China constructing over 700 MW of biomass power capacity so far in 2011

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