Wadham Biomass Power Plant is a 33.2MW biopower project. It is located in California, the US. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in 1989.

Project Type	Total Capacity (MW)	Active Capacity (MW)	Pipeline Capacity (MW)	Project Status	Project Location	Project Developer
Biopower	33.2	33.2	–	Active	California, the US	National Energy Production

Description

The project was developed by National Energy Production and is currently owned by Enpower.

The project generates 200GWh of electricity.

Rice husks which is a kind of agricultural by-product is used as a feedstock to power the project.

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.

Contractors Involved

Siemens was selected as the steam turbine supplier for the project. The company provided 1 turbine with 33.2MW nameplate capacity.

Zurn supplied steam boiler for the project.

Methodology

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