E.ON Uses WEG Motors At Ratcliffe Power Station
E.ON, a UK power and gas company, has installed two large motors from WEG Electric Motors at its Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station near Nottingham. Both motors have been installed in the flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) plant, which helps to reduce SO2 emissions, while also creating commercial-quality gypsum. The main criteria when sourcing the motors were energy efficiency and reduced maintenance requirements. Chris Bennett, a senior electrical engineer at Ratcliffe, said: 'It is always surprising to people who visit the site that we are so efficiency conscious, but they're often even more surprised that we have to pay for the power we use during the generation process, so it's essential we don't use more energy than we actually need. 'Even more important is minimising the environmental impact of the power station and ensuring the reliability of the plant; outages have to be avoided where possible, so critical equipment such as the motors have to be reliable.'...