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Evaluation of Opportunities for Converting Indigenous UK Wastes <strong>to</strong> Wastes and Energy<br />
AEA/ED45551/Issue 1<br />
Country Feeds<strong>to</strong>ck Comments<br />
Italy 212 Forestry<br />
Residues<br />
Italy has five biomass power stations that burn wood and make<br />
some use of Forestry residues.<br />
One is <strong>the</strong> CHP system in Pozzilli, opened in 1997,which takes<br />
70,00 – 80,000 <strong>to</strong>nnes per annum of wood residues as well as<br />
agricultural residues (hazelnut shells, olive kernels, fruit s<strong>to</strong>nes,<br />
pine cone seed residues) <strong>to</strong> generate an output of 9.8 MW.<br />
Sweden Wood waste Sweden has 3 biomass power plants that burn waste wood, and<br />
Iwakuni,<br />
Japan 213<br />
Anderson,<br />
USA 214,215<br />
8.2.4 Straw<br />
Forestry<br />
Residues<br />
Forestry<br />
Residues<br />
one of <strong>the</strong>se also burns waste tyres.<br />
A co-generation station that has used 90,000 <strong>to</strong>nnes per annum of<br />
logging residues since 2006. Operated <strong>by</strong> First Energy Service<br />
Company Ltd. The first biomass plant of larger than 10MW.<br />
Operated <strong>by</strong> Signal Shasta Energy Co it has been operational<br />
since 1989 and utilises 750,000 <strong>to</strong>nnes per annum of mill waste<br />
and forest residues, with a generation capacity of 3 x 18MW.<br />
There is one straw burning power station in <strong>the</strong> UK, <strong>the</strong> Elean station in Ely, Cambridgeshire, constructed<br />
<strong>by</strong> Energy Power Resources Ltd (EPRL) and in operation since 2000. 216 This plant uses 200,000 <strong>to</strong>nnes<br />
per annum, generates 38MW of electricity and cost £60M <strong>to</strong> build. It is also capable of burning a range of<br />
o<strong>the</strong>r bio-fuels. This plant uses a vibrating grate with conventional steam cycle. The opera<strong>to</strong>r requires<br />
relatively dry straw, so bales over 650 kg at 16% moisture content command an average price while <strong>the</strong>re<br />
is a price penalty for bales that are ei<strong>the</strong>r less dense than this or have a higher moisture content. EPRL<br />
have developed moni<strong>to</strong>ring equipment <strong>to</strong> enable <strong>the</strong>m <strong>to</strong> assess moisture and density as <strong>the</strong> bales enter<br />
<strong>the</strong> plants.<br />
Straw has a high potassium and sodium salt content which can lead <strong>to</strong> increased deposits and corrosion<br />
when using straw.<br />
Small–scale straw burning boilers are available in <strong>the</strong> UK, and it is estimated that a fur<strong>the</strong>r 17,000 <strong>to</strong>nnes<br />
per annum are used in small-scale on farm schemes. These boilers are used for a number of purposes,<br />
including heating farmhouses and associated buildings, drying grain and heating swimming pools. Many<br />
of <strong>the</strong>se plants were built as a result of grants for straw heat and power in <strong>the</strong> 1980s. However, since this<br />
Government programme s<strong>to</strong>pped, a number of <strong>the</strong> plants have been converted <strong>to</strong> wood. This is because<br />
of <strong>the</strong> problems with s<strong>to</strong>rage and handling of straw, and <strong>the</strong> problems surrounding ash corrosion.<br />
There are no schemes in <strong>the</strong> UK <strong>to</strong> co-fire straw, although some power stations are licensed <strong>to</strong> take it.<br />
Straw power plants have been built in Denmark, where <strong>the</strong>re are targets <strong>to</strong> drive this development. The<br />
Danish work has demonstrated <strong>the</strong> feasibility of large-scale co-firing of straw.<br />
212 Production of energy from biomass residues in <strong>the</strong> CHP plant of Pozzilli, Italy, 2002, http://www.tekes.fi/OPET/pdf/Energonut_IT.pdf<br />
213 Circulating Fluidized Bed Power Plant, JFE Engineering Corporation, http://www.jfe-eng.co.jp/en/en_product/environment/environment2121.html<br />
214 http://www.industcards.com/biomass-usa-ca.htm<br />
215 http://www.sl<strong>the</strong>rmal.com/pdf/Anderson,%20California.pdf<br />
216 http://www.eprl.co.uk