AREVA Biomass Facility
AREVA Biomass Facility
AREVA Biomass Facility
AREVA Biomass Facility
By Katherine Berezowskyj
What does a recipe for sugar, rice and eucalyptus make? Not a new culinary dish, but several hundred megawatts of reliable, affordable renewable energy. In fact, sugar cane bagasse (stalks, husks, etc.), rice husks, and eucalyptus branches and leaves are all used in biomass facilities to produce clean, sustainable energy.And AREVA has just been awarded three contacts for biomass facilities that use these materials to produce power in Brazil and Thailand.Through its subsidiary Koblitz, AREVA has signed a contract for the construction of 11 turnkey biomass plants for Brazil. These plants, which will use eucalyptus, will have a total output capacity of 380 megawatts and is expected to take about four years to build. Also in Brazil, AREVA will retrofit the power generation unit which uses materials from a sugar mill in the Alagoas state. The upgraded unit will generate 50 megawatts of electricity.In Thailand, AREVA has won a contract to build two turnkey 10 megawatt biomass plants that will be fueled by rice husks.AREVA has built over 100 units across the globe and is planning to bring this technology and expertise to America. AREVA is currently working as part of a joint-venture with Duke Energy to build biomass facilities across the United States. The joint-venture, ADAGE, already has two biomass facilities under development in Florida. Each of these facilities will produce 700 direct and indirect jobs and enough energy to power 40,000 homes.The development of this renewable energy source continues to grow. Bloomberg reported last week that ADAGE “plan(s) to pick U.S. locations for at least three biomass-fueled plants in the next six months to meet demand for energy from renewable sources.”The press release—AREVA Awarded Contracts in Brazil and Thailand—here (http://www.areva.com/servlet/cp_14_01_2010_bioenergies_fr-c-PressRelease-cid-1261931767339-en.html.For more information on ADAGE, and to keep up with the latest news, check out the site (http://www.adagebiopower.com).
By Katherine Berezowskyj
AREVA Biomass Facility
What does a recipe for sugar, rice and eucalyptus make? Not a new culinary dish, but several hundred megawatts of reliable, affordable renewable energy. In fact, sugar cane bagasse (stalks, husks, etc.), rice husks, and eucalyptus branches and leaves are all used in biomass facilities to produce clean, sustainable energy.
And AREVA has just been awarded three contacts for biomass facilities that use these materials to produce power in Brazil and Thailand.
Through its subsidiary Koblitz, AREVA has signed a contract for the construction of 11 turnkey biomass plants for Brazil. These plants, which will use eucalyptus, will have a total output capacity of 380 megawatts and is expected to take about four years to build. Also in Brazil, AREVA will retrofit the power generation unit which uses materials from a sugar mill in the Alagoas state. The upgraded unit will generate 50 megawatts of electricity.
In Thailand, AREVA has won a contract to build two turnkey 10 megawatt biomass plants that will be fueled by rice husks.
AREVA has built over 100 units across the globe and is planning to bring this technology and expertise to America. AREVA is currently working as part of a joint-venture with Duke Energy to build biomass facilities across the United States. The joint-venture, ADAGE, already has two biomass facilities under development in Florida. Each of these facilities will produce 700 direct and indirect jobs and enough energy to power 40,000 homes.
The development of this renewable energy source continues to grow. Bloomberg reported last week that ADAGE “plan(s) to pick U.S. locations for at least three biomass-fueled plants in the next six months to meet demand for energy from renewable sources.”
The press release—AREVA Awarded Contracts in Brazil and Thailand—here.
For more information on ADAGE, and to keep up with the latest news, check out the site.
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