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MSF Sugar on track with $75m power plant

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Construction of MSF Sugar’s $75 million Tableland Green Energy Power Plant is on track for a mid-2018 completion.

Activity so far in 2018 has included erection of a 38.35m chimney stack for the 24MW bagasse-fired plant.

Assembly of the plant's furnace chamber, cooling tower, steam transformer and the high and low-voltage electrical switchrooms was also completed in January.

Construction company Goodline is working with EPC contractor Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions on the project - expected to be the first of four green energy power plants  to be built at MSF Sugar operations across Queensland.

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Key components in Cairns for $75m power plant

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Key components for MSF Sugar’s $75 million green energy plant have landed in Cairns en-route to their final destination at the Tableland Mill.

Among the shipload of 276 individual items is the steam turbine and generator package for the power plant, which at $18 million is the largest single investment item for the cornerstone project.

The HR Endeavour docked into Cairns on November 5 and took several days to unload, with the operation finishing today.

Power plant project manager Mark Magnanini said the items would now be road transported to the construction site across two to. . .

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Civil works complete for green power plant

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Civil works for MSF Sugar’s new $75 million green energy power plant at the Tableland Mill have been completed, paving the way for work to start on the major component – a high-pressure boiler which will turn biomass waste into energy.

Construction of the plant started in May of this year and is on track to be completed by July 2018.

The plant will use sugarcane fibre, known as bagasse, to produce 24 megawatts of electricity – enough to power every house in the Tableland region.

MSF Sugar Tableland Green Energy Power Plant project manager Mark Magnanini said the first. . .

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MSF Sugar powers ahead with $75m green energy plant

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Energy, Processing / Manufacturing.

Civil works are well under way at MSF Sugar’s $75 million green energy power plant near Mareeba on the Atherton Tableland.

Construction company Goodline is working with EPC contractor Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions on the project, expected to be completed in July 2018.

The 24MW bagasse-fired plant at Tableland Sugar Mill is expected to be the first of four green energy power plants  to be built at MSF Sugar operations across Queensland.

It will also act as a precursor to a proposed $100 million biorefinery venture involving construction of a $60 million distillery and year-round operations drawing on. . .

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EPC contractor named for $75m power plant

Written by dev on . Posted in All News, Energy.

MSF Sugar has appointed German firm thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions as the Engineering, Procure, Construct (EPC) contractor for its $75 million Tableland Green Energy Power Plant.
Construction is scheduled to be under way by May 2017, with a handover date of July 2018 following commissioning.
The bagasse-fired plant, to be built at the Tableland Sugar Mill near Mareeba, is expected to be the first of four rolled out at MSF Sugar Queensland sites from 2018 to 2021 at a total cost of about $500 million.
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Sugar miller unveils ‘green’ power plan

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MSF Sugar will build a $75 million 'green' power station at its Tableland Sugar Mill near Mareeba.
The power station will sugar cane fibre, known as bagasse, to produce 24 megawatts of electricity – enough to power every house in the Tableland region.
MSF Sugar chief executive officer Mike Barry described the project as a significant confidence booster for both the region and the local sugar industry.
“This is the first of hopefully four green power stations to be built by MSF Sugar, with the others in the early stages of planning for construction at our sugar mills at Mulgrave near. . .

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