 tons.

Quadrigeneration involves building a cogeneration facility at each CCH location to provide electric power, heat and steam, chilled water, and food-grade carbon dioxide. The plants use one or more simple gas engines, and capture the engine’s exhaust gas to provide heat, hot water and/or steam. Heat recovered from the engines cooling system is transformed to chilled water via absorption chiller. In parallel with heat generation, carbon dioxide is removed from the exhaust gas, cleaned, compressed and purified to beverage/food-grade quality and used to carbonate CCH’s carbonated drinks. With this technology we are able to reduce the CO2 emissions by 95%.

In addition to providing these environmental benefits, we have kept costs low for CCH by standardizing the design of each facility so that operations are consistent and any necessary construction can occur simultaneously in multiple locations.

In Europe, we are operating Quad-Gen plants for CCH in Kiev (Ukraine), Knockmore Hill (Northern Ireland), Nogara (Italy), Ploiesti (Romania), and Radzymin (Poland). Additionally, we have built and operate a Tri-Generation (Tri-Gen) plant in Oricola (Italy).

Developing custom solutions from local resources is core to our company’s approach. Project KivuWatt is a prime example of this innovative thinking in action. For decades, Rwanda’s Lake Kivu, with its high concentration of methane and carbon dioxide, was seen as a risk due to its potential for toxic release. Today, our team is focused on extracting methane from the lake to generate electricity that will expand household access to power, lower costs, and reduce environmental hazards. The first phase of this project is powering three gensets to produce 26 MW of electricity for the local grid. The next phase of this project will deploy nine additional gensets at 75 MW to create a total capacity of over 100 MW for this high-growth country.

Our partnership with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCH) has allowed one of our signature innovations to flourish in several countries. From Western Europe to Ukraine, our Quad-Gen combined-heat-and-power plants supply CCH with energy that is more reliable and less expensive, while substantially reducing the environmental impact of its existing operations. In fact, these installations are cutting carbon emissions by more than 80,000 tons.

Quadrigeneration involves building a cogeneration facility at each CCH location to provide electric power, heat and steam, chilled water, and food-grade carbon dioxide. The plants use one or more simple gas engines, and capture the engine’s exhaust gas to provide heat, hot water and/or steam. Heat recovered from the engines cooling system is transformed to chilled water via absorption chiller. In parallel with heat generation, carbon dioxide is removed from the exhaust gas, cleaned, compressed and purified to beverage/food-grade quality and used to carbonate CCH’s carbonated drinks. With this technology we are able to reduce the CO2 emissions by 95%.

In addition to providing these environmental benefits, we have kept costs low for CCH by standardizing the design of each facility so that operations are consistent and any necessary construction can occur simultaneously in multiple locations.

In Europe, we are operating Quad-Gen plants for CCH in Kiev (Ukraine), Knockmore Hill (Northern Ireland), Nogara (Italy), Ploiesti (Romania), and Radzymin (Poland). Additionally, we have built and operate a Tri-Generation (Tri-Gen) plant in Oricola (Italy).

In a region where winter temperatures average -6° C, access to reliable heat and power is an indisputable necessity. For many years, however, the 200,000 residents of the Ukraine city Kramatorsk had been at the mercy of a heating supply plagued by rising prices for importing natural gas and poor operational practices. In 2006, ContourGlobal partnered with the city government to lease the plant’s assets. Over the following three years, we invested $20 million to upgrade the plant’s equipment and transition to a less expensive domestic energy source. We have supported this modernization with comprehensive team training on industry best practices. So far, our modernization efforts are producing consistent heat and power generation, in addition to reducing CO2 emissions by 50,000 tons per year.

Our ground-mounted solar plant in the Municipality of Acate, in the south of Sicily, provides 1 MW of carbon-free generating capacity. The site commenced commercial operation in August 2011 and sells its output to the national grid, receiving a 20-year, fixed-price feed-in tariff.

Marcianise is located in the Campania Region of Italy with 2.6ha available area the plant area is 1.5ha. Construction completed in late 2010 with grid connection successfully taking place in May of 2011.

ContourGlobal Maritsa East 3 TPP is a 908 MW thermal power plant and is one of four power plants in south-central Bulgaria’s Maritsa East Energy Complex. ContourGlobal majority owns (73%), manages and operates this facility, the minority shareholder (27%) is  the Bulgarian National Electric Company. Similar to the other plants in the Complex, Maritsa East 3 supplies power into the Bulgarian grid where it is consumed within the country or exported to neighboring countries such as Greece, Turkey, Macedonia and Serbia.

The plant is powered by lignite produced from the state-owned Maritsa East Mines. In the first year of our management, the facility accomplished power production of over 5 Gwhr, a level not seen in over three decades. After a major refurbishment of the plant from 2004 to 2009 the plant became the first thermal power plant in all of South East Europe to meet all of the current EU Environmental standards. Further upgrades are in progress to ensure that it is also compliant with the lower allowable emissions levels to come into force in 2016.

Monticchio is located in the Basilicata Region of Italy with 1.37ha available area the plant area is 0.87ha. Construction completed in late 2010 with grid connection successfully taking place in June of 2011.

Our partnership with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCH) has allowed one of our signature innovations to flourish in several countries. From Western Europe to Ukraine, our Quad-Gen combined-heat-and-power plants supply CCH with energy that is more reliable and less expensive, while substantially reducing the environmental impact of its existing operations. In fact, these installations are cutting carbon emissions by more than 80,000 tons.

Quadrigeneration involves building a cogeneration facility at each CCH location to provide electric power, heat and steam, chilled water, and food-grade carbon dioxide. The plants use one or more simple gas engines, and capture the engine’s exhaust gas to provide heat, hot water and/or steam. Heat recovered from the engines cooling system is transformed to chilled water via absorption chiller. In parallel with heat generation, carbon dioxide is removed from the exhaust gas, cleaned, compressed and purified to beverage/food-grade quality and used to carbonate CCH’s carbonated drinks. With this technology we are able to reduce the CO2 emissions by 95%.

In addition to providing these environmental benefits, we have kept costs low for CCH by standardizing the design of each facility so that operations are consistent and any necessary construction can occur simultaneously in multiple locations.

In Europe, we are operating Quad-Gen plants for CCH in Kiev (Ukraine), Knockmore Hill (Northern Ireland), Nogara (Italy), Ploiesti (Romania), and Radzymin (Poland). Additionally, we have built and operate a Tri-Generation (Tri-Gen) plant in Oricola (Italy).

At ContourGlobal, our innovation never slows. We have expanded our relationship with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company to supplement their revolutionary Quad-Gen heat-and-thermal plants with solar photovoltaic rooftop panels. The panels provide additional generation capacity without adding a bit to the facilities’ already minimal carbon footprints.

At ContourGlobal, our innovation never slows. We have expanded our relationship with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company to supplement their revolutionary Quad-Gen heat-and-thermal plants with solar photovoltaic rooftop panels. The panels provide additional generation capacity without adding a bit to the facilities’ already minimal carbon footprints.

Our partnership with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCH) has allowed one of our signature innovations to flourish in several countries. From Western Europe to Ukraine our  combined-heat-and-power  (CHP) plants supply CCH with energy that is more reliable and less expensive, while substantially reducing the environmental impact of its existing operations.

 CHP Oricola involves building a trigeneration facility at this CCH location to provide electric power, heat (hot water and steam), chilled water. The plant use one simple gas engine, and capture the engine’s exhaust gas heat to provide heat (steam).  Heat recovered from the engine cooling system it could be transformed to chilled water via an absorption chiller or it could be delivered directly to the client under hot water. In addition to providing environmental benefits by reducing the combustible consumption and implicitelly air emissions, we have kept costs low for CCH by standardizing the design of each facility so that operations are consistent and any necessary construction can occur simultaneously in multiple locations.

In Europe, we are operating Quad-Gen plants for CCH in Kiev (Ukraine), Knockmore Hill (Northern Ireland), Nogara (Italy), Ploiesti (Romania), and Radzymin (Poland). Additionally, we have built and operate a Tri-Generation (Tri-Gen) plant in Oricola (Italy)

Our partnership with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCH) has allowed one of our signature innovations to flourish in several countries. From Western Europe to Ukraine, our Quad-Gen combined-heat-and-power plants supply CCH with energy that is more reliable and less expensive, while substantially reducing the environmental impact of its existing operations. In fact, these installations are cutting carbon emissions by more than 80,000 tons.

Quadrigeneration involves building a cogeneration facility at each CCH location to provide electric power, heat and steam, chilled water, and food-grade carbon dioxide. The plants use one or more simple gas engines, and capture the engine’s exhaust gas to provide heat, hot water and/or steam. Heat recovered from the engines cooling system is transformed to chilled water via absorption chiller. In parallel with heat generation, carbon dioxide is removed from the exhaust gas, cleaned, compressed and purified to beverage/food-grade quality and used to carbonate CCH’s carbonated drinks. With this technology we are able to reduce the CO2 emissions by 95%.

In addition to providing these environmental benefits, we have kept costs low for CCH by standardizing the design of each facility so that operations are consistent and any necessary construction can occur simultaneously in multiple locations.

In Europe, we are operating Quad-Gen plants for CCH in Kiev (Ukraine), Knockmore Hill (Northern Ireland), Nogara (Italy), Ploiesti (Romania), and Radzymin (Poland). Additionally, we have built and operate a Tri-Generation (Tri-Gen) plant in Oricola (Italy).

Our partnership with Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (CCH) has allowed one of our signature innovations to flourish in several countries. From Western Europe to Ukraine, our Quad-Gen combined-heat-and-power plants supply CCH with energy that is more reliable and less expensive, while substantially reducing the environmental impact of its existing operations. In fact, these installations are cutting carbon emissions by more than 80,000 tons.

Quadrigeneration involves building a cogeneration facility at each CCH location to provide electric power, heat and steam, chilled water, and food-grade carbon dioxide. The plants use one or more simple gas engines, and capture the engine’s exhaust gas to provide heat, hot water and/or steam. Heat recovered from the engines cooling system is transformed to chilled water via absorption chiller. In parallel with heat generation, carbon dioxide is removed from the exhaust gas, cleaned, compressed and purified to beverage/food-grade quality and used to carbonate CCH’s carbonated drinks. With this technology we are able to reduce the CO2 emissions by 95%.

In addition to providing these environmental benefits, we have kept costs low for CCH by standardizing the design of each facility so that operations are consistent and any necessary construction can occur simultaneously in multiple locations.

In Europe, we are operating Quad-Gen plants for CCH in Kiev (Ukraine), Knockmore Hill (Northern Ireland), Nogara (Italy), Ploiesti (Romania), and Radzymin (Poland). Additionally, we have built and operate a Tri-Generation (Tri-Gen) plant in Oricola (Italy).

Since 2010, we have played a role in powering Italy’s rapidly developing solar market. Our ground-mounted solar plant near the Municipality of Sabaudia, located in the Lazio region of central-southern Italy approximately 100 km south of Rome, provides 6 MW of carbon-free generating capacity. The site commenced commercial operation in December 2010 and sells its output to the national grid, receiving a 20-year, fixed-price feed-in tariff.

São Domingos II is ContourGlobal’s first completed small hydropower project. Located in Goiás, in the heart of the Brazilian savanna, São Domingos II has an installed capacity of 24.6 MW, and produced 157.4 GWH in its 6,811 service hours during 2010. Remarkably, the plant features one of the highest capacity factors for a hydroelectric facility in Brazil. The facility’s performance ranks it in the top decile of hydroelectric power plants in international benchmarking. São Domingos has 150.1 hectares reservoir and powered by 3 8MW turbines and  is connected through a 138kV transmission line to the local distribution Substation. The project has 30 years power purchase contracts secured at the 2007 A-3 auction promoted by the Brazilian Government.

Our ground-mounted solar plant in the Municipality of Melilli, in the south/west of Sicily, provides 1 MW of carbon-free generating capacity. The site commenced commercial operation in February 2009 and sells its output to the national grid, receiving a 20-year, fixed-price feed-in tariff.

While Colombia is rich in hydro, the national government wants to diversify its sources of electricity generation. Sochagota (Termopaipa IV), the country’s most technologically advanced coal-fired plant, is one element in that strategy. Owned by ContourGlobal in partnership with Steag, the Boyacá-based station, with a capacity of 165 MW, burns locally mined bituminous coal. As an indicator of the importance of thermal generation to the country’s overall portfolio, the Sochagota has a 20-year power purchase agreement with the regional energy utility Gestión Energética S.A. E.S.P and this agreement is guaranteed by the Colombian government itself. The plant has 1 pulverized-coal fired natural circulation boiler – dry ash removal (488 t/h) and 1 turbine-generator set (165 MW) and went into commercial operation on January, 7, 1999.

Our 240 MW TermoemCali plant plays a key role in diversifying Colombia’s primarily hydroelectric generating portfolio where reliable power supplies during seasonal dry periods are critical to its vibrant and growing economy. The combined-cycle station is located near Cali, in Valle del Cauca State. It was built in 1999 using a 1x1x1 design - one Mitsubishi steam turbine and one VOGT Heat Recovery Steam generator – overseen by centralized control for high efficiency. The project benefits from the reliability fee scheme, where the Colombian energy system pays a fixed monthly fee for certain thermo power plants to be available for dispatch when hydrology is unfavorable for the hydropower plants.

In a high-growth region like Sub-Saharan Africa, energy is critical to building a stable local economy. In recent years, Togo has had one of the region’s smallest electricity supplies (85 MW) and has had to import nearly 90% of its energy from Ghana & Nigeria. Today, the country is generating its own power with a 100 MW plant using natural gas or heavy fuel oil as main fuel and diesel as backup. This “tri-fuel” approach also allows rapid switching between fuels, providing flexibility in case the primary fuel type ever becomes unavailable. Project Finance awarded us the Private Power Plant Deal of the Year in 2009, acknowledging our success increasing the country’s generation sources by over 200%. The plant is running now for more than 3 years with availability higher than 98%.

Our ground-mounted solar plant in the Municipality of Cagliari, in the south of Sardinia, provides 1 MW of carbon-free generating capacity. The site commenced commercial operation in July 2008 and sells its output to the national grid, receiving a 20-year, fixed-price feed-in tariff.

Our ground-mounted solar plant in the Municipality of Vibo Valentia, in Calabria, provides 1 MW of carbon-free generating capacity. The site commenced commercial operation in November 2007 and sells its output to the national grid, receiving a 20-year, fixed-price feed-in tariff.

Our ground-mounted solar plant in the Municipality of Villacidro, in the south of Sardinia, provides 1 MW of carbon-free generating capacity. The site commenced commercial operation in August 2007 and sells its output to the national grid, receiving a 20-year, fixed-price feed-in tariff.

Our ground-mounted solar plant in the Municipality of Villacidro, in the south of Sardinia, provides 1 MW of carbon-free generating capacity. The site commenced commercial operation in August 2007 and sells its output to the national grid, receiving a 20-year, fixed-price feed-in tariff.