Kenda wins billing system contract for Fort Dunlop peaking plant
Southampton-based Kenda Electronic
Systems Ltd has been awarded a contract from Heartlands Power
Ltd to supply a billing system
for the new 100MW gas-turbine peaking plant that the company
operates at Fort Dunlop. Heartlands Power Ltd is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Power Ventures (RRPV).
Utilising two 50MW Rolls-Royce Trent gas turbines, the Fort
Dunlop plant will generate electricity on behalf of Eastern Power
& Energy Trading Ltd during times of peak demand.
The Kenda billing system will include a remote collector station
based at the London offices of RRPV, linked via modem to a 32-channel
Meteor data-collection outstation
at the plant.
In addition, Kenda will be supplying bespoke software for
producing bills against the relevant project contracts. As well
as allowing for daily fluctuations in electricity pool prices,
the software performs FLOC (facility lost opportunity cost) calculations,
which compare the plant's availability and performance with the
contractual objectives.
Having supplied metering data collection equipment to all
of the major power companies in the UK, Kenda is believed to
have installations located at all Grid supply points and all
of the main power stations, as well as several other CHP plants.
18th June 1999 Ref. KE129/2
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