French Government Backs Country’s First Straw Biomass Plant

March 2, 2018, 4:09 PM UTC

The French government has backed plans for the country’s first ever straw-fueled combined heat and power plant by handing a 20-year contract-for-difference to Biotricity Maubourguet SAS.

The 100 million-euro ($123 million) project in the southwest of France will produce 127 gigawatt-hours of electricity and 200 gigawatt-hours of heat per year to supply local food processors and crop driers as well as for biofuel production, the Irish-based company said March 2.

Contracts for difference guarantee the power price a project will receive for a set number of years.

The award is the culmination of a bid process started ...

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