Power
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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Little
Barford Power Station, UK |
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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