GDF SUEZ and its subsidiary Electrabel have opened the new Rodenhuize biomass power station in Belgium.
The company invested €125m for the conversion of the coal-fired unit at the power station into a 100% biomass unit.
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The new plant can meet the power needs of 320,000 households and will also reduce 1.2 million tons of CO2 emissions annually.
Canada-based Pacific BioEnergy will provide 225,000t of biomass a year for the facility, under a long-term contract signed with Electrabel.
The plant is jointly owned by Electrabel with a 73% stake and Ackermans & van Haaren with the remaining 27% interest.
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