Whitecourt Biomass Power Plant is a 25MW biopower project. It is located in Alberta, Canada. The project is currently active. It has been developed in single phase. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in December 1994.
| Project Type | Total Capacity (MW) | Active Capacity (MW) | Pipeline Capacity (MW) | Project Status | Project Location | Project Developer | Biopower | 25 | 25 | – | Active | Alberta, Canada |
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Description
The project is currently owned by Capstone Infrastructure.
The project generates 199.186GWh electricity and supplies enough clean energy to power 20,000 households.
The process of combustion has been adopted in this 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 December 1994.
Contractors Involved
GE Power was selected as the steam turbine supplier for the project. The project consists of 1 steam turbine.
Shanghai Boiler Works supplied steam boiler for the project.
Methodology
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