Standard and Poor’s seventh consecutive positive review of Enemalta plc reaffirms the company’s efforts in restoring power affordability and security of supply, while ensuring the environmental and financial sustainability of electricity services in Malta.

Yesterday, the international credit rating agency confirmed Enemalta’s BB- credit rating and B- stand-alone credit profile, with a stable outlook for the coming years. This achievement is a continuation in Standard and Poor’s support of Enemalta’s long-term transformational plan for cleaner energy and financial sustainability since 2014 when it started upgrading its credit rating and stand-alone credit profile.

Standard and Poor’s highlighted the fact that the Company’s current energy generation mix, including the Delimara 3 and Delimara 4 gas-fired plants and the Malta-Italy Interconnector, are adequately ensuring Malta’s security of supply as well as a sufficient level of future capacity. In this regard, the agency is forecasting a 3.5% to 4% annual increase in power consumption over 2019-2020 respectively.

This report emphasises the fact that Enemalta “is refocusing on its commercial offerings to clients – we have already seen a reduction in technical issues in power distribution and an improvement of electricity supply” the credit rating agency said. Added to this, Standard and Poor’s underlined the positive efforts taken by Enemalta to reduce costs and improve the quality of its electricity supply with a strategy based on putting the customer first.

“The company’s investments focus on the upgrade of its distribution network, with the development of the high-voltage network in previous years and the expansion of the less expensive low-voltage network in the coming years.  Enemalta is pursuing better operational standards and greater customer satisfaction” the credit rating agency said.

In its annual assessment of Enemalta, Standard and Poor’s also maintained its “satisfactory” assessment of the Company’s management and governance, arguing that the “company’s management has growing independence in making strategic decisions pertaining to its fully restructured operating model.”

Kevin Chircop, the Company’s Chairman, welcomed Standard and Poor’s review while he commented that “the report indicates that Enemalta is now consolidating its position in line with the direction given by the board, with ample opportunities yet to be leveraged for the future. Ing. Jason Vella, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, described Standard and Poor’s review as a further encouragement in maintaining Enemalta’s drive towards further financial stability, increased efficiencies and an improved customer experience.

“As a company we have a clear commitment to deliver the best possible, financially viable, service to our customers. Standard and Poor’s review confirms that Enemalta is heading in right direction, for the benefit of both the company and its customers,” argued Ing. Vella.

Diffikultajiet fid-dwal tat-toroq

Il-bozoz tat-triq u sistemi tad-dawl oħra fi spazji pubbliċi fuq barra f’Malta u Għawdex huma mmaniġġjati u miżmuma mill-kunsilli lokali u diversi entitajiet oħra. Il-kumpanija tagħna tappoġġa lil dawn l-organizzazzjonijiet billi tipprovdi l-provvista tal-elettriku meħtieġa biex jiġu enerġizzati ċ-ċirkwiti tas-sistemi tad-dawl fuq barra.

Segwi dawn il-passi biex tirrapporta diffikultajiet fis-sistemi tad-dawl tat-toroq, inkluż tagħmir tad-dawl perikoluż jew bil-ħsara, dwal mitfija, bozoz mixgħula matul il-ġurnata jew ħsarat oħra:

1. Indika l-post:Stabbilixxi l-post eżatt tal-apparat tad-dawl li tixtieq tirrapporta. Ipprovdi d-dettalji eżatti tal-indirizz, inkluż l-isem tat-triq, l-eqreb numru tal-bieb jew isem tad-dar (jekk applikabbli) u n-numru tal-bozza tat-triq (jekk jidher). Tista’ tindika postijiet ta’ referenza oħra, bħal ħanut fil-qrib, biex tgħin lit-tekniċi jillokalizzaw id-diffikultà mingħajr dewmien. Tista’ tipprovdi wkoll il-koordinati tal-GPS.
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Wara li tissottometti r-rapport tiegħek, il-kunsill lokali jidentifika u jinforma lill-organizzazzjoni responsabbli għall-manutenzjoni u t-tiswija tal-apparat tad-dawl inkwistjoni. Jekk il-kunsill lokali jkun jeħtieġ l-għajnuna tagħna biex isolvi l-problema, huwa jikkuntattjana direttament. Aħna nibagħtu t-timijiet tekniċi tagħna biex iwettqu t-tiswijiet meħtieġa kemm jista’ jkun malajr. Ninfurmaw lill-kunsill lokali malli t-tiswijiet ikunu lesti.

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Dismantling of Delimara chimney and HFO boiler underway

31.05.2018

Enemalta plc continued with the dismantling of the last remaining HFO-fired power plant at the Delimara Power Station and its 150-metre chimney.

A few days ago, the Company’s demolition contractors started with demolition of the 150m heavily reinforced concrete windshield.

The plant’s chimney structure consists of a cylindrical concrete shield rising up 50 storeys, with a base diameter of 12 metres. The concrete walls are 80 centimetres thick at the bottom and 30 centimetres on top. Inside the concrete structure there were two 2.3 metre steel exhaust pipes that emitted the smoke produced by the oil-fired boilers.

The dismantling process started with the removal of the lowermost part of these two steel pipes, which connected the chimney to the boilers. The remaining metal pipes, ladders and platforms higher up inside the chimney were lowered to the floor, so that they could be safely dismantled on the ground.

Outside the chimney concrete walls, the contractors erected an auto-lifting platform on five steel columns rising to the topmost part of the structure. Once all the metal inside the structure was removed, remote-controlled demolition excavators on top of the platform are being used to demolish a height of 1.5 metres of the concrete wall above the platform. The platform will then be lowered another 1.5 metres for the demolition robots to repeat the process. All debris will reach the base of the chimney through the inside of the chimney concrete wind shield, to minimise dust dispersion. It will then be loaded on trucks at ground level. One must say that sometimes this process is hampered when the wind blows in excess of the safety limit, that of 50km/hr. In such occasions, the men are deployed inside the turbine hall to continue with the turbine demolition.

This process has to be repeated approximately 80 times until the chimney is reduced down to 35 metres. At this point, the platform and steel columns will be dismantled and the remaining part of the stack will be demolished using a high reach demolition excavator from ground level.

While the chimney work was being done, other workers completely removed the two-boiler furnace and auxiliaries. All that remains now is the structure that supported the furnace suspended in place. This structure will not be completely removed, but will be lowered to a certain height, so as to be used as a storage hall.

The year-long project includes the complete demolition of this concrete windshield and the two steel chimney flues, weighing almost 9,000 tonnes or the equivalent of 6,000 cars, as well as the plant’s boilers, turbines, generators and other auxiliary installations.

Once dismantled, the plant’s materials will be carefully separated on site before they are carted away to authorised disposal sites. Over 5,400 cubic metres of concrete and other construction waste are expected to be removed from the site. Another 5,300 tonnes of metal will be exported for recycling.

The 1992 120 MW Delimara 1 power station was switched off and put on cold standby in April 2017, before it was fully decommissioned on 1st September. A few days later, the Italian demolition contractors selected for this project started delivering the heavy machinery and other equipment required to dismantle the plant.

Ing Jason Vella, Chief Executive Officer, of Enemalta plc, explains how this project forms part of a renovation programme within the generation to provide a cleaner energy to our consumers to reduce the environmental impact.

Ing Vella, would like to thank Enemalta employees for their cooperatioin and support in the ongoing works at Delimara Power Station.