Vao Biomass Power Plant is a 21.4MW biopower project. It is located in Harju, Estonia. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 2016.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Biopower | 21.4 | 21.4 | – | Active | Harju, Estonia | Axis Industries |
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Description
The project was developed by Axis Industries and is currently owned by OU Utilitas.
The project supplies enough clean energy to power 50,000 households.
The process of combustion has been adopted in this combined heat and power (CHP) project to release the stored energy from the feed. Wood chips which is a kind of wood by-product is used as a feedstock to power the project.
Development Status
The project got commissioned in 2016.
Contractors Involved
Axis Industries was selected to render EPC services for the biopower project.
Saxlund International was selected as the steam turbine supplier for the project.
Methodology
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