Biomass Power Plants in Italy

 

 

Crotone
Location: KR
Operator: Biomasse Italia SpA
Configuration: 2 X 10 MW
Operation: 2001
Fuel: wood, biomass
Boiler supplier: Standardkessel
T/G supplier: Ansaldo
EPC: Carlo Gavazzi Impianti
Quick facts: Crotone burns wood chips from forestry trimmings along with other biomass. Fuel burn is about 250,000t/yr.

Photograph courtesy of Biomasse Italia SpA
Posted 10 May 2008

 

Cutro
Location: KR
Operator: Euroenergy Group
Configuration: 1 X 16.5 MW
Operation: 2003
Fuel: wood
Boiler supplier: Fortum
T/G supplier: Tosi, Asi Robicon
EPC: Enelpower, Fortum

Photograph courtesy of Enel SpA
Posted 3 Mar 2004

 

San Marco
Location: FE
Operator: Bioenergie SpA
Configuration: 2 X 10 MW
Operation: 2002
Fuel: wood, biomass
Boiler supplier: Standardkessel
T/G supplier: Ansaldo
EPC: Ekono, Carlo Gavazzi Impianti
Quick facts: This is the largest biomass power plant in central and northern Italy. Each year, the plant burns between 230,000t and 280,000t of wood and other biomass from both dedicated energy crops and forestry trimmings. Annual output is about 160,000 MWh. The San Marco plant has ESPs, dry bicarbonate gas scrubbers, and SNCR.

Photograph courtesy of Bioenergie SpA
Posted 10 May 2008

Strongoli
Location: KR
Operator: Biomasse Italia SpA
Configuration: 1 X 40 MW
Operation: 2003
Fuel: wood, biomass
Boiler supplier: SES Tlmace
T/G supplier: Tosi
EPC: Pianimpianti, MG Engineering
Quick facts: At completion, this was one of the largest biomass power plants in Europe. Fuel burn is about 450,000t/yr, part of which is imported through the ports of Corigliano, Calabro, and Crotone. The Crotone and Stongoli plants cost about €100mn and were financed by a pool of banks including Banca Popolare di Crotone and arranged by EFIBANCA.

Photograph courtesy of Biomasse Italia SpA
Posted 10 May 2008

Terni
Location: TR
Operator: Gruppo EnerTAD
Configuration: 1 X 10 MW
Operation: 2002
Fuel: wood, RDF
Boiler supplier: Lurgi
T/G supplier: ??
EPC: Pianimpianti, MG Engineering
Quick facts: This plant burns about 100,000 tpy of  biomass plus 250-300 tpd of refuse-derived fuel. Annual output is about 71,000 MWH.

Photograph courtesy of Gruppo EnerTAD
Posted 11 Sep 2004

 

Abbreviations: CHP = combined-heat-and-power, RDF = refuse-derived fuel, SNCR = selective non-catalytic reduction, T/G = turbine generator

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

Updated 05/10/08

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