Chowchilla Biomass Power Plant is a 12.5MW biopower project. It is located in California, the US. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in a single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1989. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The project is currently owned by Global Ampersand.

The project generates 53GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 12,500 households.

The process of combustion has been adopted in this project to release the stored energy from the feed. Agricultural by-product and wood by-product are used as a feedstock to power the project.

The project consists of 1 turbine with 12.5MW nameplate capacity.

Development status

The project got commissioned in 1989.

Power purchase agreement

The power generated from the project is sold to Pacific Gas and Electric under a power purchase agreement for a period of 15 years.

Contractors involved

IHI Power Services is the O&M contractor for the project. The operation and maintenance contract commenced from 2015, for a period of 5 years.

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This content was updated on 4 January 2024

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.