Biomass-fired power plant starts operation in northeast China
5/11/2007 16:23
A biomass-fired power plant that burns plant and vegetable stalks to
generate electricity went into operation today in northeast China's Heilongjiang
Province. The power plant, with an installed capacity of 30,000 kilowatts, is
expected to burn more than 200,000 tons of stalks annually and generate 175
million kwh of electricity, according to Wang Jun'an, executive general manager
of the Guoneng Wangkui Bio Energy Company in Wangkui County, Heilongjiang
Province. The plant is the first of its kind in northeast China. The
National Bio Energy Co, Ltd, a subsidiary of the State Grid Corporation of
China, has earmarked 553 million yuan (US$74.17 million) for the project. The
plant will sell greenhouse gas emission reduction credits to Electricite de
France (EDF) under the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), Wang said. The CDM,
an arrangement under the Kyoto Protocol, allows industrialized countries with a
greenhouse gas reduction commitment to invest in projects that reduce emissions
in developing countries. It is considered an alternative to more expensive
emission reductions in industrialized countries. National Bio Energy Company,
which promotes China's renewable energy industry through biomass power
generation, aims to generate 55 percent of the country's biomass power in 2010,
or three million kilowatts, to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 1.2 million
tons.
Xinhua
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