Deeside Power
2010 Environmental Performance

We are pleased to report that again there have been no breaches of any permit or licence conditions during the past year. Performance against site policy was considered during the year, and all policy items were still felt to be relevant.

Gas and electricity markets in 2010 allowed Deeside to operate at base load regularly during the early part of the year, although in the fourth quarter changes to market pricing led to an increase in ‘two-shift’ operation. This is the term given to plant operation requiring start up and shut down within the same day. With a thermal efficiency of around 52%, along with the low sulphur content of the fuel gas, the plant still emits significantly less greenhouse gas and acid forming gas emissions than conventional coal-fired power plants.

Amongst targets achieved during 2010 were:
Improvements to management of project quality plans
Improvements in waste segregation to enable better recycling
Modification to lighting in various areas to trial movement sensors, enabling wider use in 2011

We continue to offer an educational facility for local schools, which incorporates the Energy Garden completed in 2005. This is an on-site facility providing information to enable young engineers of the future to consider the implications of the various forms of electricity generation available.

The station management has approved Deeside's environmental policy for 2011. This largely reflects Deeside’s commitment to full compliance with the Environmental Permit requirements and continual improvement of our ISO 14001 certified Environment Management System.

Targets for 2011 include:
Produce plans for minimisation of carbon dioxide emissions, water use and waste production
Fit additional movement sensors to site lighting to reduce energy use
Investigate reductions in energy use during gas turbine start up and shut down