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WHICH COMPRISES GENERATION (FORMERLY GENERATION OPERATIONS), ASSET DEVELOPMENT, TRADING AND STRATEGY & REGULATION.
Hot gas path outage for Coolkeeragh
return the plant to service successfully
was considerable. The Coolkeeragh and
ESB International Generation Engineering team stuck to the task, determined
to ensure the work was completed
safely and efficiently with many of the
team working sustained long hours and
weekends. The various contractors also
deserve credit as they also provided
a flexible approach to work. In total
over 55,000 manhours were worked
with zero LTIs and two minor first aid
treatments.
In September members of the Coolkeeragh local plant team, the G&WM Overhaul Group and ESB
International’s Generation Engineering group took part in a “lessons learned” review of the recent CCGT
outage at Coolkeeragh. Pictured (l-r): Adelina Henderson, Jimmy Ward, Andy Colledge, Jon Taggart, Roger
Norris, Kevin Trainor, Jonathan Cosgrove, Eugene O’Keeffe, Brian Dolan, Fergus Keane, Harry Wisener, Mark
Scully and Alan Campbell, Plant Manager.
8 The Coolkeeragh CCGT three-yearly ‘hot gas path’ outage commenced on June
14th, 2013 following months of detailed planning and preparation activity.
A MULTI-DISCIPLINED team made
up of Coolkeeragh station, ESB International Generation Engineering and
contractor staff set about completing a
detailed work scope which included all
aspects of the Gas Turbine, the Steam
Turbine, the HRSG and all Electrical
and Balance of Plant.
It was originally
planned that this
work would take 20
The various
days with 24-hour
working on many of contractors also
the work fronts. This deserve credit
as they also
was an aggressive
provided a flexschedule, but realisible approach
tic based on assessto work
ment of critical path
activities as well as
pre-outage risk and quality workshops
supported by the G&WM Overhaul
Management team in Head Office. A
further three days of commissioning
checks were also planned to allow
emissions tuning, boiler attemperator
control loop tuning, trip and protection testing, etc.
The GT generator rewedge was the
critical path and was further complicated by difficulty getting alignment of the
turbine to generator during rebuild and
in total added a further 17 days to
the outage. Extensive support was
provided by the technical specialists in G&WM Asset Management
and ESB International Generation
Engineering in dealing with these
issues. The plant returned to commercial operation on July 24th – 40
days from shutdown.
While the additional time and
cost associated with the as-found
defects was disappointing, the effort
required to overcome the challenges and
During the inspections a number of significant as founds
were discovered:
• Insufficient GT Generator
wedge tightness – recommendation was a complete rewedge of the stator requiring
the removal of the rotor.
• ST valves had extensive
cracking on sealing faces and
other steam damage to diffusers and valve parts that
required repair and parts to
be expedited
• ST Generator busbar, a
known issue was site repaired but subsequently
failed electrical testing and
was removed to Austria for
factory repair.
The car wash facility at Moneypoint, which has
raised over €30k for charities.
2013 IS THE TENTH anniversary of
the installation of a car wash facility
in Moneypoint, following agreement
between staff and management in
the Moneypoint partnership group.
Aghada marks 1,000 days LTI-free
ON AUGUST 30TH, Aghada celebrated 1,000 days without a lost
time incident (LTI). To mark this
significant milestone a charity event
was organised by the Safety Committee which resulted in Marymount
Hospice, Enable Ireland and the Irish
Kidney Association receiving donations on behalf of ESB Aghada.
already spoken with a personal perspective of their own lives and the
charities they represent. Everyone
agreed that this event struck a chord
– an emotional response on hearing
about the difficulties others have to
face but also gratitude for the good
things in life – not least health and
wellbeing and safety to life and limb
over the past 1,000 days.
Paddy Fogarty presents a cheque to Karen
Coleman and Anne Harte of Enable Ireland.
Jon Taggart and Derek Gallagher, both
Coolkeeragh ESB with various contractors during
the Fuel Gas Heat Exchanger Inspection.
A VERY SPECIAL CAR WASH FOR CHARITY
The profits from the car wash are
raffled in €500 lots with the “winning” staff member getting to nominate a charity to which the monies
are then donated to. Since 2003 over
€30,000 has been donated and the
following deserving charities have
benefited: Bothar, Cathercalla Hospice, Cancer Care West, Clare 250
Cycle, Clare Care, Clare Crusaders,
Clare Family Resource Centre, Concern, Our Ladies Children’s Hospital,
Crumlin, Cystic Fibrosis Association
of Ireland, ElectricAid Techie Project,
Friends of Regina House, GOAL,
Heart Child Ireland, Irish Cancer
Society, Irish Kidney Association,
Irish Red Cross, Jack & Jill Fund,
Kerry Hospice Foundation, Kilmihil
Community Housing, Pallative Care
Kilrush, Pieta House, Samaritans Ennis, Share a Dream Foundation, St.
Aaron Doherty making the presentation to Teddy O’Neill (formerly ESB Networks) and his wife June
from the Irish Kidney Association
Opening the event, Liam Ring,
Station Manager emphasised the importance of safety as a core value of
ESB – the will and desire to look out
for ones own safety and that of others, while also looking out for those
who have been dealt hardship, illness and disability in their own lives.
The representatives from each of
the charities reaffirmed the words
Mags Finn presents a cheque to Marymount
Hospice on behalf of ESB Aghada.
Great credit goes to all staff
in Aghada for their on-going
commitment to safety and
the individual and collective
investment they are making
towards the next 1,000 days.
Aghada Abú.
Woodhouse Wind Farm commences construction
Anne’s School, St. Vincent DePaul,
Temple Street Children’s Hospital &
West Clare Cancer.
It is hoped that these and other
charities will continue to benefit
from the Moneypoint car wash into
the future.
Parachuting over
€2k to charities
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WOODHOUSE WIND FARM, located approximately 8km from Dungarvan, Co. Waterford, commenced civil works in July with work on the
new 110kV substation to commence in October. Woodhouse Wind Farm
is an 8-turbine 20MW project due to enter commercial operation in early
2015. Civil works are being carried out by John Sisk and Son Holding Ltd electrical balance of plant works being carried out by Kirby Group Ltd and
Turbines being supplied by Norde. ESB International’s Wind Energy Solutions will provide design and technical engineering support throughout the
construction phase.
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