Ohio-based Chart informed it is providing the system engineering, manufacturing, and start-up of the LNG storage and vaporization system for the gas fuelled power plant at Stornoway Diamond Corporations Renard mine in the Otish Mountains of Quebec.
The Renard LNG power plant will comprise seven 2.1 MW rated gas gen-sets, providing sufficient power generation capacity for the project’s normal operating specification of 9.5MW.
According to a study performed on their behalf, Stornoway estimates that, by utilizing LNG to run the power plant, instead of diesel, they will realize operating cost reductions of between $8 million and $10 million per year over the initial 11 year mine life, representing a life of mine operating cost saving of $89 million, or 6.6%.
In addition, the study estimates a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of 43%, with additional significant reductions in NO2 and SO2.
LNG World news Staff; Image: Chart