With the benefit of its long standing experience in steam generators, CMI Energy also provides equipment for high capacity thermo-solar electric power stations.
CMI Energy designs steam generators for concentrating solar thermal power plants using the “solar tower” technique. Installed at the top of the tower, CMI Energy’s receivers, real heart of the plant, collect the energy from the sun reflected by numerous individually controlled mirrors (or heliostats) located on the ground. The collected energy is either directly used in steam turbine production or stored in a heat transfer fluid such as oil or molten thermal salts.
Patents have been taken out for these developments.
Further to the design and supply of this kind of steam generators, CMI’s expertise in power generation also includes:
In late December, 2011, CMI Energy reported a new order for the design and supply of ten heat recovery steam generators (HRSGs). These vertical configuration boilers will be installed behind Siemens SGT6-2000E turbines.
At the end of September, CMI Services signed a contract with REpower Systems for the electromechanical maintenance of 54 offshore wind turbines of 5 megawatts and 6 in the North Sea. CMI Services was already in charge of the first 6 machines of the off
CMI Energy will be present on the 13th, 14th and 15th of December at Power-Gen International, the world's largest power generation trade show.
CMI (Cockerill Maintenance & Ingénierie) and Abengoa have developed a full design «ready for construction» for receivers to equip solar power tower plants of 50 MW or more.
3E, Alstom Grid, CG, CMI, DEME Blue Energy, Eurogrid International and SAG bring their engagement to foster the development of future offshore grids in Europe one step further.
