Vattenfall to run power plants on biomass
Swedish power utility Vattenfall plans to convert its power plant facilities in Denmark to use large quantities of biomass fuel instead of coal.
Project MaxBio will replace up to 724,000 tonnes of coal a year, beginning in 2018. As a result, it will prevent at least 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere.
According to the company, in the Nordic region alone it will invest more than 60 billion Danish crowns (€8 billion) until the year 2016 in order to achieve this goal. The new MaxBio plan comprises investments in excess of 5 billion Danish crowns.
Once its biomass programme is implemented all units at the company's three Danish heat plants: Amagerverket, Fynsverket and Nordjyllandsverket, will be biomass-fuelled.
Project MaxBio will replace up to 724,000 tonnes of coal a year, beginning in 2018. As a result, it will prevent at least 1.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide from being released into the atmosphere.
According to the company, in the Nordic region alone it will invest more than 60 billion Danish crowns (€8 billion) until the year 2016 in order to achieve this goal. The new MaxBio plan comprises investments in excess of 5 billion Danish crowns.
Once its biomass programme is implemented all units at the company's three Danish heat plants: Amagerverket, Fynsverket and Nordjyllandsverket, will be biomass-fuelled.
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