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GE Jenbacher Gas Engines Deployed at Japanese Wood Gas-to-Energy Plant

Posted on: Friday, 14 March 2008, 09:00 CDT

GE Energy's Jenbacher gas engines have been successfully deployed in a wood gas-to-energy plant in the Yamagata Prefecture of Japan. Two Jenbacher gas engines capable of generating 2MW of electricity have been installed at the plant and are being fueled by gasified wood chips from a nearby forest.

The plant is seen as an important specialty gas-to-energy technology model that will support the Japanese government's initiatives to expand renewable energy production to help meet its emissions reduction goals under the Kyoto Protocol.

The wood gas-fueled power plant was installed by Kanagawa-based JFE Environmental Solutions. The plant is owned and operated by Yamagata Green Power, an electricity distribution company and subsidiary of renewable energy development firm Japan Biomass Development Company.

GE Energy said that a key design feature of the plant is its wood gasification system. JFE has licensed the updraft gasification boiler technology from Babcock & Wilcox Volund of Denmark.

GE Energy noted that Asia's wood gas segment represents a new growth opportunity for its Jenbacher gas engine business, which has previously installed similar units in wood gas plants in Europe and North America.

Source: Datamonitor

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