Daily photos, portraits, and stories from Haninge, Stockholm and Södertörn in Sweden.
Friday, November 06, 2009
Reaching For the Sky
This construction site with cranes right and left will be the new thermal power plant in Jordbro. Owned by Vattenfall. Built next to the existing plant that I visited last year during the open house weekend. The cost of the new power plant is around 600 Million SEK. The source of energy from a biofuel plant comes from wooden pellets, regarded as one of the substitutes for fossil fuels like coal and oil for heating. I'm no expert on how this works, but Vattenfall has some information available in English. I have always been intrigued by building sites so below are a slideshow with the photos I have taken during the construction process so far. The first number of photos are old ones.
Skywatch Friday.
Very interesting and a wonderful SkyWatch!
ReplyDeleteI think just about anything's better than coal; and nuclear is so dangerous with too much contamination of the neighborhood, so hopefully this thing will do the job.
ReplyDeleteNice shot!
Interesting skywatch.
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Looks like a good alternative! I want a tour of the plant!
ReplyDeleteFantastic. I hope we see more of these plants all around the planet.
ReplyDeletelove it. very nice idea and good capture.
ReplyDeleteNice series Steffe, and a great SkyWatch set. I hope it turns out to be smart and efficient.
ReplyDeleteWhat an interesting shot!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful and lovely shot !!
ReplyDeleteVery interesting post. Maybe my company will get some business out of it!
ReplyDeleteAwesome slide show Steffe. I liked seeing the early and late shots of it's progress. It is an attractive plant. I wonder how many people will be employed there? Wouldn't it be great if the train stopped right at the gate to let commuters off for work :-). I love seeing the crossed cranes of bright colors. I still can't get over these types of cranes that fit in compact spaces and do so much work. . .for a long time when I saw them I thought they were some sort of concrete pouring device. Cool Skywatch!
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I'm fascinated with building sites too. ALthough not easy to get close enough to photograph
ReplyDeleteVery good nirth-of-a-plant series. I am interested in building sites and usually shoot many pictures of them, but with the speed of construction here I'll never see the end of most of them...
ReplyDeleteNot sure how many people will work here Kim. If everything goes according to the plan, the new plant will open in August next year. The heating process will start in May. The capacity for distant heating will be around 23-megawatt. Since I took my last photo here the new smokestack has been erected.
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