Biomass power generation: a new force in the Chinese new energy industry

Annual processing of 300,000 tons of biomass, providing green electricity of approximately 200 million kWh, and increasing income of approximately 70 million yuan per year for local farmers.... Everbright New Energy (Laoshan) Biomass Power Generation Project was officially put into operation in Bishan County, Anhui Province. The use of raw materials such as agricultural straw to generate electricity "energy" is felt. Experts pointed out that with the promotion of the government’s supporting policies on biomass energy, more companies will be attracted to this field during the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan” period, and the biomass energy industry will usher in a period of rapid development.

Biomass energy refers to the energy that is converted and produced using natural plants and urban and rural organic waste. The Lushan Biomass Power Generation Project is the first biomass power generation project of China Everbright International Co., Ltd. in China and adopts the international advanced biomass direct-fired power generation technology route. The total investment of the project is about 310 million yuan, according to “high standards and high "Efficiency", a comprehensive demonstration project for biomass energy will be completed within one year, and it is now officially connected to the grid for power generation.

For a long time, the development of biomass in our country has been relatively slow. One of the reasons is that straw collection is troublesome. Every year, there are hundreds of tons of straw burned. Everbright International has carefully selected the development of biomass power generation projects in the land of fruit trees in Shaoshan, Anhui, which has extensive development space.

Chen Xiaoping, Chief Executive Officer of China Everbright International Co., Ltd., said in an interview with reporters that the company will directly operate the company in the village of forest fruit, collect and burn the abandoned branches and orchards of the orchard, and turn it into biomass energy. This will not only develop green energy, but also drive the local area. economic development. The project will benefit more than one million farmers in Dangshan County and its surrounding areas. After the project is completed, it can supply heat to the local enterprises in the park and supply electricity to local communities. The resulting ash can also be used as a raw material for the production industry, white carbon black, or as a fertilizer plant. Raw materials form a bio-electricity-chemical complete circular economy industrial chain, which is of far-reaching significance for improving the rural human environment. It is a typical “green energy” development project.

Relevant data show that if only raw materials such as agricultural straw are used, China's biomass energy can use a total of 500 million tons of standard coal. Currently, the cost of biomass power generation is more advantageous than the set cost target in the photovoltaic industry.

Some experts from the National Energy Research Institute of the National Development and Reform Commission Zhou Fengqi and other experts pointed out that biomass energy, as a rising star in the field of new energy, can currently be used as energy for biomass, including straw, algae, methane, trees, and livestock manure. These energy resources are widely distributed, have great development potential, and have little environmental impact, and can be used forever.

Due to energy shortages and other issues, countries in the world attach great importance to the development of the biofuel industry. In the future, with the support of related policies and breakthroughs in key technologies, more companies will be involved in this field, and biomass energy development may become a new force for China's new energy industry.