Yokkaichi Biomass Power Plant is a 49MW biopower project. It is located in Mie, Japan. 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. The project construction commenced in 2018 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in May 2020. Buy the profile here.
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Description
The project is developed and owned by Chubu Electric Power.
The project generates 380GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 120,000 households, offsetting 160,000t of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) a year.
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 49MW nameplate capacity.
Development status
The project construction commenced in 2018 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in May 2020.
Contractors involved
Sumitomo Heavy Industries supplied steam boiler for the project.
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About Chubu Electric Power
Chubu Electric Power Co Inc (Chubu) is an energy utility. It generates and procures electricity and offers electric network related services. The company generates electricity using the hydro, thermal, nuclear and renewable sources. Chubu has interests in upstream and midstream energy fields, and electricity generation projects in overseas. It also offers comprehensive energy services in gas and power fields. The company has regional offices in Nagoya, Gifu, Mie, Nagano, Okazaki, Tokyo and Shizuoka in Japan; and overseas offices in the US, the UK and Qatar. Chubu is headquartered in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan.
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