Project Partners Request: PIN: Agri-pellets for cofiring in China

Download PIN (58 Kb PDF) - September 2006

A new technology allows to pelletise mixed and humid biomass without (thermal) drying, so low energy pelletising of agricultural residues becomes possible. Pelletising is important for large biomass projects, where collection and transport costs become important, as it allows to obtain high energy density and good storability of the biomass.

Co-firing these pellets with coal in power plants is relatively easy, requiring low investments: 8 Euro/kW for the plant adaptation + investment for the agri-pellets plant. These pelletisers can be located decentrally near rich biomass resources, while the pellets can be transported conveniently. Therefore, it can lead to large scale projects, justifying overhead costs for CDM and a ROI of at least 0.15.

The project will combine processing of agricultural residues in a region where these are massively burned in the fields, the Yangtze river, which will also be the vector of the pellet transport from pelletisers to the coal power plants (which need a place at the river). It will mobilize investors in the EU to set up de production capacity of pellets and to realize co-firing about 1 million ton/year of "agri-pellets" in some of the largest coal plants.

Expiry Date: 01/09/2010

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