08-Jan-2010 - City Thermal Power Plant (MZEC) in Swidnica, Poland, has signed an agreement with a consortium of companies, MTS Energy Systems, to install a new technology that allows the heating station to generate heat from the gasification of biomass. The cost of this first plant in Europe amounts to nearly 7 million PLN. Although the gasification of biomass to produce heat energy is increasingly widespread, the ‘multi-fuel’ capability to be supplied and installed by MTS has not yet been used on any other heating stations. Planning work on the project has taken 2 years to date.
The MTS Energy Systems consortium of companies, Mostostal (Polish), Torftech (English) and SFUP Servis (Polish), is to design and construct the new biomass gasification facility to handle loose straw and wood chips. Installation is due to be complete in six months. It is the first stage of investment in the generation of electricity and heat from biomass.
Financial resources for the investment at MZEC, aside from its own capital resources, has been secured from a grant from the Foundation EcoFund and from the National Fund for Environmental Protection.
“The main objective of the new technology is heat production based on biomass gasification. We want to replace coal with oilseed rape and wheat straw, or wood and wood waste. Through this use of renewable energy sources we will limit air pollution in the city. It will not only be a benefit for residents in the form of cleaner air, but also a chance to limit price increases for their heating. Thanks to this new technology, our company will save on fees for release of CO2 into the atmosphere” - said Ryszard Sobanski, President MZEC in Swidnica, as quoted on the official site of the town of Swidnica.
Source: wnp.pl (Patricia Lash)
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