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Power & CHP

There is an increasing range of power plants being constructed to meet carbon emissions and NOx targets. Each type of plant poses a particular technical challenge to the noise specialist.

Detailed knowledge about how equipment operates and what its noise characteristics are is the key to successful noise control design.  This knowledge and experience is particularly important at the feasibility and preliminary design phases of projects when options and noise control strategies are still being developed. Too often schemes are developed with no real knowledge of the actual noise likely to be generated by such equipment, and with no understanding of the feasibility of reducing noise to achieve often very stringent environmental noise limits.

We offer unrivalled experience and knowledge of noise in the power industry from having undertaken over 300 major projects worldwide.  These include monitoring noise at Maritza 3 in Bulgaria; evaluating noise from many wind farms including within Scotland and undertaking a detailed noise control programme at Renca, on the outskirts of Santiago in Chile.

Other projects include:

  • 120 CCGT and CHP new power stations worldwide
  • FGD plants at West Burton and Cottam power stations for Edf Energy
  • FGD plants in Bulgaria and Turkey
  • UK's largest operating onshore wind farm at Hadyard Hill
  • 20 Hydro plants in Scotland and Norway
  • Various waste to energy plants

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Spectrum Acoustic Consultants
Little Barford Power Station, UK

Little Barford Power Station

Noise from steam venting at this station has been monitored and advice given on the noise impact to the community of introducing an additional 'black start' gas turbine generation facility.

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