Finland has announced plans for the world's largest biomass gasification plant. It will be a 140MW facility running mainly on forest waste. Its performance is set to be closely watched by renewable energy experts, utility companies and governments across the globe.The project involves installing a bio-gasification plant next to an existing 565MW coal-fired power station. The plant will mainly use forest residues for fuel, with the resulting gas then combusted alongside coal. It is due to begin operating by end 2012.
Mark Candlish, Director of the Renewable Energy Association, stated that, "the project's mix of fossil fuel and biomass, combined with the fact that the new facility was installed alongside an existing coal-burning plant, makes it a very cost effective method of generation."
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Posted 10/23/2011
