Biomass Power Plants Elsewhere

Iwakuni
Location:
Japan
Operator: First Energy Service Company Ltd
Configuration: 1 X 10 MW CHP
Operation: 2006
Fuel: wood
Boiler supplier: JFE
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: JFE Engineering Corp
Quick facts: This is the first Japanese biomass power plant of 10 MW or more. Wood fuel is secured from Iimori Mokuzai Co, a logging company, and annual consumption by the CFB boiler is expected to be about 90,000t.

Photograph courtesy of First Energy Service Company Ltd
Posted 29 Jan 2006

Kina
Location: Malaysia
Operator: Kina Biopower Sdn Bhd
Configuration: 1 X 11.5 MW CHP
Operation: 2009
Fuel: biomass
Boiler supplier: Vyncke
T/G supplier: NG-Metal
EPC: Meidensha, SMEC
Quick facts: In July 2006, Chubu Electric Power Co said it was investing in two new biopower projects in Sabah with Go Bio Sdn Bhd, SMEC Energy Sdn Bhd, and Agritech Marketing Co Ltd. Local AmBank provided debt finance for the projects, which each cost about $24mn. Fuel is POW and the projects have PPAs with Sabah Electricity delivered. Kina, the first of the two projects to complete, is connected to the Sabah Main Intake Substation in Sandaklan through a 0.5km transmission line.

Photograph courtesy of Snowy Mountains Engineering Corp
Posted 29 Aug 2010

Laja
Location: Chile
Operator: AES Gener
Configuration: 1 X 8.7 MW CHP
Operation: 1995
Fuel: wood
Boiler supplier: DZ S/A Engenharia Equipamentos e Sistemas
T/G supplier: AEG, ABB

Photograph courtesy of AES Gener
Posted 29 Jan 2006

 

Miyazaki
Location:
Japan
Operator: Nishinippon Environmental Energy Co Inc
Configuration: 1 X 11.35 MW
Operation: 2005
Fuel: poultry litter
Boiler supplier: FW
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: Sumitomo
Quick facts: This power plant burns up to 440 tpd of chicken-litter in a stoker furnace. It came online in May 2005.

Photograph courtesy of Kyushu Electric Power Co
Posted 4 Apr 2009

 

Piratini
Location: Brazil
Operator: Cia Estadual Energia Eletrica RS
Configuration: 1 X 10 MW
Operation: 2001
Fuel: wood, agricultural waste
Boiler supplier: ??
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: Koblitz
Quick facts: This is one
of the first purpose-built biomass power plants in Brazil.  Project developers were Companhia Geral de Distribuicao Electrica and Koblitz Ltda.

Photograph courtesy of Piratini Biomass
Posted 28 Jan 2004

Planta Cabrero
Location: Chile
Operator: Dalkia
Configuration: 1 X 11 MW CHP
Operation: 2009
Fuel: wood
Boiler supplier: Biochamm
T/G supplier: TGM, WEG
EPC: Areva Koblitz, Proingesa, Constructora Gardilcic
Quick facts: This plant was developed by Dalkia for wood processor Masisa SA. Dalkia financed design and construction and will operate the plant for 15yrs. Exhaust steam is used for wood drying. The EPC contract was worth $21mn and plant engineering started in Aug 2008. The project was turned over on 18 Dec 2009 and is securing CDM status.

Photograph courtesy of Areva
Posted 20 Jan 2010

Abbreviations

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 08/29/10

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