CESS reach 35,000MW milestone and have sold over 3,500MW of power plant

Head-quartered in Stromness in the Orkney Islands, Combustion, Energy and Steam Specialists Ltd (CESS) have recently been instrumental in the sale of an unused 5MW Peter Brotherhood condensing steam turbine from a cancelled project in Australia to Green Frog Fuel in UK. This project completion ties in with CESS's recent announcement of having completed over 35,000MW of Valuation Experience in the past 12 years.

Combustion, Energy & Steam Specialists Ltd have to date been instrumental in the sale of 58 gas turbines (totaling over 2064MW), 34 steam turbines (696MW), 90 diesel/gas engines (207MW), and 45 transformers (total 616MW) and since January 1995 they have contributed over £5m to the local economy in the Orkney Islands. Last year they concluded the sale of a 30MW steam turbine from Poland to the Tata Group in India, and the sale of the 34MW steam turbine from Sita tyre recycling plant in Wolverhampton for conversion to combined cycle of the 3 Tornado gas turbines at Milford Haven refinery in South Wales.

Mike Craigie, CESS's Managing Director explained: "CESS has now developed into a self-sustaining company which can compete with the best companies in the world on equipment valuation, marketing, decommissioning, dismantling and relocation, and either of these qualities can take precedence in terms of an equipment owner's (seller) requirements or the end-user or client's needs. When we first started out in 1995, many owners of surplus equipment had no idea what their equipment was worth, and our main aim is to free up such equipment by setting realistic targets for sale and then circulating information on the plant availability. Unlike most independent appraisers, we are willing to stand by our valuations and undertake to find buyers for such plant, so it's more of an added value ('cradle to grave') service which we can provide."

"CESS now generate around 200 enquiries every month, with many of these coming from past clients, referrals, or any of our 49 shareholders worldwide. Many equipment buyers are not aware of the extent and nature of equipment that we can make available and a high percentage of the plant we sell has either been unused, or has very low hours. Our monthly equipment newsletter now reaches around 11,000 email addresses every month."

CESS now has investors in 38 countries, and is still actively looking to expand their equity base with regional shareholders whose expertise (or geographical support) can help to strengthen the CESS portfolio of related services, and/or by acting as local agents. Since their reactivation in January 1995, CESS has handled over 14,100 enquiries.