Refinery IGCC plants are exceeding 90% capacity factor after 3 years - Steep learning curves for commercial IGCC plants in Italy show annual capacity factors of 55-60% in the first year of service and improvement to over 90% after the third year

摘要

EniPower is commissioning a 250 MW IGCC plant that will burn syngas produced by gasification of residues at an adjacent Eni Sannaz-zaro refinery in north central Italy. Based on commercial experience with earlier plants, project engineers predict the annual capacity factor (measure of profitability) of the San-nazzaro plant should match if not outperform them, especially in the critical early years.