Gardanne Biomass Power Plant is a 150MW biopower project. It is located in Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur, France. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 2018.
Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Biopower | 150 | 150 | – | Active | Provence-Alpes-Cote dAzur, France |
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Description
The project is currently owned by Energeticky a Prumyslovy Holding with a stake of 100%.
The project generates 970GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 440,000 households, offsetting 600,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $296m.
The process of combustion has been adopted in this combined heat and power (CHP) project to release the stored energy from the feed. Wood waste which is a kind of wood by-product is used as a feedstock to power the project.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in 2018.
Contractors Involved
Doosan Lentjes was selected as the steam turbine supplier for the project. The company provided 1 turbine with 170MW nameplate capacity.
Doosan Lentjes supplied steam boiler for the project. The boiler installed at the site has a capacity of 441TPH. The temperature witnessed inside the boiler is around 566°C. The steam is pressurized inside the boiler at 165bar.
Methodology
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