In only five years, China has come a long way in generating power from biomass energy sources. The country’s first biomass power plant came online only in December, 2006—the RMB 340 million Shanxian plant in China’s Shandong province. Since then dozens of other facilities have been commissioned. Biomass materials, particularly from agricultural wastes, are abundant as farmers are often able to receive higher prices for the residuals of their harvest at these new power plants than they are for the crops themselves. Although profit margins at these biomass plants remain slim, rising environmental concerns—as well as a nationwide push toward the application of more advanced technology—have prompted government subsidies to expand China’s power base.
As a result, 2011 will likely be China’s most active in the expansion of its biomass power generation capacity. The website China New Energy Power Grid (in Chinese) lists 62 such ongoing projects in only the first nine months of this year, totaling no less than 700 megawatts. As stated here before, despite a late start, activity in 2011 shows China’s potential to become a world leader in biomass energy.
China’s 2011 biomass projects to date (from the website of China New Energy Power Grid, www.xnyfd.com):
Date | MW | Description |
9/21/2011 | 12 | Shanxi province Jingle county power plant biomass cogeneration project |
9/20/2011 | Kaidi Nenjiang biomass power generation project | |
9/20/2011 | Zhenlai County, Jilin thermoelectric Biomass Energy Company rice husk power cogeneration project | |
9/14/2011 | Liangshan Power Company biological engineering project | |
9/7/2011 | 30 | Kaidi Jiangling biomass power plant project |
8/29/2011 | Jurong biomass power generation project | |
8/26/2011 | Weishan County biomass cogeneration project | |
8/23/2011 | Long Jia Rice Industry Company 100 ton daily rice production lines and biomass cogeneration | |
8/12/2011 | China Electric Power Company Limited biomass gasification industrial demonstration project | |
8/12/2011 | 30 | Everlast Thermoelectric Group Laohekou biomass power generation project |
8/10/2011 | Datang Wuchang biomass power plant | |
8/1/2011 | Anhui Zhen Ming biomass power generation project | |
7/26/2011 | 30 | County biomass power generation project |
7/20/2011 | 2 | County of Jiangxi Province rice husk gasification power generation demonstration project |
7/15/2011 | 24 | Dali straw power generation project |
7/15/2011 | 30 | Old Bayou biomass power generation project |
7/7/2011 | Datang Heilongjiang Power Generation Co’s Datang Wuchang biomass power plant | |
7/7/2011 | 30 | Kaidi Mianxian biomass power generation project |
7/7/2011 | 30 | Kaidi Ningshan biomass power plant project |
7/7/2011 | 30 | Kaidi Yongxin biomass power plant project |
6/28/2011 | The Inn biomass power generation project | |
6/15/2011 | 30 | Everbright Biological Energy biomass power generation project |
6/15/2011 | 30 | Huanglong Kaidi biomass power plant |
6/15/2011 | 30 | Kaidi Gucheng biomass power plant project |
6/15/2011 | 30 | Yunnan Kaidi Dayao biomass power plant |
6/9/2011 | Jinxiang County biomass cogeneration project | |
6/3/2011 | Wuzhai County Bright Green Energy straw power generation project | |
5/19/2011 | Inner Mongolia Xingan Meng biomass power generation project | |
5/6/2011 | 30 | Datang Nanpi biomass power generation project |
5/6/2011 | Everbright Biological Energy (Laiyang) biomass power generation project | |
4/20/2011 | Beijing Shougang biomass energy projects | |
4/20/2011 | 5 | Greater Khingan Range Sen Energy High-tech biomass utilization project |
4/11/2011 | Guangxi Tiandong Dongyuan biomass power generation project | |
3/31/2011 | Shandong Risheng thermoelectric biomass energy limited biomass power generation project | |
3/31/2011 | 30 | Thermoelectric Group biomass power generation project |
3/28/2011 | Shanxi Xin Thai World Green Energy Limited Shouyang straw power generation | |
3/22/2011 | 20 | Honghu Institute of Ang biomass power plant |
3/15/2011 | Liaoning Suizhong rural electric heat biomass cogeneration low carbon energy supply station | |
3/15/2011 | 30 | Tang (Nanpi) biomass power generation project |
3/11/2011 | Dongping light straw biomass cogeneration technology reformation project | |
3/11/2011 | 30 | Kaidi Pengshui biomass power plant project |
2/23/2011 | Civilized biomass power generation project | |
2/23/2011 | Everbright Linyi biomass power generation project | |
2/23/2011 | 30 | Everlast Thermoelectric Group Qu Jialing biomass power generation project |
2/23/2011 | Guangdong (city) biomass power generation project | |
2/23/2011 | Guangdong (Fangxian) biomass power generation project | |
2/23/2011 | Jujube biomass power generation project | |
2/23/2011 | 30 | The National Bio Energy Group Company Limited biomass power generation project |
2/16/2011 | Baoying Xin Biomass Environmental Thermoelectric Company Limited straw boiler technical project | |
2/16/2011 | Qingdao Mingdu biomass power project | |
2/16/2011 | 30 | Ulanhot City biomass cogeneration project |
2/10/2011 | Ningyang County National Bio straw power generation project | |
1/27/2011 | Datang Longan biomass gasification demonstration project | |
1/27/2011 | Everbright Biological Energy Shuyang biomass power plant project | |
1/25/2011 | Bardon Henan biomass power project | |
1/25/2011 | 12 | Jingle County power plant biomass cogeneration project |
1/25/2011 | ZTE Industrial, Zaozhuang Company biomass energy utilization base project | |
1/6/2011 | 24 | Shanxi biomass power generation project |
1/5/2011 | Jin Rong Yuzhou City Power Company biomass power generation project | |
1/5/2011 | 30 | Kaidi Mount Holyoke biomass power plant project |
1/5/2011 | 30 | Kaidi Songzi biomass power plant project |
unspecified | 30 | Guangxi Fu South East Asia Sugar biomass power generation project |