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  • 7/29/2019 Ukraine to build thermal power plants on biofuel

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    Ukraine to build thermal power plants on biofuel

    EIG Engineering has announced plans to build two thermal power plants based on solid biomass fuel with a total capacity of 40 MW by the end of 2016.The plants will be located in Dubrovitsya, Rivne region and in Gorodnia, Chernihiv region. The approximate amount of investment in the two projects is 66 millionEuro.Experts note that the plan is to use for fuel wood chips to be purchased at state-owned forest farms located within a 150 km radius from the new facilities. According to preliminary estimates, the purchases of scrap timber for the TPP willamount to 30-40 million UAH annually.Part of the electricity produced by the new thermal power plants will be sold tothe united energy system under the "green" tariff. Partially it will be distributed to the areas of operation of the new power plants. According to industry experts, it will allow to improve the quality of power supply to the local population and provide an uninterrupted power supply to the regions.Introduction of thermal power plants on biofuel will create about 200 new jobs. Also, the purchase of the local non-merchantable timber will significantly increase tax revenues to local budgets and escalate trade in the region.EIG Engineering is currently completing a similar project at Ivankov, Kyiv region. The company is preparing to commission Phase 1 of wood-fired Ivankov TPP (capacity 6 MW). After Phase 2 is completed, the capacity of the plant will increase to18 MW. The Ivankov TPP was designed according to the design of a plant in Shanghai (China) plant. Boilers have been designed to order in the US, and the turbines h

    ave been made in India.The area of the new plant is 7 hectares, 70% of the territory are to be used forstorage of raw materials, e.g. wood chips, straw, leaves, corn and sunflower shells.Analysts say that in the 2013-2014 the domestic market demand for solid biofuels will double, up to 570,000 tons, or from 20% to 40% of the total Ukrainian industrial output. Production forecast for 2013 is 1.45 million tons, and in 2014 - 1.5million tons.Industry experts state that several Ukrainian biofuel producers have redirectedtheir supply to domestic market and start developing own line of thermal generation following the example of the EU and Poland, in particular. And the "green" tariff for electricity produced from biomass (12.39 Euro cents per 1 kW/h) helpsthe country develop a segment of power generation from biomass.

    As of August 20, 2013, the total installed capacity of boiler houses on biofuelin Ukraine was 84 MW, up 31% in January through August this year, the total biomass power generation capacity being 7 MW (up 20%).Government analysts say that by the end of 2013 total capacity of biofuel boilers will be up 20%, and at power plants up 80%.Also, oil extraction plants, brick and cement manufacturers have been actively substituting natural gas burning technologies with alternative fuels, in particular, with crushed sunflower shells and wood chips. In the first six months of 2013,due to using biofuel, gas consumption at those enterprises was down by 110 million cubic meters.

    Offset: The approximate amount of investment in the two biomass power plant projects amounts to EUR 66 million.