KVK Biomass Power Plant is a 15MW biopower project. It is located in Chhattisgarh, India. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in February 2006.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Biopower | 15 | 15 | – | Active | Chhattisgarh, India |
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Description
The project is currently owned by KVK Bio-Energy.
The project generates 95.04GWh electricity thereby offsetting 58,307t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year. The project cost is $23.991m.
KVK Biomass Power Plant is a co-firing project. Rice husk which is a kind of agricultural by-product is used as a feedstock to power the project.
The project consists of 1 turbine with 15MW nameplate capacity.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in February 2006.
Power Purchase Agreement
The power generated from the project is sold to Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission under a power purchase agreement.
Contractors Involved
Wartsila India is the O&M contractor for the project.
Methodology
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